Rocco Sisto

{{Infobox person

| name = Rocco Sisto

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|2|18}}

| birth_place = Bari, Italy

| nationality = Italian-American

| education = Addison Trail High School

| alma_mater = New York University {{small|(MFA)}}

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1984–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Barbara Allen|1984}}

}}

Rocco Sisto (born February 18, 1953) is an Italian-American stage, film, television and voice actor.

Early life

Sisto was born on February 18, 1953, in Bari, Italy, and later moved to Addison, Illinois. He attended and graduated Addison Trail High School in 1970 and studied acting at New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1977.{{cite web |author= |title=NYU Graduate Acting Alumni |url=http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html |year=2011 |access-date=December 1, 2011}}

Acting career

On TV, he played the young Junior Soprano in the HBO series The Sopranos.{{cite news |last=Spencer |first=Samuel |date=March 20, 2019 |title=Sopranos prequel cast: Who is in the cast of The Sopranos prequel? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1094358/Sopranos-prequel-cast-the-many-saints-of-newark-cast-ray-liotta-jon-bernthal-vera-farmiga |work=Daily Express |access-date=March 20, 2019}} He has appeared as well in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Blue Bloods, and Madam Secretary.

In film he has been seen in After Hours, Far and Away, Carlito's Way, Donnie Brasco, Illuminata, and The American Astronaut.{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Elvis |author-link=Elvis Mitchell |date=October 12, 2001 |title=FILM REVIEW; Sci-Fi Slapstick, With Spacemen Bursting Into Song |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/movies/film-review-sci-fi-slapstick-with-spacemen-bursting-into-song.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 20, 2019}} His voice work includes Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and The Warriors.

Sisto has acted in the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Delacorte Theater.{{cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Brantley |date=August 16, 1993 |title=Review/Theater; An 'All's Well' Ruled by Karma and Mortality |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/16/theater/review-theater-an-all-s-well-ruled-by-karma-and-mortality.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 15, 2008}}{{cite news |last=Richards |first=David |author-link=David Richards (writer) |date=July 8, 1994 |title=THEATER REVIEW; The Wives Are Merry but Far From Windsor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/08/theater/theater-review-the-wives-are-merry-but-far-from-windsor.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 15, 2008}} In 1996 he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for his acting in the play Quills.{{cite web |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/rocco-sisto-vault-0000109747 |title=Rocco Sisto |website=Playbill |access-date=March 20, 2019}}

Filmography

=Film=

Year ! Title ! scope="col" width="200px" \|Role ! Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
1984	Scream for Help	Lacey Bohle
1985	After Hours	Coffee Shop Cashier
1988	Me and Him	Art Strong
1989	Red Riding Hood	Dagger
1992	Far and Away	Immigrant #2
1992	Innocent Blood	Gilly
1992	Lorenzo's Oil	Murphy Family
1993	Naked in New York	Comedy Mask
1993	Carlito's Way	Panama Hatman
1996	Eraser	Pauley
1996	Rescuing Desire	S&M Guide
1997	Love Walked In	Ilm Zamsky
1997	Donnie Brasco	Richie Gazzo
1998	Illuminata	Prince
2000	Blue Moon	Fred
2000	The Intern	Pierre La Roux
2000	Frequency	Daryl Adams
2000	In the Weeds	Maurizio
2000	Machiavelli Rises	Niccolò Machiavelli
2001	The American Astronaut	Professor Hess
2003	Undermind	Dr. Peters / Gunman
2004	Eulogy	District Attorney
2005	Survival of the Fittest	Lt. Gabor	Short film
2006	Spectropia	Talking Object
2008	The Alphabet Killer	Father McQuarrie
2009	Mother's Day	Priam	Short film
2011	A Bird of the Air	Security Guard
2012	Possession	Osmond
2013	Joy de V.	Antoine
2014	The Sideways Light	The Doctor
2021	Son	Dr. Bradlee

=Television=

Year ! Title ! scope="col" width="200px" \|Role ! Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
1986	Doing Life	Anthony Portelli	Television film
1986-87	Spenser: For Hire	Eddie Duffy / Sunny Stroud	2 episodes
1987	The Equalizer	Frank	Episode: "Carnal Persuasion"
1987	Leg Work	Nico	Episode: "The Art of Murder"
1990	Matlock	Manager	Episode: "The D.A."
1990	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Sakkath	Episode: "Sarek"
1992-2002	Law & Order	Joseph Turner / Brendan Hall / Jamie Astangura	3 episodes
1999	Homicide: Life on the Street	Raphael Sykes	Episode: "Bones of Contention"
1999-2007	The Sopranos	Corrado “Junior” Soprano	3 episodes
2001	18 Wheels of Justice		Episode: "Once a Thief"
2001	The Big Heist	Tommy DeSimone	Television film
2002	JAG	Inspector Giannini	Episode: "The Killer"
2003	NYPD Blue	Remy Blanchard	Episode: "Marine Life"
2003	Crossing Jordan	Restaurant Owner	Episode: "Pandora's Trunk: Part 1"
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Riley "Boom Boom" Renaldo - Mindy's Landlord	Episode: "Getting Off"
2005	Alias	Ignacio	Episode: "Another Mister Sloane"
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Police Commissioner Fahey	2 episodes
2007	Close to Home	Wayne Thomas	Episode: "Eminent Domain"
2011	Mildred Pierce	Mr. Rossi	2 episodes of miniseries
2012	666 Park Avenue	Dr. Claude Anton	Episode: "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
2016	Blue Bloods	Gordon Rykert	Episode: "Confessions"
2017	Madam Secretary	Defense Minister Renaldo Bellucci	Episode: "Revelation"
2018	The Blacklist	Spiritual Director	Episode: "The Cook (No. 56)"
2019	Evil	Silvio	Episode: "Vatican III"
2019-21	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Judge Ellery	3 episodes

Video games

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Year ! Title ! scope="col" width="200px" \|Role ! Notes
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Mafia Gangster	Voice
2005	The Warriors	Stefano	Voice

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Year

! Title

! scope="col" width="200px" |Role

! Notes

2004

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Mafia Gangster

Voice

2005

The Warriors

Stefano