Renato Pozzetto

Renato Pozzetto
Renato Pozzetto (1988)
Born	(1940-07-14) 14 July 1940 (age 76) Laveno-Mombello
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Director, comedian, singer
Years active	1964–-present

Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, stand-up comedian and singer.

Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the town of Gemonio (in the Province of Varese). After graduation, he made his debut as a comedian at the Derby Club in Milan.In 1964 he and his childhood friend Cochi Ponzoni formed the duo Cochi & Renato. They recorded several successful songs, often written in collaboration with Enzo Jannacci. These songs often had a satirical and/or nonsense take. Their most popular hits include "La canzone intelligente" ("The intelligent song", a satire about songwriting) and "E la vita, la vita". From the mid 1970s through the first half of the 1990s Pozzetto enjoyed a prolific career in film, where he became famous for his trademark pronounced Milanese accent and for his shy and stuttering way of speaking. In te mid-2000s, following almost two decades of separation, he reunited with Ponzoni.