{{Short description|Irish comedian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Vittorio Angelone | image = <!-- Add image name here, e.g. VittorioAngelone2024.jpg --> | caption = Angelone performing in 2023 | birth_date = 26 May 1996 | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | education = Guildhall School of Music and Drama | occupation = Comedian, writer, podcaster, actor | years_active = 2018–present | known_for = {{hlist|''Translations''|''Mike & Vittorio's Guide to Parenting''}} | website = {{official website}} }}
'''Vittorio Angelone''' (born 26 May 1996) is an Irish comedian, actor and writer. He is known for exploring cultural identity through his work.
==Early life== Angelone was born in Belfast to an Italian-Northern Irish family. He relocated to London at the age of 18 to train as a classical percussionist at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.<ref name="TheTimes2024">{{cite news |last1=Notaro |first1=Vicki |title=Vittorio Angelone: 'Always Irish, sometimes Northern Irish, but never British' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/vittorio-angelone-always-irish-sometimes-northern-irish-but-never-british-j95t3h0xj |work=The Times |date=11 August 2024 |access-date=21 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901162704/https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/vittorio-angelone-always-irish-sometimes-northern-irish-but-never-british-j95t3h0xj |archive-date=1 September 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="Clarke-IrishNews-Jan2024">{{cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Sophie |title=Comedian Vittorio Angelone: 'I used to run an open mic night in the basement of a kebab shop' |url=https://www.irishnews.com/entertainment/comedian-vittorio-angelone-i-used-to-run-an-open-mic-night-in-the-basement-of-a-kebab-shop-Z36CI7LT3FHW5KTHCZP3URVGPY/ |website=The Irish News |access-date=28 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131233529/https://www.irishnews.com/entertainment/comedian-vittorio-angelone-i-used-to-run-an-open-mic-night-in-the-basement-of-a-kebab-shop-Z36CI7LT3FHW5KTHCZP3URVGPY/ |archive-date=31 January 2024 |date=31 January 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== Angelone began performing stand-up comedy in 2018.<ref name="Clarke-IrishNews-Jan2024" /> During the COVID‑19 pandemic, he built a significant online following—amassing hundreds of thousands of followers across social media platforms, including 200,000 followers on Instagram.<ref name="TheTimes2024" /> In 2020, having moved back to his home in Belfast at the beginning of the pandemic, Angelone hosted a comedy club in his back garden, with the audience limited to 30 people due to social distancing regulations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Rory |title=Belfast comic Vittorio Angelone launches stand-up show... in his back garden |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/belfast-comic-vittorio-angelone-launches-stand-up-show-in-his-back-garden/39395342.html |access-date=28 June 2025 |work=Belfast Telegraph |publisher=Mediahuis Ireland |date=2020-07-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250628184412/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/belfast-comic-vittorio-angelone-launches-stand-up-show-in-his-back-garden/39395342.html |archive-date=28 June 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=}}</ref>
In 2021–22, he debuted his hour-long stand-up show ''Translations'', which explored his experiences as an Italian-Irish person in London. The show, whose structure was loosely based on the play of the same name by Irish playwright Brian Friel,<ref name="Chortle2022">{{cite web |last1=Chamberlain |first1=Julia |title=Vittorio Angelone: Translations |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2022/08/20/51543/vittorio_angelone%3A_translations |website=Chortle |date=20 August 2022 |access-date=21 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224171422/https://www.chortle.co.uk/review/2022/08/20/51543/vittorio_angelone%3A_translations |archive-date=24 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mandeville |first1=Adam |title=Edinburgh Fringe costs a 'struggle' for NI performers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgr4er42rno |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=BBC News Online |publisher=BBC |date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827171045/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgr4er42rno |archive-date=27 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Angelone went on to perform the show in a run at the Soho Theatre in early 2023 and, after another run at the Edinburgh Fringe, released the show on YouTube in September of that year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Logan |first1=Brian |title=Vittorio Angelone: Translations review – an eye-catching standup debut |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/25/vittorio-angelone-translations-review-soho-theatre |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=25 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614031753/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/jan/25/vittorio-angelone-translations-review-soho-theatre |archive-date=14 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dessau |first1=Bruce |author1-link=Bruce Dessau |title=Vittorio Angelone Releases Debut Show Translations On YouTube |url=https://beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/13920/vittorio-angelone-youtube |website=Beyond the Joke |access-date=21 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424025456/https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/13920/vittorio-angelone-youtube |archive-date=24 April 2025 |date=8 September 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Angelone's comedic voice centres on identity and belonging. He describes himself as "always Irish, sometimes Northern Irish, but never British", and highlights the nuances of performing jokes that "ruffle a few feathers, but with warmth and kindness".<ref name="TheTimes2024" />
Since 2023, Angelone has co-hosted the podcast ''Mike and Vittorio's Guide to Parenting'', alongside fellow Irish comedian Mike Rice. Neither host has children, and the content of the podcast is unrelated to parenting.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fetherston |first1=Sinann |title=Funnyman Mike Rice on being "thin-skinned" in comedy |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2023/0218/1357469-funnyman-mike-rice-on-being-thin-skinned-in-comedy/ |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=RTÉ.ie |date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250307200419/https://www.rte.ie/culture/2023/0218/1357469-funnyman-mike-rice-on-being-thin-skinned-in-comedy/ |archive-date=7 March 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2024, Angelone began touring his second solo show, ''Who Do You Think You Are? I am!''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rawlings |first1=Darcie |title=Vittorio Angelone on his comedy tour heading to North East |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24082753.vittorio-angelone-comedy-tour-heading-north-east/ |access-date=21 June 2025 |work=The Northern Echo |publisher=Newsquest |date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241016043831/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24082753.vittorio-angelone-comedy-tour-heading-north-east/ |archive-date=16 October 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The show explores themes of identity, and is inspired by bowler Pete Weber; the title is derived from Weber's viral celebration of his victory at the 2012 U.S. Open.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Sophie |title=Trendy culchies needed for Vittorio Angelone's comedy tour 'Who Do You Think You Are? I Am!' |url=https://www.irishnews.com/entertainment/trendy-culchies-needed-for-vittorio-angelones-comedy-tour-who-do-you-think-you-are-i-am-PBNDBD6YKFCANCQ5QTK77GAWSY/ |website=The Irish News |access-date=24 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202132528/https://www.irishnews.com/entertainment/trendy-culchies-needed-for-vittorio-angelones-comedy-tour-who-do-you-think-you-are-i-am-PBNDBD6YKFCANCQ5QTK77GAWSY/ |archive-date=2 December 2024 |date=5 November 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Angelone has linked the show's exploration of identity and "external perception" to his experience of learning that he may be autistic, he received this diagnosis after his tour ended; he also frequently discusses this topic on his podcast.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fetherston |first1=Sinann |title=Vittorio Angelone: "I am fascinated by how people perceive me" |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2023/0706/1393084-comedian-vittorio-angelone-im-built-like-a-shetland-pony/ |access-date=24 June 2025 |work=RTÉ.ie |date=7 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424002408/https://www.rte.ie/culture/2023/0706/1393084-comedian-vittorio-angelone-im-built-like-a-shetland-pony/ |archive-date=24 April 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
=== Acting === In 2025, he made his acting debut in the short film ''Rewarding'', starring alongside Seána Kerslake<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rewarding |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2025/47/rewarding |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>.
=== Television appearances === In January 2019, Angelone appeared as a contestant on the Channel 4 game show ''Countdown''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}} In November 2025, he competed on ''Richard Osman's House of Games'' and became the third contestant in the show's history to win all five episodes of his week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Ian |date=2025-11-17 |title=Vittorio Angelone clean-sweeps House Of Games |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/fyi/958/vittorio-angelone-sweeps-house-of-games/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> In March 2026, his appearance on ''The Last Leg'' alongside former Conservative minister Penny Mordaunt made headlines when he joked that she was "very supportive of the prosthetics industry" because she had been "promoting on Twitter an arms fair in Saudi Arabia".<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=2026-03-08 |title=The Last Leg comedian in heated clash with Penny Mordaunt |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/penny-mordaunt-the-last-leg-vittorio-angelone-b2934215.html |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Angelone has been diagnosed with autism and ADHD.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Dessau |first=Bruce |date=2026-03-17 |title=Vittorio Angelone on social media comedy and skewering Penny Mordaunt |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/comedy/vittorio-angelone-penny-mordaunt-b1274788.html |access-date=2026-03-18 |website=The Standard |language=en}} </ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angelone, Vittorio}} Category:Stand-up comedians from Northern Ireland Category:Podcasters from Northern Ireland Category:Male comedians from Northern Ireland Category:Comedians from London Category:Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Category:People from Northern Ireland of Italian descent Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Irish sports podcasters Category:Autistic people from Northern Ireland Category:People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Category:Comedians with disabilities