Vincent Pastore

AKA:
Vinny Pastore
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
07/14/1946
Birthplace:
New York
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biography
Although he had dabbled in acting while a student at Pace University, Vincent Pastore didn't get serious about it until befriending Matt and Kevin Dillon while running a nightclub in New Rochelle, New York. After meeting Kevin's manager, he was soon pursuing the business in earnest, and he thought he had it made when his first film, Nancy Savoca's "True Love" (1989), won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize. Unfortunately, he couldn't follow up with anything but day work on "GoodFellas" and a small bit as a patient in "Awakenings" (both 1990). Pastore acted in Ted Demme's short "The Continued
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(TV Show)
2008-2008
Contestant
2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008
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Zack
2007
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Jimmy 'The Chin' Aversano
2006
Voice of Luca
2004
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Lenny Pescatore
2004
Lenny Pescatore
2004
Skippy
2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Normy Delgado
2003
Vito Rossi
2003
Tony
2002
Father Aldo
2002
Jimmy
2001
Actor
2000
Carmine
1998
Laura's Devil-Seeing Patient
1996
Angelo
1989
Tony Scarboni
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Actor
Angelo Ruggiero
Mr. Conti
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Big John Calabrese
Don Vito Persperino
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Grew up in New Rochelle, New York
 
Managed and owned nightclubs in New Rochelle; became friends with clubgoers Matt and Kevin Dillon who convinced him to pursue acting
1989 
Credited as Vinny Pastore in Nancy Savoca's "True Love"
1990 
Acted in two movies starring Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese's "GoodFellas" and Penny Marshall's "Awakenings"; credited for both as Vinny Pastore
1992 
First association with director Ted Demme, "The Bet"
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