Checco Zalone (Luca Pasquale Medici)

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Checco Zalone (modeled on the Apulian insult "Che cozzalone!", lit. 'What a rough!'), art name of Luca Pasquale Medici (born 3 June 1977), is an Italian actor, musician, singer-songwriter, imitator, comedian and screenwriter. He co-wrote and starred in the three highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?. Born in Capurso, after being a regular in many editions of the Canale 5 variety show Zelig, he became famous in 2006 thanks to the song "Siamo una squadra fortissimi", celebrating the Italian team just before the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[1] In 2009 he co-wrote and starred in Cado dalle nubi, co-written by Gennaro Nunziante, who also directed. In 2011 he again co-wrote and starred in Che bella giornata also co-written and directed by Nunziante. It opened with a record Italian opening weekend of $9.4 million[2] and became the highest-grossing Italian film of all-time in Italy, grossing €43.4 million.