Dado Coletti
Italian actor and television presenter
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Biography
Coletti was enrolled in the school of actor Enzo Garinei,[3] made his debut in acting at the Teatro Sistina,[3] and continued his studies[where?] while learning mime and dubbing.[3]
He began his television career by working with children's programming. He worked for Disney Club from 1991 to 1994.[4] and from 1995 to 1999,[5] working during the latter period alongside Francesca Barberini.[6] In 1999, he also hosted the RaiUno TV program Big![7] He hosted telethons in 1991,[8] 1993 and 2006.[9] Between 1993 and 1994, he hosted One for all and the children's news program Bignews.[3] In 1995, he hosted Astronave Terra on RaiUno, and from that year through 1997 he presented four annual installments of the Disneyland program.[3]
His first acting role in television came in 1999 with Death of a respectable girl, directed by Luigi Perelli. In the same year, he was one of the regular cast members of GNU, where he played the role of a TV producer addicted to new technologies.[10] From 2000 to 2001, he hosted Glu Glu, a program of RaiSat Ragazzi,[3] as well as some gameshows for Call Game of La7.[3] Also in 2001, he was one of the competitors on Nientepopodimenoche,[11] where he won the award for television presenters,[3] and later that same year he was an external presenter of Scommettiamo che…?[12] Between 2002 and 2004, he continued his work as presenter for Sereno variabile on RaiDue.[3] In 2004, he was also co-host of Estate sul 2, the summer version of L'Italia sul 2,[3] and participated in the live broadcast of the 19th World Youth Day in the presence of Pope John Paul II.[3]
In 2005, he returned to television with the Rai 1 program Sabato, Domenica & la TV che bene alla salute where he replaced Corrado Tedeschi and Franco Di Mare.[13][3] In 2009, he was the presenter of the program Festa italiana with Caterina Balivo.[14]
Since March 2021, he has been a radio host on Rai Isoradio.[15]
Filmography
Cinema
- I laureati, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (1995)
- Intollerance, cortometraggio, directed by Paul Fenech (1996)[3]
- Una notte normale, cortometraggio, directed by Elisabetta Villaggio (1997)[3]
- South Kensington, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2001)
- La mia vita a stelle e strisce, directed by Massimo Ceccherini (2003)
- La brutta copia, directed by Massimo Ceccherini (2004)
Television
- Morte di una ragazza perbene, regia di Luigi Perelli – film TV (1999)
- 7 vite, serie TV, episodio 2x02 (2009)
- Buongiorno, mamma!, directed by Giulio Manfredonia – miniserie TV, episodio 1x06 (2021)
Television
- Disney Club (Rai 1, 1991–1993, 1995–1999)
- Telethon 1991–1992 (Rai 1, 1991)[8]
- Big! (Rai 1, 1993–1994)
- Telethon 1993–1994 (Rai 1, 1993)
- Uno per tutti (Rai 1, 1993–1994)
- Astronave Terra (Rai 1, 1995)
- Disneytime (Rai 1, 1995–1997)
- GNU (Rai 3, 1999)[10]
- Glu Glu (RaiSat Ragazzi, 2000–2001)[3]
- Call Game (La7, 2000–2001)[3]
- Nientepopodimenoche (Rai 1, 2001)[16]
- Scommettiamo che...? (Rai 1, 2001)[12]
- Sereno variabile (Rai 2, 2002–2004)[3]
- Estate sul 2 (Rai 2, 2004)[3]
- Telethon 2006 2006 (Rai 1 e Rai 2, 2006)[9]
- Sabato, domenica & la TV che fa bene alla salute (Rai 1, 2005)
- Festa italiana (Rai 1, 2009–2010)[14]
Radio
- Radio host on Rai Isoradio
Dubbing
Movies
- Constantin Alexandrov in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
TV series
- Mark Proksch in What We Do in the Shadows
- Ferry Öllinger in SOKO - Mysteries in the mountains
Video games
- Stellaris (1996) (Max)[3]