Checco Zalone

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Checco Zalone
Zalone in 2008
Born	Luca Pasquale Medici (1977-06-03) 3 June 1977 (age 47) Capurso, Italy
Occupations	Comedian actor filmmaker
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Luca Pasquale Medici^[1] (born 3 June 1977), known as Checco Zalone (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkekko ddzaˈloːne], modeled on the Italianized Barese insult "che cozzalone!", ("lit. 'what a boor!'), is an Italian comedian, actor, screenwriter, director and film producer. He co-wrote and starred in the five highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?.