Joseph Perrino
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Joe Perrino (born April 30, 1982) is an American actor.
Life and career[]
Joe Perrino is an American film, television and stage actor, best known for his roles in the feature film Sleepers[1] and the television series The Sopranos.
Perrino was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He got his start in acting when a casting director approached him and asked Perrino to try out for the film Sleepers. Despite his lack of prior acting experience, Perrino agreed, and after months of auditioning, he won the sought after role of Lorenzo Shakes Carcaterra, one of the lead roles in the film. Perrino held his own acting alongside veteran actors Robert De Niro and Kevin Bacon and earned rave reviews, including Entertainment Weekly noting his superb performance. Perrino was also nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film, and named a Breakthrough Star by People Magazine.
Perrino went on to work with Anna Paquin, playing her love interest Ross Epstein in Tony Goldwyn's A Walk on the Moon. He then played a gang leader Blade in The Mighty, starring Sharon Stone, and moved onto the indie film The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, playing Mazzo, a terminally ill cancer patient dealing with his last days on earth. The film also starred Elijah Wood, Rachel Leigh Cook and Janeane Garofalo.
After a hiatus from acting, Perrino returned to appear in the last season of The Sopranos, playing Jason Gervasi, a young mobster. Next in Assassination of a High School President, Perrino played high school delinquent Dutch Middleton, starring Bruce Willis as the principal.
Perrino had begun studying with veteran acting teacher Alice Spivak and is one of the founding members of On The Road Repertory Theatre Company. He starred in an OTR production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, directed by Ms. Spivak.
As of 2015, Perrino is shooting a new series Four Kings as one of the leads, together with Rob Iler. He is also in rehearsal for an upcoming OTR production of Lyle Kessler's Orphans.
In 2017, Perrino began work on the STARZ network’s hit crime series POWER in its 5th season as Vincent Ragni, a boss in the Italian syndicate. What was initially scheduled as a 5 episode arc turned into a 2 season run. According to POWER creator Courtney A. Kemp, Perrino made such a favorable impression that the storyline was retooled to keep Perrino’s character alive.
Filmography[]
- 1996 The Juror as Tommy Riggio
- 1996 Sleepers as Young Lorenzo 'Shakes' Carcaterra
- 1997 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) as Young Johnny Munch
- 1998 The Mighty as Tony D [Blade]
- 1999 A Walk on the Moon as Ross Epstein
- 1999 The Bumblebee Flies Anyway as Mazzo
- 2006 The Immaculate Misconception as Joey
- 2007 The Sopranos (TV Series) as Jason Gervasi
- 2007 The Hit as Tony 'Little Tony'
- 2008 Assassination of a High School President as 'Dutch' Middleton
- 2010 Law & Order (TV Series) as Parole Officer Jack McKenzie
- 2013 Run as Security Guard Owens
- 2013 The Family as Joey, Mobster
- 2014 Before I Disappear as Ellis
- 2014 Blue Bloods (TV Series) as Doorman Sergio
- 2015 4 Kings as Unknown
- 2016 The Brooklyn Banker as Nick
- 2017 Cigarette Soup as Skinner
- 2017 Happy! (TV Series) as Pal Scaramucci[2]
- 2018–2020 Power (TV Series) as Vincent Ragni
- 2019 It's Bruno! (TV Series) as Mario
- 2019 The Wisdom Tooth as Enrico
Awards and nominations[]
Young Artist Awards
- 1997: Nominated, "Best Performance in a Feature Film by a Leading Young Actor" - Sleepers
YoungStar Awards
- 1997: Nominated, "Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film" - Sleepers
References[]
- ^ Paietta, Ann C. (2007). Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present. McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 9780786429387. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ Happy! at IMDb
External links[]
- 1982 births
- American male child actors
- Living people
- Male actors from New York City
- People from the Bronx
- American screen actor, 1980s birth stubs