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'''Paolo Calabresi''' (born 17 June 1964) is an Italian actor and television presenter.

==Life and career== Born in Rome, Calabresi studied at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chiavarone |first1=Massimiliano |title=Milano, la città viva mi ha fatto capire che volevo fare l'attore |url=https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/2014/03/02/1032820-paolo-calabresi-intervista.shtml |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=Il Giorno |date=2 March 2014}}</ref> He started his career on stage, where among others he worked with Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Mario Missiroli, Giorgio Albertazzi.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |last1=Secchi Frau |first1=Fabio |title=Paolo Calabresi: "Italian Job" |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/paolo-calabresi/39070/ |website=Mymovies |access-date=29 May 2024 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Paolo Calabresi, il Rocco di «Perfetti sconosciuti» a teatro:«Si ride di più che nel film» |url=https://bergamo.corriere.it/notizie/cultura-e-spettacoli/24_febbraio_28/paolo-calabresi-il-rocco-di-perfetti-sconosciuti-a-teatro-si-ride-di-piu-che-nel-film-54f384ff-cc60-42e0-afdb-07dd54c63xlk.shtml |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=28 February 2024 |language=it-IT}}</ref> He made his film debut in 1995, in Umberto Marino's ''Heartless''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Calabresi, Paolo |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-calabresi/ |website=Treccani |access-date=29 May 2024 |language=it}}</ref>

Calabresi had his breakout in the second half of the 2000s, thanks to the participation in the Italia 1 TV-show ''Le Iene'' and to the role of Biascica in the comedy series ''Boris''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paloscia |first1=Fulvio |title="Perfetti Sconosciuti" alla Pergola di Firenze, Paolo Calabresi: "A teatro si ride di più. Ma la botta emotiva finale è doppia" |url=https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2023/03/26/news/paolo_calabresi_perfetti_sconosciuti_teatro_della_pergola_paolo_genovese_boris_augusto_biascica_firenze-393672101/ |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=la Repubblica |date=26 March 2023 |language=it}}</ref> In 2008, he co-wrote and hosted the one-man-show ''Italian Job'' on La7.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grasso |first1=Aldo |title=Se il travestimento svela piaghe sociali |work=Corriere della Sera |date=4 March 2008 |page=61}}</ref> Among his better-known roles, there is the archaeologist Arturo Frantini in the ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want'' film trilogy.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cataldo |first1=Gianmaria |title=Paolo Calabresi: 10 cose che non sai sull'attore |url=https://www.cinefilos.it/personaggi/paolo-calabresi-10-cose-che-non-sai-sullattore-421910 |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=Cinefilos |date=13 January 2020}}</ref> ===Personal life === Calabresi is married and has four children. He is the father of footballer Arturo Calabresi.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Esposito |first1=Elisabetta |title=Paolo Calabresi: "La Roma mi ha cambiato la vita. E ora mi godo mio figlio Arturo" |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/fitness/allenamento/24-06-2021/paolo-calabresi-parla-figlio-arturo-roma-boris-4-4102246929858.shtml |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=24 June 2021 |language=it-IT}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==

=== Cinema ===

* ''Heartless'' (1995) * ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999) * ''Instructing the Heart'' (2003) * ''Il pranzo della domenica'' (2004) * ''Amatemi'' (2005) * ''Ice on Fire'' (2006) * ''I Viceré'' (2007) * ''Night Bus'' (2007) * ''Bets and Wedding Dresses'' (2009) * ''Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio'' (2010) * ''Ti presento un amico'' (2010) * ''Boris - Il film'' (2011) * ''Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood'' (2012) * ''A Perfect Family'' (2012) * ''Blame Freud'' (2014) * ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want'' (2014) * ''Do You Remember Me?'' (2014) * ''Tutto molto bello'' (2014) * ''Best Enemies Forever'' (2014) * ''Un Natale stupefacente'' (2014) * ''The Correspondence'' (2016) * ''How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents'' (2016) * ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Masterclass'' (2017) * ''I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem'' (2017) * ''Dreamfools'' (2018) * ''L'agenzia dei bugiardi'' (2019) * ''Parents in Progress'' (2019) * ''Figli'' (2020) * ''School of Mafia'' (2021) * ''Kidnapped'' (2023) * ''Diabolik: Who Are You?'' (2023) * ''The Great Ambition'' (2024)

===Television===

* ''Moses'' (miniseries, 1995) * ''Padre Pio: Miracle Man'' (miniseries, 2000) * ''Compagni di scuola'' (TV series, 2001) * ''Distretto di Polizia'' (TV series, 2003, 2011) * ''Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love'' (miniseries, 2004) * ''Boris'' (TV series, 2007–2010, 2022) * ''Ho sposato uno sbirro'' (TV series, 2008) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Il restauratore|it|Il restauratore (serie televisiva)}}'' (TV series, 2012–2014) * ''Baby'' (TV series, 2018) * ''Luna Park'' (miniseries, 2021) * ''{{Interlanguage link|Sono Lillo|it}}'' (TV series, 2023–2024) * ''The Leopard'' (TV series, 2024)

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