Fabrizio Biggio

Fabrizio Biggio
Biggio in 2015
Born27 June 1974 (1974-06-27) (age 52)
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
OccupationsActor, comedian, TV presenter, radio host, film director, writer
Years active1997–present

Fabrizio Biggio (born 27 June 1974) is an Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, radio host, film director and writer.

Life and career

Born in Florence in 1974 to an Apulian father and a French mother, Biggio began his career in entertainment in the late 1990s, hosting the television programs La Zanzara in classe. He collaborated with MTV on various music and comedy shows, including MTV Mad, Hit List Italia, MTV Pets Show and sitcoms like MTV Bathroom and I soliti idioti (2009–2012), which led to two feature films: I soliti idioti: Il film (2011) and I 2 soliti idioti (2012).

Biggio has also worked as a radio host and provided voice dubbing for animated series like Beavis and Butt-Head and films such as Monsters University. In 2015, he competed alongside Francesco Mandelli at the Sanremo Music Festival, with the song "Vita d'inferno". In 2016, he hosted Stracult on Rai 2.

Between 2022 and 2023, he resumed collaborations with Mandelli on various projects, including Fiorello's Viva Rai2!. They also worked on the third film in the I soliti idioti series, I soliti idioti 3: Il ritorno, twelve years after the previous installment, which they also directed.

In February 2024, he hosted Una voce per San Marino.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 I soliti idioti: Il film Gianluca De Ceglie / Various Film debut; also writer
2012 I 2 soliti idioti Gianluca De Ceglie / Various Also writer
2013 Pazze di me Luca
Third Person Claude
2015 La solita commedia: Inferno Virgil / Various Also director and writer
2017 Omicidio all'italiana Antonello
2018 All You Ever Wished For Cetto
2024 I soliti idioti 3: Il ritorno Gianluca De Ceglie / Various Also director and writer
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 MTV Bathroom Barman
2009–2012 I soliti idioti Various Main role
2016 Mariottide Tony Banderas Episode 1x19
2018 The Generi Dan Maverick Episode 1x05

Television programmes

References

  1. 1 2 Pagano, Matteo (13 November 2011). "Fabrizio Biggio, dall'esordio con 'La zanzara in classe' al successo con I soliti Idioti". LaNostraTv.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Fabrizio Biggio compie 50 anni: la fotostoria dell'attore e conduttore". Sky TG24. 27 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Paolo Mereghetti (December 2011). "I soliti idioti? Risate facili". Ciak. No. 12. p. 30.
  4. ↑ Morgoglione, Claudia (18 December 2012). "I soliti idioti non si smentiscono. 'Ma la volgarità è quella dei furbetti'". la Repubblica.
  5. ↑ "Big in gara Sanremo 2015: la scalata del trash. I soliti idioti". Funweek. 21 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sanremo: stasera i «Soliti Idioti» in gara tra i big". Corriere della Sera. 11 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Santacatterina, Manuela (25 January 2024). "I soliti idioti 3 - Il ritorno: la recensione del film di Biggio e Mandelli". The Hollywood Reporter Roma.
  8. ↑ Dipollina, Antonio (25 February 2024). "'Una voce per San Marino', un mistero che è meglio non svelare". la Repubblica.