Biography of Diego Abatantuono
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May 20, 1955Diego Abatantuono was born on May 20, 1955 in Milan, at the popular district of Gianbellino (southwest suburbs). The father Matthew, from Puglia (Vieste), Shoemaker; his mother rose is milanese, and works as a wardrobe Assistant at Derby, local historian Milan (owned by the uncles), jazz, cabaret, theatre first circle then springboard of many names and familiar faces of the show Italian.
The story of Diego Abatantuono is so tied to this place because from an early age have an opportunity to attend it; the low educational achievement brings the young Diego to seek a job. Uncle introduced him to the Derby as the lights and stage director: so, by assiduous Viewer Diego becomes a club member in all respects and came into contact with comedians; among others at that time there were Massimo Boldi, Teo Teocoli, Gianfranco Funari and Roger Whittaker.
To differences of opinion with his uncle, in 1972 Diego leaves the premises. Back in 1975 at Derby as artistic director and is performing on stage with her first "terruncello," bully from the Apulian accent who moved to Milan.
His work in the show continues and in the early 80 's he began a collaboration with "I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli" with which arrives at the cinema with the film Arrivano i Gatti (1980). It also participates, with Massimo Boldi, Francesco Mauro and Giorgio Faletti for a comedy show titled "tapestry", that will be reprised in TV program "Mountebanks you die". His characterization of "terruncello" collects great success: Renzo Arbore wants him to star in one of his most irreverent and offbeat films, "The pap'occhio (1980), with an amazing Roberto Benigni.
He moved to Rome, Abatantuono organizes the show "Cane di Puglia"; Here he was noticed by Carlo Vanzina.
After "Fantozzi contro tutti", "Una vacanza bestiale", "prickly India" (1980) and especially "the sudsy" (1981), his first film as hero, stands out as a large popular Jack's character: his transplanted pugliese, glowering and disruptive, from spoken mongrelized, hard but basically clean becomes a cultural phenomenon.
Diego Abatantuono is also dedicated to Theatre: it is especially appreciated the interpretation in "Don Giovanni" from Moliére, directed by Franco Morini, 1984.
In 1986 back to cinema, directed by Pupi Avati in "Christmas present", in which he plays a new kind of character for him. Reads convincingly and effectively the dramatic role of the merchant's film character gullible, that already full of debts loses the game, mocked by former friends. This experience constitutes a sort of happy according to onset, and which will allow the applicant to compete with increasingly challenging subjects and most demanding authors.
With Director and close friend Gabriele Salvatores founded the film production company "Colorado Records", but above all an artistic collaboration that will produce extraordinary results, the most notable of which is the Oscar of 1992 received for "Mediterranean", in the category of best foreign language film. With Salvatores participates in the film "Marrakesh express" (1989), "Turné" (1990), "the Mediterranean" (1991), "Puerto Escondido" (1992), "Nirvana" (1996), "Amnesia" (2002), "I'm not afraid" (2002).
Other films among the best known: "bedroom", "Il testimone dello sposo," "on the African continent" (1992, by Marco Risi), "Il barbiere di Rio" (1996), "night watchman" (2000), "La rivincita di Natale" (2003, sequel to "Christmas gift by Pupi Avati).
Diego Abatantuono's career also passes for television: in addition to acting as conductor ("Italy"), figure in the cast of the drama "the secret of the Sahara" by Alberto Negrin in 1987, and as the Commissioner going on in series "moonlit night" by Alberto Sironi.
In 2004 it leads and launches, along with close friend Ugo Conti, Italy 1 cabaret programme "Colorado Cafe Live".
In December 2005 is the main character of the television series "Il giudice Mastrangelo," with Amanda Sandrelli.
In 2006 Diego Abatantuono back to cinema with the movie "Eccezzziunale ... veramente-Capitolo secondo ... me" which reprises his old character Donato, former Chief fan malaki.
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