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Francesco Salvi (born 7 February 1953) is an Italian actor, writer, comedian, singer and architect. == Biography == Born in the northern town of Luino, near the Italian border with Switzerland, Salvi started his career in the mid-1980s. His performances over the years have included but are not limited to: cabaret, cinema, animated cinema, music, writing, theatre and television, with varying degrees of success. During 1985-1987, Francesco Salvi was one of the main characters of the satirical TV variety show ''Drive In'', created by Antonio Ricci and directed by Giancarlo Nicotra (first edition) and Beppe Recchia (remaining editions), hosted by presenters Enrico Beruschi, Gianfranco D'Angelo, Ezio Greggio and Massimo Boldi, Giorgio Faletti, Teo Teocoli, Sergio Vastano and the duo Zuzzurro e Gaspare.〔 From 1988 to 1989, Salvi hosted his own television program, ''MegaSalviShow'';.〔 The title song of the show, ''C'è da spostare una macchina'' (Gotta Move a Car), of which Salvi was author and singer, gained a great commercial success, topping the Italian hit parade. In 1989 he also made his directorial debut with the film ''Vogliamoci troppo bene'' (Let's love too much) and took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song ''Esatto'' (Correct), which obtained critical and commercial success. He later took part to three more editions of the Festival between 1990 and 1996. In 1991, he took part to the musical ''L'Odissea'', a satirical music show inspired from Homer's Odyssey, aired by Canale 5 and directed by Beppe Recchia. Salvi interpreted Telemachus and Polyphemus, while Andrea Roncato played Ulysses and pornographic actress Moana Pozzi played Penelope.〔 The same year Salvi starred in another satirical musical show, inspired by Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers: ''I Tre Moschettieri'', in which he played Athos. On 1 March 1992, Francesco Salvi appeared in comics in the comic magazine ''Topolino'', issue 1982, in the comic strip ''Pippo e e l'ospite d'onore'' ("Goofy and the guest star"), which Salvi co-authored. In the same year, he hosted the Italia 1 television show ''La strana coppia'' ("The Odd Couple"), together with fellow Italian comedian Massimo Boldi. During 1995 and 1996, Salvi worked with Disney for the radio program ''Radiotopogiro'', aired by Rai Radio 2. He also took part in Antonio Ricci's satirical television show ''Striscia la notizia'', both as host and as fake cultural correspondent.〔 In 1997, he voiced the title-character in the Rai animation series ''Lupo Alberto''. In 2001 Salvi played his first dramatic role in the film ''The Comeback'', and was nominated for Silver Ribbon for best actor. From 2004 he started working in the successful television series ''Un medico in famiglia'', in which he starred for three seasons. In 2006, Francesco Salvi co-hosted the third edition of the reality show ''La Fattoria'' (Italian version of ''The Farm''), set in Morocco. In the same year he starred in the television shows ''Suonare Stella'' and ''Comedy Club'' (where he teaches comedy to Italian singer Syria) and had a significant role in the crime film ''10th & Wolf''. In 2008, Salvi was the recipient of the "Penisola Sorrentina Arturo Esposito" Best Male Character Award.〔()"Penisola Sorrentina Arturo Esposito” Award, 2008 edition (PDF, in Italian)〕 Francesco Salvi is the most cited author in Gino e Michele's jokes book anthology ''Anche le formiche nel loro piccolo si incazzano'' (Even ants, as small as they are, get pissed off). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesco Salvi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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