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Vincent Pastore (/pæˈstɔːr/; born July 14, 1946) is an American actor. Often cast as a mafioso, he is best known for his portrayal of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the HBO series The Sopranos.

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Vincent Pastore
Pastore in 2017
Born	(1946-07-14) July 14, 1946 (age 76) The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Nancy Berke (divorced)
Children	1
Website	vincentpastore.com

Early life

Pastore was born to an Italian-American family in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in New Rochelle, New York. Following his graduation from high school, he enlisted as a sailor in the United States Navy and then attended Pace University for three years, before eventually going into the acting industry after befriending Matt Dillon and Kevin Dillon. On June 3, 2015, during an appearance on Good Day New York, Pastore said he was in the club business for close to 30 years, and got into acting in his forties.

Career

Acting

Pastore has made a career of portraying Italian-American gangsters in film and television. He began with small parts in the 1990s, in films such as Goodfellas and Carlito's Way. In Goodfellas, he is briefly seen rolling a coat rack through the kitchen of The Bamboo Lounge and is credited as "Vinny Pastore" playing "Man with Coat Rack". In Carlito's Way, he portrays one of the friends of the Italian man that dances with Gail, whom Kleinfeld insults. He is listed in the credits as "Vinny Pastore" playing "Copa Wiseguy."

Pastore got a bigger role in the comedy/crime film The Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995) as Tony Scarboni, one of the three gangsters and Lazarro's (played by Alan Arkin) clients. In the 1996 HBO television movie Gotti, Pastore played the character of Angelo Ruggiero, alongside future Sopranos cast members Tony Sirico, Frank Vincent and Dominic Chianese.

In 1999, Pastore got his biggest role in The Sopranos, where he played the character Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero.

In addition to The Sopranos, he has appeared in Mickey Blue Eyes, Flodders in America, Two Family House (with The Sopranos cast mates Michael Rispoli, Kathrine Narducci, Matt Servitto, Michele Santopietro and Sharon Angela), Under Hellgate Bridge, Riding in Cars with Boys, Witness to the Mob, Deuces Wild, Made, Mafia!, The Hurricane, Serving Sara, American Cousins, A Tale of Two Pizzas, This Thing of Ours, Remedy, Shark Tale, Bachelor Party Vegas, The Family, Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn, Money Train, A Brooklyn State of Mind, The Deli,[1] The Last Don II, Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits and Guy Ritchie's Revolver. He served as associate producer of the film Doughboys. He also appeared in a Cyberchase for Real segment as the owner of a comedy and magic club.

Pastore's other television credits include Grounded for Life, character Vinnie Fellachio in Son of the Beach, Law & Order (various roles from 1992 to 1996), the soap opera One Life to Live, host of Repo-Men/Stealing for a Living, Ed, Queens Supreme, Vegas, Everybody Hates Chris, The Making of the Mob: New York, Blue Bloods, The Making of the Mob: Chicago, and an uncredited voice role in the television program Aqua Teen Hunger Force as Terry.

In 2007, Pastore starred in the independent feature film P.J.: A Journey of the Heart.[2] In 2008, he joined the cast of General Hospital as Maximus Giambetti, father of two characters on the show. He once again plays a mobster. He had roles in 2008's College Road Trip and Our Last Days As Children. He also starred in the 2008 film Dough Boys.

In 2009, Pastore starred in Pavaline Studio's debut short film, Alienated. In 2010, he starred in the award-winning indie mob-comedy Pizza With Bullets. Pastore played Mayor Avenoso in the 2012 indie feature Surviving Family. He appears in the 2013 film I'm in Love with a Church Girl.

In 2014, he appeared in the Broadway musical Bullets Over Broadway as Nick Valenti.[3]

Reality shows

Pastore lost 29 lbs on the fourth season of the VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club which ran from August 6 to October 1, 2006.

On February 20, 2007, ABC announced that Pastore would participate in the fourth season of the American version of the competitive dance series Dancing with the Stars.[4] He withdrew from the competition after only one week. Pastore said that he found the necessary training and preparation too physically demanding. John Ratzenberger took his place in the competition.[5]

Pastore was featured as a contestant on the January 2008 edition of Celebrity Apprentice. In the second week, he participated in raising $52,286 by selling hot dogs on a Manhattan street for The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Research.[6] In a task of selling Broadway show tickets, with Pastore as project manager, he led his team to raise $33,300 for charity. In the fifth week, he got into a faked, blow-out conflict with the project manager of the task, Piers Morgan, in order to see if he could get the women to let him on their team to spy on them. The episode had played out like an episode of The Sopranos with Pastore switching allegiances multiple times.

Pastore was deliberately "ratted out" to the women by Morgan in the end, to make Pastore look bad to the women. While Pastore and the men then lost their task, before Trump even lifted a finger to fire anyone that week, Pastore resigned from the show and Trump eventually accepted Pastore's resignation after trying to convince him to stay. The show ended with a sequence based on the series finale of The Sopranos, ending abruptly before Pastore could give the customary end-of-show interview in the cab. Week 6 episode begins with Pastore meeting his ex-wife Nancy in a restaurant and presenting her the check he received for being project manager for $50,000, in memory of her husband, Mitchell Burke's memorial fund with the Lustgarden Foundation.

On July 1, 2008, Pastore appeared on NBC's new show, Celebrity Family Feud, as part of a family team trying to win $50,000 for their favorite charity.[7] He first competed, with his friends and family, against the cast of The Girls Next Door. Then Pastore's team made it to the finals against Kathie Lee Gifford's family, but did not win. However, Pastore and his team picked up a $10,000 consolation prize for their charity, which is researching a cure for pancreatic cancer.

On April 8, 2011, Pastore and a business partner appeared on Shark Tank for an investment in "Broccoli Wad", a product that holds money. All the "Sharks" wanted out, and Barbara Corcoran said that "this is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen on this show". She later had the idea of putting Pastore's face and name on the box, and labeling it "Vinnie's Wad". She offered $50,000 for a 40% stake in the company, and would give half of her ownership to Pastore in exchange for his name and face on the packaging; Pastore and his partner agreed.[8] A year later, Pastore made an appearance on an episode of truTV's World's Smartest Inventions after his commercial for "The Broccoli Wad" aired on the show.

As of July 10, 2011 he appeared on the VH1 Marc Cronin-produced reality show Famous Food. In the show, contestants are assigned the task of opening a restaurant on the Sunset Strip.

He appeared with Joseph R. Gannascoli on Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back on January 21, 2020.[9]

Radio and podcast

Pastore previously hosted The Wiseguy Show on Sirius Satellite Radio on the now defunct Raw Dog channel 104. Described as a "weekly three-hour celebration of Italian-American culture." Produced by Sopranos co-star Steven Van Zandt, it currently airs on Wednesdays from 6pm-9pm ET.[10] He has also had stints as a radio host on the New Rochelle, New York station WVOX in 2004 and 2012, with guest appearances in-between.

In September 2020, Pastore started a podcast with Goumba Johnny called Fuhgeddaboudit with Vinny Pastore.[11]

Vincent Pastore's Italian Sauce

In 2019, Pastore launched a tomato sauce business under the name of Vincent Pastore's Italian Sauce. The sauce is made with San Marzano tomatoes, is non-GMO and has no added sugar.[12]

Personal life

Pastore is divorced. He was previously married to Nancy Berke with whom he has a daughter, Renee. He befriended Berke's subsequent husband and donated the winnings from his stint on The Apprentice to a charity in his name. He currently lives on City Island.[13] In 2014, Pastore was diagnosed with prostate cancer.[3] He is often mistaken for Joey Diaz since the two share a strong resemblance.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Black Roses	Tony's Dad
1989	True Love	Angelo
1990	Q & A	Man Sitting at Bar
	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie	Man in Art Gallery
	Backstreet Dreams	Fat Tony
	State of Grace	Borelli's Man
	Goodfellas	Man with Coatrack
	Men of Respect	Sammy
	Street Hunter	Romano Guard Outside Coffin Factory
	Awakenings	Ward #5 Patient #6
1992	The Bet	Nino	Short
	Flodders in America	Man without petrol
1993	Who's the Man?	Tony 'Clams' Como
	Manhattan Murder Mystery	Man in Restaurant
	The Dutch Master	Teresa's Father	Short
	Carlito's Way	Copa Wiseguy
1994	Minges Alley	Bodyguard
	The Ref	State Trooper
	Soup & the Dead	Father	Short
	Hand Gun	Earls Man Harry
	It Could Happen to You	Bowling Team Member #1
	Who Do I Gotta Kill?	Aldo "Birdman" Badamo
1995	The Basketball Diaries	Construction Worker
	The Jerky Boys: The Movie	Tony Scarboni
	Blue Funk	John
	Mott Street	Mott Street Boss	Short
	Italian Movie	Vinny
	Money Train	Gambler
	Pictures of Baby Jane Doe	Dan
1996	Walking and Talking	Laura's Devil-Seeing Patient
	Sunset Park	Charlie the Super
	Gotti	Angelo Ruggiero
	Joe's Apartment	Apartment Broker #2
	Night Falls on Manhattan	Cop #3
	No Exit	Tony Landano
	West New York	Carmine Ferraro
1997	All Over Me	Don
	The Deli	Lou	[1]
	Six Ways to Sunday	Uncle Max
1998	A Brooklyn State of Mind	Vinnie "D"
	Mafia!	Gorgoni
1999	Mickey Blue Eyes	Al
	The Hurricane	Alfred Bello
	18 Shades of Dust	Matty 'The Horse' Brancato
2000	Blue Moon	Joey
	Two Family House	Angelo
	The Rochester Method	Vinnie	Short
	Under Hellgate Bridge	Mitch
	Growing Down in Brooklyn	Sal
2001	The Rules (For Men)
	Made	Jimmy
	Corky Romano	Tony
	Riding in Cars with Boys	Uncle Lou
2002	Deuces Wild	Father Aldo
	Serving Sara	Tony
2003	American Cousins	Tony
	A Tale of Two Pizzas	Vito Rossi
	Mail Order Bride	Tootie
	This Thing of Ours	Skippy
2004	The Cookout	Poo Salesman
	Shark Tale	Luca (voice)
2005	Remedy	Casper Black
	Johnny Slade's Greatest Hits	Vic
	Revolver	Zach
2006	Bachelor Party Vegas	Carmine/Mr. Kidd	Video
	Last Request	Father Patton
2007	Slice	Carmine Leone	Short
	7-10 Split	Tony P.
	Lucky Man		Video short
2008	P.J.	Burt
	College Road Trip	Freddy
	Looking for Palladin	Arnie
	Dough Boys	Mr. Conti
	The Devil's Dominoes	Big John Calabrese
	Return to Sleepaway Camp	Frank	Video
	Tricks of Love	Harry
2009	Split Ends	Tiny Provenzano
	Street Boss	Frank 'The Shank'
	Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!	Carmine Ferraro
	Alienated	Gino	Short
2010	Pizza with Bullets	Don Vito Perspirino
	The Word Is Love	Carmine Ferraro	Video short
	Code Blue	Coach/Sergeant
2011	Joshua Tree	Sal
	The Briefcase
	Run Your Mouth	Boss	Short
	Spy	Dante LeClair
2012	Off Limits	Saverio	Short
	Surviving Family	Mayor Avenoso
	The Woods	Lieutenant Madden
	Saved by the Pole	Crime Boss Louie	Short
2013	Day of Redemption	Sal
	Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn	Luigi Leone
	The Family	Fat Willy
	Torture Chamber	Dr. Fiore
	I'm in Love with a Church Girl	Nick Halston
	Hypothetically	Gene	Short
2014	Tumbleweed: A True Story	Erik Rydell
2015	Thinking with Richard	Balls
	Staten Island Summer	Leo Manicucci
	Red Herring	Saffiote
2016	Oiled Up	Detective James	Short
	Calico Skies	Vincenzo
	Pasquale's Magic Veal	Chef Pasquale	Short
2017	Pitching Tents	Tony
	The Eyes	Harry
	Good n Screwed	Marco Monte
	Blood Circus	Rocco
	The Kids Menu	Pete	Short
	The Fifth Borough	Angelo Battaglia	Short
2018	Who's Jenna...?	Thomas Roma
	Papa	Frankie Vincent
	Bully	Frankie
	Honor Amongst Men	FBI Agent Surveillance
	St. Joseph	Vincent Pastore	Short
	Black Wake	Dr. Jones
	Sarah Q	Mr. Tommy
	Sodfather Spagatoni	Godfather Spagatoni
	Against All Odds
2019	Clinton Road	Club Owner
	Vault	Frank
	Bottom of the 9th	Cosmo
	Bad Art	Papi
	Awakening Arlene	Ed	Short
	Duped	Rocco	Short
2020	For NYC		Short
	Booze, Broads and Blackjack	Vinny Bombayo
2021	Made in Chinatown	Amadore Condimento
	The Birthday Cake	Vito
TBA	Spinning Gold		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	H.E.L.P.	Fireman	Episode: "Fire Down Below"
1992–96	Law & Order	Various	4 episodes
1993	Taking the Heat	Tommy's Man on Courthouse Steps	TV movie
1994	New York Undercover	Goon #1	Episode: "Garbage"
1996	Gotti	Angelo Ruggiero	TV movie
1997	The Last Don	Danny Fuberta	Episode: "Part II"
	Dellaventura	Mickey Ezra	Episode: "With a Vengence"
1998	Witness to the Mob	Mikey De Batt	TV movie
1999	A Slight Case of Murder	Cabby	TV movie
1999–2007	The Sopranos	Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero	25 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2000) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2001)
2000	Bull	Len Rutigliano	2 episodes
2000–02	Son of the Beach	Vinnie Fellachio	Recurring cast
2001	For Your Love	Norm	Episode: "The Not-So-Hostile Takeover"
	Emeril	Vincent Pastore	Episode: "The Sopranos Come to Dinner"
2002	Ed	Ralph Pazzuti III	Episode: "Two Days of Freedom"
	Grounded for Life	Uncle Sal	Episode: "We Are Family"
2003	Queens Supreme	Norm Delgado	Recurring cast
	Last Laugh	Harry Murphy	TV movie
	Less Than Perfect	Bookie	Episode: "Save the Squirrel, But Bet the Over/Under"
2004	Fillmore!	Mr. Casteneda (voice)	Episode: "Code Name: Electric Haircut"
	The Practice	Lenny Pescatore	3 episodes
2005	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Vincent Park - Bowling Agent	Episode: "New Year's Pete"
2006	Las Vegas	Jimmy 'The Chin' Aversano	Episode: "Meatball Montecito"
2007	Everybody Hates Chris	Paulie	Episode: "Everybody Hates Gambling"
2008	General Hospital	Maximus Giambetti	Recurring cast
2008–12	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Terry	3 episodes
2010–12	Pair of Kings	Yamakoshi	Recurring cast
2011	Adults Only	Mitch
2012	Nick the Doorman	Armando	TV movie
	Sherman's in Sanity		2 episodes
2013	Blue Bloods	Richie Tomlin	Episode: "Inside Jobs"
2017	The Uncle Gerry Show	Donnie Zizzo	TV movie
	Animals	Big Pussy (voice)	Episode: "Cats Part I & II"
2018	Hawaii Five-0	Uncle Vito	2 episodes
	The Neighborhood	Rinaldo	Episode: "The Mezuzah"
2019	Wu-Tang: An American Saga	Fat Larry	Recurring cast
2020	Chase Street	Sal Rindini	Main cast

Additional Voice Acting

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Sopranos: Road to Respect	Sal 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero (voice)	Video Game
2021	Around the Sun	Bob (voice)	Audio Drama

References

External links

• Vincent Pastore at IMDb
• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore (* 14. Juli 1946 in der Bronx, New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler italienischer Abstammung. Sehr bekannt wurde er in der Rolle des schwergewichtigen Mafiosos Salvatore „Big Pussy“ Bonpensiero in der erfolgreichen HBO-Fernsehserie Die Sopranos.

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- [en] Vincent Pastore

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[es] Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore (n. el 14 de julio de 1946) es un actor estadounidense, más conocido por su rol de Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero en la serie de TV Los Soprano.

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[ru] Пасторе, Винсент

Винсент Пасторе (англ. Vincent Pastore; род. 14 июля 1946, Бронкс, Нью-Йорк, США) — американский актёр кино и телевидения, известный, главным образом, благодаря роли Биг Пусси Бонпенсьеро в сериале «Клан Сопрано»[3][4].

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