Santo Luigi Cilauro was born on 25 November 1961 and is an Australian comedian, television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author and cameraman who is a co-founder of The D-Generation.
11 Facts About Santo Cilauro
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Santo Cilauro attended Xavier College and the University of Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws in 1987.
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In 1984, while walking to his aunt's house in Melbourne, he stumbled across a Juventus press conference during their tour of Australia, and after seeing coach Giovanni Trapattoni struggle to answer questions in English, used his Italian skills to translate, which resulted in Santo Cilauro becoming the team translator for the rest of the tour.
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In 2021, Santo Cilauro became the patron of the Australasian Centre of Italian Studies.
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Santo Cilauro started collaborating with Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner in comedy theatre productions and tours.
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Santo Cilauro is one of the co-founders of The D-Generation.
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Santo Cilauro continued as a member of the D-Gen when the team hosted their Breakfast Show on Triple M radio, appearing as the simple-minded "Wayne from St Albans" and "Gino Tagliatoni" amongst other roles.
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Santo Cilauro has been an executive producer of several Working Dog productions, including The Panel, A River Somewhere, and All Aussie Adventures.
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Santo Cilauro played the Head of Market Research, Theo Tsolakis, on The Hollowmen, a series which Cilauro co-wrote and co-produced.
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In 2014 Santo Cilauro joined his Working Dog colleagues Sitch and Gleisner to stage the group's first play, The Speechmaker.
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Santo Cilauro was, with Sitch and Gleisner, co-author of the Jetlag Travel Guides to Molvania, Phaic Tan and San Sombrero.