Teo Mammucari (born Teodoro Mammuccari; Roma, 12 August 1964) is an Italian television presenter, actor and singer.

Biography

In 1994 he started working as an actor for ''Scherzi a parte'' and then as host of ''Seven Show'' on broadcaster Europa 7. In 1999 he appeared in ''

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'' (The Hyenas), a television program broadcast on the Italian channel

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. He had great success in 2000 when he hosted ', broadcast on

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. The program, based on prank phone calls, was anchored by Mammucari for four editions. In the summer of 2002 and 2004 he hosted the television program '' Veline'', aimed at the girls who will take part in the program '' Striscia la notizia''. In the summer of 2003 he hosted '' Velone'', a variety show in which the aspiring competitors have the characteristic of being old. He then presented '' Mio fratello è Pakistano'' (2005), ''

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'' (2006 and 2007), '' Cultura Moderna'' (2006 and 2007, together with the Brazilian model

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), '' Primo e Ultimo'' (2008), ''

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'' (2009, with

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and Belen Rodriguez) and ''

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'' (2009, with Belen Rodriguez). In autumn 2012, Mammucari hosted '' Lo show dei record'', broadcast on Canale 5. In 2013, he presented '' La grande magia – The Illusionist'' (format created by Roberto Cenci), aired on Canale 5, a new talent show for young illusionists. As an actor, he starred in the cinema with the film '' Witches to the North'' (2001) by

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and in the television series ''Piper'' (2009), based on the 2007 TV movie by

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of the same title. As a singer he launched in 2004 the summer hit "Nando", followed by "WWW sciogliamo i

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Television

*'' Forum di sera'' (

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, 1997), co-host *'' Seven Show'' (Italia 7, 1999) *' (

, 2000, 2002–2004) *'' Veline'' ( Canale 5, 2002, 2004) *'' Velone'' (Canale 5, 2003) *'' Mio fratello è pakistano'' (Canale 5, 2005) *''

'' (

, 2006–2007) *'' Cultura moderna'' (Canale 5, 2006–2007, 2016-) *'' Primo e ultimo'' (Italia 1, 2008) *''

'' (Canale 5, 2009) *''

'' (Canale 5, 2009) *'' Fenomenal'' (Italia 1, 2010–2011) *'' The Call – Chi ha paura di Teo Mammucari?'' (Italia 1, 2010) *'' Wind Music Awards'' (Italia 1, 2011) *'' The Cube – La sfida'' (Italia 1, 2011) *'' Lo show dei record'' (Canale 5, 2012) *'' La grande magia – The Illusionist'' (Canale 5, 2013) *''

'' (Italia 1, 1999, 2013-) *'' Jump! Stasera mi tuffo'' (Canale 5, 2013)

Filmography

*'' Witches to the North'', directed by

(2001) *''Piper'', directed by Francesco Vicario – TV series (2009)

Notes

External links

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