Lillo Petrolo is one of the contestants of the new comedy show available on Prime Video from April 2021, LOL: who laughs is out, hosted by Fedez and Mara Maionchi, together with other comedians like Angelo Pintus, Frank Matano, Ciro Priello and Caterina Guzzanti.
Let’s see below who Lillo Petrolo is.
Who is Lillo Petrolo: life and career
Born in 1962, Lillo Petrolo, Pasquale Petrolo was born in Rome on 27 August by a father and mother of Calabrian origin, to be precise originally from Siderno, in the province of Reggio Calabria. About his private life and his youth, not much is known, but his long career can easily counterbalance these kinds of shortcomings.
Although not many know it, Lillo starts working in the publishing world by collaborating with the comic book publishing house Onmolloemme as a cartoonist.
And it is here that he meets his partner and colleague Greg in 1986, with whom he will then start a crazy duo in the following years, that is Lillo & Greg.
Right from the start, in fact, they began to collaborate and founded the demented rock band in 1992 Milk & Its Derivatives. But the musical field is only the beginning: together they are creators, founders and authors of various television programs such as Hyenas, Telenauta ’69, Mmmh !, etc.
Lillo then participates and takes part in several television programs such as Abbasso il frollococcone of 2003-2004, NormalMan of 2006-2007, Parla con me, Victor Victoria of 2009, The Show Must Go Off of 2012, Celebration of 2017, LOL: Who laughs is out of 2021.
From television to radio to cinema
Together with his faithful companion Greg, he founded the radio program in 2003 610 broadcast on Radio Due, a very successful program that still today broadcasts on a daily basis. Then they also work together in the theater, staging their shows such as The Blues Brothers – Plagiarism from 2005, Watch out for those 2 from 2014, Best Of from 2016.
But not only that: Lillo (almost always accompanied by Greg) starred in several films on the big screen. To name a few: Lillo & Greg – The movie! 2007, Strokes of lightning and Colpi di fortuna directed by Neri Parenti in 2012 and 2013. And again, The great beauty in 2013 directed by Paolo Sorrentino, Natale col boss in 2015, Forever Young in 2016, Airplane mode in 2019, Detective by chance in 2019, DNA – Definitely not suitable of 2020.
Curiosity
In 2008, Lillo Petrolo collaborated in the foundation of a radio station in Malawi for the international cooperation project YOU ARE BLACK. And in 2014 he collaborated with ACTION AID for the campaign “Operation Hunger “ in Brazil.
Finally, in addition to being a cartoonist, he has published books such as This book will change your life from 2007, Zero’s disappearance from 2011, NormalMan – The Origins and NormalMan against all of 2011 and 2012.