Alessandro Siani (born Alessandro Esposito on 17 September 1975) is an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

Life and career

Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Siani formed at the Tunnel Cabaret's acting laboratory in his hometown. In 1995, shortly after having won the "Charlot Prize" as best comedian, he decided to adopt the stage name Siani in honour of the journalist and

camorra The Camorra (; ) is an Italian Mafia-typeMafia and Mafia-type orga ...

victim

Giancarlo Siani Giancarlo Siani (; Naples, September 19, 1959, - Naples, September 23, 1985) was an Italian crime reporter from Naples, who was killed by the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia. He started to write in the magazine ''Osservatorio sulla camorra'', and l ...

. After being part of the comedy trio "A Testa in giù" and after having appeared in a number of variety shows, he got his first success in 2004 as a stand-up comedian with the stage show ''Fiesta''. Siani made his film debut in 2006 in the romantic comedy ''Ti lascio perché ti amo troppo'', and following a few other roles he had his breakout in 2010 with the box office hit ''

Benvenuti al Sud ''Benvenuti al Sud'' ( en, Welcome to the South) is an Italian comedy film directed by Luca Miniero, remake of the French film ''Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis'' of two years earlier. The film has a sequel called ''Benvenuti al Nord''. The film was dedi ...

'', which also got him a nomination for

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

for Best Supporting Actor. In 2013 he debuted as director with ''

The Unlikely Prince ''The Unlikely Prince'' ( it, Il principe abusivo) is a 2013 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Siani. Cast *Alessandro Siani as Antonio De Biase *Christian De Sica as Anastasio "Ciambellone" *Sarah Felberbaum as Princess Letizia * Serena ...

''.

Filmography

Director

* ''

'' (2013) * ''

Si accettano miracoli ''Si accettano miracoli'' is a 2015 Italian comedy film starring and directed by Alessandro Siani. The film was released on January 1, 2015 to generally positive reviews and favorable responses. Plot Fulvio arrives in a small town in Campania, aft ...

'' (2015) * '' Mr. Happiness'' (2017) * ''

The Most Beautiful Day in the World ''The Most Beautiful Day in the World'' ( it, Il giorno più bello del mondo) is a 2019 Italian fantasy comedy film directed by Alessandro Siani. Cast References External links

* 2019 films 2010s Italian-language films 2019 comedy films ...

'' (2019) * ''Who Framed Santa Claus?'' (2021)

Actor

* '' Ti lascio perché ti amo troppo'' (2006) * ''

Natale a New York ''Natale a New York'' () is a 2006 Italian Christmas comedy film co-written and directed by Neri Parenti, starring Christian De Sica, Sabrina Ferilli, Massimo Ghini, Claudio Bisio, Elisabetta Canalis, Alessandro Siani, Fabio De Luigi, Paolo Ruffi ...

'' (2006) * ''

Natale in crociera ''Natale in crociera'' () is a 2007 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti Neri Parenti (born 26 April 1950, in Florence) is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio ...

'' (2007) * ''

La seconda volta non si scorda mai ''La seconda volta non si scorda mai'' (The Second Time Is Never Forgotten) is a 2008 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti and starring Alessandro Siani and Elisabetta Canalis. The theme song, "O munn va", by P ...

'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

The Worst Week of My Life ''The Worst Week of My Life'' is a British television sitcom, first broadcast on BBC One between March and April 2004. A second series was aired between November and December 2005 and a three-part Christmas special, ''The Worst Christmas of My ...

'' (2011) * ''

Benvenuti al Nord ''Benvenuti al Nord'' (eng: "Welcome to the North") is a 2012 Italian comedy film directed by Luca Miniero. It is the sequel of the high-grossing film '' Benvenuti al Sud''. It also obtained a great commercial success, gaining more than 27 million ...

'' (2012) (actor) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2015) * '' Mr. Happiness'' (2017) * ''

* 2019 films 2010s Italian-language films 2019 comedy films ...

'' (2019) * ''Who Framed Santa Claus?'' (2021)

Producer

* '' Troppo Napoletano'' (2016) (producer)

Literary works

* 2010 - ''Un napoletano come me...e che t'o dico a fà!'', Rizzoli (100k copies sold) * 2013 - ''Non si direbbe che sei napoletano'',

Mondadori Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...

(Best Seller) * 2013 - ''L'Italia abusiva. Viaggio comico in un paese diversamente autorizzato'' (Best Seller) * 2015 - ''Troppo napoletano'', Mondadori * 2019 - Napolitudine. ''Dialoghi sulla vita, la felicità e la smania 'e turnà'', with

Luciano De Crescenzo Luciano De Crescenzo (; 18 August 1928 – 18 July 2019) was an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer. Biography Born in Naples, he grew up with actor Bud Spencer. De Crescenzo graduated in engineering and worked for IBM Italy un ...

Milano Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has ...

, Mondadori. . (Ranked for over ten weeks)

References

External links

* * Film people from Naples 1975 births Living people 21st-century Italian male actors Italian male film actors Italian stand-up comedians Italian television personalities Italian male stage actors Male actors from Naples {{Italy-stage-actor-stub