Biography of lillo brancato
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Lillo Brancato
ACTOR
1976 - Today
Lillo Brancato
Lillo Brancato Jr. (born August 30, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Calogero in Robert De Niro's 1993 directorial debut, A Bronx Tale. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lillo Brancato has received more than 1,827,808 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lillo Brancato is the 10,570th most popular actor (down from 9,696th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Colombia (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Colombian Actor.
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Among ACTORS
Among actors, Lillo Brancato ranks 10,570 out of 13,578. Before him are Gemma Whelan, Kristine Froseth, Atsuko Maeda, Wheeler Oakman, Anna Camp, an
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Lillo Brancato
American actor (born 1976)
Lillo Brancato | |
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Brancato in 2023 | |
| Born | Saúl Rodríguez (1976-08-30) August 30, 1976 (age 48) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–2007, 2014–present |
Lillo Brancato Jr. (born August 30, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Calogero in Robert De Niro's 1993 directorial debut, A Bronx Tale. He also portrayed Matthew Bevilaqua, a young aspiring mobster, on The Sopranos.
Early life
[edit]Brancato was born Saúl Rodríguez in Bogotá, Colombia,[1] on August 30, 1976.[2] Adopted when he was four months old, he was raised by Italian-American parents, Lillo Brancato Sr., a construction worker, and Domenica, an electrolysist,[3] in Yonkers, New York. Brancato studied at Mount Saint Michael Academy. His adoptive brother, Vinny, briefly worked as a fashion model and now works as a Yonkers civil servant.[4]
Although he
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‘Bronx Tale’ star Lillo Brancato: I’m clean and inspiring others after cop slay horror
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent – and actor Lillo Brancato is spreading that “Bronx Tale” grundregel, one addict at a time.
Brancato portrayed Robert dem Niro’s son, Calogero, in the coming-of-age classic, then won a role as a minor mobster in “The Sopranos.”
But in 2005, Brancato’s life infamously spun out of control: hopelessly addicted to crack and heroin, he burgled a friend’s house with an accomplice when a hero off-duty cop who confronted them was shot dead.
The actor was acquitted of murder but served eight years for the botched heist.
Now he has funnen a third act: inspiring others to stay clean and dirigera clear of crime, through both an Instagram konto with 95,000 followers, and working at an addiction treatment facility in New Jersey.
And he tells The Post, it is the words of De Niro’s “A stadsdel i new york Tale” character,