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Ezio Greggio (Italian pronunciation:[ˈɛttsjoˈɡreddʒo]; born 7 April 1954) is an Italian comedian, actor, writer and film director.
In Italy he is mostly known for his long-lasting appearances in TV shows like Drive In and Striscia la notizia, while abroad he is noted for his movies and his collaboration with Mel Brooks.
TV career
Born in Cossato, a small town near Biella,[1] Greggio began his TV career at age 18 in Telebiella, the first local private owned station in Italy thanks to the help of founder Peppo Sacchi.
D'Angelo convinced Greggio to move to the newborn Fininvest (later Mediaset), a local TV channel founded in Milan by Silvio Berlusconi. They were both included in the cast of the main show of the network, Drive In, a 2-hour weekly show featuring a bunch of young emerging comedians. Greggio quickly became spotlight chaser of the whole show.
In 1988 he followed the creator and head writer Antonio Ricci to a long series of successful shows: after Odiens, a show loosely inspired by Drive In, Greggio in 1990 and 1993 presented Paperissima, a container for bloopers and funny homemade videos. In these shows, Greggio created his most famous recurring gags.
Since 1988 he has been the main presenter (along with D'Angelo and later Enzo Iacchetti) of Striscia la notizia, a daily television news parody. He starred in the program every year for some months, from the beginning up to now.
Since 2000, Greggio acted in a great number of TV productions tho he would return to movies once more in 2011 with Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films.
Ezio Greggio has two sons, Giacomo and Gabriele, born respectively in 1991 and 1995, following the marriage between Greggio and the Spanish model Isabel Bengochea. Later in the early 2000s he divorced his wife. The marriage with Isabel Bengochea had lasted about 20 years. He later had love affairs with other younger women. From 2018 to 2023 he had a romance with Romina Pierdomenico.[4]
^Colombo, G.; L, W.W.I.S.R.; Italy, W.W. (2006). Who's Who in Italy. International red series. Who's Who in Italy. p. 874. ISBN9788885246522. Retrieved 17 June 2018. GREGGIO Ezio, (Dott), actor, film producer, journalist bom Cossato/Biella, April 7, 1954 ...