Anthony Denison
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Anthony John Sarrero was born in New York in 1950. The eldest of three, he was raised in Harlem. Before acting he worked for John Hancock Insurance as a life insurance agent in Poughkeepsie, New York. At the same time he was acting, starring in several stage productions in the New Paltz, New York locale. His surname "Denison" was taken from his friend Jan Denison during his days as an actor and director at a nonprofit theater in the late 1970s.
He is well known for his role as mob boss Ray Luca on the 1980s NBC television show Crime Story which ran from 1986 to 1988. Afterwards he starred in several crime movies, notably Getting Gotti, 1994 (in which he portrayed John Gotti), Criminal Passion (1994), and The Amy Fisher Story, 1993, where he played Joey Buttafuoco. His latest work is the recently completed movie Karla, in which he plays Detective Burows. Denison is part of the regular cast in The Closer airing on TNT and he also has a recurring role as Aldo Burrows on the Fox series Prison Break.
