Stefano Chiodaroli
Italian actor and stand-up comedian
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Career
Early life
Born in Albizzate, Varese into a family of workers, before focusing on his career as an entertainer, Chiodaroli did several jobs including milling machine operator, lathe operator, agent of trade and warehouseman.[1] An expert in Fire breathing and a street acrobat, after acting in some amateur companies, he made his professional debut in 1983 with the comedy ensemble Triopastello.[2][3] Graduated in 1990 at the School of Theatre Mimodramma,[2] he participated in theater festivals in Arkhangelsk in Russia and in Lepujenvelaj in France.[4]
In 1995 he started working on stage as a playwright and later as an actor joining the short-lived trio "Gli Ottomani".[4]
The baker and the success
In 1998 Chiodaroli created the comic caricature of a short-tempered baker,[5] a character that allowed him to access to some major Italian television variety shows such as Zelig (Canale 5), Convention a colori (Rai 2) and Colorado Cafe (Italia 1).[1][6] Other Chiodaroli's characters include the Celtic demigod "Tempesta Ormonale" (appeared in the Rai 2 prime time show Bulldozer),[7] the surreal "Magician Abatjour", the former fashion model Ornello, the jazz trumpeter Brian.[1][4]
In 2005 Chiodaroli had the leading role of Mariano, a good-hearted car thief and thug, in the Italia 1 sitcom Belli dentro ("Beautiful inside").[1][3][8]
Selected filmography
- La terza stella (2005)
- The Fever (2005)[9]
- Belli dentro (TV, 2005)
- The Bodyguard's Cure (2006)
- Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two (2006)
- 2061: An Exceptional Year (2007)
- Don Luca c'è (TV, 2008)
- Cado dalle nubi (2009)
- Angel of Evil (2010)
- In tour (TV, 2011)
- Wannabe Widowed (2013)
Television
- Saturday Night Live from Milano
- Seven Show
- Bulldozer (TV program)
- Zelig (TV program)[10]
- Belli dentro[11][12]
- Don Luca c'è
- Fiore e Tinelli
- Love Bugs (TV program)
- Colorado (TV program)[13][14]