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Andrea Roncato (born 7 March 1947 in Bologna) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.
Biography
Andrea Roncato has a Law degree from the University of Bologna and a solfège diploma from the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini. He has attended several acting courses, both in Italy and in the United States.
His notoriety is mainly due to the comedy duo Gigi e Andrea with fellow comedian Gigi Sammarchi: after several television appearances they have become one of the most famous duos of Italian cinema in the 80s. They are known for their easy-going style and irreverence. Gigi e Andrea have been spokespeople for Agip Petroli and Autobianchi Y10 4WD in the 1980s.After gaining popularity with Sammarchi, Andrea Roncato continued his solo career starring in several films (including some Christmas comedies with Massimo Boldi and Christian 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 had his first book, Ti avrei voluto, published by Excelsior1881. The following year, he participated as a contestant to Ballando con le stelle, a reality show on Rai 1 (and the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars).
Besides acting, presenting and voice-acting, Roncato is also an acting teacher. He has worked as art director in some nightclubs and at various charity events, he has been a promoter of the campaign "SOS Foca Monaca", of the campaign in Fabriano to raise awareness about dog's excrement collection, and he has been named a world ambassador for the protection of disabled children. He is a great lover of animals, especially dogs, and has managed to create a special shelter for strays. He personally owns two, a setter named Padberg and a Czechoslovakian shepherd, Tullio.
Private life
In 1985, he had a two month affair with the famous porn star Moana Pozzi, whom he met on the set of I pompieri.
In 1997, he married Stefania Orlando, a presenter and television actress, but the marriage ended in divorce after just two years. Tabloids reported that his divorce was mainly due to his drug abuse.
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.
- 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