Checco Zalone
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| Born | Luca Pasquale Medici 3 June 1977 Capurso, Italy |
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| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Luca Pasquale Medici[1] (born 3 June 1977), known as Checco Zalone (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkekko ddzaˈloːne], modeled on the Italianized Barese insult "che cozzalone!", ("lit. 'what a boor!'), is an Italian comedian, actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He co-wrote and starred in the five highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?.
Biography and career
Luca Medici was born in
After being a regular in many editions of the Canale 5 variety show Zelig, he became famous in 2006 thanks to the song "Siamo una squadra fortissimi" (meaning "we are a very strong team" in broken Italian), celebrating the Italian team just before the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[1] In 2009 he co-wrote and starred in Cado dalle nubi, co-written by Gennaro Nunziante, who also directed.
In 2011, he again co-wrote and starred in
In 2013, he and Nunziante followed it up with Sole a catinelle which surpassed it with an opening record of €19.2 million and a total gross of €51.9 million.[3][5][6]
In January 2016, his and Nunziante's next film Quo Vado? set another opening weekend record grossing over €22m (£16.5m) over the three-day holiday weekend[5][7][8] and went on to become the highest-grossing Italian film of all-time[9] with €65.3 million, second only to Avatar in Italy with €65.7 million.[9] In the same year, Zalone was the Italian testimonial of the funding raising campaign for the research on Spinal muscular atrophy.[10][11] His and Nunziate's films are currently the second, third, fifth and sixth highest-grossing films in Italy.
On 30 April 2021, Checco Zalone released the video of his song "La vacinada" (meaning "the vaccinated woman" in pseudo-
In 2022 he has been guest at Sanremo Music Festival with a medley.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
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| 2009 | Cado dalle nubi | Checco | Also writer |
| 2011 | What a Beautiful Day | ||
| 2013 | Sole a catinelle | ||
| 2016 | Quo Vado? | ||
| 2020 | Tolo Tolo | Also writer and director |
References
- ^ a b Zalone, Checco, in Treccani, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. 15 March 2011 (in Italian).
- ^ "Beautiful Day' now Italy's most successful film (Reuters)". 17 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Annuario Cinetel 2014" (PDF). Cinetel (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b Lyman, Eric J. (4 November 2013). "Italian Comedy 'Sun in Buckets' Sets New Opening Weekend Sales Record". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ a b Anderson, Ariston (4 January 2016). "Italy Box Office: Local Hit 'Quo Vado?' Sets Opening Records". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Lyman, Eric J. (4 November 2013). "Italian Comedy 'Sun in Buckets' Sets New Opening Weekend Sales Record". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Hoad, Phil (4 January 2016). "Backward-looking The Force Awakens might pay the price beyond the west". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Quo Vado? has beaten Star Wars at the box office". The Independent. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ a b Niola, Gabriele (14 January 2016). "Italy box office: 'Quo Vado?' becomes biggest ever local film". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Pizzimenti, Chiara. "Sma, il nuovo, magnifico, spot di Checco Zalone". Vanity Fair (in Italian). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Francesca Galici (2 October 2020). ""Ciao grande Mirko". L'addio di Zalone all'amico malato di Sma". Il Giornale (in Italian).
- ^ "Helen Mirren joins Italy's best known comic in light-hearted to promote Covid-19 vaccine". telegraph.co.uk. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
External links
- Checco Zalone at IMDb
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