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Nino Frassica
Nino Frassica in 2012
Born	Antonino Frassica (1950-12-11)11 December 1950 (age 74) Messina, Italy
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	1970–present
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Spouses	Daniela Conti ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 1993)​ Barbara Exignotis ​ (m. 2018)​

Antonino "Nino"Frassica (born 11 December 1950) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality.

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Born inMessina, Sicily, Frassica is mostly known for hisdeadpan humour, characterized by absurd jokes he described as a way of "ruining logic and the Italian language".^[1] He is considered "a master ofnonsense humour".^[2] He debuted for Italian television withRenzo Arbore'sQuelli della notte (1985), in which he played a semi-illiterate friar. Later, again in collaboration with Arbore, he was given a major role in the surreal quiz showIndietro tutta! (lit.Full speed backwards!, 1987).

Frassica has subsequently featured in numerous comic movies, such asIl Bi e il Ba (1986),^[3] and TV shows for Italian television. He playsMarshal Antonio "Nino" Cecchini on the Italian TV seriesDon Matteo (2000-present).^[4] He co-hosted the second night of theSanremo Music Festival 2025 alongsideBianca Balti,Cristiano Malgioglio andCarlo Conti.^[5]

• "FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
• Il Bi e il Ba (1985)
• Mortacci (1989)
• Vacanze di Natale '91 (1991)
• Sognando la California (1992)
• Anni 90 (1992)
• Anni 90: Parte II (1993)
• La fidanzata di papà (2008)
• Baarìa (2009)
• Somewhere (2010)
• The Tourist (2010)
• Natale a Londra – Dio salvi la regina (2016)
• Omicidio all'italiana (2017)
• No Country for Young Men (2017)
• One Of The Family (2018)
• School of Mafia (2021)
• Improvvisamente Natale (2022)
• Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo (2023)
• Pare parecchio Parigi (2024)

• Don Matteo (Rai 1, 2000–present)
• L'ispettore Coliandro (Rai 2, 2009)
• Mario (MTV, 2013)
• The Mafia Kills Only in Summer^[6] (Rai 1, 2016)

• Quelli della notte (RAIDUE, 1985)
• Fantastico 7 (RAIUNO, 1986–1987)
• Indietro tutta! (RAIDUE, 1987–1988)
• XLIXZecchino d'Oro (Rai 1, 2006)
• Che tempo che fa (Rai 1, 2017–19; Rai 2, since 2019)
• Indietro tutta! 30 e l'ode (Rai 2, 2017)

• Programmone (Radio 2, since 2015)

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