Mago Forest

Michele Foresta (born 22 February 1961), best known as Mago Forest or Mr. Forest, is an Italian comedian, television presenter and actor.

Life and career Born in Nicosia, Sicily, Foresta graduated in accounting and then moved to Milan, where he studied at the Maurizio Nichetti's acting school "Quelli di Grock". After performing in numerous clubs, he was noted by Renzo Arbore, and in 1988 he made his television debut in Arbore's show Indietro tutta. In the first half of the 1990s he was mainly active as a sidekick of Nino Frassica in a number of television shows. In 2022, he took part in the Prime Video show LOL - Chi ride è fuori and in its spin-off LOL Xmas Special, which he won.

Forest also appeared in several films, and was the Italian voice of Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video games Crash of the Titans and Mind over Mutant.