Alessandro Siani
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| birth_place = Naples, Italy
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- Stand-up comedian
- actor
- film producer
- filmmaker
- screenwriter
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Alessandro Siani (born Alessandro Esposito on 17 September 1975) is an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and stand-up comedian.
Life and career
Born in Naples, Siani formed at the Tunnel Cabaret's acting laboratory in his hometown.{{cite news|last1=Laura Squillaci|title=Alessandro Siani, i 40 anni di un comico|url=http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/Alessandro-Siani-i-40-anni-di-un-comico-31a6e8f6-d21e-4769-94d0-9287cd8dbeee.html|accessdate=11 October 2015|work=Rai News|date=September 17, 2015}} In 1995, shortly after having won the "Charlot Prize" as best comedian, he decided to adopt the stage name Siani in honour of the journalist and camorra victim Giancarlo Siani. After being part of the comedy trio "A Testa in giù" and after having appeared in a number of variety shows, he got his first success in 2004 as a stand-up comedian with the stage show Fiesta.
Siani made his film debut in 2006 in the romantic comedy Ti lascio perché ti amo troppo, and following a few other roles he had his breakout in 2010 with the box office hit Benvenuti al Sud, which also got him a nomination for David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.{{cite news|last1=red. on.|title=Martone fa incetta di candidature ai David di Donatello|url=http://cinema-tv.corriere.it/cinema/11_aprile_07/david-donatello-candidature_0008acf8-612d-11e0-9e67-aae4bf36a1a3.shtml|accessdate=11 October 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=April 7, 2011}} In 2013 he debuted as director with The Unlikely Prince.
Filmography
=Director=
- The Unlikely Prince (2013)
- Si accettano miracoli (2015)
- Mr. Happiness (2017)
- The Most Beautiful Day in the World (2019)
- Who Framed Santa Claus? (2021)
- Needing a Friend? (2023)
- Big Family (2024)
- Io e te dobbiamo parlare (2024)
=Actor=
- Ti lascio perché ti amo troppo (2006)
- Natale a New York (2006)
- Natale in crociera (2007)
- La seconda volta non si scorda mai (2008)
- Benvenuti al Sud (2010)
- The Worst Week of My Life (2011)
- Benvenuti al Nord (2012) (actor)
- The Unlikely Prince (2013)
- Si accettano miracoli (2015)
- Mr. Happiness (2017)
- The Most Beautiful Day in the World (2019)
- Who Framed Santa Claus? (2021)
- Needing a Friend? (2023)
- Big Family (2024)
- Io e te dobbiamo parlare (2024)
Producer
- Troppo Napoletano (2016) (producer)
Literary works
- 2010 - Un napoletano come me...e che t'o dico a fà!, Rizzoli (100k copies sold)
- 2013 - Non si direbbe che sei napoletano, Mondadori (Best Seller)
- 2013 - L'Italia abusiva. Viaggio comico in un paese diversamente autorizzato (Best Seller)
- 2015 - Troppo napoletano, Mondadori
- 2019 - Napolitudine. Dialoghi sulla vita, la felicità e la smania 'e turnà, with Luciano De Crescenzo, Milano, Mondadori. {{ISBN|978-88-04-68505-0}}. (Ranked for over ten weeks)
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.alessandrosiani.it/}}
- {{IMDb name|id =2293779}}
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Category:Film people from Naples
Category:21st-century Italian male actors
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian stand-up comedians
Category:Italian television personalities
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Male actors from Naples
Category:Italian male comedians
Category:Comedians from Naples
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