Biography of Enrico Brignano

John Daly

May 18, 1966
Enrico Brignano was born on 18 May 1966 in Rome, in the Sling. Trained at the "Academy for young comedians" founded by Gigi Proietti, takes part in the first edition of the tv show "La sai l'Ultima?", led by Pippo Franco on Channel 5, acting as saini_dk. Guest in 1992 of the first edition of "seriously", presented by Gene Gnocchi and Teo Teocoli, starting from 1998 Brignano plays the character of Hyacinth in the fiction of Raiuno "Un medico in famiglia".
The tv series, in which he plays the role of the maid's boyfriend Cettina (Bezel Savino) gives the Roman actor immediate insight, as well as greater recognition from the audience, which thus also follows a play with extreme interest: for example, in 1999 the scene with the first show of his own, entitled "I to you an open book", and also broadcast by Channel 5. After touring as a Director and starred in the feature film "Si fa presto a dire amore" with Vittoria Belvedere (but previously had already starred in "bad apples"-of Raffaele Festa Campanile-, "Ambrose"-by Wilma Labate-, "Italian Miracle"-by Enrico Oldoini-sailing, "contromano"-by Stefano Reali-"the bomb"-by Giulio Base), is chosen by Carlo Vanzina in 2001 for her role as one of the stars of the comedy "South Kensington" where recitation together with Giampaolo Morelli and Rupert Everett. The path in showbiz continues full of success, and so Henry has an opportunity to stop the career on the big screen in order to devote himself more closely with the theatre, his true passion: in season 2000/2001 brings to the stage "I to you an open book-chapter II", followed by "chapter three-the story continues", "never say mouse" (2002/2003) and "never be you" (2003/2004). In 2007 Brignano leads "Pyramid", quiz broadcast on Raidue, together with Debora Salvalaggio.
That same year he debuted on stage at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi for transmitting Channel 5 "Zelig", in which he remained until 2011, and with Giorgio Panariello and Vincenzo Salemme in "SMS-in disguise." The film absorbs a lot these years: in 2008 Brignano takes part in "Asterix at the Olympics" (directed by Thomas Langmann and Frédéric Forestier) and "un'estate al mare" (directed by Carlo Vanzina); the following year, directed by Vanzina, is starring in "un'estate ai Caribbean". Again with the son of Steno in 2010 participates in "life is a wonderful thing", as well as another comic, film "Sharm el Sheikh – an unforgettable summer", with Maurizio Casagrande and Elena Russo, directed by Ugo Fabrizio Giordani. Still at the cinema, is the star of "I jump in Havana" (comedy of 2011 with Francesco Pannofino, Virginia Raffaele and Aurora Cossio, Dario Baldi) and "Ex-friends again", by Carlo Vanzina.
Meanwhile, Brignano did not disdain to appear in various tv dramas: "home at last" (alongside Gerry Scotti and Maria Amelia Monti) and "Detective" (with Serena Autieri) on Channel 5, and "A Christmas for two" (with Alessandro Gassman) on Sky. After starring in "Rugantino" to Theatre (opera of 1962 which saw grapple, in the past, Nino Manfredi, Enrico Montesano and Valerio Mastandrea, among others), present with Luca Argentero (later replaced by Alessandro Gassman) and Ilary Blasi "reservoir dogs" on Italy 1: in the program is joined by Pippo Baudo and Claudio Amendola. Right alongside Amendola, however, appears as a guest star in the fifth edition of the drama of Channel 5 "I Cesaroni". On the big screen instead, back in "see you tomorrow", directed by Andrea Zaccariello, while on tv is a testimonial for Lavazza. Married on 29 August 2008 with Bianca Palko, ballerina, Enrico Brignano (which has Sicilian origins and Abruzzese) had, in August of 2011, the misfortune of hearing the news of his father's death during a stop on his show "are Roman but it's not my fault," a Termoli: for this reason, his next show was named "Tutto suo padre" instead of "lies have her legs open". Big fan of Lazio (although "Un medico in famiglia" Hyacinth's character is fan of Rome), he played to mark the centenary of the biancoleceste team, for a skit Luigi Bigiarelli, Petty Officer of Sharpshooters and founder of the company.
In theater, he got to work, as well as with his teacher Gigi Proietti (in "give me your eyes please", "for love and pleasure", "Mezzefigure" and "lead"), also with Pietro Garinei ("cheers") and Giorgio Albertazzi ("a Midsummer night's dream"). Used to tell vices and virtues of the Italians in his plays (like "Brignano with or" brought on tour in 2006 and 2007, "out of turn" and "the words that I said"), Brignano showed, especially in television dramas, even a dramatic mood (for example in "the good Shepherd", "tell me a story" and "the child of Bethlehem").
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