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Diego Abatantuono
Birth at
20 May 1955
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Diego Abatantuono is an Italian film actor from Milan. Diego’s early years were literally behind the scenes. His mother worked for a very long time as a wardrobe in the popular cabaret Derby in Milan. Here he began his career as an actor as a pop comedian in the image of Terruncello – a southerner with a characteristic accent and ardent temperament, rooting for Milan.
Abatantuono made his big screen debut in Free, Armed and Dangerous in 1976. He participated as a performer of small colorful roles
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Diego Abatantuono is an Italian film actor from Milan.
Diego’s early years were literally behind the scenes. His mother worked for a very long time as a wardrobe in the popular cabaret Derby in Milan. Here he began his career as an actor as a pop comedian in the image of Terruncello – a southerner with a characteristic accent and ardent temperament, rooting for Milan.
Abatantuono made his big screen debut in Free, Armed and Dangerous in 1976. He participated as a performer of small colorful roles in various comedies in Italian - including the film, which is well known to the Soviet audience.
Fantozzi against everyone It was released in 1980.
In the painting
Tango of Jealousy Released in 1981, his partner was Monica Vitti. In 1982, he starred in the movie Catch Me. The authors of these paintings did not require a dark, dense, curly round-headed brunette with bulging eyes special acting achievements. They had the textured appearance of the northern southerner.
In the mid-eighties in Abatantuono considered a dramatic film actor. He starred in the films “Shafer” and “Christmas Gift” directed by Pupo Avati and the films “Camels” and “Strange Life” directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. In the futuristic film “Nirvana” Diego played the role of a virtual hero of a video game, which was quite unexpected.
Separate paintings with the participation of the actor received recognition outside Italy. Thus, the film “Mediterranean” directed by Gabriele Salvatorez received the Oscar in the nomination “Best Non-English Language Film” in 1991. The film “Shafer” was nominated for the Golden Globe Award. Within the framework of the XXIII Moscow International Film Festival, the drama film “Unfair Competition” was awarded “Silver George”. In this film, the actor played the main role.