Emilio Solfrizzi
{{short description|Italian actor and comedian}}
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Emilio Solfrizzi (born 5 April 1962) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Bari, in 1985 Solfrizzi graduated in performing arts at the Bologna University.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Volume 3|publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}}Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. {{ISBN|978-88-317-9599-9}}. Shortly later he formed a comedy duo with his former classmate Antonio Stornaiolo, Toti e Tata, who had a good success on stages all over Italy. In the second half of the 1990s he appeared, still in couple with Starnaiolo, in the variety show Striscia la notizia with the successful character of Linguetta, then he started a solo career as actor and comedian.
In 2011, Solfrizzi won the Nastro d'Argento for best original song as the composer and singer of "Amami di più", main theme of the comedy film Se sei così ti dico sì.{{cite news|title=Habemus Nastri|url=http://cinema.ilsole24ore.com/film-brevi/2011-06-25/habemus-nastri-00019226.php?uuid=AaytnsiD|accessdate=9 January 2014|newspaper=Il Sole 24 Ore|date=25 June 2011}}
Selected filmography
- La stazione (1990)
- Selvaggi (1995)
- Marriages (1998)
- Outlaw (1999)
- Free the Fish (2000)
- El Alamein: The Line of Fire (2002)
- Forever (2003)
- Agata and the Storm (2004)
- Luisa Sanfelice (2004)
- Our Land (2006)
- 2061: An Exceptional Year (2007)
- Men vs. Women (2010)
- Women vs. Men (2011)
- Se sei così, ti dico sì (2011)
- Mi rifaccio vivo (2013)
- A Fairy-Tale Wedding (2014)
- School of Mafia (2021)
- Love in the Villa (2022)
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.emiliosolfrizzi.com}}
- {{IMDb name|0813035}}
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Category:Male actors from Bari
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male television actors