Danny Aiello
- Birthday
- May 20, 1933
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
Bio: An Italian-American character actor with a beefy physique, no-nonsense expression, and intimidating presence, Danny Aiello came to acting late in life, having been a bus driver, a transport labor official, a night-club bouncer, and (he claims) an occasional thief. He began performing at an improvisational night spot. As he was approaching middle age, he appeared in… More Bio: An Italian-American character actor with a beefy physique, no-nonsense expression, and intimidating presence, Danny Aiello came to acting late in life, having been a bus driver, a transport labor official, a night-club bouncer, and (he claims) an occasional thief. He began performing at an improvisational night spot. As he was approaching middle age, he appeared in a regional theater production of Jason Miller's That Championship Season, for which he won a Most Outstanding Newcomer award. Aiello made his screen debut in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), and he went on over the next 15 years to play a succession of tough guys, cops, brutes, slobs, and "ordinary guys" in a wide variety of movies, but broke out of that mold when he portrayed Cher's fiancée in Moonstruck (1987). For his portrayal of a pizza parlor owner in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing two years later, Aiello received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. He went on to become one Hollywood's more prolific character actors; between 1989 and 1996, he appeared in 26 feature films. The actor's first lead role came in the title part of Ruby (1992). In addition to his screen work, Aiello has also appeared frequently on Broadway, and in 1976, he won a Theater World Award for his Broadway debut in Lampost Reunion. His work in TV movies includes the acclaimed A Family of Strangers (1980). ~ Rovi
Filmography
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Reach Me (2013)
- Actor
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Anyone's Son (2010)
- Director, Actor
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A Broken Sole (2007)
- Shoemaker
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Running with the Hitman (2006)
- Actor
- See all 81 films
Danny Aiello Videos
Lucky Number Slevin
2 minutes 3 seconds
Stiffs
2 minutes 50 seconds
Mambo Cafe
1 minutes 24 seconds
Mail Order Bride
1 minutes 18 seconds
A View From The Stoop: A Bronx Retrospective 1940-1970
1 minutes 39 seconds
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