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Diego Abatantuono (May 20, 1955, Milan) is a popular Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter.

Biography

Abatantuono was born in a popular quarter of Milan to a father of Pugliese origin and a mother from Como. The latter worked as wardrober in a Milanese jazz and later cabaret place, the Derby, whose proprietor was an Abatantuono's uncle.

He started to work at Derby at first as lights worker, then as artistical director and later as an actor. After a stint with the music-comical group Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli and several cinema minor participation, he returned to work at Derby where he was discovered by the famous TV showman, film director and talent-scout Renzo Arbore, who called him for a role in his movie Il Pap'occhio (1980). Here started Abantantuono's first successful career in the recurrent role of poorly cultivated immigrant from southern Italy (the "Terruncello"), speaking a personal form of slang which was to become a kind of brand. His most successful performance was in Eccezzziunale... veramente (also as scsreenwriter), in which he portrays three different parts as a tifoso of the three main football teams of Italy, A.C. Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus.

His first role as a dramatic actor came in 1986, when he was called by Pupi Avati for his Regalo di Natale. Though occasionally returning to comical roles, Abatantuono was featured in numerous movies by his friend Gabriele Salvatores, including the Academy Award winner Mediterraneo, Nirvana
and Io non ho paura.

Abatantuono is also a popular figure of Italian television shows.

Filmography

Actor

Liberi armati pericolosi (1976)
Saxofone (1978)
Una vacanza bestiale (1980)
Prestami tua moglie (1980)
Fantozzi contro tutti (1980)
Arrivano i gatti (1980)
Fico d'India (1980)
Il pap'occhio (1980)
I fichissimi (1981)
Il tango della gelosia (1981)
I carabbinieri (1981)
Viuuulentemente mia (1982)
Sballato, gasato, completamente fuso (1982)
Biancaneve & Co. (1982)
Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982)
Scusa se è poco (1982)
Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982)
Attila flagello di Dio (1982)
Arrivano i miei (1982)
Il Ras del quartiere (1983)
Regalo di natale (1986)
Ultimo minuto (1987)
Strana la vita (1987)
Un ragazzo di Calabria (1987)
I cammelli (1988)
Marrakech Express (1989)
Turné (1989)
Vacanze di Natale 90 (1990)
Mediterraneo (1991)
Puerto Escondido (1992)
Nel continente nero (1992)
Arriva la bufera (1992)
Per amore, solo per amore (1993)
Il toro (1994)
Viva San Isidro! (1995)
Camerieri (1995)
Il barbiere di Rio (1996)
Nirvana
(1997)
Figli di Annibale (1998)
Paparazzi (1998)
Matrimoni (1998)
Il testimone dello sposo (1998)
Metronotte (2000)
Concorrenza sleale (2000)
Mari del sud (2000)
Amnèsia (2001)
Momo alla conquista del tempo (2001)
La rivincita di Natale (2003)
Io non ho paura (2003)
Eccezzziunale... veramente - Capitolo secondo... me (2006)

Screenwriter

Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982)
Il Ras del quartiere (1983)
Puerto escondido (1992)
In barca a vela contromano (1997)
Figli di Annibale (1998)

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