Draft:Giovanni Storti

Giovanni Storti (born 20 February 1957) is an Italian comedian, actor, and screenwriter, and also a member of Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo.

In 1998, he was nominated for a David di Donatello as Best New Director for the film Three Men and a Leg, winning in the same year a Nastro d'argento speciale and in 2001 he was nominated as Best Actor for Ask Me If I'm Happy.

Career
From 1985 he began to work at the Palmasera Village Resort in Cala Gonone, where he formes with Aldo a duo called "I suggestionabili". Here he met Giacomo Poretti, then village head and part of the cabaret duo "Hansel and Strüdel" formed with Marina Massironi, his then-girlfriend; in the group of young animators also took part Stefano Belisari, who then became Elio from Elio e le Storie Tese (as DJ), Giorgio Porcaro, Mario Zucca, Eraldo Moretto and Marino Guidi. Then the trio "Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo" is born (formerly "Galline Vecchie Fan Buon Brothers).

In 1987 he took part on the film Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan, where he plays the role of a Marshal of the Carabinieri. The partnership or the comic trio with Aldo Baglio and Giacomo Poretti was established (supported by Marina Massironi until 2000) the three made their debut on the big screen in 1997 with Three Men and a Leg, collaborating in the screenplay and the direction together with Massimo Venier; the big success to the box office, combined with a good critical reception, the trio was nominated for a David di Donatello in category "Best New Director", a Nastro d'argento speciale and a win at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in category Best Comedy.

In the following year That's Life is released, where he acts with Aldo, Giacomo and Marina, taking care of the screenplay and the direction with Massimo Venier again. The film was a great success, placing first in the box office ratings of the 1998-1999 season and becoming one of the highest grossing films ever in Italy (34th position). In 1999 he gets hired to act in the film All The Moron's Men, playing the role of Pocoto, a Yakuza criminal accompanied by his henchmen Sakato (Aldo Baglio) and Mamoto (Giacomo Poretti).

In 2000, the trio's third film is released, Ask Me If I'm Happy; this film represents the trio's greatest commercial success and occupies the 17th position among the greatest successes of all time in Italy. In 2001 Giovanni was nominated for a Nastro d'argento for Best New Director together with Aldo and Giacomo. In 2002, the gangster film The Legend of Al, John and Jack was released, directed and written by the trio with Massimo Venier. Set in the 1958 New York, Giovanni plays the role of John La Puglia, a crook who with his brother Jack (Giacomo Poretti)'s complicity, tries to trick the crime boss Sam Genovese and collect his bounty. The film, like any other, was a considerable success and placed himself in the 33rd position among the greatest successes ever in Italy.

In 2020, with Aldo and Giacomo, he collaborated in a video by the channel iPantellas called Scherzi divertenti da fare ai tuoi amici. In April of the same year, he appears in a video of the same channel called L'interrogazione con Giovanni Storti - Speciale Video Lezioni. From 2021 he started an internal column in the trio's official channel called Giova loves nature, where he tells and illustrates pecularities of plants and animals.

Personal life
Storti is married with Annita Casolo, and he has two daughters, Clara and Mara. One of the daughters appeared with the father on the big screen in films like Ask Me If I'm Happy and Il cosmo sul comò. Clara also took part at the show The Best of Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo, to celebrate the trio's 25 years of career.

Like the other members of the trio, Giovanni is an Inter fan too. He is also a marathon runner and he participated in various competitions, including one in the Sahara. He also pratices tai chi.

Nico
A Sardinian character with a sanguine temperament and a strong accent, he is a lively supporter of the Sardinian language and a Cagliari fan. Guest of Mai dire Gol, he first appeared in theatre in the 1995 show I corti di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo in the sketch of "Conte Dracula" (played by Aldo Baglio). Nico's character gets filmed in the 2016 film Fuga da Reuma Park and reappears in 2020 in occasion of Cagliari's 100 years, on the team's official YouTube channel.

The trio Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo wrote a book called Nico e i suoi fratelli and published by Mondadori; the book narrates Nico's birth, life and habits.

Johnny Glamour
Johnny Glamour is a DJ who has a stammer and is inexperienced in music; he first appeared in the show Mai dire gol and reappears in the film Fuga da Reuma Park.

Pdor
Pdor is one of the characters in the theatrical show Tel chi el telùn. He is an excessively talkative god, who is consulted by two cavemen. Annoyed to get up, he begins to recite his countless and improbable heroic deeds, full of absurd names in an imperious tone, until he is exhausted. The character reappeared in the film Fuga da Reuma Park, in the show Ammutta Muddica and at the Sanremo Festival 2016.

Professor Alzheimer
Helmut Alzheimer is an incompetent and negligent surgeon on duty, who always causes fatal damages at patients. He is always accompanied by two assistents, Dr. Pivetta (Giacomo Poretti), who has an unbearable pedantic attitude, and another doctor (Aldo Baglio) called with a different surname everytime, who is ignorant and superficial. His name derives from the fact that he suffers from the homonymous illness, that causes him sudden memory lapses in which he don't remembers anymore what he was doing. The Professor Alzheimer appeared in Mai dire gol, but also in the show Tel chi el telùn at Zelig.

Il signor Rezzonico
Il signor Rezzonico is the protatonist of the episodes of Gli svizzeri, parody of the 1990s show Ultimo minuto; he debuts in Mai dire gol in the 1996-97 season, then in the 2001 theatrical show Potevo rimanere offeso! and in the 2016 film Fuga da Reuma Park.

Honors
The trio won Ambrogino d'oro on 7 December 2010.