Enrico Montesano
Enrico Montesano ( born June 7, 1945 in Rome ) is an Italian actor and singer.
Life
Montesano comes from an artistic family ( his great-grandfather founded an operetta ensemble, his grandfather was a noted conductor ). The graduate surveyor worked for three years in his career, before he ( as in the famous "Il Puff " ) debuted in 1966 on theater stages and in the play Humor nero alongside Vittorio Metz impersonator. Followed in 1968 by the first commitment for the TV: The show Che domenica, amici was headed by Castellano & Pipolo and established Montesano as a comedian, which from now on in many programs, but continue on the stage (as in "Il Bagaglino " could be seen next to Gabriella Ferri ). For the format Quantunque io 1977 he won the Golden Rose of Montreux.
As early as 1967 he had begun with the first minor roles for the movie; over the years - especially from 1976 when he was posted in Horse Fever huge success - created numerous comedies with Montesano in a supporting role. Outstanding were there in the years 1979 and 1980 three films with director Pasquale Festa Campanile, which were each awarded a David di Donatello; thereby Montesano twice received the award for the best performer, and director was once successfully. He received further awards for his own staging of A me mi piace 1985; In the same year he was involved with his performance in I due carabinieri at the box-office hit of the year in Italy.
Again and again put Montesano a longer pauses in film and television, in order to devote himself to stage work. He was seen in 1978 in Garinei & Giovannini Rugantino Alida Chelli next and Aldo Fabrizi; 1990/1991 in the same authors Cercasi tenore and Beati voti between 1992 and 1994, for which he won the prize presentation of the " Istituto del dramma Italiana " for the wide time Maschera (the first he had received for Rugantino 1978). Between 2001 and 2003 he played in malgrado tutto beati voi; after a few other pieces was 2010/2011 Buon Compleanno a look back at the 45 years of his own career.
Over the years, Montesano has also released four LPs and numerous singles; often with songs for children.
Politically, he was active in the 1970s for the PSI, in the 1990s for the PDS and in recent times for the Movimento Libertario.