Mauro Di Francesco (born 17 May 1951) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.

Life and career

Born in

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, Di Francesco started his career in the mid-1960s as a

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appearing in some

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miniseries. In the 1970s, he started performing as a comedian at the Derby Club, a

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nightclub in his hometown. In the 1980s, after appearing as a

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in a number of films, he had the peak of his career starring in a number of teen comedies. Also active on stage and on television, following an alcohol abuse problem in 2011 Di Francesco underwent a

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Selected filmography

* '' I fichissimi'' (1981) * '' Il paramedico'' (1982) * '' An Ideal Adventure'' (1982) * '' Scusa se è poco'' (1982) * '' Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo'' (1983) * ''

Il ras del quartiere ''Il ras del quartiere'' () is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Cast *Diego Abatantuono as Domingo * Isabella Ferrari as Veronica Gatti *Lino Troisi as Tarcisio Gatti *Daniel Stephen as Orson *Antonio Allocca Antonio Alloc ...

'' (1983) * '' Summer Games'' (1984) * '' Chewingum'' (1984) * ''

The Barber of Rio ''The Barber of Rio'' () is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Giovanni Veronesi. Cast *Diego Abatantuono as Matteo *Zuleika Dos Santos as Giorginha *Rocco Papaleo as Ugo *Giuseppe Oristanio as Rocco * Margaret Mazzantini as Silvia * Renata Fr ...

'' (1996) * '' Gli inaffidabili'' (1997) * '' Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two'' (2006) * '' Odissea nell'ospizio'' (2019)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Francesco, Mauro 1951 births 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Italian male stage actors Male actors from Milan Living people Mass media people from Milan Italian male comedians Comedians from Milan