Draft:Giacomo Poretti

Giacomo Poretti
Born
Giacomino Poretti

(1956-04-26) 26 April 1956 (age 68)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actor
  • screenwriter
Years active1983-present
Spouse
(m. 1985; div. 1989)
Daniela Cristofori
Children1

Giacomo Poretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒaːkomo poˈrɛtti]; born 26 April 1956) is an Italian comedian, actor, and screenwriter, and also a member of Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo.

Early life

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Poretti was born on 26 April 1956 in Villa Cortese to a family of workers. As a young child, attending the oratory of his town, he becomes passionate about theatre.[1] Between 8 and 11 years old he starts acting, trying without success to enter the troupe I Legnanesi. He leaves work as a surveyor to go work as a metalworker in factory. At 18 years old, he enters at the Legnano civil hospital as nurse.[1] In 1983, Poretti graduated from Busto Arsizio theatrical school.

Career

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In his free time, he proposed himself as a comic actor with his then girlfriend Marina Massironi, where in 1984 they founded the duo "Hansel e Strüdel".

In 1985, after leaving the hospital assignment,[1] and for some year, he had experiences as village head in Sardinia at the Palmasera Village Resort in Cala Gonone with Massironi; here he knows for the first time Aldo Baglio and Giovanni Storti, who at the time they founded the due "I suggestionabili". In the group also took part Elio as DJ, Giorgio Porcaro, Mario Zucca, Marino Guidi, Eraldo Moretto: all became successful professionals.

After participating in various TV productions, including Star 90, Professione vacanze and Don Tonino, in 1989 he wrote the show Non parole, ma oggetti contundenti, directed by Giovanni Storti. In 1991, with Baglio and Storti they together debut at the Caffè Teatro di Verghera in Samarate, with the show Galline vecchie fan buon brothers: here the story of Aldo, Giovanno & Giacomo begins.

In 2018 he debuts as host on the show Scarp de' tenis - Incontri sulla strada, aired on TV2000,[2] telling the stories of the street newspaper of the same name in a television way. In the same year he is the protagonist of the theatrical show Fare un'anima.[3] Since 2019 he directs Teatro Oscar deSidera in Milan with the writer Luca Doninelli and Gabriele Allevi. In the same year, he brings to stage the show Chiedimi se sono di turno.[4]

In 2022 he inaugurates PoretCast di Giacomo Poretti, a podcast at Teatro Oscar in Milan. Among the podcast's guests there are various characters of the information world, including: Mondo Marcio, Mara Maionchi, Marco Bersanelli, Enrico Mentana, Guè Pequeno, Lazza, Fabio Rovazzi, Aldo Baglio and Giovanni Storti.

Personal life

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In 1984 he married Marina Massironi, who sometimes collaborated with the trio, but they divorced in 1989; then he married Daniela Cristofori and they had a son. He is involved in the "San Fedele" Cultural Center in Milan, where he organizes, with his wife, spiritual and cultural meetings. Since January 2009, he writes a column called Scusate il disagio on the monthly magazine Popoli.[5]

He is considered close to the catholic movement Communion and Liberation.[6]

He is an Inter fan.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Writer Actor
1991 A Paradise Without Billiards No No Yes
1997 Three Men and a Leg Yes Yes Yes
1998 That's Life Yes Yes Yes
1999 All the Moron's Men No No Yes
2000 Ask Me If I'm Happy Yes Yes Yes
2002 The Legend of Al, John and Jack Yes Yes Yes
2004 Do You Know Claudia? No Yes Yes
2006 Anplagghed al cinema No Yes Yes
Un filo intorno al mondo No No Yes
2008 Il cosmo sul comò No Yes Yes
2009 OceanWorld 3D No No Yes[a]
2010 The Santa Claus Gang No Yes Yes
2013 Ci vuole un gran fisico No No Yes[b]
Ammutta muddica al cinema No No Yes
2014 The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler Yes Yes Yes
2015 Weihnachts-Männer No Yes No
2016 Fuga da Reuma Park Yes Yes Yes
2017 Let Yourself Go No No Yes
2020 I Hate Summer No Yes Yes
2022 Il grande giorno No No Yes
2023 Zamora No No Yes

Television

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Year Title Creator Director Writer Actor Notes
1987 Professione vacanze No No No Yes 1 episode
1988 Don Tonino No No No Yes 1 episode
2022 Doc – Nelle tue mani No No No Yes 1 episode

Theatre

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Year Title Director Writer Actor
1989 Mens sana in corpore nano TBA No Yes
1999 Non parole ma oggetti contundenti No Yes Yes
1992 Lampi d'estate[8] No TBA Yes
1993 Aria di Tempesta No TBA Yes
1995-96 Il circo di Paolo Rossi No TBA Yes
1995-97 I corti di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo Yes Yes Yes
1999 Tel chi el telùn No TBA Yes
2001 Potevo rimanere offeso! No TBA Yes
2006 Anplagghed No TBA Yes
2012 Ammutta muddica Yes Yes Yes
2016 The Best of Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo No TBA Yes
2018-19 Fare un'anima Yes Yes Yes
2019-

present

Litigar danzando Yes Yes Yes
2019-

present

Chiedimi se sono di turno No TBA Yes
2022 Funeral home No Yes Yes

Books

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  • Poretti, Giacomo (2012). Alto come un vaso di gerani. Mondadori. ISBN 9788804624288.
  • Poretti, Giacomo (2015). Al paradiso è meglio credere. Mondadori. ISBN 9788804658092.
  • Poretti, Giacomo (2021). Turno di notte. Mondadori. ISBN 9788804742173.
  • Poretti, Giacomo (2023). Un allegro sconcerto. La Nave di Teseo. Mondadori. ISBN 9788893951494.

Awards and honors

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Awards

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Year Title Award Category Result
1998 Three Men and a Leg David di Donatello Best New Director Nominated
Three Men and a Leg Nastro d'argento Nastro d'argento speciale Won
2001 Ask Me If I'm Happy Nastro d'argento Best Actor Nominated

Honors

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The trio won Ambrogino d'oro on 7 December 2010.[9]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ As narrator
  2. ^ Cameo

References

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  1. ^ a b c D'Aria, Irma (26 March 2018). ""La mia vita da infermiere prima di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo"". La Repubblica (in Italian).
  2. ^ "Tv2000 presenta Scarp de' tenis – Incontri sulla strada con Giacomo Poretti". TV2000 (in Italian). 4 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Fare un'anima" (in Italian).
  4. ^ "Chiedimi se sono di turno" (in Italian).
  5. ^ Poretti, Giacomo. "Scusate il disagio". Popoli (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 March 2014.
  6. ^ Rossi, Fabrizio (4 March 2011). "GIACOMO PORETTI, IO FACCIO SUL SERIO". Comunione e Liberazione (in Italian).
  7. ^ Di Noi, Dario (5 March 2016). "GIACOMO PORETTI: "INTER È PASSIONE CHE ACCOMUNA IL TRIO. DISSI NO A MADRID PERCHÈ…"". fcinter1908.it (in Italian).
  8. ^ "Lampi d'estate" (in Italian).
  9. ^ "Ambrogino alle mamme del Rubattino Premiati anche Aldo Giovanni e Giacomo". Il Giornale (in Italian). 19 November 2010.
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