Marco Columbro

Marco Columbro was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. He had a Roman Catholic background but later became a follower of 14th Dalai Lama and Buddhist and Oriental concepts.^[1][2]

He studied psychology at the University of Florence. Columbro worked as actor for numerous companies, collaborating, among the others, with Dario Fo. In 1981 he debuted for television as dubber of a puppet in Canale 5, Silvio Berlusconi's channel. Columbro subsequently hosted numerous shows in Berlusconi's channel, including Buona Domenica  [it] and Tra moglie e marito  [it].

In 2003 he briefly worked for RAI, Italian's state television, for a show with Lorella Cuccarini. From 1993 onwards he worked mostly as actor for television series and for theatrical productions.

In the 1990s, he had a relationship with Elena Perrucchini, with whom he had a son in 1993. After a second relationship with Stefania Santini from 2008 to 2011, he has been engaged to Marzia Risalti, with whom he runs a hotel near Siena.^[3]