Maurizio Lastrico

Maurizio Lastrico is an Italian stand-up comedian, actor and cabaret performer born on March 31, 1979 in Genoa. Active since 2006, he is famous across Italy for monologues written in classical hendecasyllable verse in the style of Dante, for being a fixture on Canale 5 prime-time show Zelig from 2012 to 2016 and for playing prosecutor Marco Nardi in the long-running RAI series Don Matteo from 2018 to 2024.

Lastrico graduated as an actor from the school of the Teatro Stabile di Genova in 2006 and reached national audiences in 2009 with his appearance on Canale 5 cabaret show Zelig Off, where he performed everyday-life monologues in the metric of Dante Alighieri Divina Commedia. He was a regular prime-time fixture on Zelig on Canale 5 from 2012 to 2016. He toured Italy with the cabaret shows Quando fai qualcosa in giro dimmelo in 2010-2011 and Facciamo che io ero io in 2013, the latter directed by Gioele Dix. From 2018 to 2024 he played public prosecutor Marco Nardi in the long-running RAI series Don Matteo, joining a cast that has included Terence Hill and Raoul Bova. In 2025 he is touring Italian theaters with his new 90 minute show Sul Lastrico, a personal mix of stand-up, theater and cabaret about being human told with irony, poetry and intensity, and he is currently filming RAI series Prima di Noi and the cinema comedy Benvenuti in Campagna while also appearing at the Zelig 30 year anniversary special.

Maurizio Lastrico is touring Italian theaters in the 2024 to 2026 season with his one-man show Sul Lastrico, with confirmed dates including the Gran Teatro Geox in Padua on March 13, 2026 and Italian stages in Bologna, Mestre, Florence and Genoa. His past Zelig sets and clips of his Dantesque monologues are on his YouTube channel and the website mauriziolastrico.it, his episodes of Don Matteo stream on RaiPlay, and his daily updates and tour announcements are on Instagram @mauriziolastricoofficial.