Paolo Calabresi

Paolo Calabresi (born 17 June 1964) is an Italian actor and television presenter.

Born in Rome, Calabresi studied at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. He started his career on stage, where among others he worked with Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Mario Missiroli, Giorgio Albertazzi. He made his film debut in 1995, in Umberto Marino's Heartless.

Calabresi had his breakout in the second half of the 2000s, thanks to the participation in the Italia 1 TV-show Le Iene and to the role of Biascica in the comedy series Boris. In 2008, he co-wrote and hosted the one-man-show Italian Job on La7. Among his better known roles, there is the archeologist Arturo Frantini in the I Can Quit Whenever I Want film trilogy.

Calabresi is married and has four children. He is the father of footballer Arturo Calabresi.