Stefano Rapone (born 31 October 1986) is an Italian comedian and writer.

Life and career

Graduated in Japanese Language and Translation from

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, Rapone moved to

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after completing his studies and began performing

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in English in 2012. Over the years, he performed in various European cities, participated in Italy's first

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in 2014, and joined the inaugural season of ''Natural Born Comedians'' on Comedy Central Italia in 2015. He contributed to various Comedy Central programs, including ''CCN – Comedy Central News'', and later joined the cast of ''Mai dire Talk'' (2018) on

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, ''Battute?'' (2019) and ''Una pezza di Lundini'' (2020) on

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. Rapone also appeared alongside Fiorella Mannoia on ''La versione di Fiorella'' on

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and joined

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's 2022 theatre tour. He also appeared in ''Gialappa Show'' on

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from 2023 to 2025. In comics, Rapone authored graphic novels like ''Marco Travaglio Zombi'' (2014) and ''Natale a Gotham'' (2017). As a television author, he contributed to

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's ''La conferenza stampa''. In October 2024, he published ''Racconti scritti da donne nude'' ( Rizzoli Lizard), a collection of short stories. Since 2018, Rapone has co-hosted the live

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''Tintoria'' with Daniele Tinti.

Filmography

Television programs

* ''Natural Born Comedians'' (

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, 2015–2016) * ''Sorci verdi'' (

, 2015) * ''CCN – Comedy Central News'' (Comedy Central, 2017–2018) * ''Stand Up Comedy'' (Comedy Central, 2017–2020) * ''Mai dire Talk'' (

, 2018–2019) * ''Takeshi's Castle'' (Comedy Central, 2019, also writer) * ''Battute?'' (Rai 2, 2019) * ''CCN – Il Salotto con Michela Giraud'' (Comedy Central, 2020) * ''Una pezza di Lundini'' (Rai 2, 2020–2022) * '' Quelli che il lunedì'' (Rai 2, 2021) * ''Data Comedy Show'' (Rai 2, 2021) * ''La versione di Fiorella'' (

, 2021–2022) * ''La conferenza stampa'' (

, 2022–present, also writer) * ''Gialappa Show'' (

, 2023–present)

Works

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rapone, Stefano 1986 births Living people 21st-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian male comedians 21st-century Italian male writers Italian stand-up comedians Male actors from Rome Comedians from Rome