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Danny Mastrogiorgio
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present

Danny Mastrogiorgio is an American actor who has also provided voice work for video games. He is best known for providing the voice of Toni Cipriani in the 2005 video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and for his appearances in movies such as Brother Bear and Enchanted. He has also been in several television shows such as Law & Order.

Career

Mastrogiorgio has appeared in television shows such as The Sopranos and Law & Order (in addition to two of the show's spinoffs, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent). Earlier in his career, he appeared in the TV mini-series based on the Mario Puzo novel, The Last Don and The Last Don II.

In addition to Liberty City Stories, Mastrogiorgio has provided his voice for many other projects. These include the video games Batman: Dark Tomorrow, The Sopranos: Road to Respect and Red Dead Redemption, and also the movies Brother Bear and Underdog.

In 2014, Mastrogiorgio had a recurring role on Gotham as Frankie Carbone until his character was later killed off. [1]

Theater

He has also appeared on stage in plays such as The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the New York Shakespeare Festival and The Taming of the Shrew at both the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.[ citation needed] Among his more notable theater performances, the one-man show My Italy Story, written by Joseph Gallo, Mastrogiorgio stars as the entire DaGato clan. In their review of the play, The New York Times wrote that the piece was "entertaining" and that as its star, Mastrogiorgio was "engaging". [2] Over its multi-year run, the play received other positive reviews as well, including those from Hartford Courant, [3] Newsday, [4] and New York Daily News. [5]

In February 2014, Mastrogiorgio played the role of Paulie Pennino in Rocky the Musical. [6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Sleepers Nick Davenport
1997 Budweiser: Louie the Lizard Frankie (voice) Video
1998 Budweiser: Bad Day to Be a Frog Frankie (voice) Video
Dead Broke Veduccio
Italian Lessons Enzo Short
2001 Friends & Family Vito Patrizzi
2003 Brother Bear Ram #2 (voice) [7]
2005 Backseat Andres
The Producers Jail Guard
2007 Blackbird Kent
Underdog Crazy Dog (voice) [7]
Enchanted Jerry
2009 Fighting Trader Jim
2010 Beware the Gonzo Contact
2011 Top Cat: The Movie Other Voices
2012 One for the Money Lenny
2013 Retrograde John Short
2014 God's Pocket Officer Eisenhower
The Mend Richard
The Cobbler Brian
2015 Detective Trousers in the Beat Goes On Captain Froggyface Padlilly (voice) Short
2019 Share Tony
2021 Rushed District Attorney
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Toupee Tom, Police Officer (voices)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 New York News Rescue Worker Episode: "Welcome Back Cotter"
Law & Order Perry Behrens Episode: "Bitter Fruit"
1997 The Last Don Vincent Clericuzio Main cast
1998 The Last Don II Vincent Clericuzio Main cast
1999 Spin City First Reserve Worker Episode: "How to Bury A Millionaire"
2000 Third Watch Stone Episode: "Alone in A Crowd"
Law & Order Bruce Valentine Episode: "Trade This"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Earl Miller/Earl Gilmore Episode: "Noncompliance"
2006 The Sopranos Kevin Mucci Episode: " Live Free or Die"
The Book of Daniel Michael Vaporelli Recurring cast
2008 Law & Order Nicky Fatone Episode: "Quit Claim"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent John Testarossa Episode: "Purgatory"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Orlando McTeer Episode: "Lunacy"
2009 The Unusuals Wendall Tate Episode: "One Man Band"
2011 White Collar Randy Morosco Episode: "What Happens in Burma..."
Person of Interest Derek Whitaker Episode: " Ghosts"
Prime Suspect King Dickens Episode: "Gone to Pieces"
2012 Blue Bloods Detective Freehill Episode: "Old Wounds"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mr. Fisher Episode: "Home Invasions"
2013 Elementary James Dylan Episode: "Tremors"
2014 The Leftovers Agent Kilaney Episode: "Gladys"
Gotham Frankie Carbone Recurring cast: Season 1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit George Turner Episode: "Chicago Crossover"
2015 The Good Wife Joe Collins Episode: "Wanna Partner?"
Show Me a Hero Peter Chema Recurring cast
2016 Crisis in Six Scenes Cop Episode: "Episode #1.5"
2016–17 The Affair Detective Stanton Recurring cast: season 3
2016–20 Billions Eric "Ike" Isaacson Recurring cast: season 1, guest: seasons 4–5
2018–19 Instinct Det. Anthony Fucci Recurring cast
2020 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Calabrese Episode: "Ballad of Dwight and Irena"
2021 The Equalizer Nic Palermo Episode: "Judgment Day"
Bull Josh Shoemaker Episode: "Under the Influence"
American Rust Chuck Castellanos Episode: "Jojo Ameri-Go" & "Debt Collection"
2021–22 The Blacklist Lew Sloan Recurring cast: Season 9
2022 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Jimmy Recurring cast: season 2
East New York Chief Warren Donaldson Episode: "CompStat Interruptus"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Batman: Dark Tomorrow Detective Harvey Bullock, Inmate #2, Robber #2 [7]
Disney's Brother Bear Ram #1
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Ammu-Nation Clerk Uncredited
2005 The Warriors Dealer
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Toni Cipriani [7]
2006 The Sopranos: Road to Respect Saul Shapiro
2010 Red Dead Redemption Preacher [7]
2011 Homefront Unknown
2012 Max Payne 3 New Jersey Mobster

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1997 My Italy Story Entire DaGato clan A one-man show
2005 The Two Gentlemen of Verona New York Shakespeare Festival
Unknown The Taming of the Shrew Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Old Globe Theatre
2014 Rocky the Musical Paulie Pennino

References

  1. ^ "Official synopsis for Gotham episode 4 – 'Arkham'". Simplenewz. September 26, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  2. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (April 2, 1997). "theater review : My Italian Story". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  3. ^ Rocha, Joseph (June 19, 1995). "Family Reunion is their Italy Story: Clans Coming Together for Actor's Performance". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  4. ^ Jacobson, Aileen (April 1, 1997). "Not Quite a Memory / A charming story of going home to Italy". Newsday. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  5. ^ Kissel, Howard (April 2007). "'My Italy Story' Is Half-told New Jersey Man's Search For His Roots Doesn't Run Very Deep". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  6. ^ "Complete Cast and Creative Team Announced for Rocky on Broadway". playbill.com. Playbill. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Danny Mastrogiorgio (visual voices guide)". Retrieved April 18, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript ( link)

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