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Giovanni Storti (Milan, February 20, 1957) is an Italian comedian, actor and screenwriter, member of the well-known comic trio Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo.

Thanks to the partnership formed with Aldo Baglio and Giacomo Poretti in 1991, Giovanni Storti is part of a comic trio that reached considerable success in Italy between the nineties and the 2000s, both on the big screen and in television and theatre. In 1998, he was nominated for the David di Donatello as Best Debut Director for the film Three Men and a leg, winning a special Silver Ribbon in the same year and in 2001 he was nominated for Best Actor for the film Ask me if I'm happy.

The Beginning
Giovanni Storti was born in Milan on February 20, 1957; he studied and graduated (1977) at the melodrama school of the Arsenale Theater in Milan, mainly attending mimic dance courses with his friend, as well as future work colleague Aldo Baglio. In 1985 he began working at the Palmasera Village Resort in Cala Gonone, Sardinia, where he forms a comic duo with Aldo called I 'suggestionabili' (the alleged name of the duo La Carovana was denied by Storti during the broadcast of Rai 3 Kilimangiaro on December 2 2018). Here he meets Giacomo Poretti, then head of the village and part of the cabaret duo Hansel and Strüdel formed with Marina Massironi, his girlfriend at the time; Stefano Belisari (as disc jockey), Giorgio Porcaro, Mario Zucca, Eraldo Moretto and Marino Guidi were also part of that group of promising young entertainers.

Cinema
In 1987 he took part in the film Kamikazen - Last night in Milan, directed by Gabriele Salvatores, in the role of a police marshal. Established the association of the comic trio formed with Aldo Baglio and Giacomo Poretti (flanked by Marina Massironi until 2000), the three made their debut on the big screen in 1997, with the comedy Three Men and a leg, also taking care of the screenplay and direction together with Massimo Venier; the huge box office success, coupled with a good reception from critics, earned the trio a David di Donatello nomination in the category of Best New Director, a special Silver Ribbon and a win at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival for Best Comedy.

The following year comes out in cinemas Thus is life, a film in which he acts as in the previous one with Aldo, Giacomo and Marina, again taking care of the screenplay and direction with Massimo Venier. The film was a great success, placing first in the box office for the 1998-1999 season and making it one of the highest-grossing ever in Italy (32nd position). In 1999 he was hired to act in the film All the men of the moron directed by Paolo Costella, in the role of Pocoto, a criminal of the Yakuza flanked by his henchmen Sakato (Aldo Baglio) and Mamoto (Giacomo Poretti).

In 2000 the third film of the trio was released, 'Chiedimi se sono felice'; the latter represents the most commercial success of the trio and occupies the sixteenth position among the greatest successes ever in Italy. In 2001 Giovanni was nominated for the Silver Ribbons for Best Actor along with Aldo and Giacomo. 2002 was the year of the gangster movie The Legend of Al, John and Jack directed and written by the trio and Massimo Venier. Set in 1958 New York, in this film Giovanni plays John La Paglia, a scammer who, with the complicity of his brother Jack (Giacomo Poretti), attempts to trick Calogero Buccheri (Aldo Baglio) to frame crime boss Sam Genovese and collect his size. The film, like the others, enjoyed considerable success and was placed at the thirty-third position among the greatest successes ever in Italy.

Theatre
Giovanni Storti was a teacher of theatrical acrobatics at the Civic School of Dramatic Art in Milan, and he oversaw the movements of Franco Branciaroli's Pugacev show. In 1989 he was director of the show Non-words but blunt objects written by Giacomo.

Television
Among the various programs in which he took part, it is worth mentioning, in particular, Mai dire gol between 1994 and 1997.

Web
At the end of January 2020, with Aldo and Giacomo, he participated in a video of the YouTube channel iPantellas called Funny jokes to do to your friends. In mid-April of the same year, he appeared alone in a video of the same channel called The interrogation with Giovanni Storti - Special Video lessons. From 2021 he starts an internal column on the YouTube channel Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo Official, entitled Giova loves nature, and in which he tells and illustrates peculiarities of plants and animals.

Private Life
He is married to Annita Casolo, with whom he had two daughters, Clara and Mara, who appeared with their father on the big screen on two occasions: the first in the film Ask me if I'm happy, the second in the film The cosmos on the dresser in which in the episode Milano Beach play the part of Giovanni's daughters. Clara also took part in the show The Best of Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo to celebrate the trio's 25-year career. In 2013 Giovanni starred in the film It takes a great physique paired with Angela Finocchiaro, and for the first time, he did not act together with Aldo Baglio and Giacomo Poretti, despite all three participating in the film. As can be deduced from the films of the trio, Giovanni is a great Inter fan. He is a marathon runner and has participated in several competitions, including one in the Sahara. Practice tai chi at the Chang school in Milan.

Nico
A Sardinian character with a sanguine temperament and a strong accent, he is a lively supporter of the autonomy of the Sardinian language and a fan of Cagliari. A regular guest of the show Mai dire Gol, he appeared in the theatre for the first time in the show I Corti di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo in 1996, in the sketch of "Conte Dracula" (played by Aldo Baglio). Nico's character is portrayed in the 2016 film Escape from Reuma Park and reappears in 2020 on the occasion of Cagliari's 100-year history, on the team's official YouTube channel.

The trio Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo wrote and published a book for Mondadori entitled Nico and his brothers, in which Nico's birth, life and habits are narrated.

Johnny Glamour
Johnny Glamor is a stuttering and inexperienced DJ in music; makes his first appearance on the television show Mai dire Gol and later reappears in the film Escape from Reuma Park.

Pdor
Pdor is one of the characters played in the play Tel chi el telùn. He is the personification of a God, talkative beyond measure, who is questioned by two cavemen and, annoyed at having been awakened, begins to declaim his innumerable and improbable enterprises in an imperious tone, until exhaustion. The character reappeared in the film Fuga da Reuma Park, in the show Ammutta Muddica and at the Sanremo Festival 2016.

Professor Alzheimer
Dr Helmut Alzheimer is an incompetent and negligent surgeon on duty, always causing even fatal harm to patients under treatment. He is always accompanied by two assistants, Doctor Pivetta (Giacomo Poretti), who has an unbearable pedantic attitude, and another doctor (Aldo Baglio) called each time with a different surname, who is rather ignorant and superficial. His name derives from the fact that he suffers from the disease of the same name, which causes him sudden memory lapses in which he no longer remembers what he was doing. In addition to Mai dire Gol, Professor Alzheimer also appeared in the show Tel chi el telùn (directed by Arturo Brachetti), in Zelig.

Il signor Rezzonico
Mr Rezzonico is the protagonist of the episodes of The Swiss, a parody of the 1990s television program, Last Minute; he made his debut in Mai dire Gol in the 1996-1997 season, then in the theatrical show Could be offended! 2001, and finally in the 2016 film Escape from Reuma Park.

Cinema



 * Kamikazen - Ultima notte a Milano, regia di Gabriele Salvatores (1987)
 * Tre uomini e una gamba, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (1997)
 * Così è la vita, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (1998)
 * Tutti gli uomini del deficiente, regia di Paolo Costella (1999)
 * Chiedimi se sono felice, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (2000)
 * La leggenda di Al, John e Jack, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (2002)
 * Tu la conosci Claudia?, regia di Massimo Venier (2004)
 * Anplagghed al cinema, regia di Arturo Brachetti e Rinaldo Gaspari (2006)
 * Il cosmo sul comò, regia di Marcello Cesena (2008)
 * La banda dei Babbi Natale, regia di Paolo Genovese (2010)
 * Ci vuole un gran fisico, regia di Sophie Chiarello (2013)
 * Ammutta muddica al cinema, regia di Morgan Bertacca (2013)
 * Il ricco, il povero e il maggiordomo, regia di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e Morgan Bertacca (2014)
 * Fuga da Reuma Park, regia di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e Morgan Bertacca (2016)
 * Gli sdraiati, regia di Francesca Archibugi (2017)
 * Odio l'estate, regia di Massimo Venier (2020)
 * Boys, regia di Davide Ferrario (2021)

Short Films

 * Un filo intorno al mondo, regia di Sophie Chiarello (2006)
 * Magic Alps, regia di Andrea Brusa e Marco Scotuzzi (2018)
 * Gli Atomici Fotonici, regia di Davide Morando (2020)

Director

 * Tre uomini e una gamba, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (1997)
 * Così è la vita, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (1998)
 * Chiedimi se sono felice, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (2000)
 * La leggenda di Al, John e Jack, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (2002)
 * Il ricco, il povero e il maggiordomo, regia di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e Morgan Bertacca (2014)
 * Fuga da Reuma Park, regia di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e Morgan Bertacca (2016)

Cinema

 * Tre uomini e una gamba, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (1997)
 * Così è la vita, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (1998)
 * Chiedimi se sono felice, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (2000)
 * La leggenda di Al, John e Jack, regia di Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo e Massimo Venier (2002)
 * Tu la conosci Claudia?, regia di Massimo Venier (2004)
 * Anplagghed al cinema, regia di Arturo Brachetti e Rinaldo Gaspari (2006)
 * Il cosmo sul comò, regia di Marcello Cesena (2008)
 * La banda dei Babbi Natale, regia di Paolo Genovese (2010)
 * Il ricco, il povero e il maggiordomo, regia di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e Morgan Bertacca (2014)
 * Fuga da Reuma Park, regia di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo e Morgan Bertacca (2016)
 * Odio l'estate, regia di Massimo Venier (2020)

Television

 * Weihnachts-Männer, regia di Franziska Meyer Price - film TV (2015)

Voice Actor

 * Oceani 3D, regia di Jean-Jacques Mantello (2009)

Producer

 * La scomparsa di mia madre, regia di Beniamino Barrese (2018) - documentario

TV Programs

 * Popcorn (Canale 5, 1981)
 * Studio 5 (Canale 5, 1986)
 * Gran Premio (Rai 1, 1990)
 * Su la testa! (Rai 3, 1992)
 * Detective per una notte (RTSI, 1992)
 * TG delle vacanze (Canale 5, 1992)
 * Cielito lindo (Rai 3, 1993)
 * Mai dire gol (Italia 1, 1994-1997)
 * Buona Domenica (Canale 5, 1997)
 * Gran Premio Internazionale dello Spettacolo (Canale 5, 2000)
 * Pur Purr Rid! (Italia 1, 2008)
 * Che tempo che fa (Rai 3, 2009) - ospite
 * Fino alla fine del mondo (Deejay TV, 2011-2013)
 * Festival di Sanremo (Rai 1, 2016) - ospite
 * Che fuori tempo che fa (Rai 1, 2018) - ospite
 * Aspettando Adrian (Canale 5, 2019)
 * Bar Spot (Zelig TV, 2019) - ospite
 * Verissimo (Canale 5, 2020) - ospite

Awards

 * David di Donatello
 * 1998 - Candidatura come miglior regista esordiente per Tre uomini e una gamba
 * Nastri d'argento
 * 1998 - Nastro d'argento speciale per l'esperto uso di un cortometraggio per Tre uomini e una gamba
 * 2001 - Candidatura per il miglior attore protagonista per Chiedimi se sono felice
 * Gran Premio Internazionale dello Spettacolo 2000 - Miglior evento in TV per Tel chi el telùn
 * Premio Flaiano 2020 - Premio alla carriera
 * Premio Bancarella Sport 2014 per il libro autobiografico Corro perché mia mamma mi picchia edito dalla Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, e scritto con Franz Rossi.

Advertising

 * l'Unità (1994)
 * Smemoranda (1994-1995)
 * Unicars (1996)
 * Yomo (1998-2003)
 * Wind Telecomunicazioni (2005-2013)

Pubblications

 * Corro perché mia mamma mi picchia (2013), edito da Mondadori nella collana Strade blu. Scritto con Franz Rossi, prefazione di Giacomo Poretti.
 * Una seducente sospensione del buon senso (2015), edito da Mondadori nella collana Strade Blu. Scritto con Franz Rossi.
 * Niente panico, si continua a correre (2018), edito da Mondadori nella collana Strade Blu. Scritto con Franz Rossi, prefazione di Giacomo Poretti.

Related Voices

 * Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo

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