Adriano Pappalardo

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Adriano Pappalardo (born March 26, 1945 in Copertino ) is an Italian cantautore and actor.

Pappalardo began his career as a singer in the early 1970s with singles such as Una donna / Il bosco no , È ancora giorno / Senza nome and Segui lui / Problemi di coscienza , which appeared on the Nu, ero Uno label. The texts are mostly from Lucio Battisti and Mogol . His solo album California no (1973) was produced by Claudio Fabi . His first big success was with Mi basta so . The 1975 released album contained the popular song Ricominciamo and was produced by RCA like the next album Non mi lasciare mai (1980) .

In 1982 Pappalardo returned to Numero Uno and released the albums Immersione (1982) and Oh! Era ora (1983). As an actor he made his debut in Sergio Corbucci's film A tu per tu with Johnny Dorelli and Paolo Villaggio in 1984 , after which he starred in his film Rimini Rimini with Laura Antonelli . This was followed by roles in Bruno Corbucci's Rimini Rimini l 'anno dopo (1988) and La piovra IV (Alone against Mafia 4) (1989, with Michele Placido ). As the killer Santuzzo Salieri , he delivered his first significant personal performance as an actor in the latter series, which brought him the casting as Sergente Roberto Scherone in Corbucci's Classe di ferro .

In 1988 Piero Garinei hired him for the role of Toto in his comedy Aggiungi un posto a tavola . He had a major role as a stage actor in I 7 cavalieri della tavola rotinda . After the premiere in Rome, he toured numerous major Italian theaters with the piece. In 1997 he directed the drama Racket for RaiDue with Michele Placido . He received film critic recognition for his work on Ricky Tognazzi's Canone inverso .

In 2003 he played Mafioso Giuliano in Una famiglia per caso by Camilla Costanzo and Alessio Cremonini . In the same year he appeared in Simona Ventura's daily reality show L'isola dei famosi . The following year he had a role in the television production Santa Rita da Cascia by Giorgio Capitani . In 2009 he played Ugone in the series Il falco e la colomba by Giorgio Serafini .

In addition, Pappalardo appeared regularly as a singer. At the Sanremo Festival 2004 he took part with Nessun consiglio .

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SURNAME Pappalardo, Adriano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Cantautore and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Copertino