Maurizio Micheli
Maurizio Micheli is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, author, playwright and television personality.
Life and career
Born in Livorno in 1947, at 11 Micheli moved to Bari with his family, then at 20 he moved to Milan where he attended and graduated at the School of Dramatic Art at the Piccolo Teatro. Between late seventies and eighties Micheli obtained a large popularity as a comedian, through a series of successful variety shows, including Fantastico, W le donne, Al Paradise and A tutto gag. Micheli was also very active on stage, while his film activity was less significant.
In 2002 he published the novel Garibaldi amore mio, by Baldini Castoldi Dalai, from which a comedy for 2003–2004 theatrical season was acted with the production of the Franco Parenti Theater in Milan. At Verdi Theater of Trieste) in 2007 he is La Gaffe in Il Paese dei Campanelli; during 2015 and 2016 he is engaged with Sabrina Ferilli and Pino Quartullo in the comedy Signori... le paté de la maison, based on Le prénom by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière.
Private life
He divorced from actress, with whom he had a son, Guido. Since 1998 he has a relationship with the actress and showgirl Benedicta Boccoli, that married on 28 August 2025.; He is an atheist.
Selected filmography
Allegro Non Troppo Café Express Mani di fata Heads I Win, Tails You Lose I Am an ESP Il commissario Lo Gatto Roba da ricchi Rimini Rimini Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo Cucciolo Commediasexi Valzer The Cézanne Affair Ti stimo fratello Pinocchio Women Drive Me Crazy Quo Vado?
Theatre
Patria e mammà, written and directedGiovinezza addio!, written and directedMagic Modern Macbett, written and directedMi voleva Strehler, written and directedC'era un sacco di gente soprattutto giovani, by Umberto SimonettaNé bello né dannato, written and directedL'opera dello sghignazzo, by Dario FoNudo e senza meta, written and directedIl contrabbasso, by Patrick Süskind, directed by Marco Risi, In America lo fanno da anni, written with Umberto Simonetta Romance Romance, directed by Luigi SquarzinaL'ultimo degli amanti focosi, by Neil SimonDisposto a tutto, written with Enrico VaimeCantando Cantando, with Benedicta BoccoliBuonanotte Bettina, by Garinei and Giovannini, directed by Gianni Fenzi con Benedicta Boccoli, Miranda Martino, Aldo RalliUn paio d'ali, by Garinei and Giovannini, directed by Pietro Garinei, with Sabrina Ferilli, Maurizio Mattioli, Aurora BanfiUn mandarino per Teo, by Garinei and Giovannini, directed by Gino Landi, with Enzo Garinei Aurora Banfi, Vincenzo CrocittiPolvere di Stelle, directed by Marco Mattolini, with Benedicta BoccoliAmphitryon by Plautus, directed by Michele Mirabella, with Benedicta Boccoli, Claudio Angelini, Matteo MicheliLe pillole d'Ercole, by Charles Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud, directed by Maurizio Nichetti with Benedicta Boccoli, Claudio AngeliniGaribaldi amore mio, written and directed, directed by Michele Mirabella, with Claudio Angelini, Paola Lorenzoni, Anna CasalinoLa presidentessa, directed by Gigi Proietti, with Sabrina FerilliIl contrabbasso, by Patrick Süskind, directed by Marco RisiIl letto ovale, by Ray Cooney and John Chapman, directed by Gino Landi, with Barbara D'Urso and Maria Laura BaccariniIl paese dei campanelli, directed Maurizio NichettiCin Ci La, directed by Maurizio NichettiItaliani si nasce e noi lo nacquimo, written with Tullio Solenghi, directed by Marcello Cotugno, with Fulvia Lorenzetti, Matteo MicheliGeorge Dandin ou le Mari confondu, by Molière, directed by Alberto Gagnarli, with Benedicta Boccoli, Aldo Ralli, Matteo MicheliL'apparenza inganna, from Francis Veber, written and directed with Tullio SolenghiAnche nelle migliori famiglie, written by Maurizio Micheli, directed by Federico Vigorito, with Aldo Ralli, and from 2013 Paolo GattiniSignori... le paté de la maison, from Le Prénom by Matthieu DeLaporte and Alexandre De La Patellière, adapted by Carlo Buccirosso and Sabrina Ferilli, directed by Maurizio Micheli with Sabrina Ferilli, Pino Quartullo, Massimiliano Giovanetti, Claudia Federica Petrella, Liliana Oricchio. Un coperto in più, by Maurizio Costanzo, directed by Gianfelice Imparato, with Vito, Loredana Giordano, Alessia Fabiani.Uomo solo in fila, monologue written and directed by Maurizio MicheliIl più brutto weekend della nostra vita, by Norm Foster, with Benedicta Boccoli, Nini Salerno, Antonella Elia, directed by Maurizio Micheli.Tempi nuovi, directed by Cristina Comencini, with Iaia ForteSu con la vita, directed by Maurizio Micheli, with Benedicta Boccoli, Nini Salerno, Nina Pons;