Martufello
Fabrizio Maturani, known as Martufello, is an Italian comedian, cabaret artist, humorist and actor..
Biography
He began his career as a comedian and cabaret artist in village festivals and in the local province of Latina. During one of his shows in Latina, he is noticed by a manager who, in turn, signals him to Pier Francesco Pingitore. Towards the end of the seventies, he was called as a helper joke in his theater company "Il Bagaglino".
Martufello subsequently links his career to Bagaglino, becoming over time one of the most representative members of the theatrical, television and film shows staged by the group, until 2011. Along the eighties, also acts in small parts in some films of Steno, in the censored W la foca by Nando Cicero and in the second and last film directed by Renzo Arbore "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?".
In 1995 he wrote a book of jokes entitled Di più, nin zo', in which he reproposes his sketches based on the figure of the ; in the same year he is the protagonist of the film Chiavi in Mano by Mariano Laurenti, unfortunate remake of Ubalda, All Naked and Warm, in the role of Baccello da Sarnano. Since September 2014 he is part of the cast of Avanti un altro! on Canale 5, in the role of joke teller.
Martufello has married twice; he considers himself Roman Catholic.
On 25 July 2015, he is the victim of a car accident in Vetralla, reporting the fracture of the nasal septum and various other contusions to the head and legs.
Career
Television
Biberon – Rai 1Cocco – Rai 2Stasera mi butto – Rai 2Crème Caramel – Rai 1Saluti e baci – Rai 1Bucce di banana – Rai 1Beato tra le donne – Rai 1, Canale 5Champagne! – Canale 5Rose Rosse – Canale 5Viva l'Italia! e Viva le italiane! – Canale 5Gran Caffè – Canale 5La Canzone del Secolo – Canale 5BuFFFoni – Canale 5Saloon – Canale 5Marameo – Canale 5Miconsenta – Canale 5Barbecue – Canale 5Tele fai da te – Canale 5Torte in faccia – Canale 5E io... pago! – Canale 5Zona Martufello – TeleuniversoGabbia di matti – Canale 5Bellissima-Cabaret Anticrisi – Canale 5Avanti un altro! – Canale 5Magnamose tutto! – Canale 5Soliti ignoti – Rai 1
Theater
50 sfumature di Renzi, scripted and directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore L'imbianchino, scripted by Donald Churchill La Presidente – Valeria Marini eletta al Quirinale, scripted and directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore
Filmography
Cinema
Ciao marziano, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore Il casinista, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore Il tango della gelosia, directed by Steno Biancaneve & Co., directed by Mario Bianchi W la foca, directed by Nando Cicero Attenti a quei P2, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore An Ideal Adventure, directed by Steno Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style, directed by Steno Il tifoso, l'arbitro e il calciatore, directed by Francesco Pingitore "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?", directed by Renzo Arbore Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore Gole ruggenti, directed by Francesco Pingitore Chiavi in mano, directed by Mariano Laurenti La partita, cortometraggio Qui a Manduria tutto bene, directed by Enzo Pisconti Nemici, directed by Milo Vallone Il Divin Codino, directed by Letizia Lamartire
Television
Ladri si nasce, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore – film TV Ladri si diventa, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore – film TV Villa Ada, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore – film TV La casa delle beffe, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore – film TV Di che peccato sei?, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore – film TV
Books
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