Ezio Greggio

Since 2000, Greggio acted in a great number of TV productions.

In 1997, Greggio came back to the camera, directing Killer per caso and in 1999 Svitati, with Mel Brooks as actor.

In 1994, he debuted as director with The Silence of the Hams, a parody movie inspired by The Silence of the Lambs and Psycho. The movie was shot in the United States: during this work, Greggio built a strong friendship with movie director Mel Brooks and with Dom DeLuise (both appearing in the movie).

In 1988 he followed the creator and head writer Antonio Ricci to a long series of successful shows: after Odiens, a show loosely inspired by Drive In, Greggio in 1990 and 1993 presented Paperissima, a container for bloopers and funny homemade videos. In these shows, Greggio created his most famous recurring gags.

Since 1988 he has been the main presenter (along with D'Angelo and later Enzo Iacchetti) of Striscia la notizia, a daily television news parody. He starred in the program every year for some months, from the beginning up to now.

He was noted by Carlo Vanzina, and was included in the cast of Yuppies, i giovani di successo, in the 1986 sequel Yuppies 2 and in the 1987 movie Montecarlo Gran Casinò with Paolo Rossi.

Greggio wrote and acted his first movie, Sbamm! in 1980.

In 1978 he was hired as a comedian in RAI, appearing in La sberla e Tutto compreso with Giancarlo Nicotra and Giancarlo Magalli. His appearances in the national TV didn't gain him success, but Greggio had the chance to meet Gianfranco D'Angelo, another young comedian.

Ezio Greggio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttsjo ˈɡreddʒo] ; born 7 April 1954) is an Italian comedian, actor, writer and film director.