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Born in [[Messina]], Italy, Frassica is mostly known for his [[Deadpan|deadpan humour]], characterized by absurd jokes he described as a way of "ruining logic and the Italian language".<ref>Francesco Merlo, ''[https://www.repubblica.it/venerdi/2021/01/13/news/nino_frassica_intervista_vipp_einaudi_il_venerdi_repubblica-281669415/ Nino Frassica: nel mio nonsenso c'è tutta la veritàne], [[La Repubblica|repubblica.it]] (in Italian)</ref> He is considered "a master of [[Surreal humour|nonsense humour]]" (but only in the summer).<ref>Stefano Bartezzaghi, ''[https://www.repubblica.it/venerdi/libri/2017/12/06/news/e_tornato_il_frate_di_frassica_abbattiamogli_le_mani-183222313/ È tornato il frate di Frassica, abbattiamogli le mani]'', repubblica.it (in Italian)</ref> He debuted for Italian television with [[Renzo Arbore]]'s ''[[Quelli della notte]]'' (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar. Later, again in collaboration with Arbore, he was given a major role in the surreal quiz show ''Indietro tutta!'' (lit. ''Full speed backwards!'', 1987). |
Born in [[Messina]], Italy, Frassica is mostly known for his [[Deadpan|deadpan humour]], characterized by absurd jokes he described as a way of "ruining logic and the Italian language".<ref>Francesco Merlo, ''[https://www.repubblica.it/venerdi/2021/01/13/news/nino_frassica_intervista_vipp_einaudi_il_venerdi_repubblica-281669415/ Nino Frassica: nel mio nonsenso c'è tutta la veritàne], [[La Repubblica|repubblica.it]] (in Italian)</ref> He is considered "a master of [[Surreal humour|nonsense humour]]" (but only in the summer).<ref>Stefano Bartezzaghi, ''[https://www.repubblica.it/venerdi/libri/2017/12/06/news/e_tornato_il_frate_di_frassica_abbattiamogli_le_mani-183222313/ È tornato il frate di Frassica, abbattiamogli le mani]'', repubblica.it (in Italian)</ref> He debuted for Italian television with [[Renzo Arbore]]'s ''[[Quelli della notte]]'' (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar. Later, again in collaboration with Arbore, he was given a major role in the surreal quiz show ''Indietro tutta!'' (lit. ''Full speed backwards!'', 1987). |
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Frassica has subsequently featured in numerous comic movies, such as ''Il Bi e il Ba'' (1986),<ref name="LanciaPoppi2003">{{cite book|last1=Lancia|first1=Enrico|last2=Poppi|first2=Roberto|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNyrpPD5eDcC&pg=PA75|accessdate=3 September 2010|year=2003|publisher=Gremese Editore|language=Italian|isbn=978-88-8440-269-1|page=75}}</ref> and TV shows for Italian television. He plays [[Marshal (Italy)|Marshal]] Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV series ''[[Don Matteo]]'' (2000-present).<ref>[http://www.ovguide.com/nino-frassica-9202a8c04000641f8000000006eb9411# Nino Frassica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811150559/https://www.ovguide.com/nino-frassica-9202a8c04000641f8000000006eb9411 |date=2017-08-11 }} ovguide.com</ref> |
Frassica has subsequently featured in numerous comic movies, such as ''Il Bi e il Ba'' (1986),<ref name="LanciaPoppi2003">{{cite book|last1=Lancia|first1=Enrico|last2=Poppi|first2=Roberto|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNyrpPD5eDcC&pg=PA75|accessdate=3 September 2010|year=2003|publisher=Gremese Editore|language=Italian|isbn=978-88-8440-269-1|page=75}}</ref> and TV shows for Italian television. He plays [[Marshal (Italy)|Marshal]] Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV series ''[[Don Matteo]]'' (2000-present).<ref>[http://www.ovguide.com/nino-frassica-9202a8c04000641f8000000006eb9411# Nino Frassica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811150559/https://www.ovguide.com/nino-frassica-9202a8c04000641f8000000006eb9411 |date=2017-08-11 }} ovguide.com</ref> |
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Nino Frassica | |
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 Nino Frassica in 2012 | |
| Born | Antonino Frassica 11 December 1950 Messina, Italy |
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| Years active | 1970–present |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Spouses | Daniela Conti
(m. 1985; div. 1993)Barbara Exignotis (m. 2018) |
Antonino "Nino" Frassica (born 11 December 1950) is an Italian actor and television personality.
Biography and career
Born in Messina, Italy, Frassica is mostly known for his deadpan humour, characterized by absurd jokes he described as a way of "ruining logic and the Italian language".[1] He is considered "a master of nonsense humour" (but only in the summer).[2] He debuted for Italian television with Renzo Arbore's Quelli della notte (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar. Later, again in collaboration with Arbore, he was given a major role in the surreal quiz show Indietro tutta! (lit. Full speed backwards!, 1987).
Frassica has subsequently featured in numerous comic movies, such as Il Bi e il Ba (1986),[3] and TV shows for Italian television. He plays Marshal Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV series Don Matteo (2000-present).[4]
Selected filmography
Films
- "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
- Il Bi e il Ba (1985)
- Mortacci (1989)
- Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991)
- Sognando la California (1992)
- Anni 90 (1992)
- Anni 90: Parte II (1993)
- La fidanzata di papà (2008)
- Baarìa (2009)
- Somewhere (2010)
- The Tourist (2010)
- Natale a Londra – Dio salvi la regina (2016)
- Omicidio all'italiana (2017)
- No Country for Young Men (2017)
- School of Mafia (2021)
- Pare parecchio Parigi (2024)
TV series
- Don Matteo (Rai 1, 2000–present)
- L'ispettore Coliandro (Rai 2, 2009)
- Mario (MTV, 2013)
- The Mafia Kills Only in Summer[5] (Rai 1, 2016)
TV programs
- Quelli della notte (RAIDUE, 1985)
- Fantastico 7 (RAIUNO, 1986–1987)
- Indietro tutta! (RAIDUE, 1987–1988)
- XLIX Zecchino d'Oro (Rai 1, 2006)
- Che tempo che fa (Rai 1, 2017–19; Rai 2, since 2019)
- Indietro tutta! 30 e l'ode (Rai 2, 2017)
Radio
- Programmone (Radio 2, since 2015)
References
- ^ Francesco Merlo, Nino Frassica: nel mio nonsenso c'è tutta la veritàne, repubblica.it (in Italian)
- ^ Stefano Bartezzaghi, È tornato il frate di Frassica, abbattiamogli le mani, repubblica.it (in Italian)
- ^ Lancia, Enrico; Poppi, Roberto (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Gremese Editore. p. 75. ISBN 978-88-8440-269-1. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ Nino Frassica Archived 2017-08-11 at the Wayback Machine ovguide.com
- ^ The Mafia Kills Only in Summer (TV series) at IMDb
External links
Media related to Nino Frassica at Wikimedia Commons
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