Nino Frassica | |
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 Nino Frassica in 2012 | |
| Born | Antonino Frassica 11 December 1950 Messina, Italy |
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| Years active | 1970–present |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Spouses | Daniela Conti
(m. 1985; div. 1993)Barbara Exignotis (m. 2018) |
Antonino "Nino" Frassica (born 11 December 1950) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.
Biography and career
Born in Messina, Italy, Frassica is mostly known for his deadpan humour, characterized by absurd jokes he described as a way of "ruining logic and the Italian language".[1] He is considered "a master of nonsense humour".[2] He debuted for Italian television with Renzo Arbore's Quelli della notte (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar. Later, again in collaboration with Arbore, he was given a major role in the surreal quiz show Indietro tutta! (lit. Full speed backwards!, 1987).
Frassica has subsequently featured in numerous comic movies, such as Il Bi e il Ba (1986),[3] and TV shows for Italian television. He plays Marshal Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV series Don Matteo (2000-present).[4] He will co-host the second night of the Sanremo Music Festival 2025.[5]
Selected filmography
Films
- "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
- Il Bi e il Ba (1985)
- Mortacci (1989)
- Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991)
- Sognando la California (1992)
- Anni 90 (1992)
- Anni 90: Parte II (1993)
- La fidanzata di papà (2008)
- Baarìa (2009)
- Somewhere (2010)
- The Tourist (2010)
- Natale a Londra – Dio salvi la regina (2016)
- Omicidio all'italiana (2017)
- No Country for Young Men (2017)
- School of Mafia (2021)
- Improvvisamente Natale (2022)
- Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo (2023)
- Pare parecchio Parigi (2024)
TV series
- Don Matteo (Rai 1, 2000–present)
- L'ispettore Coliandro (Rai 2, 2009)
- Mario (MTV, 2013)
- The Mafia Kills Only in Summer[6] (Rai 1, 2016)
TV programs
- Quelli della notte (RAIDUE, 1985)
- Fantastico 7 (RAIUNO, 1986–1987)
- Indietro tutta! (RAIDUE, 1987–1988)
- XLIX Zecchino d'Oro (Rai 1, 2006)
- Che tempo che fa (Rai 1, 2017–19; Rai 2, since 2019)
- Indietro tutta! 30 e l'ode (Rai 2, 2017)
Radio
- Programmone (Radio 2, since 2015)
References
- ^ Francesco Merlo, Nino Frassica: nel mio nonsenso c'è tutta la veritàne, repubblica.it (in Italian)
- ^ Stefano Bartezzaghi, È tornato il frate di Frassica, abbattiamogli le mani, repubblica.it (in Italian)
- ^ Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 75. ISBN 978-88-8440-269-1. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ Nino Frassica Archived 2017-08-11 at the Wayback Machine ovguide.com
- ^ Alicandri, Alessandro (15 January 2025). "Festival di Sanremo 2025: le co-conduttrici e i co-conduttori al fianco di Carlo Conti" [Sanremo Festival 2025: the co-hosts alongside Carlo Conti]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (TV series) at IMDb
External links
Media related to Nino Frassica at Wikimedia Commons
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