{{Short description|Italian actor and television host}} {{More footnotes|date=November 2018}} {{Expand Italian|topic=bio|Marco Columbro|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox person |name = Marco Columbro |image = Marco Columbro cropped.png |caption = Columbro in 2009 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|06|28|df=yes}} |birth_place = Viareggio, Italy |occupation = {{flatlist| *TV presenter *actor }} |spouse = |height_cm = 177 }}
'''Marco Columbro''' (born 28 June 1950) is an Italian actor and television host.
==Biography== Marco Columbro was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. He had a Roman Catholic background but later became a follower of 14th Dalai Lama and Buddhist and Oriental concepts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-19 |title=Gesù era un alieno? Mauro Biglino risponde, l’intervista che non dovete leggere se siete credenti e non volete rovinarvi il Natale |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/12/19/gesu-era-un-alieno-mauro-biglino-risponde-lintervista-che-non-dovete-leggere-se-siete-credenti-e-non-volete-rovinarvi-il-natale/4047100/ |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-05-18 |title=VOGLIA DI GURU: DA DEMI MOORE A STING - la Repubblica.it |url=https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1997/05/18/voglia-di-guru-da-demi-moore-sting.html |access-date=2026-03-22 |website=Archivio - la Repubblica.it |language=it}}</ref>
He studied psychology at the University of Florence. Columbro worked as actor for numerous companies, collaborating, among the others, with Dario Fo. In 1981 he debuted for television as dubber of a puppet in Canale 5, Silvio Berlusconi's channel. Columbro subsequently hosted numerous shows in Berlusconi's channel, including {{ill|Buona Domenica|it|italic=yes}} and {{ill|Tra moglie e marito|it|Tra moglie e marito (programma televisivo)|italic=yes}}.
In 2003 he briefly worked for RAI, Italian's state television, for a show with Lorella Cuccarini. From 1993 onwards he worked mostly as actor for television series and for theatrical productions.
In the 1990s, he had a relationship with Elena Perrucchini, with whom he had a son in 1993. After a second relationship with Stefania Santini from 2008 to 2011, he has been engaged to Marzia Risalti, with whom he runs a hotel near Siena.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-28 |title=Marco Columbro compie 70 anni, dalla tv alla malattia: ecco la sua nuova vita in una locanda in Toscana |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/televisione/marco_columbro_oggi_70_anni_compleanno_ictus_che_fine_ha_fatto_locanda_toscana-5314657.html |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=www.ilmessaggero.it |language=it}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1978|| ''Geppo il folle'' || The disc jockey || |- |1980|| ''The Taming of the Scoundrel'' || The driver || |- |1981 |''Le corderie dell'immaginario'' | | |- |2004 |Tommaso è andato via | | |- |2006 |Parentesi tonde |Marco Columbro | |}
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==External links== *{{official website}} {{commons}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Columbro, Marco}} Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:People from Viareggio Category:Actors from the Province of Lucca Category:Male actors from Tuscany Category:Italian male actors Category:Italian television personalities Category:Former Roman Catholics Category:University of Florence alumni Category:Italian Buddhists