Jerry Calà

Calogero Alessandro Augusto Calà, known by his stage name Jerry Calà (born 28 June 1951), is an Italian actor, filmmaker, comedian and singer who has written, directed, and acted in multiple film and television projects. He is considered one of the most popular Italian comedians of the eighties and nineties in his country.

Background Calà was born Calogero Calà in Catania, and as a child he moved first to Milan and then to Verona. He married the Italian showgirl Mara Venier in 1984, but divorced three years later. He remarried in 2002 with the businesswoman Elisabetta Castioni and in 2003, his son Johnny was born.

Career In the early 1970s Calà co-founded together with Umberto Smaila, Franco Oppini and Ninì Salerno a cabaret-ensemble, "I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli". He debuted as director in 1994 with Chicken Park, a low-budget parody of Jurassic Park.

Filmography

As director Chicken Park (1994) Ragazzi della notte (1995) Gli inaffidabili (1997) Vita Smeralda (2006) Torno a vivere da solo (2008) (2011) – TV film Odissea nell'ospizio (2019) Chi ha rapito Jerry Calà? (2023)

As actor

Arrivano i gatti (1980) Una vacanza bestiale (1980) I fichissimi (1981) Bomber (1982) I'm Going to Live by Myself (1982) Al bar dello sport (1983) Time for Loving (1983) Vacanze di Natale (1983), also singer A Boy and a Girl (1984) Vacanze in America (1984) Domani mi sposo (1984) Love at First Sight (1985) (1985) – TV show Yuppies (1986) Il ragazzo del Pony Express (1986) Yuppies 2 (1986) (1987) – TV show Rimini Rimini (1987) (1987) (1988) Delitti e profumi (1988) Fratelli d'Italia (1989) (1990) (1991) (1992) Diary of a Maniac (1993) (1993) Chicken Park (1994) Ragazzi della notte (1995) Gli inaffidabili (1997) Non chiamatemi papà (1997) – TV film (1999) – TV film (1999) Vita Smeralda (2006) Torno a vivere da solo (2008) Happily N'Ever After 2 (2009), Italian voice of the Magic Mirror (2012) (2012) Odissea nell'ospizio (2019) Chi ha rapito Jerry Calà? (2023)