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Massimo Ranieri (Giovanni Calone) was born on 3 May, 1951 in Naples, Italy, is an An Italian male stage actor. Discover Massimo Ranieri's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Giovanni Calone
Occupation Singer television presenter actor director
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 3 May 1951
Birthday 3 May
Birthplace Naples, Italy
Nationality Italy

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1951

Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone on 3 May 1951) is an Italian singer, actor, television presenter and theatre director.

Ranieri was born in Naples (at Santa Lucia), the fifth of eight children in the family.

When he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedding receptions, etc. He was discovered by a music producer about four years later and was flown to New York to record an EP under the name of Gianni Rock.

1964

Ranieri recorded four songs in 1964: Tanti auguri signora, Se mi aspetti stasera, Non chiudere la porta, and La Prima Volta.

None of the records were successful, primarily because young Gianni's voice was changing.

Two years later, he would re-emerge under his new stage name, Massimo Ranieri.

1966

In 1966, he made his TV debut singing "Bene Mio".

A year later, he made another TV appearance singing, "Pietà per chi ti ama".

1968

In 1968, he recorded two more songs: "Da Bambino", Ma L'amore cos'è" and "Preghiera".

1969

It was not until 1969 when he achieved success and became a teen idol when he sang "O Sole Mio" on live TV.

That same year, he had a string of hits: "Rita", "Se bruciasse la citta", "Quando l'amore diventa poesia", "Il mio amore resta sempre", "Rose rosse" and "Zingara".

1970

In 1970, "Vent'anni", "Sogno d'amore", "Sei l'amore mio", "Aranjuez Amore Mio", and "Candida".

In 1970, Ranieri decided to venture into acting.

His screen debut, Metello received rave reviews from critics, and won him the David DiDonatello award for best actor for portraying the title character.

He co-starred with Anna Magnani in the television film La Sciantosa later that year.

1971

In 1971, Ranieri recorded the songs "Adagio Veneziano", "Via del Conservatorio", and "Io e Te".

He represented Italy in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, where he placed 5th with the song "L'Amore E' Un Attimo. " In 1972, he released the songs "Ti Ruberei", "O Surdato 'nnamurato", and "Erba di Casa Mia"; in 1973, "Amo Ancora Lei".

However, in 1971, he fathered a daughter, Cristiana, out of wedlock with Franca Sebastiani.

He did not have anything to do with the raising of his daughter, saying that he was too young and inexperienced for fatherhood, and that it would be damaging to his career.

He was never linked with any other woman thereafter.

1974

In 1974, came the singles "Te Voglio Bene Assaie", "Immagina", and "Per Una Donna".

In 1974, he filmed Salvo D'Acquisto, where he portrayed a carabiniere who was executed by the Nazis during World War II.

1975

When his singing career started to decline in 1975, Massimo concentrated on his acting career, both in the cinema and, most importantly, as a stage actor: he collaborated with the directors Mauro Bolognini, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Giorgio De Lullo, Giorgio Strehler and Maurizio Scaparro, performing a wide range of material from modern plays and musicals, to Molière and Shakespeare.

1988

In 1988, he made a comeback to his singing career with the song, "Perdere l'amore", which won the Sanremo Festival, that year.

1996

In 1996, Ranieri provided the speaking and the singing voice of Quasimodo in the Italian-Language version of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

He even reprised this role in the sequel.

1997

In 1997, he made another comeback with "Ti parlerò d'amore".

2002

On 16 October 2002, Massimo Ranieri was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Ranieri never married.

2004

In 2004, he starred in his first French film, a trilogy series called Les Parisiens, where he played a street artist.

2005

In 2005, he returned on the stage with the show "Accussì Grande", after a long bout with illness, from which he fully recovered.

2007

In February 2007, he started a concert tour of Italy, titled "Canto perché non-so nuotare...da 40 anni" which lasted for more than two years, with more than 500 shows, was made into a CD and a DVD, which went platinum.

In 2022, he won the Mia Martini critics award at Sanremo Festival.

In 2007, he was in a docu-film called Civico 0, where he played Guilano, a fruit vendor, who becomes homeless after the death of his mother.

2008

In 2008, he starred in the film L'Ultimo Pulcinella.

2009

In 2009, he played the storyteller in the play, Polvere di Baghdad, directed by Maurizio Scaparro.

2010

In 2010, Massimo was featured in Passione, a documentary about the history of music from Naples, Italy, directed by Italian-American actor, John Turturro.

In November 2010, he took part in the miniseries remake of the classic play, Filumena Marturano, produced by Italian TV RAI Uno, with Mariangela Melato in the title role.

Massimo portrayed Filumena's husband, Domenico Soriano.

2013

He returned to the Eurovision Song Contest that year, in Luxembourg, to represent Italy with "Chi sarà con te", where he placed 13th.