Paolo Hendel (born 2 January 1952) is an Italian actor, playwright and comedian.

Life and career

Born in

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

, at a young age Hendel worked in several jobs, including gamekeeper, guardian of a garage and detective.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . He debuted as a comedian in early 1980s, as the

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. Shorty later he began an intense theatrical activity as author and actor of comic monologues, characterized by a satirical and surreal style. Hendel started appearing on television in 1985. He gained popularity in 1996 with the

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variety show ''

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.'' There he created the successful character of "Carcarlo Pravettoni" a cynical capitalist who was candidate for mayor of

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. Hendel also appeared in several films. He had a lead role in two films directed by

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It's Happening Tomorrow ''It's Happening Tomorrow'' () is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Paolo Hendel as Lupo * Giovanni Guidelli as Edo * Margherit ...

'' and '' The Week of the Sphinx''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendel, Paolo 1952 births Male actors from Florence Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people Italian male comedians Comedians from Florence