Santo Cilauro

Santo Cilauro
Born	Santo Luigi Cilauro (1961-11-25)25 November 1961 Melbourne,Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Snatto Ghauro, Zladko Vladcik
Alma mater	University of Melbourne(BA,LL.B.)
Occupations	Comedian actor television presenter author radio host producer writer
Known for	The Late Show,The Panel,The Dish,The Castle,FrontlineandSanto, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!
Children	2

Santo Luigi Cilauro(born 25 November 1961)is an Australian comedian, television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author and cameraman who is also a co-founder ofThe D-Generation.Known as the weatherman inFrontline,he is also an author and former radio presenter onTriple M,and achieved worldwide fame with theviral videoElektronik Supersonik.

Early life

Cilauro was born in 1961 inMelbourne,Australia to parents of Italian descent. Cilauro attendedXavier Collegeand theUniversity of Melbourneand graduated with aBachelor of Artsand aBachelor of Lawsin 1987.

In 1984, while walking to his aunt's house in Melbourne, he stumbled across aJuventuspress conference during their tour of Australia, and after seeing coachGiovanni Trapattonistruggle to answer questions in English, used his Italian skills to translate, which resulted in Cilauro becoming the team translator for the rest of the tour.

Italian Studies

In 2021, Cilauro became the patron of the Australasian Centre of Italian Studies.

Acting and production work

Cilauro started collaborating withRob SitchandTom Gleisnerin comedy theatre productions and tours. He is one of the co-founders ofThe D-Generation.

Cilauro wrote for, and performed in, the troupe's show during its 1986–87 run onABC TV(which also led to the albumThe Satanic Sketches). Cilauro continued as a member of the D-Gen when the team hosted theirBreakfast Showon Triple M radio (1986–1992), appearing as the simple-minded "Wayne fromSt Albans"and" Gino Tagliatoni "amongst other roles. Cilauro was a writer/performer on the D-Generation's 1992–1993 sketch comedyThe Late Show,appearing on such segments asGraham & the Colonel,The Oz BrothersandJeff & Terry Bailey.

After the second and last season ofThe Late Show,Cilauro starred as Stix in the 1994 ABC cop show satireFunky Squad,which he also co-created and served as one of the writer/producer/directors. He went on to help set up theWorking Dogproduction company and was one of the writer/producer/directors ofFrontline(1994–97), in which he also had a recurring onscreen role as weatherman Geoffrey Salter. Since then, Cilauro has co-written Working Dog's popular filmsThe Castle(1997) andThe Dish(2000) and appeared as a regular member (and occasional host) of the 1998–2003Network 10programmeThe Panel.

Cilauro has been an executive producer of several Working Dog productions, includingThe Panel,A River Somewhere(1997–98), andAll Aussie Adventures(2001–02). He played the Head of Market Research, Theo Tsolakis, onThe Hollowmen(2008), a series which Cilauro co-wrote and co-produced. Cilauro also played IT technician Griffin on theShaun MicallefsitcomWelcher & Welcher(2003) and K2 on the 1996 Working Dog radio sketchJohnny Swank.

During the2010 FIFA World Cup,he hosted a nightly comedy/variety show calledSanto, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!live from Melbourne alongsideEd KavaleeandSam Pang. In 2014 Cilauro joined his Working Dog colleagues Sitch and Gleisner to stage the group's first play,The Speechmaker.

Filmography

Films

Year	Production	Credit	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Any Questions for Ben?	Producer, Writer & Camera Operator
2009	Shintaro!		Himself	Documentary
2007	The Sound of Aus
2004	Herman, the Legal Labrador		Sal the Hot Dog Vendor	Voice only
2001	Numero Bruno		Himself	Documentary
2000	The Dish	Producer, Writer & Second Unit Director
1997	The Castle	Writer & Camera Operator
1996	The Campaign	Director, Writer, Producer & Cinematographer	Himself – Narrator	Documentary
1988	Billy's Shout	Director		TV Short

Television

Year(s)	Television Show	Credit	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016-19	Utopia	Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
2016	Pacific Heat	Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
2014–Present	Have You Been Paying Attention?	Panelist	Himself
2013–15	Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football	Executive Producer & Writer	Himself
2012	Audrey's Kitchen	Executive Producer
	Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!	Executive Producer & Writer	Himself
	Pictures of You	Executive Producer
2010	Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!	Executive Producer & Writer	Himself
2008	The Hollowmen	Creator, Producer, Writer & Camera Operator	Theo Tsolakis
2007	The Panel: Christmas Wrap	Executive Producer	Himself
2006
2006–2009	Thank God You're Here	Creator, Camera Operator (Series 1–3), Writer & Executive Producer
2004	Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge
2003	Welcher & Welcher		Griffin Griggs
2001–2002	Russell Coight's All Aussie Adventures	Writer & Camera Operator
1998–2005	The Panel	Executive Producer	Himself
1997–1998	A River Somewhere
1995	Funky Squad	Creator, Director, Producer & Writer	Stix ('Joey Alvarez')
1994–1997	Frontline		Geoffrey Salter
1994	Homicide... 30 Years On		Himself
1993	Bargearse	Director & Writer	Poloneck
	The Olden Days		Various
1992–1993	The Late Show
1988	The D Generation Goes Commercial	Writer
1986–1987	The D Generation

Zladko Vladcik

Cilauro, along withRob SitchandTom Gleisner,created the popularInternet phenomenoncharacter Zladko "ZLAD!" Vladcik, a Molvaniansynth-popmusician. Zlad was performed by Cilauro to accompany the Jetlag Travel Guide toMolvanîa.Cilauro was, with Sitch and Gleisner, co-author of the Jetlag Travel Guides to Molvanîa,Phaic TănandSan Sombrèro.

Two music videos were performed by Cilauro as Zladko, for "Elektronik – Supersonik" and "I Am The Anti-Pope".

External links

• Santo CilauroatIMDb
• molvania– Cilauro's parody site on the fictional countryMolvanîa