Fabio Volo

Fabio Volo
Born	Fabio Bonetti 23 June 1972 Calcinate, Italy
Occupation	Novelist, Actor, Presenter, Screenwriter
Nationality	Italian

Fabio Volo, pseudonym of Fabio Bonetti,^[1] (born 23 June 1972) is an Italian writer, actor, voice acting, radio and television presenter and screenwriter.^[2]

Career

Fabio Bonetti was born in Calcinate, Italy on 23 June 1972. After attending middle school and having done some casual work, in 1996 he became a leading figure at Radio Capital, an Italian radio station.^[3] As from 1998, he anchored three edition of the TV program Le Iene.^[3]

In 2000 he began to anchor his own radio broadcast "Il volo del mattino" on Radio Deejay^[3] and he published his first book entitled "Esco a fare due passi". This was followed by "È una vita che ti aspetto", "Un posto nel mondo", "Il giorno in più", "Il tempo che vorrei", "Le prime luci del mattino" and "La strada verso casa".^[2]

In 2002 he debuted as an actor in Alessandro D'Alatri's movie "Casomai". He was nominated for Best Actor at the David di Donatello for his role in this film.^[4]

In 2006 and 2008 Fabio Volo anchored "Italo Spagnolo" and "Italo Americano" on MTV.

In 2010 he won the "Premio Letterario la Tore Isola d'Elba", an ingenuity and excellence award.^[5]

In 2011, Volo starred in "Il giorno in più", the movie based on his eponymous book.^[6]

In 2012 he returned in television with "Volo in diretta" on Rai 3.

Filmography

• "Casomai" (2002)
• "Playgirl" (2002)
• "La febbre" (2005)
• "Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi" (2007)
• "Uno su due" (2007)
• "Bianco e nero" (2008)
• "Kung Fu Panda" (2008) (Voice role)
• "Matrimoni e altri disastri" (2010)
• "Figli delle stelle" (2010)
• "Niente paura" (2010)
• "Kung Fu Panda 2" (2011) (Voice role)
• "Il giorno in più" (2011)
• "Studio illegale" (2013)

Books

With his novels he has sold over 5 millions copies only in Italy.^[7] Up until today, he has written 7 books:^[2]

• "Esco a fare due passi" (2001)
• "È una vita che ti aspetto" (2003)
• "Un posto nel mondo" (2006)
• "Il giorno in più" (2007)
• "Il tempo che vorrei" (2009)
• "Le prime luci del mattino" (2011)
• "La strada verso casa" (2013)

References

1. "Fabio Volo" (in Italian). Movieplayer.it. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
2. Fabio Volo on Librimondadori.it
3. Biography on deejay.it
4. Fabio Volo David di Donatello
5. Premio La Tore Isola d'Elba - Official site
6. "Il giorno in più" on MYmovies.it
7. "Fabio Volo, ecco perché i suoi libri sono un successo" (in Italian). Panorama. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2013.

External links

• Fabio Volo at the Internet Movie Database