Acting
Oct 31, 1953
Napoli, Italy
Lello Arena
Acting
Biography
Raffaele Arena, conosciuto come Lello (Napoli, 1º novembre 1953), è un cabarettista, attore teatrale e doppiatore italiano, esponente della nuova comicità napoletana (portata alla ribalta dal gruppo teatrale La Smorfia nella seconda metà degli anni settanta), assieme a Massimo Troisi ed Enzo Decaro. Nel 2006 si è sposato con Francesca Taviani, figlia del famoso regista Vittorio, da cui ha avuto un figlio (Leonardo) nel 2003 ed ha recitato in Persa, il persiano di Plauto.
Feature Films (27)
In the aftermath of the 2001 political elections, Matteo quarrels violently with his wife Livia, a passionate left-wing militant, who accuses him of having voted for Berlusconi. Livia is unable to accept the situation but, just as she leaves the marital home, she is hit and injured by a fragment of a plane that crashed in their garden. Matteo, distraught over the loss of his wife, drives in the middle of a storm and hits a man.
Ho ammazzato Berlusconi
During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Six stories about childhood, set in six different decades, from the 50s to today, bound to each other by a mystery.
Once I'll Be a Child
Gaetano, a young Neapolitan, decides to leave home, work and friends, to look for other moments of life and meet other people.
I'm Starting from Three
Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook. They become great friends but unfortunately they fall in love, without knowing it, with the same girl Sonia.
Cuori nella tormenta
A mysterious killer eliminate the singers of a brand new music Festival in Naples. Some journalists will try to discover who is that murderer who seems to be obsessed by the song "Funiculi, Funicula".
No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous
Naples, 18th century. Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, an unemployed minstrel, always manages to cheer up the hungry with his songs about good food, always upsetting Vesuvia, a magma witch who lives inside the Vesuvius.
Totò Sapore and the Magical Story of Pizza
Vincenzo, a 30 years old apathetic and lazy man who still lives with his mother, has no job and no desire to improve. He meets Anna and fell in love with her but to keep the relationship alive he has to learn to accept more responsibility.
Sorry for the Delay
Television & Series (8)
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.
Ciao Darwin
Ciao Darwin is a variety game show format from Italy sold under licence to several countries, including Romania, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Canada, USA, China and Greece. There are two competing teams of about 50 people each, usually made up of people who fit certain opposing stereotypes. In each game two members of the audience are selected at random, one from each team, indicated by a light in front of them which remains illuminated when all the other team members' lights have gone off. The games involve contestants competing in acts of bravery, style and talent, some of which are designed to humiliate the contestants, especially an assault course which was introduced with the Italian version in 2010, and the Finale which is a water tank game.
