Andrea Roncato
Andrea Roncato (Bologna, 7 March 1947) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.
Biography
Andrea Roncato graduated with a law degree from the University of Bologna; he also has a degree in music theory at the Conservatory. He has participated in several acting classes, in both Italy and the United States.[1][2]
He, along with Gigi Sammarchi formed the comedy duo Gigi e Andrea, who after a few television appearances, became one of the most famous couples of Italian cinema, especially for their easy-going style and irreverence. With his friend and colleague, he was also, in the eighties, a spokesperson for Agip Petroli and Autobianchi Y10 4WD. After the experience with Sammarchi, Andrea Roncato continued his solo career starring in several films, including some Christmas films with Boldi and De Sica and in some television series.
From 2002 to 2008, he starred as Romanò in the television series Carabinieri on Canale 5 (7 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 also published his book called Ti avrei voluto by the publisher Excelsior1881.[1] The following year, he participated as a contestant on the reality show on Rai 1 called Ballando con le stelle.
Besides acting, presenting and voice acting, Andrew is also an acting teacher. He was an art director in nightclubs and at various events for certain charities, a promoter of the campaign "SOS Foca Monaca" and of the awareness campaign collecting the excrements of dogs in Fabriano, and an ambassador to the world for the protection of disabled children.[3] He is a great lover of animals, especially dogs, and has managed to create a special shelter for stray. It has two, a setter named Padberg and a Czechoslovakian shepherd, Tullio.[2]
Private life
In 1985, he was, for two months, a lover of the famous porn star Moana Pozzi, who he had met on the set of I pompieri.[4]
In 1997, he married Stefania Orlando, a presenter and television actress, from whom he divorced after just two years. He has had experiences with drugs that has brought problems with his wife, until the divorce.[5]
Selected filmography
Films
- Qua la mano, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile (1980)
- I camionisti, directed by Flavio Mogherini (1982)
- Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati, directed by Sergio Martino (1983)
- Fantozzi subisce ancora, directed by Neri Parenti (1983)
- Acapulco, prima spiaggia... a sinistra, directed by Sergio Martino (1983)
- L'allenatore nel pallone, directed by Sergio Martino (1984)
- Mezzo destro mezzo sinistro - 2 calciatori senza pallone, directed by Sergio Martino (1985)
- I pompieri directed by Neri Parenti (1985)
- Rimini Rimini, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1986)
- Doppio misto, directed by Sergio Martino (1986)
- Tango blu, directed by Alberto Bevilacqua (1987)
- Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo, directed by Bruno Corbucci and Giorgio Capitani (1987)
- Il lupo di mare, directed by Maurizio Lucidi (1987)
- Vacanze di Natale '90, directed by Enrico Oldoini (1990)
- Vacanze di Natale '91, directed by Enrico Oldoini (1991)
- Ne parliamo lunedì, directed by Luciano Odorisio (1990)
- Anni 90, directed by Enrico Oldoini (1992)
- Graffiante desiderio, directed by Sergio Martino (1993)
- Anni 90 - Parte II, directed by Enrico Oldoini (1993)
- Gli inaffidabili, directed by Jerry Calà (1997)
- Simpatici & antipatici, directed by Christian De Sica (1998)
- T'amo e t'amerò, directed by Ninì Grassia (1999)
- Ricordati di me, directed by Gabriele Muccino (2003)
- Tosca e altre due, directed by Giorgio Ferrara (2003)
- L'allenatore nel pallone 2, directed by Sergio Martino (2008)
- Ho ammazzato Berlusconi, directed by Gian Luca Rossi (2008)
- Il cuore grande delle ragazze, directed by Pupi Avati (2011)
- Almeno tu nell'universo, directed by Andrea Biglione (2011)
- Napoletans, directed by Luigi Russo (2011)
- La Corona Spezzata, directed by Ruben Maria Soriquez (2013)
- Cornici di Vita, directed by Giovanni Giordano (2015)
Television
- Risatissima (1984)
- Grand Hotel (1985-1986)
- Don Tonino (1987-1989)
- L'odissea, directed by Giuseppe Recchia (1991)
- Il TG delle vacanze (1992)
- La voce del cuore, directed by Lodovico Gasparini (1995)
- Mamma, mi si è depresso papà, directed by Paolo Poeti (1996)
- La storia di Gigi 2, directed by Luca Mazzieri and Marco Mazzieri (1997)
- I misteri di Cascina Vianello, directed by Gianfrancesco Lazotti (1997)
- Ladri si diventa, directed by Fabio Luigi Lionello (1998)
- Via Zanardi, 33 (2001)
- Carabinieri - 7 seasons, directed by Raffaele Mertes, Sergio Martino, Giandomenico Trillo, Alessandro Cane (2002-2008)
- La palestra, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore (2003)
- Crimini - episode Rapidamente, directed by Antonio Manetti and Marco Manetti (2006)
- Il Capitano - second season - episode Operazione S. Isidro, directed by Vittorio Sindoni (2007)
- Così vanno le cose, directed by Francesco Bovino (2008)
- Un matrimonio (television miniseries), directed by Pupi Avati (2012)
- Il restauratore 2 - episode Arma a doppio taglio (2014)
- Squadra mobile (2015)
- Provaci ancora prof! 6 episode Le ali spezzate, role: Attorney Luigi Di Blasi (2015)
- Don Matteo 10 - serie TV, episode L'inganno, directed by Monica Vullo (2016)
Books
- Roncato, Andrea (2008). Ti avrei voluto (in Italian). Excelsior1881.
Awards
- 1984 - Telegatto for Premiatissima
- 1985 - Telegatto for comments televised 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.[6]
- 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 Cavaliere di Malta
- 2008 - Premio Speciale Totò at the fourth edition of the Cabaret Festival in Pompeii
References
- 1 2 Andrea Roncato on MySpace
- 1 2 Andrea Roncato (actor) - Interview with Gianfranco Gramola
- ↑ Fidomicio.provincia.ancona.it - Fido Micio -
- ↑ Moana Pozzi, La filosofia di Moana, 1991, page 7
- ↑ Andrea Roncato on Verissimo
- ↑ Festival del Cabaret - EDIZIONE 2002
External links
- Official profile on MySpace
- Andrea at the Internet Movie Database
- Gigi e Andrea discography at Discogs