Michele Foresta (born 22 February 1961), best known as Mago Forest or Mr. Forest is an Italian comedian, television presenter and actor.

Mago Forest
Forest in 2022
Born22 February 1961 (1961-02-22) (age 63)
OccupationComedian
SpouseAngela (2012)

Life and career

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Born in Nicosia, Sicily, Foresta graduated in accounting and then moved to Milan, where he studied at the Maurizio Nichetti's acting school "Quelli di Grock".[1][2] After performing in numerous clubs, he was noted by Renzo Arbore, and in 1988 he made his television debut in Arbore's show Indietro tutta.[3] In the first half of the 1990s he was mainly active as a sidekick of Nino Frassica in a number of television shows.[1]

Forest had his breakout in the late 1990s, thanks to his participation in the Mediaset comedy show Zelig.[1] In 2001 he started a long collaboration with Gialappa's Band, hosting Mai dire Maik and most of their subsequent Mai dire franchise shows.[1][2] He presented the 2006 edition of Festivalbar together with Cristina Chiabotto and Ilary Blasi.[4] In 2022, he took part in the Prime Video show LOL - Chi ride è fuori and in its spin-off LOL Xmas Special, which he won.[5]

Forest also appeared in several films, and was the Italian voice of Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video games Crash of the Titans and Mind over Mutant.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Chi è il Mago Forrest, età, altezza, moglie e figli: tutto sul comico di Zelig". Il giornale d'Italia (in Italian). 15 February 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b D'Amore, Eleonora (10 July 2023). "La forza di Michele Foresta, il Mago Forest che conquista tutti con la sua unicità". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ Dell'Arti, Giorgio; Parrini, Massimo. "Foresta, Michele" Catalogo dei viventi. Marsilio, 2009. ISBN 9788831795999.
  4. ^ "GialappaShow, Cristina Chiabotto affianca il Mago Forest nella terza puntata". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ Avitabile, Guido (20 December 2022). "Chi ha vinto LOL Xmas Special? Il vincitore e la classifica finale dell'episodio speciale". BadTaste (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ Terlizzi, Salvatore (7 March 2022). "Quando il Mago Forest prestò la voce a un personaggio di Crash Bandicoot". PlayStationBit (in Italian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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