Saverio Raimondo (born 10 January 1984) is an Italian comedian, writer, voice actor, radio and television host. He has collaborated as an author, comedian and host on various television and radio programs for Rai Radio 2, Rai 3, La7, and Comedy Central. He has written as a columnist for Il Fatto Quotidiano, Il Foglio, and La Repubblica.
Raimondo created and hosted CCN: Comedy Central News from 2015, for which he was awarded the "Forte dei Marmi" Political Satire Prize of TV in 2016.[2][3] At the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, he presented Dopofestival ("After-festival") alongside Sabrina Nobile.[4] He commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 semifinals together with Carolina Di Domenico, live on Rai 4.[5] His show Il satiro parlante was distributed by Netflix in May 2019.[6] In December 2020, Raimondo made his debut on Rai 4 in prime time with Pigiama Rave.[7] Together with Ema Stokholma, he was the Italian commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[8]
In 2021, Raimondo lent his voice to Ercole Visconti, the villain of Pixar's 24th animated film Luca, both in the original English version and the Italian dubbing.[9][10] In 2022, he starred in the feature film Io e Angela, directed by Herbert Simone Paragnani, where he played once again the villainous role.[11]
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