Saverio Raimondo

Saverio Raimondo (born 10 January 1984) is an Italian comedian, writer, voice actor, radio and television host. He has collaborated as an author, comedian and host on various television and radio programs for Rai Radio 2, Rai 3, La7, and Comedy Central. He has written as a columnist for Il Fatto Quotidiano, Il Foglio, and La Repubblica.

Career Raimondo created and hosted CCN: Comedy Central News from 2015, for which he was awarded the "Forte dei Marmi" Political Satire Prize of TV in 2016. At the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, he presented Dopofestival ("After-festival") alongside Sabrina Nobile. He commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 semi-finals together with Carolina Di Domenico, live on Rai 4. His show Il satiro parlante was distributed by Netflix in May 2019. In December 2020, Raimondo made his debut on Rai 4 in prime time with Pigiama Rave. Together with Ema Stokholma, he was the Italian commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.

In 2021, Raimondo lent his voice to Ercole Visconti, the villain of Pixar's 24th animated film Luca, both in the original English version and the Italian dubbing. In 2022, he starred in the feature film Io e Angela, directed by Herbert Simone Paragnani, where he played once again the villainous role.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2014 Amore oggi Serafini Television film 2021 Luca Ercole Visconti Voice role 2022 Belli ciao Fumagalli Io e Angela Nero 2024 Flaminia Agenore + Television Year Title Role Notes 2023 Dov'è Mario? Fabrizio Capoccetti TV series; episode 1x01

Television programs (selection) CCN – Comedy Central News (Comedy Central, 2015–2019) Stand Up Comedy (Comedy Central, 2014–2017, 2022, 2024) Pigiama Rave (Rai 4, 2020–2021) Data Comedy Show (Rai 2, 2021) In & Out (Sky Uno, 2025–present)

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