Corrado Guzzanti
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Corrado Guzzanti (born May 17, 1965) is an Italian actor, director, writer and satirist.
[edit] Biography
Born in Rome, he is the son of journalist and Senator Paolo Guzzanti, and brother of Sabina and Caterina, both also Italian television personalities and satirical actresses.
He debuted as writer for his sister Sabina, and debuted with roles for himself in Avanzi, hosted by Serena Dandini, with whom he collaborated in almost all his subsequent TV shows. These include Tunnel, Maddecheaò, Pippo Chennedy Show and L'ottavo nano.
He is famous for his corrosive imitations of Italian politics and personalities: an incomplete list include Emilio Fede, Antonello Venditti, Francesco Rutelli, Romano Prodi, Fausto Bertinotti, Gianfranco Funari, Gianni Baget Bozzo, Giulio Tremonti and many others. He also created characters of his own, including the Quelo, a comical version of a new age guru, and the poet Brunello Robertetti, a satire of a typical Italian alleged intellectual.
His latest caracter is Don Florestano Pizzarro, a powerful priest, in 2008
In 2006 he debuted as movie director with Fascisti su Marte ("Fascists on Mars"), which features an anachronistic and heavily satirical plot about a group of Fascist militians attempting to colonize Mars during the Fascist era.
