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Born | Riccardo Broccoletti 27 August 1974 Rome, Italy |
Occupation(s) | Actor, radio and television host |
Riccardo Broccoletti (born 27 August 1974), known by his stage name Dado Coletti, is an Italian actor and host of radio and television programs.[1][2]
Coletti was enrolled in the school of actor Enzo Garinei,[3] made his debut in acting at the Teatro Sistina,[3] and continued his studies[where?] while learning mime and dubbing.[3]
He began his television career by working with children's programming. He worked for Disney Club from 1991 to 1994.[4] and from 1995 to 1999,[5] working during the latter period alongside Francesca Barberini .[6] In 1999, he also hosted the RaiUno TV program Big![7] He hosted telethons in 1991,[8] 1993 and 2006.[9] Between 1993 and 1994, he hosted One for all and the children's news program Bignews.[3] In 1995, he hosted Astronave Terra on RaiUno, and from that year through 1997 he presented four annual installments of the Disneyland program.[3]
His first acting role in television came in 1999 with Death of a respectable girl, directed by Luigi Perelli. In the same year, he was one of the regular cast members of GNU, where he played the role of a TV producer addicted to new technologies.[10] From 2000 to 2001, he hosted Glu Glu, a program of RaiSat Ragazzi,[3] as well as some gameshows for Call Game of La7.[3] Also in 2001, he was one of the competitors on Nientepopodimenoche,[11] where he won the award for television presenters,[3] and later that same year he was an external presenter of Scommettiamo che…?[12] Between 2002 and 2004, he continued his work as presenter for Sereno variabile on RaiDue.[3] In 2004, he was also co-host of Estate sul 2, the summer version of L'Italia sul 2,[3] and participated in the live broadcast of the 19th World Youth Day in the presence of Pope John Paul II.[3]
In 2005, he returned to television with the Rai 1 program Sabato, Domenica & la TV che bene alla salute where he replaced Corrado Tedeschi and Franco Di Mare.[13][3] In 2009, he was the presenter of the program Festa italiana with Caterina Balivo.[14]
Since March 2021, he has been a radio host on Rai Isoradio.[15]