Eleazaro Rossi

Eleazaro Rossi (Forlimpopoli, 1º giugno 1982) is an Italian comedian and television presenter. He grew up in Galeata, a small town in Romagna, but later moved to Forlì, where he spent the formative years of his professional career. In 2019 he was selected to take part in the format Stand Up Comedy on Comedy Central, and one of his clips on YouTube quickly surpassed one million views. Also in 2019 he was called to Rai 2 to take part in the television programme Battute? hosted by Riccardo Rossi, and in the autumn he began a tour with his first stand-up comedy show, The Eleazaro Experience.

In September 2020 he was selected to take part in the Fringe Nolo Festival in Milan. In 2021 he took part for the second time in Stand Up Comedy on Comedy Central with a new sketch. In January 2022 he began collaborating with the television programme Le Iene on Italia 1, where, together with Max Angioni and later Nathan Kiboba, he formed the comic and satirical portion of the programme. In June of that year he debuted at the Stradanuova Teatro Centrale in Genova with a new show, L'ora di religione, which played important theatres such as the Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber in Milan, the Teatro Duse in Bologna, the Gran Teatro Morato in Brescia and the Teatro Ambra Jovinelli in Rome.

In September 2022 he received the Premio Satira 2022 in Forte dei Marmi for stand-up comedy. In February 2023 his participation in Le Iene was confirmed for the 2023 season as well, and in total he presented 46 monologues in as many episodes of the programme on Italia 1. On 2 novembre 2023 he put the complete show L'ora di religione online. On 29 febbraio 2024 the third tour began with the show Grande figlio di puttana, whose full version was later published in its entirety on YouTube on 30 novembre 2025.