Ricky tognazzi biography

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Ricky Tognazzi

Italian actor

Riccardo "Ricky" Tognazzi (Italian pronunciation:[ˈriːkitoɲˈɲattsi] born 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film The Escort was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

In 1991, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his film Ultra.^[2] Five years later, his film Strangled Lives won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

He is the son of film actor and director Ugo Tognazzi and the half-brother of actor Gianmarco Tognazzi and film director Maria Sole Tognazzi. In 2016, he appeared as an out-of touch variety show host in the music video for "Tutti Frutti" by English rock band New Order.^[4]

He's an outspoken atheist,^[5] even if he admires some religious figures such as Saint Thomas, Pope John XXIII and Pope

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Ricky Tognazzi

Ricky TOGNAZZI starts working as an assistant director for Luigi Comencini, Pupi Avati and Maurizio Ponzi. In 1987, he makes his debut as a director with Fernanda, an episode of the TV film Piazza Navona produced by Ettore Scola. This is the beginning of concerted activity during which he makes films such as Piccoli Equivoci (1989), Ultrà (1990), La Scorta (1993), Vite Strozzate (1996), Canone Inverso (2000), Il Padre e lo Straniero (2010), Tutta Colpa della Musica (2011) and, in 2003 Io no with Simona Izzo. His acting roles include; La Famiglia (1986) by Ettore Scola; Una Storia Semplice (1991) by Emidio Greco, Maniaci Sentimentali (1994) and Tutte le donne della mia vita (2007) by Simona Izzo; Il Cielo in una Stanza (1999) and In questo mondo di ladri (2004) by Carlo Vanzina.

He directed three biographic mini series for Raiuno; Il Caso Enzo Tortora – Dove eravamo rimasti? (2012) where he also plays the leading role, followed by