Fabrizio Frizzi

Fabrizio Frizzi (Italian pronunciation: [faˈbrittsjo ˈfrittsi]; 5 February 1958 – 26 March 2018) was an Italian television presenter and voice actor. He often presented a mixture of variety shows, talent shows and game shows across Italy and he was also known as the Italian voice of Woody from the Toy Story franchise.

Early life and career

Born in Rome to parents from Bologna, Frizzi began his career in 1980, successfully auditioning to host the children's show Il barattolo for Rai 2 in 1980. He continued in the young people's afternoon slot, firstly with Tandem and later with Pane e marmellata, which he co-hosted with his first wife Rita Dalla Chiesa.

Starting from the early nineties, Frizzi presented several prime-time RAI TV shows, including I fatti vostri, Scommettiamo che...? (the Italian version of Wetten, dass..?), Europa, Europa (with Elisabetta Gardini), the popular Sunday afternoon magazine show Domenica in and several editions of Miss Italia. He also became presenter of the annual celebrity football match Partita del cuore, which raised funds for charity and scientific research, and hosted various editions of the Italian Telethon. In 1995 he won the 'Oscar della TV' award for his presentation of the quiz show Luna Park. In 1997 he began co-hosting the prime-time show Per tutta la vita...? (Italian version of the French Pour la vie) together with former model Natasha Stefanenko, for two of the show's six seasons, and with Romina Power for another three seasons.