| Emilio Solfrizzi | |
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| Born | (1962-04-05) 5 April 1962 (age 62) Bari |
| Occupation | actor |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Emilio Solfrizzi (born 5 April 1962) is an Italian actor and comedian.
Life and career
Born in Bari, in 1985 Solfrizzi graduated in performing arts at the Bologna University. Shortly later he formed a comedy duo with his former classmate Antonio Stornaiolo, Toti e Tata, who had a good success on stages all over Italy. In the second half of the 1990s he appeared, still in couple with Starnaiolo, in the variety show Striscia la notizia with the successful character of Linguetta, then he started a solo career as actor and comedian.
In 2011, Solfrizzi won the Nastro d'Argento for best original song as the composer and singer of "Amami di più", main theme of the comedy film Se sei così ti dico sì.
Selected filmography
- La stazione (1990)
- Selvaggi (1995)
- Marriages (1998)
- Outlaw (1999)
- Free the Fish (2000)
- El Alamein: The Line of Fire (2002)
- Forever (2003)
- Agata and the Storm (2004)
- Luisa Sanfelice (2004)
- Our Land (2006)
- 2061: An Exceptional Year (2007)
- Men vs. Women (2010)
- Women vs. Men (2011)
- Se sei così, ti dico sì (2011)
- Mi rifaccio vivo (2013)
- A Fairy-Tale Wedding (2014)
- School of Mafia (2021)
- Love in the Villa (2022)
References
- ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Volume 3. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402697.
- ^ Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 978-88-317-9599-9.
- "Habemus Nastri". Il Sole 24 Ore. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2014.