'), is an Italian comedian, actor, showman, singer, musician, cabaret performer, screenwriter, director and film producer.

Luca Medici was born in Capurso, in the first hinge of the metropolitan area of Bari, close to the suburbs south of the city.

[citation needed] After being a regular in many editions of the Canale 5 variety show Zelig [it], he became famous in 2006 thanks to the song "Siamo una squadra fortissimi [it]" (meaning "we are a very strong team" in broken Italian), celebrating the Italian team just before the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

[9] In the same year, Zalone was the Italian testimonial of the funding raising campaign for the research on Spinal muscular atrophy.

On 30 April 2021, Checco Zalone released the video of his song "La vacinada" (meaning "the vaccinated woman" in pseudo-Spanish), starring English actress Helen Mirren.