Frank Matano

Frank Matano is an Italian actor, television presenter and YouTuber who began building a following online in 2007 under the nickname lamentecontorta. Born in Santa Maria Capua Vetere and raised in Carinola, he became known for humorous videos, phone calls and social experiments before renaming his channel Frank Matano in 2013. He is often grouped with Willwoosh and ClioMakeUp as one of Italy's earliest and best-known YouTubers. His television work started in 2009 with Le Iene, and he later led the Sky prank-call program Sky Scherzando?. He made his film debut in Fuga di cervelli in 2013 and appeared in Tutto molto bello in 2014, also joining the Italian voice cast of South Park that year. In 2015 he acted in What a Beautiful Surprise (2015) with Claudio Bisio, served as a judge on Italia's got talent, and was named personaggio rivelazione dell'anno at the 2015 Premio Regia Televisiva.