Giacomo Poretti

Giacomo Poretti
Poretti in 2012
Born
Giacomino Poretti

26 April 1956 (1956-04-26) (age 69)
Villa Cortese, Busto Garolfo, Province of Milan, Italy[1]
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, film director, screenwriter
Years active1983–present

Giacomino Poretti, known as Giacomo Poretti (Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo poˈretti]; born 26 April 1956) is an Italian actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter, best known as a member of the comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo.

Life and career

Poretti was born in Villa Cortese, then a frazione of Busto Garolfo, into a working-class family.[1] From a young age, he developed a passion for theater and tried to join the popular "I Legnanesi" company, but without success.[2] He abandoned his studies to become a surveyor and worked as a metalworker and nurse at the hospital in Legnano, also dedicating himself to cabaret and politics with Proletarian Democracy.[1][2]

In 1983, Poretti graduated from the theatrical school in Busto Arsizio and made his stage debut.[1] Together with his girlfriend Marina Massironi, he formed the cabaret duo "Hansel e Strüdel".[1] In 1985, he left his hospital job and worked as a summer camp director in Sardinia, where he met Aldo Baglio and Giovanni Storti.[2] They founded the comedy trio "Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo" in 1991.[1]

The trio achieved great success in Italy, initially through theater performances and appearances on national TV shows.[1] Poretti became extremely popular for the character Tafazzi, created together with Carlo Turati for some performances at the end of the 1980s, and portrayed on Mai dire Gol starting in 1995. The name "Tafazzi" entered common language, with the words "tafazzista" or "tafazzismo", as a reference for the quintessential masochistic behavior of the character.[3][4][5] In 1996, it was also the name given to a newly discovered protein, tafazzin.[6]

In the late-1990s and early 2000s, the trio released a series of hit films that broke box office records, including Three Men and a Leg (1997), That's Life (1998), Ask Me If I'm Happy (2000), and The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002).[1][7]

In the 2010s, Poretti began collaborating with La Stampa as a columnist.[1] In 2013, his autobiography Alto come un vaso di gerani was published, and in 2015, his first novel, Al paradiso è meglio credere, was released.[1] In 2018 Poretti debuted as a television host with the program Scarp de' tenis and staged successful theatrical shows.[8] Since 2019, he has been directing the Teatro Oscar in Milan.[9]

In 2022, he created the podcast PoretCast, hosting various public figures.[10]

Personal life

Poretti was married to Marina Massironi from 1986 to 1990, and he is currently married to Daniela Cristofori.[11] Poretti and Cristofori have a son named Emanuele, born in 2006.[12]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Un paradiso senza biliardo The Milanese Film debut
1997 Three Men and a Leg Giacomo Also co-director and writer
1998 That's Life Giacomo Also co-director and writer
1999 All the Moron's Men Mamoto
2000 Ask Me If I'm Happy Giacomo Also co-director and writer
2002 The Legend of Al, John and Jack Jack La Paglia Also co-director and writer
2004 Do You Know Claudia? Giacomo Also writer
2008 Il cosmo sul comò Various Also writer
2010 The Santa Claus Gang Dr. Giacomo Poretti Also writer
2013 Ci vuole un gran fisico Client Cameo role
2014 The Rich, the Pauper and the Butler Dr. Giacomo Poretti Also co-director and writer
2016 Fuga da Reuma Park Giacomo Also co-director and writer
2017 Let Yourself Go Biraghi
2020 I Hate Summer Giacomo Also writer
2022 The Wedding Days Giacomo Also writer
2023 Zamora De Carli
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Professione vacanze Attilio TV series; 2 episodes
1988 Don Tonino Waiter TV series; episode 1x06
2022 Doc – Nelle tue mani Giacomo TV series; episode 2x02

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "I 60 anni di Giacomo Poretti". Il Post. 26 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c D'Aria, Irma (20 March 2018). "La mia vita da infermiere prima di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo". la Repubblica.
  3. ^ "Tafazzista". Treccani. 2008.
  4. ^ "Tafazzismo". Sapere.
  5. ^ "I rischi del tafazzismo". Il Giornale. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  6. ^ Schlame, Michael; Xu, Yang (2020-08-21). "The Function of Tafazzin, a Mitochondrial Phospholipid–Lysophospholipid Acyltransferase". Journal of Molecular Biology. Molecular Mechanisms in Integral Membrane Enzymology. 432 (18): 5043–5051. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2020.03.026. ISSN 0022-2836. PMC 7483898. PMID 32234310.
  7. ^ "I migliori sketch di Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, ospiti stasera a Sanremo 2016". Il Post. 9 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Tv2000 presenta Scarp de' tenis – Incontri sulla strada con Giacomo Poretti". Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. ^ "La storia del Teatro Oscar di Giacomo Poretti". DILS. 11 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Giacomo Poretti: "Io, Alfred Hitchcock, il valore delle storie e il Poretcast"". HotCorn. 19 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Giacomo Poretti: "Ho fatto l'infermiere e il saldatore, poi è arrivato il Trio. Con Aldo e Giovanni? Mai litigato per soldi e donne"". la Repubblica. March 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Giacomo Poretti: "L'anima è una cosa seria ma io vi faccio (anche) ridere"". 2 January 2022.
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