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Joseph Charles John Piscopo (/ˈpiskəpoʊ/ PIS-kə-poh; born June 17, 1951) is an American actor, comedian and conservative radio talk show host. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, where he played a variety of recurring characters. His film roles include Danny Vermin in Johnny Dangerously (1984), Moe Dickstein in Wise Guys (1986), Doug Bigelow in Dead Heat (1988) and Kelly Stone in Sidekicks (1992).

Joe Piscopo
Piscopo in 2009
Born	Joseph Charles John Piscopo (1951-06-17) June 17, 1951 (age 71) Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Jones College (BA)
Occupation	Actor comedian radio host
Years active	1975–present
Political party	Democratic (before 2014) Independent (2014–present)[1]
Spouse(s)	Nancy Jones ​ (m. 1973⁠–⁠1988)​ Kimberly Driscoll ​ ​ (m. 1997⁠–⁠2006)​
Children	5

Early life

Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Piscopo grew up in North Caldwell[2] and attended West Essex High School and was a member of the drama club "The Masquers."[3][4] He developed a reputation for never playing a part the way it was written. After graduating in 1969, Piscopo attended Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida, where he received a degree in broadcast management.[5]

Saturday Night Live

In the summer of 1980, Piscopo was hired as a contract player for Saturday Night Live. The show had gone through a major upheaval when all the writers, major producers, and cast members left that spring. The all-new cast bombed with critics and fans, with the exception of Piscopo and Eddie Murphy; thus they were the only two cast members to be kept when Dick Ebersol took over the show the following spring. With the success of SNL, Piscopo moved to the wealthy borough of Alpine, New Jersey.[4]

Piscopo was best known for his impressions of celebrities such as Frank Sinatra. Piscopo rewrote the lyrics for a Sinatra sketch with the help of Sinatra lyricist Sammy Cahn and recalled that "by the grace of God, the old man loved it."[6] Piscopo had an occasional spot on the Weekend Update segment as a bombastic sports commentator who would pose a series of questions and usually follow them up with a loud, “Who cares?”. Piscopo and Robin Duke also played The Whiners.

Post–Saturday Night Live career

Piscopo left Saturday Night Live at the end of the 1983–1984 season. In 1984, he starred with Michael Keaton in the movie Johnny Dangerously, to mixed reviews, as well as a special for HBO and wrote a book for Pocket Books called The Piscopo Tapes. An album, New Jersey, for Columbia Records, followed in 1985[7] and an ABC special called The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special in May 1986.[8] In 1987, Piscopo was mentioned in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' No. 1 rock single "Jammin' Me".

In the mid-to-late 1980s, Piscopo developed an interest in bodybuilding. He first got involved with the sport when he was doing impressions of Bruce Springsteen on SNL.[9] He appeared on the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine in April 1988 and June 1990. In the latter issue, he said, "Some people in Hollywood think I'm nuts with this bodybuilding stuff. They'll say, 'You're getting too big. You'll hurt your career.' But they don't understand that high that comes from a workout, the challenge, and the personal victory."[10]

Since January 2014 he has hosted the Piscopo in the Morning radio show from 6:00 to 10:00 am, Monday through Friday on AM 970 The Answer (WNYM) in New York City.[11] Starting on December 13, 2020, Piscopo also began to host the Ramsey Mazda Sunday Nights with Sinatra on 770 AM WABC in New York and WABC's sister station 107.1 FM WLIR in Hampton Bays.[12]

Piscopo considered running as an independent for governor of New Jersey in 2017 based in part on the political success of Donald Trump, for whom he had campaigned in 2016. He got encouragement from a number of political figures, including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.[13] However, in May 2017 he decided not to run.[14] Piscopo has been active in a band and performed stand up and music at a political rally hosted by businessman Mike Lindell in May 2021.[15]

Personal life

He was diagnosed Thyroid cancer in 1990.[16] In 1973, Piscopo married Nancy Jones. They had one child and divorced in 1988. In 1997, he married Kimberly Driscoll, who was his son's nanny when Piscopo had been married to Jones. They had three children and divorced in 2006.[17] Piscopo is a resident of Lebanon Township, New Jersey, and has lived in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey.[18][19][20] In 2013, Piscopo was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.[21]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	King Kong	Bit Part	Uncredited
1977	American Tickler	Announcer
1984	The House of God	Dr. Fishberg
	Johnny Dangerously	Danny Vermin
	The Joe Piscopo Special	Himself	TV Special
1986	Julian Lennon: Stick Around	Rival	Video Short
	New Jersey Vice		Short Movie
	The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special	Himself	TV Special
	Wise Guys	Moe Dickstein
1988	Dead Heat	Doug Bigelow
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	The Comedian	Episode: "The Outrageous Okona"
1992	Sidekicks	Kelly Stone
1993	Batman: The Animated Series	Mugsy, Manager	Episode: "Read My Lips" (credited as Joe Piscapo)
1994	Huck and the King of Hearts	Max
1995	Open Season	Hamlet
	Two Bits & Pepper	Zike / Spider
	Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys	Mr. Wareman
	Multimedia Celebrity Poker	Himself	Video game[22]
1999	Law & Order	Jeff Stahl	Episode: "Ambitious"
2000	Baby Bedlam	Jack
2001	Bartleby	Rocky
	Law & Order	Jeff Cahill	Episode: "Formerly Famous"
2004	Law & Order	Jarret Whitestone	Episode: "Cry Wolf"
2006	Last Request	Angelo
	Dead Lenny	Louis Long
2012	Joe Piscopo: A Night at Club Piscopo	Himself	TV Special
2013	How Sweet It Is	Jack Cosmo
2018	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Albert Romano	Episode: "Mama"

References

External links

• Official website
• The Joe Piscopo Morning Show official website (WNYM 970am New York City)
• Joe Piscopo at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Joe Piscopo

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[es] Joe Piscopo

Joseph Charles John Piscopo (pronunciado PIS-co-po ; nacido el 17 de junio de 1951) es un comediante, actor, músico, escritor y presentador de programas de radio estadounidense. Es mejor conocido por su trabajo en Saturday Night Live a principios de la década de 1980, donde interpretó a una variedad de personajes recurrentes.

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[ru] Пископо, Джо

Джозеф Чарльз Джон Пи́скопо (род. 17 июня 1951 года) — американский актёр, комик и радиоведущий. В 1980-84 годах был участником шоу Saturday Night Live, где играл различных повторяющихся персонажей. В числе киноролей Дэнни Вермин в фильме Опасный Джонни (1984), Мо Дикштейн в фильме Толковые ребята (1986), Даг Бигелоу в фильме Мёртвый полицейский (1988) и Келли Стоун в фильме Парный удар (1992).

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