- Born
- Nickname
- Lillo
- A versatile artist, involved in television, cinema, dubbing, comics, radio, and theatre, Lillo made his debut in the entertainment world in 1991 when he co-founded the rock group "Latte & i Suoi Derivati". Among the various TV shows he participated in, Lillo took on roles and/or contributed to the writing in programs like "Le Iene", "Telenauta '69", "L'Ottavo Nano", "BlaBlaBla", "Stracult", "Parla con me", "The Show Must Go Off", "Cavalli di Battaglia", "Facciamo che io ero", and many others. He also appeared in "Il caso Scafroglia", "Aniene 2", "Lillo No Limit", "Amiche mie", "L'Ispettore Coliandro" and up to "LOL", "LOL2", "LOL XMAS". Lillo is currently working on the second season of "Sono Lillo", an original series created and starring him, directed by Eros Puglielli and produced by Lucky Red in collaboration with Amazon Prime Video. Lillo has played roles in numerous films, such as "Fascisti su Marte" by C. Guzzanti, "Nessuno mi può giudicare" by M. Bruno, "Colpi di fulmine" by N. Parenti, "Tempo Instabile con Probabili Schiarite" by M. Pontecorvo, "La Grande Bellezza" by P. Sorrentino, "Mi rifaccio vivo" by S. Rubini, "Forever Young" and "Modalità Aereo" by F. Brizzi, and many other comedies. Among his most recent movies are "Il Mostro della Cripta" by D. Misischia, "Una famiglia mostruosa" by V. De Biasi, "Grosso guaio all'Esquilino - La leggenda del Se fu" directed by the duo YouNuts!, and "Gli Addestratori" by Andrea Jublin. In addition to acting, he is also a co-writer for "Natale col Boss" for which he received the "Nino Manfredi" Silver Ribbon Award in 2015. He also co-wrote and starred in "DNA - Decisamente Non Adatti", "Gli Idoli delle Donne" and "Con chi viaggi". Lillo has written and starred in various theatrical comedies, including "Il Mistero dell'Assassino Misterioso". In 2019, he played the lead role in the musical "School of Rock" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, for which he received the XLVI "International Flaiano Award" for Theatre. Since 2003, he has been featured on RaiRadio2 with "610-SEIUNOZERO", where he is a co-author alongside Greg. In 2004, he received both the XXXI "International Award Flaiano" for Radio and the "Satire Award". He has provided voices for several animated films, including "Pets" and "Pets 2" for Illumination, "Ron" for Disney in prominent roles, and most recently "DC League of Super-Pets" by Warner Bros, where he voiced the protagonist Krypto Superdog. With his rock band "Lillo e i Vagabondi", he recorded the song "Logorroic Rap" and in 2021 he shot the music video with Carolina Crescentini, directed by Marco Pontecorvo, which was awarded at Cinecittà at the XVIII edition of Roma Videoclip - Il Cinema incontra la Musica. Among his publications are the comics "Normalman" vol.1 and vol.2, which inspired a TV series for children. In 2022, Rizzoli published "Posaman and Friends", a book by Lillo about his universe of superheroes.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Endemol Shine Italy
- An all-encompassing artist who's worked in everything from TV to cinema and dubbing as well as comic books, radio and theatre, Lillo debuted in the entertainment world in 1991, when he founded the wacky rock group "Latte & i Suoi Derivati" along with the artist Greg. The two artists joined the founding team of the TV-show Le Iene in 1997 and collaborated together with them for three years. The list of TV shows Lillo has participated in as performer and or writer and host along with Greg includes Telenauta '69, L'Ottavo Nano, BlaBlaBla, Stracult, Parla con me, The show must go off, Cavalli di Battaglia, Facciamo che io ero and many others. On his own, Lillo has projects and collaborations in cinema and television under his belt such as: Il caso Scafroglia, Corrado Guzzanti's Aniene 2, Lillo No Limit (mini-series), Amiche mie (series), l'Ispettore Coliandro, and including LOL, LOL2 and LOL Xmas. Soon he will be appearing as co-host on LOL4. The second season of Sono Lillo will soon be released, an original series he created, wrote and starred in, which was directed by Eros Puglielli, produced by Lucky Red in collaboration with Prime Video. He has acted in films such as C. Guzzanti's Fascisti su marte, M. Bruno's Escort in Love, N. Parenti's Lightning Strike, M. Pontecorvo's Partly Cloudy with Sunny Spells, S. Rubini's Mi rifaccio vivo, F. Brizzi's Forever Young and Modalità aereo as well as many other successful comedies. His most recent films include D. Misischia's Il mostro della Cripta produced by the Manetti Brothers and presented at the 2021 Locarno Film Festival, V. De Biasi's Help! My In-Laws are Vampires, the director duo YouNuts!'s Grosso guaio all'Esquilino - la leggenda del Kung Fu, Andrea Jublin's 2023 Christmas film Elf me and soon-to-be-released Gli addestratori. In addition to acting, he also co-wrote Natale col Boss which won him the "Nino Manfredi" award at the 2015 Nastri d'Argento Award Ceremony, as well as for DNA - Decisamente non-adatti, Gli idoli delle donne and Con chi viaggi. Also very active in theatre, Lillo wrote, performed and directed numerous comedies such as Il Mistero dell'Assassino Misterioso which has been performed across Italy since 2007 and has been translated into Spanish and performed in Spain. In 2019 he was cast in the Italian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical School of Rock. This won him the XLVI Flaiano International Award for theatre. Since 2003, he's been performing on RaiRadio2's radio show 610 - Seiunozero, which he writes for alongside Greg and for which in 2004 he received the XXXI Flaiano International Award for radio and the "Premio della Satira" award for satire. The 20th anniversary of the radio transmission was celebrated in December 2023 with a live performance at the Auditorium Music Park in Rome. He's dubbed various animated films such as The Secret Life of Pets and The Secret Life of Pets 2 for Illumination, main character roles in Ron's Gone Wrong for Disney and the recent Warner Bros. film DC League of Super-Pets, for which he dubbed the main character Krypto Superdog. With his rock band "Lillo e i Vagabondi", he recorded the single "Logorroic Rap" and in 2021 filmed the video with Carolina Crescentini directed by Marco Pontecorvo. It was awarded in Cinecittà at the XVIII edition of Roma Videoclip - Cinema Encounters Music. Other videos he was involved in include Fabio Rovazzi's "La mia felicità" featuring Eros Ramazzotti and Daniele Silvestri's "Scusa se non piango" directed by V. Mastrandrea and G. Testa. Under the direction of the Manetti Bros., he also participated in the entertaining video experiments where they faithfully reproduced the original videos of Abba's "Mamma Mia" and the Italian "Mamma Maria" together with Caterina Guzzanti, Victoria Cabello, Greg and Corrado Guzzanti. His written publications include a comic book with his most famous characters, such as volume 1 and 2 of Normalman, which a children's TV series was then based on. In 2022, Posaman and Friends, his book illustrating his superhero universe, was released by Rizzoli in Italian bookstores. Shortly after, along with Lorenzo Neve he wrote the children's book La Banda delle Mezze Calzette, published by De Agostini. The ARF! comics festival association dedicated an exhibition to him in Rome in May 2023 with his drawings and some of his miniatures. In November 2023, the Lucca Comics and Games Festival celebrated their 30th anniversary and invited Lillo Petrolo to be ambassador. He painted a miniature of the mascot, which had been recreated by Karl Kopinski and sculpted by Silvia Corsa. The Lucca Comics organisation also dedicated an exhibition to him in the beautiful Arnolfini Palace in Lucca entitled "Lillo Petrolo - Journey to the Centre of Modelling", with the historical and fantasy miniatures Lillo painted and with which he participated and won various competitions. The exhibition, which also included videos of Lillo exhibiting his artwork, was created by Sergio Algozzino and Alberto Cecchetti.- IMDb Mini Biography By: EndemolShine Italy
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