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To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Italian American actors or must have references showing they are Italian American actors and are notable. As discussed in the 2005 book Hollywood Italians by Peter E. Bondanella, as well as numerous other sources, Italian-American actors have made a significant impact.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The Guild of Italian American Actors was founded in 1937.[citation needed]

Background[edit]

Some Italian-American film directors of the silent film era included Robert Vignola, Gregory LaCava, Frank Borzage (Borzaga) and Frank Capra.[7] Italian-American actors included Enrico Caruso in the cultural legitimation of American silent cinema, to Rudolph (Rodolfo) Valentino.

The of American film Renaissance (New Hollywood) in the 1970s coincided with Scorsese’s Mean Streets (1973) and Coppola’s The Godfather (1972), Giuliana Muscio attributes this to Italian Americans becoming better educated and more affluent after World War II.[7]

Muscio connects the prominence of Italian-American director-actors to the Capocomico [it] of traditional Italian theatre. Such director-actors include: Danny DeVito, John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Vincent Gallo, Al Pacino, Stanley Tucci, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Gary Sinise, Anne Bancroft, and Madonna.[7]

List[edit]

The list is organized chronologically, listing Italian American actors by birth date periods.

1880[edit]

1890[edit]

  • Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926), nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian born actor based in the United States who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik.

1900s[edit]

  • Don Ameche (Amici) (1908–1993) 50% Italian, actor and director[9]
  • Iron Eyes Cody (Espera Decorti) (1907–1999) son of Sicilian parents – actor, frequently played Native Americans[10]
  • Jerry Colonna (1904–1986) actor, entertainer, musician[11]
  • Russ Columbo (1908–1934) singer, violinist and actor, perhaps most famous for his signature tune, "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love", and the legend surrounding his early death[12]
  • Lou Costello (Cristillo) (1906–1959) 62.5% Italian, 25% Irish, and 12.5% French blood – actor and comedian known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello[13]
  • Renata Vanni (1909–2004) Italian-born American film actress[14]

1910s[edit]

1920s[edit]

1930s[edit]

  • Danny Aiello (1933–2019) film/television actor[35]
  • Alan Alda (born 1936) actor, writer, director and political activist – father of Italian descent[35]
  • Anne Bancroft (Italiano) (1931–2005) Academy Award-winning actress[36]
  • Robert Blake (Gubitosi) (1933-2023) film actor, perhaps most famous for starring in the U.S. television series Baretta, and for being found not guilty of the murder of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley[15]
  • Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) film/television actor[37]
  • Ron Carey (Cicenia) (1935–2007) film and television actor (Barney Miller)[38]
  • John Cazale (1935–1978) film actor (The Godfather) – father of Italian descent[39]
  • Dominic Chianese (born 1931) television actor (The Sopranos)[40]
  • Mary Costa (born 1930) American singer and actress, who is best known for providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 film, Sleeping Beauty.[41]
  • Bobby Darin (Cassoto) (1936–1973) actor, singer and one of the most popular rock and roll American teen idols of the 1950s – maternal grandfather was of Italian ancestry, unclear who Darin's biological father was[42]
  • James Darren (Ercolani) (born 1936) television and film actor, television director, and singer[43]
  • Dom DeLuise (1933–2009) comic actor[44]
  • Connie Francis (Franconero) (born 1938) actress and pop singer, known for her 1957 hit "Who's Sorry Now?"[45]
  • Ben Gazzara (1930–2012) son of Sicilian parents, film/television actor[46]
  • Joan Hackett (1934–1983) American actress of stage, television and film. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1981, Italian mother[47]
  • Tony Lo Bianco (born 1936) film and television actor (The French Connection)[48]
  • Garry Marshall (Masciarelli) (1934–2016) Italian-American father and part Scottish mother—actor, director, and writer – brother of Penny Marshall[49]
  • Sal Mineo (1939–1976) son of Sicilian parents – actor and theater director, famous for his Academy Award-nominated performance opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause[50]
  • Tony Musante (1936–2013) stage, television, and film actor[51]
  • Paula Prentiss (Ragusa) (born 1938) film actress – father of Italian ancestry[52]
  • Paul Sorvino (1939–2022) actor, father of Mira Sorvino[53]
  • Connie Stevens (Ingolia) (born 1938) Italian father and Irish mother – actress and singer[54]
  • Marlo Thomas (born 1937) Lebanese father and Italian mother[55]
  • Joe Viterelli (1937-2004) actor, son of Italian immigrants[56]

1940s[edit]

1950s[edit]

  • Danny Bonaduce (born 1959) Italian father – television actor (The Partridge Family)[78]
  • Lorraine Bracco (born 1954) Italian father and mother of French descent – Academy Award-nominated actress (The Sopranos, Goodfellas)[79]
  • Steve Buscemi (born 1957) Italian father and part Irish mother – actor (Fargo, Reservoir Dogs)[80]
  • David Caruso (born 1956) Italian father and Irish mother – film/television actor (CSI: Miami)[81]
  • Dennis Christopher (Carrelli) (born 1955) Italian father and Irish mother - actor (Django Unchained)
  • Tony Danza (born 1951) actor/talk show host (Who's The Boss, Family Law)[64]
  • Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) son of Sicilian parents – film/television actor and director (Full Metal Jacket, Law and Order: Criminal Intent)[82][83]
  • Giancarlo Esposito (born 1958) Italian father and African-American mother – film actor[84]
  • Cristina Ferrare (born 1950) actress of Italian descent (The Impossible Years)[85]
  • Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) bodybuilder and actor (The Hulk)[86]
  • Robert Hegyes (1951–2012) television actor (Welcome Back, Kotter) Italian-American mother, Hungarian-American father[87]
  • Kathy Hilton (born 1959) Italian grandfather – actress (Happy Days)[88]
  • Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) Italian mother and Swiss/German father – singer and actress- (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun)[89]
  • Jay Leno (born 1950) Italian-American father and Scottish mother – comedian, former actor, known as host of The Tonight Show[90]
  • Madonna (Ciccone) (born 1958) father of Italian ancestry and mother of French-Canadian ancestry – singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, entertainer (A League of Their Own, Dick Tracy)[91]
  • Ed Marinaro (born 1950) actor and former football player[92]
  • Peter Onorati (born 1953) Italian mother and father[93]
  • Chazz Palminteri (born 1952) film actor (A Bronx Tale)[94]
  • Joe Pantoliano (born 1951) film/television actor (The Sopranos)[95]
  • Joe Piscopo (born 1951) actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)[96]
  • Victoria Principal (born 1950) father of Italian descent – actress (Dallas)[97]
  • Jon Polito (born in 1950) - actor. Notable television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street
  • Suzi Quatro (born 1950) Italian paternal grandfather[98]
  • Ray Romano (born 1957) actor and comedian (Everybody Loves Raymond)[64]
  • Isabella Rossellini (born 1952) Italian father and Swedish mother – actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, model[99]
  • Rene Russo (born 1954) Italian father and Italian maternal grandfather – film actress/model (Lethal Weapon 3, The Thomas Crown Affair)[100]
  • Jack Scalia (born 1950) film/television actor (The Genius Club)[101]
  • Steve Schirripa (born 1957) television actor and writer (The Sopranos) – father of Italian descent, and mother of Jewish descent[102]
  • Connie Sellecca (Sellecchia) (born 1955) actress[103]
  • Gary Sinise (born 1955) 25% Italian ancestry – actor (CSI: NY)[104]
  • John Travolta (born 1954) Italian-American father and Irish-American mother – Academy Award-nominated actor, singer, dancer (Grease, Saturday Night Fever)[105]
  • Steven Van Zandt (Lento) (born 1950) musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and disc jockey (The Sopranos)[106]
  • Vinny Vella (1947–2019) actor and part time comedian[107]
  • Chuck Zito (born 1953) member of the New York chapter of the Hells Angels, amateur boxer, martial artist, celebrity bodyguard, stuntman and actor[108]

1960s[edit]

1970s[edit]

1980s[edit]

1990s[edit]

2000s[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Peter Bogdanella, Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, New York: The Continuum IPG, 2004 – ISBN 0-8264-1544-X
  • Victoria Thomas, Hollywood's Latin Lovers: Latino, Italian, and French Men Who Make the Screen Smolder, Santa Monica: Angel City Press, 1998 – ISBN 1-8833-1841-6

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