Paolo Hendel (born 2 January 1952) is an Italian actor, playwright and comedian.

Life and career

Born in

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, at young age Hendel made several works, including gamekeeper, guardian of a garage and detective.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . He debuted as a comedian in early 1980s, as the

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David Riondino David Riondino (born 10 June 1952) is an Italian actor, singer-songwriter, comedian, writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and composer. Life and career Born in Florence, the son of a teacher, Riondino started his career in the mid-1970s ...

. Shorty later he began an intense theatrical activity as author and actor of

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s, characterized by a satirical and surreal style. Hendel started appearing on television in 1985, then he got a large popularity in 1996, with the

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variety show ''

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'', in which he created the successful character of "Carcarlo Pravettoni" a cynical capitalist who was candidate for mayor of

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. Hendel also appeared in several films, starring the main roles in two films directed by

Daniele Luchetti Daniele Luchetti (; born 25 July 1960) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. Life and career Luchetti was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in ''Bianca'' (1983) and ''The Mass Is Ended'' (1985). Lu ...

, ''

It's Happening Tomorrow ''It's Happening Tomorrow'' ( it, Domani accadrà) is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Paolo Hendel as Lupo * Giovanni Guidelli ...

'' and ''

The Week of the Sphinx ''La settimana della Sfinge'' (internationally released as ''The Week of the Sphinx'') is a 1990 Italian comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Daniele Luchetti. For her role Margherita Buy was awarded best actress at the San Sebastián Inter ...

''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendel, Paolo 1952 births Actors from Florence Italian male stage actors Italian male film actors Italian male television actors Living people Italian comedians