Background
Born Concetto Francesco Diogene in Catania, the son of a Sicilian father and a Ligurian mother, at 5 years old Diogene moved to Genoa with his family.
Born Concetto Francesco Diogene in Catania, the son of a Sicilian father and a Ligurian mother, at 5 years old Diogene moved to Genoa with his family.
In Genoa he completed his studies, and also started acting in a little theater of a parish.
Since the early 1970s he was one of the most active character actors in Italian cinema, often cast in humorous roles. He was also cast in several international productions, such as Midnight Express and The Name of the Rose, mainly thanks to his foreign language skills. Diogene was also active as a stand-up comedian, and he was the organizer of the beauty contest "Mission Top Model Universe".
Diogene died of heart attack, aged 57 years old.