Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother from Como. The latter worked as wardrober in a Milanese jazz and later cabaret club, Derby, whose owner was Abatantuono's uncle. He started to work at Derby first in lighting, then as artistic director and later as an actor.
Nirvana
As Solo
Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo
As Lorenzo
2061 - Un anno eccezionale
As Professor Maroncelli
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
As Self
Marrakech Express
As Ponchia
Fantozzi Against the Wind
As Cecco, il nipote del fornaio
Attila flagello di Dio
As Aldarico/Attila
In the Pope's Eye
As Don Gabriele
The Friends at the Margherita Café
As Al
Tifosi
As Vito 'Zebrone' La Monica
Christmas Vacation '90
As Nick
Eccezzziunale... veramente - Capitolo secondo... me
As Donato Cavallo / Franco Alfano / Felice 'Tirzan'
The Last Minute
As Duccio Venturi
Happy Family
As Marta's Father
Christmas Present
As Franco
Paparazzi
As Ugo "King" Conti
Camere da letto
As Dario
Mediterraneo
As Sgt. Nicola Lo Russo
Grand Hotel Excelsior
As Il mago di Segrate
Eccezzziunale... veramente
As Donato Cavallo/Franco Alfano/Felice "Tirzan"
I Fichissimi
As Felice
Puerto Escondido
As Mario Tozzi
Christmas Rematch
As Franco Mattioli
Per amore, solo per amore
As Joseph
Kamikazen (Ultima notte a Milano)
As Man at the racecourse (uncredited)
Viuuulentemente mia
As Achille Cotone
An Ideal Adventure
As Duccio
L'abbuffata
As Neri
Viva San Isidro!
As Padre Pedro
Saxofone
As The chatty Guest at the restaurant
Il Ras del quartiere
As Domingo Ras
Our Tropical Island
As Alberto Brogini
Things from Another World
As Mariso Golfetto
The New Monsters Today
A Dinner for Them to Meet
As Sandro
A Boy from Calabria
As Nicola
Amnèsia
As Sandro
On the Dark Continent
As Fulvio Colombo
Il barbiere di Rio
As Matteo
Unfair Competition
As Umberto
Il resto del Pap'occhio
As Don Gabriele
Prickly Pears
As Capo delle "Belve"
Camerieri
As Mario Tangaro
Il toro
As Franco Montagner
Turné
As Dario Nigri
Buona giornata
As Romeo Telleschi
Ti stimo fratello
I Carabbinieri
As Brigadiere Esposito
Arriva la bufera
As Damiano Fortezza
Una vacanza bestiale
As Galeazzo
The Worst Christmas of My Life
As Alberto
Arrivano i gatti
As Felice
The Tango of Jealousy
As Diego
Enzo Jannacci - Vengo anch'io
As Self
Arrivano i miei
As Julio Navarro
I cammelli
As Camillo
Strana la vita
As Dario
Children of Hannibal
As Tommaso
Indovina chi viene a Natale?
As Giulio Sereni
Improvvisamente Natale
As Lorenzo
Metronotte
L’ultima settimana di settembre
As Pietro Rinaldi
Area paradiso
As Furio
Marriages
As Paolo
Amazing - Fabio de Luigi
As Himself
L'assalto
As Giancarlo
Soap Opera
As Gaetano
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
The Best Man
As Angelo Beliossi
Young, Violent, Dangerous
As Lucio
Mostruosamente Villaggio
As Sé stesso
We Are Cinema
As Self (archive footage)
Belli di papà
As Vincenzo
People Who Are Well
As Patrizio Azzesi
C'era una volta il Derby Club
As Himself
Steno
Unfaithfully Yours
As Piero
Natale senza Babbo
Mister Happiness
As Guglielmo Gioia
I babysitter
As Gianni Porini
I'm Not Scared
As Sergio
Momo
As Mastro Hora (voice)
My Big Gay Italian Wedding
As Roberto
Lend Me Your Wife
My Beloved Enemy
As Enzo Stefanelli
Compromessi sposi
As Diego
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
As L'inquirente
La mia banda suona il pop
As Franco Masiero
Volare
As Mario
Gli Squallor
As Self
The Strongest Weapon
As Luigi Freddi (voice)
When Mom Is Away... With the Family
As Babbo Natale
Doctor on Call
As Pierfrancesco Mai
Il mammone
Comici
Buona la prima!
As Suggeritore
Che fai... ridi?
Dinner Club
As Diego Abatantuono
Ridatemi mia moglie
As Renato
Eurocops
As Commissario Bruno Corso
Scherzi a Parte
As Conduttore
Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan?
As Ospite
The Secret of the Sahara
As Orso
LOL: Last One Laughing Italy
As Self
Sanremo Music Festival
As Self - Special Guest
Il giudice Mastrangelo
As Diego Mastrangelo