Bebo Storti
Italian actor and comedian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Life and career
Born in Milan, after several years spent in minor stage companies, Storti became first known in 1985, thanks to the Gabriele Salvatores' comedy play Comedians.[1][2] In the following years he became a member of Salvatores' Teatro dell'Elfo, and made his film debut in Salvatores' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan.[1] Between the late 1980s and the early 1990s he worked with Paolo Rossi in several stage plays, and in 1992, he made his television debut in Rossi's sketch comedy show Su la testa.[1][2]
In 1996, Storti had his breakout thanks to the participation in the Gialappa's Band's variety show Mai dire Gol, in which he played Alfio Muschio, a comic caricature of a devoted black Lega Nord supporter, and his most famous character, Count Uguccione, a frivolous playboy aristocrat and Fiorentina fan.[1][2] The same year, dressed as Alfio Muschio and thanks to the collaboration of skier Lamine Guèye, he took part in the parade with Senegal at the opening ceremony of the Alpine World Ski Championships.[3][4] In the following years, he intensified his film career, and also appeared on stage in serious roles.[2] He wrote several humorous novels featuring Uguccione.[2]
Selected filmography
- Nirvana, directed by Gabriele Salvatores (1997)
- In the Beginning There Was Underwear, directed by Anna Negri (1999)
- All the Moron's Men, directed by Paolo Costella (1999)
- Amnèsia, directed by Gabriele Salvatores (2002)
- Quo Vadis, Baby?, directed by Gabriele Salvatores (2005)
- The Bodyguard's Cure, directed by Carlo A. Sigon (2005)
- Our Country, directed by Francesca Comencini (2006)
- We Can Do That, directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2008)
- Vacanze di Natale a Cortina, directed by Neri Parenti (2012)
- Ti stimo fratello directed by Giovanni Vernia and Paolo Uzzi (2012)
- Cha cha cha, directed by Marco Risi (2013)
- Wannabe Widowed, directed by Massimo Venier (2013)
- Human Capital, directed by Paolo Virzì (2014)
- Mafia and Red Tomatoes, directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2014)
- I Killed Napoléon, directed by Giorgia Farina (2015)
- What's the Big Deal, directed by Edoardo Leo (2016)
- Poveri ma ricchi, directed by Fausto Brizzi (2016)
- A Woman's Name, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana (2018)
- The Traitor, directed by Marco Bellocchio (2019)
- Villetta con ospiti, directed by Ivano De Matteo (2020)
- A Hundred Sundays, directed by Antonio Albanese (2023)
- No Place to Be Single, directed by Laura Chiossone (2026)
