Enrico Silvestrin
{{Short description|Italian television presenter, actor and singer-songwriter}}
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Enrico Silvestrin (born 30 May 1972) is an Italian actor, television and radio presenter and musician.
Life and career
Born in Rome, after a supporting role in Michele Placido's Close Friends, in 1994 Silvestrin started working as a VJ on MTV Europe, and later on MTV Italy. In 2000, he refused the Gabriele Muccino's offer of starring in The Last Kiss preferring a role in the Italia 1 sitcom Via Zanardi 33, which eventually turned to be a flop.{{cite news|last1=Fabio Secchi Frau|title=Enrico Silvestrin: Il primo VJ di MTV|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=26594|accessdate=29 May 2016|work=MyMovies}}
In 2005 Silvestrin left MTV as to focus on his acting career. He then appeared in a number of films and TV-series, getting a personal success with the role of Alessandro Berti in the Canale 5 crime series Distretto di Polizia. In 2007 he presented the Festivalbar.{{cite news|last1=Sara Ficocelli|title="Alcol? Sì, qualche volta ho esagerato ma non imitatemi"|url=http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/italia-mondo/2015/02/21/news/alcol-si-qualche-volta-ho-esagerato-ma-non-imitatemi-1.10909762|accessdate=29 May 2016|work=Il Tirreno|date=16 February 2015}} In 2018 he competed in Grande Fratello VIP, the Italian adaptation of Celebrity Big Brother. He was the third contestant to be evicted on day 22.
Silvestrin is also active as a musician. He has been part of the musical groups Agony in Cage, Tempus Fugit, Ilor and Silv3man.{{cite news|last1=Francesco Birsa Alessandri|title=Quando i VJ di MTV suona(va)no il rock|url=https://www.vice.com/it/article/vj-mtv-rock/|access-date=29 May 2016|work=Nosey (Vice)|date= 23 January 2014}} He is nephew on his mother's side of actor and playwright Peppino De Filippo.{{cite news|last1=Claudia Morgoglione|title=Enrico Silvestrin La mia verità su zio Peppino|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/02/25/enrico-silvestrin-la-mia-verita-su-zio.html|accessdate=29 May 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=25 February 2006}}
Selected filmography
- Close Friends (1992)
- Ecco fatto (1998)
- But Forever in My Mind (1999)
- Deceit (1999)
- Via Zanardi 33 (TV, 2001)
- Remember Me, My Love (2003)
- What Will Happen to Us (2004)
- Floor 17 (2005)
- L'ispettore Coliandro (TV, 2006)
- The Last House in the Woods (2006)
- Distretto di Polizia (TV, 2006-2008)
- I delitti del cuoco (TV, 2010)
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century Italian male actors
Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male television actors
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Mass media people from Rome
Category:Italian television presenters