Michele Foresta (born 22 February 1961), best known as Mago Forest or Mr. Forest is an Italian comedian, television presenter and actor.
Mago Forest | |
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 Forest in 2022 | |
| Born | 22 February 1961 (age 63) Nicosia, Sicily, Italy |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Spouse | Angela (2012) |
Life and career
editBorn in Nicosia, Sicily, Foresta graduated in accounting and then moved to Milan, where he studied at the Maurizio Nichetti's acting school "Quelli di Grock".[1][2] After performing in numerous clubs, he was noted by Renzo Arbore, and in 1988 he made his television debut in Arbore's show Indietro tutta.[3] In the first half of the 1990s he was mainly active as a sidekick of Nino Frassica in a number of television shows.[1]
Forest had his breakout in the late 1990s, thanks to his participation in the Mediaset comedy show Zelig.[1] In 2001 he started a long collaboration with Gialappa's Band, hosting Mai dire Maik and most of their subsequent Mai dire franchise shows.[1][2] He presented the 2006 edition of Festivalbar together with Cristina Chiabotto and Ilary Blasi.[4] In 2022, he took part in the Prime Video show LOL - Chi ride è fuori and in its spin-off LOL Xmas Special, which he won.[5]
Forest also appeared in several films, and was the Italian voice of Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video games Crash of the Titans and Mind over Mutant.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Chi è il Mago Forrest, età, altezza, moglie e figli: tutto sul comico di Zelig". Il giornale d'Italia (in Italian). 15 February 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ a b D'Amore, Eleonora (10 July 2023). "La forza di Michele Foresta, il Mago Forest che conquista tutti con la sua unicità". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Dell'Arti, Giorgio; Parrini, Massimo. "Foresta, Michele" Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 9788831795999.
- ^ "GialappaShow, Cristina Chiabotto affianca il Mago Forest nella terza puntata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Avitabile, Guido (20 December 2022). "Chi ha vinto LOL Xmas Special? Il vincitore e la classifica finale dell'episodio speciale". BadTaste (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ^ Terlizzi, Salvatore (7 March 2022). "Quando il Mago Forest prestò la voce a un personaggio di Crash Bandicoot". PlayStationBit (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
External links
edit- Mago Forest at IMDb
