Stefano Rapone

Stefano Rapone
Born	31 October 1986 (1986-10-31) (age 38) Rome, Italy [1]
Occupations	comedian writer
Years active	2012–present

Stefano Rapone (born 31 October 1986) is an Italian comedian and writer.

Life and career

Graduated in Japanese Language and Translation from Sapienza University of Rome, Rapone moved to Japan after completing his studies and began performing stand-up comedy in English in 2012. Over the years, he performed in various European cities, participated in Italy's first open mic in 2014, and joined the inaugural season of Natural Born Comedians on Comedy Central Italia in 2015. ^[1]

He contributed to various Comedy Central programs, including CCN – Comedy Central News, and later joined the cast of Mai dire Talk (2018) on Italia 1, Battute? (2019) and Una pezza di Lundini (2020) on Rai 2. Rapone also appeared alongside Fiorella Mannoia on La versione di Fiorella on Rai 3 ^[2] and joined Alessandro Cattelan's 2022 theatre tour. ^[3] He also appeared in Gialappa Show on Sky Uno from 2023 to 2025. ^[4]

In comics, Rapone authored graphic novels like Marco Travaglio Zombi (2014) and Natale a Gotham (2017). ^[5] As a television author, he contributed to RaiPlay's La conferenza stampa. ^[6] In October 2024, he published Racconti scritti da donne nude (Rizzoli Lizard), a collection of short stories. ^[7]

Since 2018, Rapone has co-hosted the live podcast Tintoria with Daniele Tinti. ^{[8] [9]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Biagio	Himself	Short film
2023	Il migliore dei mondi	Carabiniere
2024	Flaminia	Tommaso Boldrini

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Sono Lillo	Himself	TV series; episode 5
2025	Il Baracchino	Marco	TV series; main role; voice role
	Pesci piccoli	Raponi	TV series; episode 2x02

Television programs

• Natural Born Comedians (Comedy Central, 2015–2016)
• Sorci verdi (Rai 2, 2015)
• CCN – Comedy Central News (Comedy Central, 2017–2018)
• Stand Up Comedy (Comedy Central, 2017–2020)
• Mai dire Talk (Italia 1, 2018–2019)
• Takeshi's Castle (Comedy Central, 2019, also writer)
• Battute? (Rai 2, 2019)
• CCN – Il Salotto con Michela Giraud (Comedy Central, 2020)
• Una pezza di Lundini (Rai 2, 2020–2022)
• Quelli che il lunedì (Rai 2, 2021)
• Data Comedy Show (Rai 2, 2021)
• La versione di Fiorella (Rai 3, 2021–2022)
• La conferenza stampa (RaiPlay, 2022–present, also writer)
• Gialappa Show (Sky Uno, 2023–present)
• In & Out (TV8, 2025)

Works

• Stefano Rapone (2024). Racconti scritti da donne nude. Milan: Rizzoli Lizard.

References

1. "Chi è Stefano Rapone, tutto sul comico di GialappaShow". MSN . 28 October 2024.
2. "Mannoia, la mia "versione" con filosofia e senza quote". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata . 23 October 2021.
3. "Alessandro Cattelan a teatro, è iniziato il tour di 'Salutava sempre'". Sky TG24 . 30 November 2022.
4. "Rapone, il suo "Scafandro" stenta a decollare (troppo noioso): voto 5.5". Corriere della Sera . 24 October 2023.
5. Cristiano Fighera (27 August 2015). "Stefano Rapone: Marco Travaglio, uno Zombi contro tutti". Lo Spazio Bianco.
6. Parrella, Andrea (17 June 2023). "Stefano Rapone: 'Tintoria va avanti, il nuovo podcast con Ferrario era solo una parodia'". Fanpage.it .
7. "'I miei racconti da ridere'". Corriere della Sera. 28 November 2024.
8. Alberto Piccinini (1 December 2023). "Tintoria: le nostre interviste fanno ridere perché non siamo 'belve'". la Repubblica .
9. Silvia Renda (12 March 2024). "Tintoria fa 200. Tinti e Rapone: 'La tv non osa con la comicità. Ma l'usato sicuro non sempre funziona'". HuffPost Italia.

External links

• Stefano Rapone at IMDb