Marco Columbro

Marco Columbro (born 28 June 1950) is an Italian actor and television host. Marco Columbro was born in Viareggio, Tuscany. He had a Roman Catholic background but later became a "spiritual reasercher" with no religious affilation, although he believes in some Buddhist and Oriental concepts.He studied psychology at the University of Florence. Columbro worked as actor for numerous companies, collaborating, among the others, with Dario Fo. In 1981 he debuted for television as dubber of a puppet in Canale 5, Silvio Berlusconi's channel. Columbro subsequently hosted numerous shows in Berlusconi's channel, including Buona Domenica  and Tra moglie e marito .

In 2003 he briefly worked for RAI, Italian's state television, for a show with Lorella Cuccarini. From 1993 onwards he worked mostly as actor for television series and for theatrical productions.