{{short description|Italian actor and stand-up comedian|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox person | name = Stefano Chiodaroli | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|12|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Albizzate, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | birth_name = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1998-present | other_names = | website = }}
'''Stefano Chiodaroli''' (born 15 December 1964) is an Italian actor and stand-up comedian.
== Career ==
=== Early life === Born in Albizzate, Varese into a family of workers, before focusing on his career as an entertainer, Chiodaroli did several jobs including milling machine operator, lathe operator, agent of trade and warehouseman.<ref name=Vigevano>{{cite news | last1 = Francesco Mecucci | title = A Vigevano mi ricarico | url = http://laprovinciapavese.gelocal.it/pavia/cronaca/2007/08/13/news/a-vigevano-mi-ricarico-1.600822 | access-date = 21 November 2015 | work = La Provincia Pavese | date = 13 August 2007 }}</ref> An expert in Fire breathing and a street acrobat, after acting in some amateur companies, he made his professional debut in 1983 with the comedy ensemble ''Triopastello''.<ref name="Comedy Central">{{cite web | title = Tutto su Stefano Chiodaroli | work = Comedy Central Italia | date = 2 February 2015 | url = http://www.comedycentral.it/comici/stefano-chiodaroli/ | publisher = Comedy Central | access-date = 21 November 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Grissini>{{cite news | last1 = Silvia Lessona | title = Grissini e risate arriva Chiodaroli | url = http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2005/12/28/grissini-risate-arriva-chiodaroli.html | access-date = 21 November 2015 | work = La Repubblica | date = 28 December 2005 }}</ref> Graduated in 1990 at the School of Theatre Mimodramma,<ref name="Comedy Central" /> he participated in theater festivals in Arkhangelsk in Russia and in Lepujenvelaj in France.<ref name=messaggeroveneto>{{cite news | title = Da Zelig a PnBox Il fornaio Chiodaroli domani a Pordenone | url = http://ricerca.gelocal.it/messaggeroveneto/archivio/messaggeroveneto/2013/01/17/PN_24_05.html | access-date = 21 November 2015 | work = Messaggero Veneto | date = 17 January 2013 }}</ref>
In 1995 he started working on stage as a playwright and later as an actor joining the short-lived trio "Gli Ottomani".<ref name="messaggeroveneto"/>
=== The baker and the success === In 1998 Chiodaroli created the comic caricature of a short-tempered baker,<ref name="Fermi2012">{{cite book | author = Anna Fermi | title = Gli angeli ci guidano | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5azgf53gIqkC&pg=PT51 | date = 11 September 2012 | publisher = Edizioni Piemme | language = Italian | isbn = 978-88-585-0707-0 | pages = 51– | quote = Sette anni fa presentai il mio primo libro in un grande spazio di antiquariato orientale di Vigevano e fui molto sorpresa di notare tra i presenti il famoso panettiere di Colorado Cafè e di Zelig: Stefano Chiodaroli. Stefano arrivò in compagnia di … }}</ref> a character that allowed him to access to some major Italian television variety shows such as ''Zelig'' (Canale 5), ''Convention a colori'' (Rai 2) and ''Colorado Cafe'' (Italia 1).<ref name=Vigevano /><ref name=giornale>{{cite news | last1 = Matteo Failla | title = Quei grissini sono impastati con lo spirito di Chiodaroli | url = http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/quei-grissini-sono-impastati-spirito-chiodaroli.html | access-date = 21 November 2015 | work = Il Giornale | date = 22 July 2005 }}</ref> Other Chiodaroli's characters include the Celtic demigod "Tempesta Ormonale" (appeared in the Rai 2 prime time show ''Bulldozer''),<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Maria Volpe | title = Bulldozer: adesso l' anti-Zelig comincia a far ridere sul serio | url = http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2003/aprile/07/Bulldozer_adesso_anti_Zelig_comincia_co_0_030407087.shtml | access-date = 21 November 2015 | work = Corriere della Sera | date = 7 April 2003 }}</ref> the surreal "Magician Abatjour", the former fashion model Ornello, the jazz trumpeter Brian.<ref name=Vigevano /><ref name=messaggeroveneto />
In 2005 Chiodaroli had the leading role of Mariano, a good-hearted car thief and thug, in the Italia 1 sitcom ''Belli dentro'' ("Beautiful inside").<ref name=Vigevano /><ref name=Grissini /><ref>{{cite news | last1 = Emanuele Roncalli | title = Bobadilla a tutto cabaret:in arrivo Stefano Chiodaroli | url = http://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/cultura-e-spettacoli/09_cabaret/ | access-date = 21 November 2015 | work = L'Eco di Bergamo | date = 9 March 2006 }}</ref>
== Selected filmography == * ''{{ill|La terza stella|it}}'' (2005) * ''The Fever'' (2005)<ref name="MuraMaraldi2005">{{cite book | author1 = Gianfranco Mura | author2 = Antonio Maraldi | title = La febbre: un film di Alessandro D'Alatri | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d9tkAAAAMAAJ | year = 2005 | publisher = Il ponte vecchio | language = Italian | isbn = 978-88-8312-467-9 | pages = 67– }}</ref> * ''Belli dentro'' (TV, 2005) * ''The Bodyguard's Cure'' (2006) * ''Really SSSupercool: Chapter Two'' (2006) * ''2061: An Exceptional Year'' (2007) * ''Don Luca c'è'' (TV, 2008) * ''Cado dalle nubi'' (2009) * ''Angel of Evil'' (2010) * ''In tour'' (TV, 2011) * ''Wannabe Widowed'' (2013)
== Television == * ''Saturday Night Live from Milano'' * ''{{ill|Seven Show|it}}'' * ''{{ill|Bulldozer (TV program)|it|Bulldozer (programma televisivo)}}'' * ''{{ill|Zelig (TV program)|it|Zelig (programma televisivo)}}''<ref name="Stretto2015">{{cite book | author = Marco Stretto | title = Siamo tutti... Interisti | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sCYJCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT19 | date = 14 April 2015 | publisher = Delos Digital | language = Italian | isbn = 978-88-6775-736-7 | pages = 19– }}</ref> * ''Belli dentro''<ref name="DameriniMargaria2010">{{cite book | author1 = Leopoldo Damerini | author2 = Fabrizio Margaria | title = Dizionario dei telefilm | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Is3kyhUQlbcC&pg=PT127 | date = 2010-10-16 | publisher = Garzanti | isbn = 978-88-11-13147-2 | pages = 127– }}</ref><ref name="Buonanno2006">{{cite book | author = Milly Buonanno | title = Le radici e le foglie: la fiction italiana, l'Italia nella fiction : anno diciassettesimo | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HekaAQAAIAAJ | year = 2006 | publisher = Rai-ERI | language = Italian | pages = 231– | isbn = 9788839713919 }}</ref> * ''Don Luca c'è'' * ''Fiore e Tinelli'' * ''{{ill|Love Bugs (TV program)|it|Love Bugs}}'' * ''{{ill|Colorado (TV program)|it|Colorado (programma televisivo)}}''<ref name="Saporiti2011">{{cite book | author = Marco Saporiti | title = La storia di Canale 5. I personaggi, le trasmissioni, la storia che hanno fatto della televisione commerciale un ammiraglia | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=chkNAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA97 | date = January 2011 | publisher = Lulu.com | language = Italian | isbn = 978-88-96782-13-2 | pages = 97– }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = Sette, settimanale del Corriere della sera | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=q_E7AQAAIAAJ | series = 14-18 | year = 2004 | publisher = Corriere Della Sera | language = Italian | pages = 98– }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website|http://www.stefanochiodaroli.it/}} * {{IMDb name|2518678}}
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