Renato Pozzetto (born 14 July 1940) is an Italian actor, director, comedian, and singer.^[1]

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Renato Pozzetto
Pozzetto in 1988
Born	(1940-07-14) 14 July 1940 (age 83) Laveno Mombello, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupations	Director comedian singer
Years active	1964–present
Spouse	Brunella Gubler ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 2009)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	Armando (father), Clementina (mother)

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Pozzetto was born into a working-class family from Milan and grew up in the town of Gemonio (in the Province of Varese).^[2] After graduation, he made his debut as a comedian at the Derby Club in Milan.^[3] In 1964, he and his childhood friend Cochi Ponzoni formed the duo Cochi e Renato.^[4] They recorded several successful songs, often written in collaboration with Enzo Jannacci.^[5] These songs often had a satirical and/or nonsense take. Their most popular hits include "La canzone intelligente" ("The intelligent song", a satire about songwriting) and "E la vita, la vita". From the mid-1970s through the first half of the 1990s, Pozzetto enjoyed a prolific career in film, where he became famous for his trademark pronounced Milanese accent and for his shy and stuttering way of speaking. In the mid-2000s, following almost two decades of separation, he reunited with Ponzoni.^[6]

Pozzetto has also lent his voice to Rocks, the dog protagonist of the movie Look Who's Talking Now, for the Italian dubbing.