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Francesco Paolantoni (born 3 March 1956) is an
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film, stage and television actor and comedian. Born in
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, Paolantoni studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in
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, then he started a career as a dramatic stage actor in the late 1970s.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . In 1987, he debuted as a comedian in
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's variety show ''Indietro tutta'', but the real success came in 1996, with Gialappa's Band's television show '' Mai dire Gol'' and later with the participation in the television show '' Quelli che... il Calcio''. Paolantoni is also active in films, in which he has worked with
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,
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,
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and
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, among others.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Paolantoni, Francesco 1956 births Living people 20th-century Italian comedians 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian comedians 21st-century Italian male actors Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Comedians from Naples Italian male comedians Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Male actors from Naples