Vinny Vella
Vinny Vella (born January 11, 1947) is an American actor, talk show host and comedian.
Early life
Vella was born 'Vincent Frank Vella on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village New York City. Vella's father was from Bari, Italy and his mother was from Naples, Italy [1][2] Vella's father had a fish store in Little Italy.
Career
Vella is probably best known for the role of "Artie Piscano" in Martin Scorsese's Casino. He was also the subject of a 67-minute 2000 documentary called Hey, Vinny by director John Huba.
He played Jimmy Petrille on the HBO show The Sopranos.
In New York City, he hosts a public-access television cable TV show on MNN, the Vinny Vella show.[3]
Partial filmography
Vellas films include:[4]
- Casino (1995) .... Artie Piscano
- Sausages (1997) .... Luigi
- Destination Anywhere (1997) .... Angry Window Man
- Rounders (1998) .... Card Player at KGB's
- Spenser: Small Vices (1999) .... Vinnie
- Ghost Dog (1999) .... Sammy the Snake
- Wannabes (2000) .... Carmine
- Kissing Jessica Stein (2001) .... Cab Driver
- High Times' Potluck (2002) .... Vinny
- Analyze That (2002) .... Mello
- The Bakery (2003) .... Vinny
- This Thing of Ours (2003) .... Carmine
- Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) .... Vinny
- In the Cut (2003) ....Concerned Bystander
- Spy (2005) ....Harry 'Red' Dellarose
- Home (2006) .... Himself
- Find Me Guilty (2006) .... Graziedei
- The Roadhouse (2008) ...."Old Sal"
- Chasing the Green (2008) ....Vincent [5]
- Kill the Irishman (2011) ....Frank Brancato
Personal life
He is married to Margaret Ann Hernandez; they have one son, Vincent Vella, Jr.
Vella was at one time the "Mayor of Elizabeth Street".[6]
In 2007, he opened his own pizzeria in Williamsburg which is the neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.[7][8]
In June 2008, Vella was involved in controversy around a lottery ticket according to some sources threatened to sue over it.[9]
References
- ↑ Bada-Boom Times
- ↑ Unstoppable
- ↑ Manhattan Neighbourhood Network
- ↑ Vinny Vella on IMDb
- ↑ Russ Emanuel. "Chasing the Green - A Russ Emanuel Film". chasingthegreen.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ↑ Mayor mention
- ↑ Archived June 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Former Sopranos actor Vinny Vella's pizzeria is a 'hit' in Williamsburg". NY Daily News. 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
- ↑ "'Sopranos' star threatens to sue lottery". Digital Spy. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2014-05-20.
External links
- Vinny Vella on IMDb