Mike Bocchetti

Mike Bocchetti (born April 3, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer from Staten Island, New York. He is most notable for his role as the announcer on The Artie Lange Show from 2012 to 2014, and has acted frequently on film and television.

Bocchetti released a comedy album, Thank You, on Stand Up! Records in 2019.

Early life Bocchetti was born on April 3, 1961, in Staten Island He is the oldest of five children. and New Jersey music festival The Bamboozle.

Television Bocchetti was the announcer on DirecTV's The Artie Lange Show (originally titled The Nick & Artie Show) from 2012 to 2014. He had been friends with Lange since the 1990s as a fellow stand-up comic; before they were famous, Lange once told Bocchetti, "If I'm ever on TV as a talk show host, you are my Ed McMahon." He played a homeless man in the 2004 Monk episode "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan". He was a guest on 25 episodes of Mary Dimino's New York-area cable-TV series Nights With Mary between 2003 and 2012.

He formed a production company with comedian Ken Burmeister, Blasted Films,

In May 2024, Bocchetti starred as the fictional President of the United States, Jimble, in a season 2 episode of Adult Swim's comedy cartoon Smiling Friends.

Radio and podcasts Bocchetti has been a frequent guest on talk-radio shows and podcasts including The Howard Stern Show and Opie and Anthony, The Dump with Steve Conti, The Anthony Cumia Show, The Miserable Men Show and The Slant.

In December 2019, he began co-hosting a new podcast with Lange, Artie Lange's Halfway House. Lange suspended the podcast in February 2020.

At the end of 2022, Mike, with co host Jenny, relaunched his podcast The Mike Bocchetti Show on YouTube. The interview format has Mike and Jenny interviewing multiple guests on each episode.

Film In 2002, Bocchetti played one of the Grand Masters of the Illuminati in avant-garde artist Matthew Barney's film Cremaster 3. Other film work includes the 2003 indie comedy Chooch and 2020 Christina Ricci drama Faraway Eyes.

In 2009, Bocchetti starred in a short documentary directed by Lee Schloss, Who Is Mike Bocchetti?, covering his career and work with Lange, and including interviews with comedians including Colin Quinn.

Albums Bocchetti's debut album, Thank You, was released in 2019 on Stand Up! Records. Comedy website Laughspin compared Thank You favorably with Rodney Dangerfield's darkly self-deprecating persona, as did Richard Lanoie of The Serious Comedy Site, who also felt that Bocchetti "is not for the casual comedy fan and requires some patience to really appreciate."

Books and writing In 2018, Bocchetti published an autobiography, Still Standing, covering his life from childhood through his 2017 heart attack.

In 2015, he wrote an ongoing interview column, The Bocchetti Files, for website The Interrobang.

Discography Mike Bocchetti, Thank You (Stand Up! Records, 2019)

Personal life Bocchetti was diagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder at age 26