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Vincent Pastore (born
July 14 1946) is an
American film and
television actor, often cast as a
mobster. He is well known for the role of
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on
The Sopranos.
Early life
Pastore was born in
The Bronx,
New York, of
Italian-American descent. He attended
Pace University for 3 years before eventually going into the acting industry after befriending
Matt and
Kevin Dillon; he was previously a club-owner in
New Rochelle, New York.
Career
Acting
Pastore has made a career of playing the parts of Italian-American mobsters. He began with cameo appearances in
1990's GoodFellas and
1993's Carlito's Way. In
GoodFellas, he's briefly seen rolling a coat rack through the kitchen of a restaurant and is credited as "Vincent Pastore" playing "Man with Coat Rack". In
Carlito's Way, he's one of the friends of the Italian man that dances with Gail, whom Kleinfeld insults. He is listed in the credits as "Vinny Pastore" playing "Copa Wiseguy."
Pastore got a bigger role in the
comedy/
crime film (1995) as Tony Scarboni, one of the three gangsters and Lazarro (
Alan Arkin)'s clients. In the 1996 HBO television movie
Gotti, Pastore played the character of
Angelo Ruggiero, alongside fellow
Sopranos cast members
Tony Sirico and
Dominic Chianese.
In 1999, Pastore got his biggest role to date in
The Sopranos, where he played the character
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero. His character died in the
finale of season 2, but Pastore would make a few more appearances over the next few years in dream and flashback sequences.
Following The Sopranos, he appeared in “
Mickey Blue Eyes”, “
Two Family House” (with Sopranos cast mates
Michael Rispoli,
Kathrine Narducci, Matt Servitto, Michele Santopietro,
Louis Guss,
Rosemary De Angelis, and
Sharon Angela), “
Under Hellgate Bridge”, “
Riding in Cars with Boys”. “
Deuces Wild”, “
Made”, “
Mafia”, “
The Hurricane”, “
Serving Sara”, “
Carlito’s Way” with Sean Penn, “
American Cousins”, “A Tale of Two Pizzas”, “
This Thing of Ours”,
Shark Tale”, “Johnny Slade’s Greatest Hits”, Guy Ritchie’s “Revolver”. He served as Associate Producer of the film, “Doughboys”.
Television credits include; “Grounded for Life” (2002), character Vinnie Fellachio in “Son of a Beach” (2002), “
Law & Order” (various roles from 1992 – 1996), soap opera, “One Life to Live”, hosted “Repo-Men/Stealing for a Living”, “Ed”, “Queens Supreme”, “Vegas”, and “
Everybody Hates Chris”.
In 2007, he starred in the independent feature film "P.J.", co-starring with Sopranos co-star
John Heard and
Robert Picardo. He had a role in 2008's
College Road Trip, with
Martin Lawrence and
Raven Symone, as well as in the upcoming
Ghost in the Machine.
Reality shows
Pastore lost 29 lbs on the fourth season of the
VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club which ran from
August 6 to
October 1,
2006.
On
February 20,
2007, the
ABC television network announced that Pastore would participate in the
fourth season of the American version of the competitive dance series
Dancing with the Stars. Pastore withdrew from the competition after only one week, however, after finding the necessary training and preparation too physically demanding.
John Ratzenberger took his place in the competition.
Pastore was featured as a contestant on the January 2008 edition of
Celebrity Apprentice. In the second week, Vincent participated in raising $52,286.00 by selling hot dogs on a Manhattan Street, for that week’s charity. And in a task of selling Broadway show tickets, Pastore as Project Manager lead his team to raise $33,300 for charity. In week 5, Pastore originally got into a faked, blow-out conflict with the project manager of the task,
Piers Morgan in order to see if Pastore could get the women to let him on their team to spy on them. The episode had played out like an episode of
The Sopranos with Pastore switching allegiances multiple times. But, then, Pastore was deliberately "ratted out" to the women by Morgan in the end, to make Pastore look bad to the women. While Pastore and the women then lost their task, besides, before Trump even lifted a finger to fire anyone that week, Pastore resigned from the show and Trump eventually accepted Pastore's resignation after trying to convince him to stay. The show ended with a sequence based on the series finale of
The Sopranos, ending abruptly before Pastore could give the customary end-of-show interview in the cab. Week 6 episode begins with Pastore meeting his ex wife Nancy in a restaurant and presenting her the check he received for being Project Manager for $50,000, in memory of her husband, Mitchell Burke’s Memorial fund with the Lustgarden Foundation.
Radio
Pastore hosts
The Wiseguy Show on
Sirius Satellite Radio (Raw Dog, channel 104), described as a "weekly three-hour celebration of Italian-American culture." It currently airs on Wednesdays from 6pm-9pm.
Personal life
Pastore is divorced, having previously been married to Nancy Berke. He became friends with Berke's subsequent husband, Mitchell, and donated the winnings from his stint on the Apprentice to a charity in his name.
He still lives on City Island in the Bronx.
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