Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer.
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Biography
Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the comune (municipality) of Gemonio, in the province of Varese. After graduation, he made his debut as a comedian at the Derby Club in Milan. In 1964, he and his childhood friend Cochi Ponzoni formed the duo Cochi e Renato. They recorded several successful songs, often written in collaboration with Enzo Jannacci. These songs often had a satirical and/or nonsense take. Their most popular hits include "La canzone intelligente" ("The intelligent song", a satire about songwriting) and "E la vita, la vita". From the mid-1970s through the first half of the 1990s, Pozzetto enjoyed a prolific career in film, where he became famous for his trademark pronounced Milanese accent and for his shy and stuttering way of speaking. In the mid-2000s, following almost two decades of separation, he reunited with Ponzoni.
Filmography
Director
Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra (1978)
Saxofone (1978)
Il volatore di aquiloni (1987)
Papà dice messa (1996)
Un amore su misura (2007)