Luigi Luciano

Luigi Luciano
Born	(1980-03-07) 7 March 1980 Campobasso, Molise, Italy
Other names	Herbert Ballerina
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	2009–present
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Luigi Luciano (born 7 March 1980), better known by his stage name Herbert Ballerina, is an Italian radio host, comedian and actor. Since January 2011, he has been that radio show co-host of the Lo Zoo di 105 broadcast by Radio 105 Network.

Career

Luciano enrolled at the DAMS (Disciplines of Arts, Music, and Entertainment) in Bologna, where he graduated in 2007. Later he moved to Milan, where he joined Shortcut Productions, initially as an assistant production and later as an actor and author. With Marcello Macchia he was protagonist of many comics trailers that make him famous and easily recognizable to the public for his innate humor. In 2010 he was contacted by Checco Zalone to play in his film Che bella giornata. Since 2011 he is the speaker for Lo Zoo di 105. In 2017 he hosted Prima Festival, the pre-show related to Sanremo Music Festival 2017.

Filmography

Luigi Luciano and Marcello Macchia at Lucca Comics & Games 2016

Film

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2011	What a Beautiful Day	Giovanni
2015	Italiano medio	Alfonso Scarabocchi / Filomena Leccamuli / Gino Cammino
2016	On Air - Storia di un successo	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Quel bravo ragazzo	Leone Cosimato
2017	Omicidio all'italiana	Marino Peluria
2018	Natale a Roccaraso	Receptionist	Short film
2019	L'agenzia dei bugiardi	Diego
	Appena un minuto	Simone
2020	In vacanza su Marte	Pippo Anselmi
2021	The Legend of the Christmas Witch 2: The Origins	Marmotta
2022	Beata te	Date #3	Cameo appearance
2023	Il viaggio leggendario	Sir. Rimualdo

Television

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2012	South Park	TSA Operator (voice)	Episode: "Reverse Cowgirl"
2013–2014	Mario	Various characters	34 episodes
2014	Testa di calcio - Herbert in Brasile	Himself / Host	Reality show
2016	Mariottide	Fernandelo	20 episodes
2018	The Generi	Geromalo	3 episodes
2021	Tutta colpa di Freud	Giulio	Episode: "Episode 8"
2023	LOL - Chi ride è fuori	Himself / Contestant	Reality show

Web

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes
2009	Leggerezze	Arturo Braciola	12 episodes
	Sexy Spies	Don Dossena	10 episodes
2009–2010	Drammi medicali	Dr. Nello Giordano	20 episodes
2010	La villa di Lato	Prancesco	11 episodes
2012	Babbala and the Idiot Guy	Idiot guy	10 episodes
2015	Bob Torrent	Licio Chiss Me	10 episodes