Maurizio Crozza (Italian: [mauˈrittsjo ˈkrɔttsa]; born 5 December 1959) is an Italian comedian, mimic, actor, and television presenter.

He attended an acting school in the same city, where he graduated in 1980.

[citation needed] Crozza has worked for many years with the Gialappa's Band trio on Mediaset and in the Sunday show Quelli che... il Calcio on Rai.

He has also starred in a number of films, including the 1995 movie Peggio di così si muore by Marcello Cesena.

[1] Over his career, Crozza has received both praise and criticism from Italian commentators: he was notably criticised over his satire on Pope Benedict XVI in 2006[2] and about Silvio Berlusconi at the 2013 Sanremo Music Festival.