Claudio Bisio (; born 19 March 1957) is an Italian actor, presenter, comedian, voice actor, showman, director, cabaret performer and writer.

Early life

Bisio was born in

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, and raised in

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. He attended '' scientific lyceum Luigi Cremona'' of Milan and graduated from drama school of Piccolo Teatro of Milan.

Career

Bisio started his career as theatre actor performing classical and modern drama; he began his movie career in 1983 with ''Come dire...'' (''How to say''). His first major appearance on TV was in 1998 during ''Zanzibar'', an Italian TV show. He has been the presenter of ''Zelig'', an Italian

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, for 13 years (in 1997 and from 2000 to 2012). In 2009, he played in '' Ex'' and gained a

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nomination for best supporting actor. In 2010 he was the protagonist of '' Benvenuti al Sud'' (''Welcome to the South'') and ''Maschi contro femmine'' (''Males vs Females'') and in 2011 of '' Benvenuti al Nord'' (''Welcome to the North'') and ''Femmine contro maschi'' (''Females vs Males''). In the Italian version of the ''

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'' series, Bisio is the voice of Sid (one of the protagonists of the film). He is also the voice of Count Dracula in the Italian version of '' Hotel Transylvania''. In the summer of 2014 has been announced he will be part of Italia's Got Talent jury for its sixth series, aired in 2015 by the pay-TV Sky Uno.

Personal life

Bisio is married to Sandra Bonzi. He has two children, Alice and Federico. He is an atheist.

Filmography

As actor

Voice roles

As director

Television

As presenter

* ''

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'' (1992) * ''Zelig'' (1997, 2000–2012) * '' Mai dire Gol'' (1997–1999) * '' Le Iene'' (2001) * ''Concerto del Primo Maggio'' (2004–2006) * ''Gran premio internazionale dello spettacolo'' (2007) * '' Italia's got talent'' (2015–2019) * ''Saturday Night Live Italia'' (2018)

Plays (theatre)

As actor

* ''Sogno di una notte di estate'', 1981 (G. Salvatores) * ''Nemico di Classe'' (di N. Williams), 1983 (Elio De Capitani) * ''Café Procope'', 1985 (G. Salvatores) * ''Comedians'' (di T. Griffiths), 1985 (G. Salvatores) * '' Accidental Death of an Anarchist'', 1987 ( Dario Fo) * ''Guglielma'', 1990 (Gigio Alberti) * ''Aspettando Godo'', 1991 (Paola Galassi) * ''Le nuove mirabolanti avventure di Walter Ego'', 1993 * ''Tersa Repubblica'', 1994–1995 * ''Monsieur Malaussène au théâtre'' (di Daniel Pennac), 1997–2001 (G. Gallione) * ''La buona novella'' (di Fabrizio De André), 2000–2001 (G. Gallione) * ''Appunti di viaggio'', 2002 (G. Gallione) * ''I bambini sono di sinistra'', 2003 (G. Gallione) * ''Grazie'' (di Daniel Pennac), 2005 (G. Gallione) * ''Coèsi se vi pare'' (with Elio e le Storie Tese), 2006

Bibliography

* ''Quella vacca di Nonna Papera'' 1993. * ''Prima comunella poi comunismo'' 1996. . * ''I bambini sono di sinistra'' 2005 * ''Doppio misto. Autobiografia di coppia non-autorizzata'' 2008

Discography

*''Paté d'animo'' (1991)

References

External links

Interview with Claudio Bisio
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