Santo Cilauro

Santo Luigi Cilauro (born 26 November 1961)[1] is an Australian comedian, television and feature film producer, screenwriter, actor, author and cameraman who is also a co-founder of The D-Generation. Known as the weatherman in Frontline, he is also an author and former radio presenter on the Triple M Network, and achieved worldwide fame with the viral video Elektronik Supersonik.[2]

Santo Cilauro
Cilauro in 2016
Born	Santo Luigi Cilauro 26 November 1961 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Other names	Snatto Ghauro, Zladko Vladcik
Alma mater	University Of Melbourne
Occupation	Comedian actor television presenter author radio host producer writer
Known for	The Late Show, The Panel, The Dish, The Castle, Frontline and Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever!
Children	2

Early life

Cilauro was born in 1961 in Melbourne, Australia to parents of Italian descent. Cilauro attended the University of Melbourne in the 1980s, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws in 1987.[1]

Acting and production work

Cilauro started collaborating with Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner in comedy theatre productions and tours. He is one of the co-founders of The D-Generation,[3]

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

After the second and last season of The Late Show, Cilauro starred as Stix in the 1994 ABC cop show satire Funky Squad, which he also co-created and served as one of the writer/producer/directors. He went on to help set up the Working Dog production company and was one of the writer/producer/directors of Frontline (1994–97), in which he also had a recurring onscreen role as weatherman Geoffrey Salter. Since then, Cilauro co-wrote Working Dog's popular films The Castle (1997) and The Dish (2000) and appeared as a regular member (and occasional host) of the 1998–2003 Network Ten programme The Panel.

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

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, he hosted a nightly comedy/variety show called Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever! live from Melbourne alongside Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang. In 2014 Cilauro joined his Working Dog colleagues, Sitch and Gleisner to stage the group's first play, The Speechmaker.[4]

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	Pacific Heat	Creator, Executive Producer, Writer
2014–2018	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
2004–2009	Thank God You're Here	Creator, Executive Producer, Writer & Camera Operator
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 with Rob Sitch and Tom Gleisner, created the popular Internet phenomenon character Zladko "ZLAD!" Vladcik, a Molvanian pop idol style musician. Zlad was performed by Cilauro to accompany the Jetlag Travel Guide to Molvanîa.[5][6] Cilauro was, with Sitch and Gleisner, co-author of the Jetlag Travel Guides to Molvanîa, Phaic Tăn and San Sombrèro.

Two music videos were performed by Cilauro as Zladko, for "Elektronik – Supersonik" and "I Am The Anti-Pope".[7]

References

1. Systems, Student Management (28 June 2006). "Student Information System". sis.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
2. Lynch, Sean (15 November 2007). "Interview: Santo Cilauro — Funky Squad". webwombat.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
3. Hook, Chris (14 January 2014). "Evolution of breakfast radio moves into its next phase with rival stations poised for battle". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
4. Woodhead, Cameron (6 June 2014). "Review: The Speechmaker". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
5. Genevieve Dwyer (15 April 2016). "13 Times Australia Loved Eurovision Harder Than The Europeans!". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
6. "Elektronik Supersonik - Zladko Vladcik | EarBleed.com". earbleed.com.
7. "Zlad! discography". RateYourMusic.

External links

• Santo Cilauro at IMDb
• molvania.com - Cilauro's parody site on the fictional country Molvanîa