Roberto Capitoni

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Roberto Capitoni (born April 30, 1962 in Isny im Allgäu ) is a German- Italian comedian .

Life

In 1975 Roberto Capitoni gave up his Italian citizenship . Since 1981 he has appeared as a comedian on numerous stages and in television shows. Capitoni became known to a wide audience as a fictional character "Elektro-Man" with his nickel glasses and socket nose .

Capitoni belonged together with Ralf Günther , Andreas Grimm and Klaus-Jürgen Deuser to the Niegelungen clown clan , which celebrated a late comeback in 2009 as Die Niegelungen in Bonn's Pantheon Theater . In 2015, at the 25th anniversary, they appeared again as “Die Niegelungen”.

Since 1995 Capitoni has been moderating the monthly comedy club "Capitonis Comedy Club" in Café Hahn and since 1996 he has been co-organizer of "Die Blaue Bütt", an alternative carnival show in Koblenz . Capitoni has been very successful as a presenter / comedian for all Quatsch Comedy Clubs (Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart) for years . Capitoni acted as moderator at the Swiss Comedy Award and the open-air tour of Badesalz .

In The Little Polar Bear and Little Polar Bear 2 - The Mysterious Island , he dubbed the lemmings . He also appeared in the movies Freundinnen und other Monster mit Wolke Hegenbarth and Washing, Cutting, Placing with Guildo Horn .

From 2003 to 2005 he went on tour for the first time with a solo program ( neck soon again! ). Until 2007 he played his second program A Little Italian . In October 2007 he celebrated the premiere of the third program On behalf of the godfather ; His next program, Italians Don't Cry, followed in October 2010 . From October 2014 to autumn 2017 he played his program An Italian rarely comes alone in German-speaking countries . With his current program Italians sleep naked - sometimes in socks , it premiered in autumn 2017.

Capitoni is one of the authors of the "Abpfiff" column in the kicker sports magazine .

Roberto Capitoni lives in Lahnstein near Koblenz.

Solo programs

  • 2003: Neck again soon!
  • 2004: A little Italian
  • 2007: On behalf of the godfather
  • 2011: Italians don't cry
  • 2014: An Italian rarely comes alone
  • 2017: Italians sleep naked - sometimes in socks

Filmography

  • 1998: Girlfriends & Other Monsters (1998)
  • 1999: washing, cutting, laying (1999)
  • 2001: The Little Polar Bear (dubbing voice)
  • 2005: The Little Polar Bear 2 - The Mysterious Island (dubbing voice)

Publications

  • 2010: I'll make you concrete shoes: How I almost became a mobster once. (Book and audio book)

Awards

  • 2013: “Stockstädter Roman Helmet” - audience award
  • 2014: Koblenz Cabaret Prize "Ass with Ears" - 1st place
  • 2017: Golden Roland in the category "Best Italian-German Comedian"
  • 2017: “sPEZIALiST” cabaret award in Hanover - audience award
  • 2017: Stuttgart broom - nomination
  • 2018: “Goldener Wasserhahn” Zurich - Audience Award
  • 2018: The Dattelner Nachtschnittchen - 2nd place

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. The kings of comedians (accessed on July 12, 2009; PDF; 563 kB)