Gioele Dix
Encyclopedia
Gioele Dix, a pseudonym of his name David Ottolenghi (born January 3, 1956) is an Italian
actor
and comedian
of Jewish descent.
, promoting and animating the Milan
stage company Teatro degli Eguali. Among the numerous plays he took part in, are: A Midsummer Night's Dream
, a rock
musical
from Shakespeare directed by Gabriele Salvatores
; A Martian in Rome by Ennio Flaiano
and directed by Antonio Salines; two stagings of Molière’s, Le Malade imaginaire
and Tartuffe
with veteran actor Franco Parenti. Intending to pursue a career as stand-up comedian, he appeared at the Derby Club and the Zelig
, important historical Milan
cabaret
s, reaching fame in 1988 in the TV variety show Cocco
by RAI
2 with the character of a permanently enraged car driver ("fucking raving mad!").
In the 90s
he confirms his popularity as a stage
actor, as well as a playwright
, in a number of works and on TV, but often also as a comedian
sending up and imitating renowned soccer players in prime-time Sports shows.
In the last few years, Dix had various movie engagements and filmed for the national TV together with Giorgio Albertazzi
in 2004. Among the many theatrical works, he interpreted Cuori pazzi (Crazy Hearts) by F.T Altan (2000), Il libertino (The Libertine) by E.E. Schmitt
together with Ottavia Piccolo
(2001) where he is the first Italian man playing naked, Corto Maltese
from scripts by Hugo Pratt
and music by Paolo Conte
. Recently he returned to the stage with Edipo.com, directed by famous Italian star Sergio Fantoni
(2003); then La Bibbia ha quasi sempre ragione (The Bible Is Almost Always Right) with Cesare Picco at the piano
(2004), all of them pièces enhancing the narrative dimension of the story, thus exploiting Dix’s natural talent as a raconteur.
In 2007 he was engaged in the cast of Zelig
(a popular comedy TV show) as one of the comedians, interpreting his now famous caricature of the "permanently enraged car driver".
In 2008 he staged Tutta colpa di Garibaldi (It’s All Garibaldi’s Fault) with scripts by Gioele Dix, Sergio Fantoni
and Nicola Fano, directed by Sergio Fantoni
; he followed with the play Dixplay by himself, with the participation of Bebo Best Baldan.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
of Jewish descent.
Life
Gioele Dix began his theatrical career at the end of the 70s70s
-Significant people:* Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor * Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor...
, promoting and animating the Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
stage company Teatro degli Eguali. Among the numerous plays he took part in, are: A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, a rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
from Shakespeare directed by Gabriele Salvatores
Gabriele Salvatores
Gabriele Salvatores , is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989.In that year, he directed his...
; A Martian in Rome by Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano , was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic...
and directed by Antonio Salines; two stagings of Molière’s, Le Malade imaginaire
Le Malade imaginaire
The Imaginary Invalid is a three-act comédie-ballet by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed in 1673 and was the last work he wrote. In an ironic twist of fate, Molière collapsed during his fourth performance as Argan on 17 February and died soon after...
and Tartuffe
Tartuffe
Tartuffe is a comedy by Molière. It is one of his most famous plays.-History:Molière wrote Tartuffe in 1664...
with veteran actor Franco Parenti. Intending to pursue a career as stand-up comedian, he appeared at the Derby Club and the Zelig
Zelig
Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen plays Zelig, a curiously nondescript enigma who is discovered for his remarkable ability to transform himself to resemble anyone he's near.The film was shot almost entirely in...
, important historical Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
s, reaching fame in 1988 in the TV variety show Cocco
Cocco
is a female Ryukyuan folk rock singer who debuted in 1996 with a self-titled EP titled Cocko. A track from the EP, "Sing a Song ~No Music, No Life~", was used in an advertising campaign for Tower Records Japan. In March 1997, she released her major label debut single "Kauntodaun" and a full-length...
by RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
2 with the character of a permanently enraged car driver ("fucking raving mad!").
In the 90s
90s
-Significant people:* Titus Flavius Domitianus, Roman Emperor * Nerva, Roman Emperor...
he confirms his popularity as a stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actor, as well as a playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, in a number of works and on TV, but often also as a comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
sending up and imitating renowned soccer players in prime-time Sports shows.
In the last few years, Dix had various movie engagements and filmed for the national TV together with Giorgio Albertazzi
Giorgio Albertazzi
Giorgio Albertazzi is an Italian actor and film director.Born in San Martino a Mensola Albertazzi joined the Italian Social Republic and reached the rank of lieutenant. After their defeat, he spent two years in prison for collaborating...
in 2004. Among the many theatrical works, he interpreted Cuori pazzi (Crazy Hearts) by F.T Altan (2000), Il libertino (The Libertine) by E.E. Schmitt
Schmitt
Schmitt may refer to:* Schmitt, Germany, a municipality in the Eifel area of the Rhineland-Palatinate state in western Germany* Schmitt trigger, a type of comparator circuit in electronics* Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome, an autosomal dominant syndrome...
together with Ottavia Piccolo
Ottavia Piccolo
Ottavia Piccolo is an Italian theatre and film actress. She has appeared in 45 films since 1962. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival for the film Metello.-Selected filmography:* The Leopard...
(2001) where he is the first Italian man playing naked, Corto Maltese
Corto Maltese
Corto Maltese is a comics series featuring an eponymous character, a complex sailor-adventurer. It was created by Italian comic book creator Hugo Pratt in 1967...
from scripts by Hugo Pratt
Hugo Pratt
Hugo Eugenio Pratt was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese...
and music by Paolo Conte
Paolo Conte
Paolo Conte is an Italian singer, pianist, composer, and lawyer notable for his grainy, resonant voice, his colourful and dreamy compositions and his wistful, sometimes melancholic...
. Recently he returned to the stage with Edipo.com, directed by famous Italian star Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni, is an Italian actor.He was born in Rome, the son of actor Cesare Fantoni . In films from the late 1940s, he has worked mainly in his own country but made several appearances in American films in the 1960s, most notably opposite Frank Sinatra in the war film Von Ryan's Express,...
(2003); then La Bibbia ha quasi sempre ragione (The Bible Is Almost Always Right) with Cesare Picco at the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(2004), all of them pièces enhancing the narrative dimension of the story, thus exploiting Dix’s natural talent as a raconteur.
In 2007 he was engaged in the cast of Zelig
Zelig
Zelig is a 1983 American mockumentary film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Allen and Mia Farrow. Allen plays Zelig, a curiously nondescript enigma who is discovered for his remarkable ability to transform himself to resemble anyone he's near.The film was shot almost entirely in...
(a popular comedy TV show) as one of the comedians, interpreting his now famous caricature of the "permanently enraged car driver".
In 2008 he staged Tutta colpa di Garibaldi (It’s All Garibaldi’s Fault) with scripts by Gioele Dix, Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni, is an Italian actor.He was born in Rome, the son of actor Cesare Fantoni . In films from the late 1940s, he has worked mainly in his own country but made several appearances in American films in the 1960s, most notably opposite Frank Sinatra in the war film Von Ryan's Express,...
and Nicola Fano, directed by Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni
Sergio Fantoni, is an Italian actor.He was born in Rome, the son of actor Cesare Fantoni . In films from the late 1940s, he has worked mainly in his own country but made several appearances in American films in the 1960s, most notably opposite Frank Sinatra in the war film Von Ryan's Express,...
; he followed with the play Dixplay by himself, with the participation of Bebo Best Baldan.
Quote
Filmography
- Crimini - Disegno di sangue, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu per RAIRAIRAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
2 - Tracce di vita amorosa, directed by Peter Del Monte (1990)
- Per non dimenticare, directed by Massimo Martelli (1992)
- Tre passi nel delitto, directed by Fabrizio Laurenti (1993)
- Bidoni, directed by Felice Farina (1995)
- Olimpo Lupo, cronista di nera, directed by Fabrizio Laurenti (1995)
- Uno di noi, (1996)
- Se fossi in te, directed by Giulio Manfredonia (2001)
- Cerco lavoro, directed by Fratelli Frazzi (2002)
- Marcinelle, directed by Vincenzo Verdecchi (2004)
- Ora e per sempre, directed by Vincenzo Verdecchi (2004)
- Ricomincio da me, directed by Rossella Izzo (2005)
- A voce alta, directed by Vincenzo Verdecchi (2006)
- Tutti i rumori del mondo, directed by Tiziana Aristarco (2007)
Theatre
- La mia patente non scade mai, regia di Gioele Dix, (1988)(1989)
- Mai a stomaco vuoto, regia di Gioele Dix, (1990)
- Antologia di Edipo, regia di Gioele Dix, (1991)(1992)
- Anna, regia di Gioele Dix, (1992)(1993)
- Sto ristrutturando, regia di Gioele Dix, (1993)(1994)
- Questa estate, regia di Gioele Dix, (1994)
- Cinque Dix, regia di Gioele Dix, (1995)
- Mi sembra che andiamo bene, regia di Gioele Dix, (1997)(1998)
- L'uomo degli appuntamenti, regia di Gioele Dix, (1998)
- Recital, regia di Gioele Dix, (1999)
- Agamennone, regia di Giorgio Gallione, (2000)
- Cuori pazzi, regia di Giorgio Gallione, (2000)(2001)
- Il Libertino, regia di Sergio FantoniSergio FantoniSergio Fantoni, is an Italian actor.He was born in Rome, the son of actor Cesare Fantoni . In films from the late 1940s, he has worked mainly in his own country but made several appearances in American films in the 1960s, most notably opposite Frank Sinatra in the war film Von Ryan's Express,...
, (2001)(2002) - Mappa del nuovo mondo, lettura delle liriche di Derek WalcottDerek WalcottDerek Alton Walcott, OBE OCC is a Saint Lucian poet, playwright, writer and visual artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2011 for White Egrets. His works include the Homeric epic Omeros...
, regia di Piero Maccarinelli, (2002) - A posto così, regia di Gioele Dix, (2002)
- Corto Maltese, regia di Giorgio Gallione, (2003)(2004)
- Edipo.com, regia di Sergio FantoniSergio FantoniSergio Fantoni, is an Italian actor.He was born in Rome, the son of actor Cesare Fantoni . In films from the late 1940s, he has worked mainly in his own country but made several appearances in American films in the 1960s, most notably opposite Frank Sinatra in the war film Von Ryan's Express,...
, (2003)(2004)(2005) - La Bibbia ha (quasi) sempre ragione, regia di Andree Ruth Shamma, (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)
- Grand Tour, cronache di viaggiatori illustri, regia di Gioele Dix, (2004)
- Amore a prima vista, letture delle poesie con regia di Wislawa Szimborska, (2004)
- I ragazzi hanno orecchie, interpretazione delle fiabe di Fernand Deligny, regia di Gioele Dix, (2005)
- Meglio il nuovo oggi (L'innovazione fa spettacolo), regia di Serena Sinigaglia, (2006)
- Tutta colpa di Garibaldi, regia di Sergio FantoniSergio FantoniSergio Fantoni, is an Italian actor.He was born in Rome, the son of actor Cesare Fantoni . In films from the late 1940s, he has worked mainly in his own country but made several appearances in American films in the 1960s, most notably opposite Frank Sinatra in the war film Von Ryan's Express,...
, (2008) - Dixplay, regia di Giancarlo Bozzo, (2008)
External links
- Official website
- Official YouTube Account
- "Gieole Dix, My Roots", by C. Cannella (Corriere della SeraCorriere della SeraThe Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper, published in Milan.It is among the oldest and most reputable Italian newspapers. Its main rivals are Rome's La Repubblica and Turin's La Stampa.- History :...
, 2004)