Steve Bastoni

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Steve Bastoni
Steve Bastoni.jpg
Bastoni in Sydney, 2012
Born (1966-03-04) 4 March 1966 (age 55)
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
Spouse(s)
Bianca Pirrotta
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(m. 2007)​
Children3

Stephen Bastoni (born 4 March 1966) is an Italian-born Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in Police Rescue and as Steve Parker in Neighbours.

Career[]

Television[]

His major roles have been in Police Rescue from 1991 until 1996, and in Neighbours from 2007 until 2009.[1] He has also appeared in many other Australian series such as Wildside (1998), Prisoner (1986), On the Beach (2000) and Stingers (1999–2002). Bastoni hosted Missing Persons Unit (replacing Mike Munro) in 2009 and 2010. He appeared in Underbelly 3 in 2010 as Louis Bayeh. Steve appeared once in Sea Patrol (2010); He was temporarily replacing Mike Flynn as the Commanding Officer aboard the fictional RAN vessel HMAS Hammersley. He played Don Kaplan in the Australian prison drama Wentworth. Bastoni also played the Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina in the 2014 spin off show Fat Tony & Co. to the well known Underbelly which was based on the Melbourne gangland war (1980–2007).

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Melvin, Son of Alvin Bullo
1986 The Still Point David
1987 The Lighthorsemen Turkish Soldier
1989 Closer and Closer Apart Sam Direct-to-video
1993 The Heartbreak Kid Dimitri Yiannos
1996 Natural Justice: Heat Paul Tancred Television film
1997 Wanted Rico
1998 15 Amore Alfredo
1998 The Fury Within Dr. Stephen Johnson Television film
1999 Without Warning Arch Whitelaw Television film
2000 On the Beach First Officer Neil Hirsch Television film
2000 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde McAfee / Newcomen Television film
2001 South Pacific Bus Adams Television film
2001 He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Sydney Police Officer 2
2002 Counterstrike Captain Kram Television film
2002 The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Deputy Director Reynolds
2003 The Matrix Reloaded Captain Soren
2005 Man-Thing Rene LaRoque
2005 Pros and Ex-Cons Willing
2006 Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America FEMA Director McGarrett Television film
2006 Suburban Mayhem Detective Robert Andretti Television film
2006 Macbeth Banquo
2008 The Plex "Mad" Morgan Edwards
2013 Drift Miller
2014 The Water Diviner Ömer
2016 Broke Sherro

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1983 A Descant for Gossips Howard
1985 Neighbours Alex Baxter 1 episode
1986 Prisoner Peter McCormack 11 episodes
1989 Il Magistrato Robbie Shaw 6 episodes
1991–96 Police Rescue Yiannis Angelopoulos 59 episodes
1992 Frankie's House G.I. Jarvis
1995 Blue Murder Detective Michael Drury 2 episodes
1998 Wildside Eric Foley 4 episodes
1999,
2002		 Stingers Billy Robardi, Nigel Finster 2 episodes
2007–09 Neighbours Steve Parker 322 episodes
2010 Underbelly Louis Bayeh 6 episodes
2010 Sea Patrol Steve Coburn Episode: "Crocodile Tears"
2014 Fat Tony & Co. Charlie Bezzina 5 episodes
2014 Upper Middle Bogan Benji Amenta 2 episodes
2015 Hawaii Five-0 Tom Bishop 2 episodes
2016–17 Wentworth Don Kaplan 8 episodes
2016 The Wrong Girl Craig Peterson 3 episodes
2019–present Bad Mothers Tom
2019–present Welfare Jon Karagiannis

Stage[]

Theatre work includes the role of 'Rocky' in the 1987 Australian national tour of The Rocky Horror Show starring Daniel Abineri. Abineri also gave him the role of Charlie Fortune in his controversial rock musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom in 1989. He starred in the high budget stage production Oliver! the musical in Sydney and Melbourne in the role of Bill Sikes alongside John Waters and Tamsin Caroll.

Personal life[]

Bastoni was previously involved in a relationship with actress Melissa George.[2] He later was in a long-term relationship with TV Star Nina Zandnia.[3] He is married to Bianca Pirrotta and the couple have two children.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Devlyn, Darren (14 January 2009). "Steve Bastoni credits Neighbours with saving his life". Herald Sun. The Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.thefreelibrary.com/..and+it's+goodbye+Angel%3b+Home+And+Away+(Monday+to+Friday%2c+ITV%2c...-a061268531
  3. ^ Reines, Ros (30 November 2003). "Gossip". The Sunday Telegraph. (News Limited). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Steve Bastoni and his family written out of Neighbours". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

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