Jerry Calà
Calogero Alessandro Augusto Calà, known by his stage name Jerry Calà (born 28 June 1951), is an Italian actor, filmmaker, comedian and singer who has written, directed, and acted in multiple film and television projects. He is considered one of the most popular Italian comedians of the eighties and nineties in his country.
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Jerry Calà
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- Full name
- Calogero Calà.
- Born
- 1951. · Catania.
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Occupation
- actor, film director, screenwriter, singer and musician.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Calogero Alessandro Augusto Calà, known by his stage name Jerry Calà (born 28 June 1951), is an Italian actor, filmmaker, comedian and singer who has written, directed, and acted in multiple film and television projects. He is considered one of the most popular Italian comedians of the eighties and nineties in his country.
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Jerry Calà (born 1951) is an actor, film actor and film director, among other activities, of Italian nationality. The actor was born Calogero Calà in Catania. Jerry Calà is a member of I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli. Languages used include Italian.
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Background
Background
Calà was born Calogero Calà in Catania, and as a child he moved first to Milan and then to Verona. He married the Italian showgirl Mara Venier in 1984, but divorced three years later. He remarried in 2002 with the businesswoman Elisabetta Castioni and in 2003, his son Johnny was born. He considers himself Roman Catholic.
Career
Career
In the early 1970s Calà co-founded together with Umberto Smaila, Franco Oppini and Ninì Salerno a cabaret-ensemble, "I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli". In the early 80s, after two films with the group, he started a solo career as a leading actor in numerous comedy films, obtaining great popularity in Italy. In 1993, he starred in the dramatic movie Diary of a Maniac, directed by Marco Ferreri which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, where Calà won the award for best actor by the Italian film critics. He debuted as director in 1994 with Chicken Park, a low-budget parody of Jurassic Park.
As director
As director
Chicken Park (1994) Ragazzi della notte (1995) Gli inaffidabili (1997) Vita Smeralda (2006) Torno a vivere da solo (2008) Pipi Room (2011) – TV film Odissea nell'ospizio (2019) Chi ha rapito Jerry Calà? (2023)
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- 1.Uva, Christian. Destra e sinistra nel cinema italiano: film e immaginario politico dagli anni '60 al nuovo millennio. Edizioni interculturali. 119. 2006. 88-88375-66-X.
- 2.Lancia, Enrico. 3: Gli attori: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese. 1: A-L. 2003. 88-8440-213-1.
- 3.Giordano, Lucio. Dio esiste e io sono vivo per un Suo miracolo: mi salvò da un incidente. Dipiù. 3. 86–89. 20 January 2023.
- 4.Berlinale: 1993 Programme. berlinale.de.
- 5.Giusti, Marco. Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. 1999. 88-200-2919-7.
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