Vincent PastoreAKA:
Vinny Pastore
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American Birthdate:
07/14/1946 Birthplace:
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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
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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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