John Costelloe (actor)

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Infobox person

|name = John Costelloe

|image = John Costelloe (actor).jpg

|caption = Costelloe in Kazaam (1996)

|birth_date = {{birth date|1961|11|08}}

|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|16|1961|11|08}}

|death_place = Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|occupation = Actor

}}

John A. Costelloe (November 8, 1961 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor best known for his role as Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski, the lover of Vito Spatafore, in the HBO television series The Sopranos.

Costelloe, a former FDNY firefighter, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on December 16, 2008, at the age of 47. His body was found two days later at his home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.[http://www.nypost.com/seven/12252008/news/regionalnews/tragedy_strikes_soprano_hunk_145844.htm Tragedy Strikes Sopranos Star] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430234950/http://www.nypost.com/seven/12252008/news/regionalnews/tragedy_strikes_soprano_hunk_145844.htm |date=2009-04-30 }}, New York Post, December 25, 2008.

Shortly before his death, Costelloe had been playing a hustler in the hit ensemble play Gang of Seven.{{cite web|work=Mirror.co.uk|date=2008|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/tm_headline=suicide-of-sopranos-costelloe&method=full&objectid=20995778&siteid=115875-name_page.html|title=Sopranos star John Costelloe commits suicide}}