Alessandro Siani

Alessandro Siani (born Alessandro Esposito on 17 September 1975) is an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and stand-up comedian.

Alessandro Siani
Born	17 September 1975 (1975-09-17) (age 49) Naples, Italy
Occupations	Stand-up comedian actor film producer filmmaker screenwriter author television personality
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Life and career

Born in Naples, Siani formed at the Tunnel Cabaret's acting laboratory in his hometown.^[1] In 1995, shortly after having won the "Charlot Prize" as best comedian, he decided to adopt the stage name Siani in honour of the journalist and camorra victim Giancarlo Siani.^[1] After being part of the comedy trio "A Testa in giù" and after having appeared in a number of variety shows, he got his first success in 2004 as a stand-up comedian with the stage show Fiesta.^[1]

Siani made his film debut in 2006 in the romantic comedy Ti lascio perché ti amo troppo, and following a few other roles he had his breakout in 2010 with the box office hit Benvenuti al Sud, which also got him a nomination for David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor.^[1][2] In 2013 he debuted as director with The Unlikely Prince.^[1]

Filmography

Director

• The Unlikely Prince (2013)
• Si accettano miracoli (2015)
• Mr. Happiness (2017)
• The Most Beautiful Day in the World (2019)
• Who Framed Santa Claus? (2021)
• Needing a Friend? (2023)
• Big Family (2024)
• Io e te dobbiamo parlare (2024)

Actor

• Ti lascio perché ti amo troppo (2006)
• Natale a New York (2006)
• Natale in crociera (2007)
• La seconda volta non si scorda mai (2008)
• Benvenuti al Sud (2010)
• The Worst Week of My Life (2011)
• Benvenuti al Nord (2012) (actor)
• The Unlikely Prince (2013)
• Si accettano miracoli (2015)
• Mr. Happiness (2017)
• The Most Beautiful Day in the World (2019)
• Who Framed Santa Claus? (2021)
• Needing a Friend? (2023)
• Big Family (2024)
• Io e te dobbiamo parlare (2024)

Producer

• Troppo Napoletano (2016) (producer)

Literary works

• 2010 - Un napoletano come me...e che t'o dico a fà!, Rizzoli (100k copies sold)
• 2013 - Non si direbbe che sei napoletano, Mondadori (Best Seller)
• 2013 - L'Italia abusiva. Viaggio comico in un paese diversamente autorizzato (Best Seller)
• 2015 - Troppo napoletano, Mondadori
• 2019 - Napolitudine. Dialoghi sulla vita, la felicità e la smania 'e turnà, with Luciano De Crescenzo, Milano, Mondadori. ISBN 978-88-04-68505-0. (Ranked for over ten weeks)