Andrea Roncato (born 7 March 1947) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.

Biography

Andrea Roncato has a law degree from the University of Bologna and a solfège diploma from the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini. He has attended several acting courses, both in Italy and in the United States.[1][2]

His fame is mainly due to the comedy duo Gigi e Andrea with fellow comedian Gigi Sammarchi.[3] After several television appearances they became one of the most famous duos of Italian cinema in the 1980s. They are known for their easy-going style and irreverence. Gigi e Andrea were spokespeople for Agip Petroli and Autobianchi Y10 4WD in the 1980s.

After gaining popularity with Sammarchi, Andrea Roncato continued his solo career starring in several films (including some Christmas comedies with Massimo Boldi and Christian De Sica) and in some television series.

From 2002 to 2008, he starred as Romanò in the television series Carabinieri on 'Canale 5 (seven seasons). In 2007, he was made a Knight of Malta. In 2008, he starred in the film Ho ammazzato Berlusconi  and, in the same year, he had his first book, Ti avrei voluto, published by Excelsior 1881.[1] The following year, he was a contestant in Ballando con le stelle, a reality show on Rai 1 (and the Italian version of Strictly Come Dancing).

Besides acting, presenting and voice-acting, Roncato is also an acting teacher. He has worked as art director in some nightclubs and at various charity events, he has been a promoter of the campaign "SOS Foca Monaca", of the campaign in Fabriano to raise awareness about dogs' excrement collection, and he has been named a world ambassador for the protection of disabled children.[4] He is a great lover of animals, especially dogs, and has managed to create a special shelter for strays. He personally owns two, a setter named Padberg and a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog, Tullio.[2]

Private life

In 1985, he had a two month affair with the pornography star Moana Pozzi, whom he met on the set of I pompieri.[5]

In 1997, he married Stefania Orlando, a presenter and television actress, but the marriage ended in divorce after two years. Tabloid newspapers reported that his divorce was mainly due to his drug abuse.[6]

He considers himself Roman Catholic.[7]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Books

  • Roncato, Andrea (2008). Ti avrei voluto (in Italian). Milan: Excelsior 1881. ISBN 978-88-6158-085-5.

Awards

  • 1984 – Telegatto for Premiatissima 
  • 1985 – Telegatto for Miss World
  • 1991 – Telegatto for Sabato al Circo
  • 2002 – Career award given to Gigi e Andrea at Festival del Cabaret by municipality of Martina Franca.[8]
  • 2004 – Premio Walter Chiari, awarded during the exhibition of Il Sarchiapone in Cervia
  • 2006 – Premio Speciale for the television series Carabinieri, awarded during the Festival di Villa Basilica in Lecce
  • 2007 – Title of Knight of Malta
  • 2008 – Premio Speciale Totò at the fourth edition of the Cabaret Festival in Pompeii

References

  1. 1 2 "Andrea Roncato". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016 – via MySpace.
  2. 1 2 Gramola, Gianfranco (21 May 2012). "Andrea Roncato". Interviste Romane (in Italian). Rome.
  3. ↑ Iovane, Domenico (5 May 2022). "Andrea Roncato: la biografia dell'attore italiano" [Andrea Roncato: the biography of the Italian actor]. True News (in Italian). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Campagna di sensibilizzazione raccolta delle deiezioni dei cani a Fabriano" [Awareness campaign for collecting dog waste in Fabriano] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Pozzi, Moana (1991). La filosofia di Moana (in Italian). Rome: Moana's Club. p. 7.
  6. ↑ Galanto, Massimo (21 March 2013). "Andrea Roncato: "Quando ero sposato con Stefania Orlando passavo le notti in discoteca e assumevo cocaina"" [Andrea Roncato: "When I was married to Stefania Orlando I spent my nights in the disco and took cocaine"]. Gossipblog (in Italian). Archived from the original on 12 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Giordano, Lucio (9 December 2022). "Convinsi la mia donna ad abortire e da allora chiedo perdono a Dio" [I convinced my woman to have an abortion and have been asking God for forgiveness ever since]. Dipiù (in Italian). No. 49. pp. 86–89.
  8. ↑ "Festival del Cabaret - EDIZIONE 2002" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.


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