Massimiliano Angioni

Massimiliano Angioni, known as Max (Como, 8 novembre 1990), is an Italian comedian, television presenter and cabaret artist. Raised in Como in the Sagnino district, he began his career as an entertainer at children's parties. After attending the Teatro in Centro school in Como and the Accademia del Comico in Milan, in 2014 he took part in the two international festivals Mimetic Fest in London and the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. In 2018 he made his television debut on the programme Zelig Time on Zelig TV, where he performed parodies of Aquaman, Jon Snow and the character of Carmine Skybrendnerz, l'Ultimo Jedi.

In 2020 he was part of the cast of Zelig C-Lab on Comedy Central. The turning point in his career came in 2021 with his participation in Italia's Got Talent, where he came second and became known to the general public. He was chosen as the comic sidekick for the show Lui è peggio di me on Rai 3 and joined the main cast of the 2021 edition of Zelig on Canale 5, where he presented the character of Kevin Scannamanna, an exuberant twenty-five-year-old aspiring reality show contestant. In 2022 he was in the cast of the second edition of LOL - Chi ride è fuori on Amazon Prime, and toured Italian theatres with the show Miracolato, selling over 30,000 tickets.

From 2023 he was a host of Le Iene paired with Veronica Gentili; that same year he took part in several Canale 5 programmes including Michelle Impossible & Friends and published his first book, Mistero brutto. Il vangelo secondo me, with Mondadori, presenting it at the Salone del Libro di Torino. In 2024 he returned to the theatre with the show Anche meno, produced by Paolo Ruffini. In the summer of 2025 he was the protagonist of the show Max working - Lavori in corso, and was confirmed at the helm of Le Iene while taking part in Zelig On on Italia 1. Between late January and early February 2026 he returned to Zelig for four episodes marking the programme's 30 years.