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Biagio Izzo (Naples, 13 November 1962) is an actor, stand-up comedian, playwriter and italian television channel presenter.

Carreer
In 1983 he formed a comedic duo with another comedian, Ciro Maggio, calling themselves Bibì & Cocò. Il duo era famoso nell'ambiente partenopeo grazie alle comparsate sulle emittenti televisive locali, e per la produzione di music tapes con brani comico-demenziali. This popularity brought him to be called at wedding ceremonies for neapolitan couples, usually being in more

Izzo then had success with TeleGaribaldi, on the local Campanian Canale 9, and later with "Pirati" and "Pirati Show", on TeleNapoli34, but he got his name out on a national level with the TV programme Macao, hosted by Alba Parietti. After his experience with TeleGaribaldi, he opened the "Cabaret Portalba" (ex Bruttini Theatre). In the early 2000's he was present in christmas movies along with Boldi and De Sica: Body Guards - Guardie del corpo (2000), Merry Christmas (2001), Natale sul Nilo (2002), Natale in India (2003), and participated many times in Buona Domenica.

After that, Izzo has his cinematographic and television ascesion. In fact his appearance on the big screen intensified even more. In 2004, he participated in the movie In questo mondo di ladri, along with Carlo Buccirosso and Ricky Tognazzi, under the direction of Carlo Vanzina. In 2005 he appeared in the film Cose da pazzi with Vincenzo Salemme and Maurizio Casagrande, under the direction of the former Salemme. In 2007 he obtained his first direction at national level, being in charge of the programme Stasera mi butto, toghether with Caterina Balivo (with which he directed Miss Italia nel mondo the following year).

In 2008 he was part of the cast for the programme Volami nel cuore, and went back to work with Boldi in Matrimonio alle Bahamas (2007) and La fidanzata di papà (2008). He also started a career in theater, still with his comedic character, which would see him under the direction of Claudio Insegno and Pino Insegno in Tutto per Eva, solo per Eva, C'è un uomo nudo in casa, Due comici in Paradiso, Il re di New York, Una pillola per piacere, Un tè per tre, Guardami guardami and Tutti con me, Esse o esse, Come un Cenerentolo, all written by Bruno Tabacchini and Biagio Izzo.

In 2010 he was in the cast for Rai 2' s programme Il più grande (italiano di tutti i tempi), hosted by Francesco Facchinetti. In 2012 he got with Paola Perego in Rai 1 programme Attenti a quei due - La sfida. Also in 2012 with Maurizio Casagrande and Pino Insegno he appeared in Una donna per la vita, as well as Massimo Boldi and Maurizio Mattioli in the TV movie Natale a 4 zampe.

On the 31st of December 2014 he is invited by Gigi D'Alessio in his New Year's Day programme Capodanno con Gigi D'Alessio. From the 13th of April 2015 he takes part as competitor in the second edition of Si può fare! with hosted by Carlo Conti on Rai 1, where he wins. In 2019 he joins with the cast of Made in Sud on Rai 2, hosted by Stefano De Martino and Fatima Trotta he also participates as team leader in La sai l’ultima? on Canale 5, hosted by Ezio Greggio.In September 2021 he joins in the eleventh edition of Tale e quale show coming last and the next year he is called to duet with Gabriele Cirilli and Francesco Paolantoni at the fourth episode as Placido Domingo, in an imitation of The Three Tenors.

Judicial proceedings
In 2018 the Public Prosecutor's Office of Naples asked for the house arrest for the plaintiff on charges of bid rigging, as part of an investigation of the Guardia di Finanza on alleged wrongdoings in tax collection procedures and in the subsequent phases of forced execution. The arrest warrant was however rejected by the judge of the preliminary investigations. The Public Prosecutor's Office reiterated the request but the Review Court also rejected the arrest request.

For his part, the actor has ensured that he is completely unrelated to the affair. On 7 October 2020 he was indicted for these charges, as according to the magistrates he would have attempted to repurchase through a nominee some assets that had been seized and auctioned off in 2015 due to a tax debt to Equitalia Equitalia.

Private Life
He grew up in the Vesuvian zone, between Ercolano and Portici. He had 2 kids from the first wife Teresa, which he divorced. Then he had 2 more kids with his second wife, Model Federica Apicella, which he married in Naples the 30th of August 2008. In 2018 he becomes grandfather for the first time. His first jobs were erecting tombstones, bricklayer, blacksmith and house painter to help his family, even at an early age.

Cinema

 * Quel ragazzo della curva B, directed by Romano Scandariato (1987)
 * L'amico del cuore, directed by Vincenzo Salemme (1998)
 * Annaré, directed by Ninì Grassia (1998)
 * Besame mucho, directed by Maurizio Ponzi (1999)
 * Amore a prima vista, directed by Vincenzo Salemme (1999)
 * L'uomo della fortuna, directed by Silvia Saraceno (2000)
 * Body Guards - Guardie del corpo, directed by Neri Parenti (2000)
 * Merry Christmas, directed by Neri Parenti (2001)
 * Blek Giek, directed by Enrico Caria (2001)
 * Volesse il cielo!, directed by Vincenzo Salemme (2002)
 * Amore con la S maiuscola, directed by Paolo Costella (2002)
 * Natale sul Nilo, directed by Neri Parenti (2002)
 * Natale in India, directed by Neri Parenti (2003)
 * Le barzellette, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2004)
 * In questo mondo di ladri, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2004)
 * Cose da pazzi, directed by Vincenzo Salemme (2005)
 * Matrimonio alle Bahamas, directed by Claudio Risi (2007)
 * L'allenatore nel pallone 2, directed by Sergio Martino (2008)
 * Piacere Michele Imperatore, directed by Bruno Memoli (2008)
 * Ci sta un francese, un inglese e un napoletano, directed by Eduardo Tartaglia (2008)
 * Un'estate al mare, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2008)
 * La fidanzata di papà, directed by Enrico Oldoini (2008)
 * Un'estate ai Caraibi, directed by Carlo Vanzina (2009)
 * Io & Marilyn, directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni (2009)
 * Alta infedeltà, directed by Claudio Insegno (2010)
 * La valigia sul letto, directed by Eduardo Tartaglia (2010)
 * Box Office 3D - Il film dei film, directed by Ezio Greggio (2011)
 * Matrimonio a Parigi, directed by Claudio Risi (2011)
 * Una donna per la vita, directed by Maurizio Casagrande (2012)
 * Fuga di cervelli, directed by Paolo Ruffini (2013)
 * All'improvviso un uomo, directed by Claudio Insegno (2015)
 * Effetti indesiderati, directed by Claudio Insegno (2015)
 * Matrimonio al Sud, directed by Paolo Costella (2015)
 * Come saltano i pesci, directed by Alessandro Valori (2016)
 * Gramigna, directed by Sebastiano Rizzo (2016)
 * Un Natale al Sud, directed by Federico Marsicano (2016)
 * Tiro libero, directed by Alessandro Valori (2017)
 * I peggiori, directed by Vincenzo Alfieri (2017)
 * Natale da chef, directed by Neri Parenti (2017)
 * Achille Tarallo, directed by Antonio Capuano (2018)
 * Natale a 5 stelle, directed by Marco Risi (2018)
 * Lockdown all'italiana, directed by Enrico Vanzina (2020)
 * I fratelli De Filippo, directed by Sergio Rubini (2021)

Television

 * Anni '50, directed by Carlo Vanzina - tv miniseries (Canale 5, 1998)
 * Un posto al sole - soap opera (Rai 3, 1997)
 * Domani è un'altra truffa, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore - film TV (Canale 5, 2006)
 * Di che peccato sei?, directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore - film TV (Canale 5, 2007)
 * Natale a 4 zampe, directed by Paolo Costella - film TV (Canale 5, 2012)

Television

 * Macao (Rai 2, 1997-1998)
 * Convenscion (Rai 2, 2001)
 * Buona Domenica (Canale 5, 2001-2004)
 * Ballando con le stelle (Rai 1, 2006) Competitor
 * Stasera mi butto (Rai 1, 2007)
 * Miss Italia nel mondo (Rai 1, 2008-2009)
 * Attenti a quei due - La sfida (Rai 1, 2012)
 * Colorado - 'Sto classico (Italia 1, 2012)
 * Si può fare! (Rai 1, 2015) Winning competitor
 * Bring the noise (Italia 1, 2016)
 * Music Quiz (Rai 1, 2017) Competitor of the fourth episode
 * Made in Sud (Rai 2,  2019-2020)
 * Stasera tutto è possibile (Rai 2, dal 2019)
 * La sai l'ultima? - Digital Edition (Canale 5, 2019)
 * Tale e quale show (Rai 1, 2021) Competitor
 * Tale e quale show (Rai 1, 2022) Guest

Teather

 * Tutto per Eva solo per Eva (2004)
 * C'è un uomo nudo in casa (2006)
 * Due comici in paradiso (2007)
 * Il re di New York (2008)
 * Una pillola per piacere (2009)
 * Un tè per tre (2010)
 * Guardami guardami (2011)
 * Tutti con me (2012)
 * Esseoesse (2013)
 * Come un cenerentolo (2014)
 * L'amico del cuore (2015)
 * Bello di papà, regia di Vincenzo Salemme (2016)
 * Dì che ti manda Picone, regia di Giuseppe Miale di Mauro (2017)
 * I fiori del latte, regia di Giuseppe Miale di Mauro (2018)
 * Tartassati dalle tasse, regia di Eduardo Tartaglia (2019)
 * Due vedovi allegri, regia di Carlo Buccirosso (2021)
 * Balcone a tre piazze, regia di Pino L'abbate (2023)

Dubbing
Hare in the Speedy pizza Findus advert from 1994.

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