Emerging from a working-class family in Villa Cortese, he left school early, worked as a surveyor, metalworker and hospital nurse, and later graduated from the theatrical school in Busto Arsizio. After a brief cabaret duo with Marina Massironi, a summer-camp job in Sardinia introduced him to Aldo Baglio and Giovanni Storti, and together they formed the comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo in 1991.…
