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Frank Pellegrino

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Birth name East Harlem, New York, United States
Nationality USA

Frank Pellegrino is an American actor and restaurateur.

Born in East Harlem, Pellegrino has often acted in law and gangster-themed film and television productions. He was a member of an early 1960s singing group called the Holidaes. There is a rare recording of a song called "Never" that appears on FOUND IN THE BASEMENT VOL. 1. Notable roles of his include Johnny Dio in GoodFellas, assorted appearances on Law & Order, and FBI Chief Frank Cubitoso on The Sopranos.

Pellegrino is a co-owner of the restaurant Rao's in New York City. Books written by Pellegrino include Rao's Cookbook, Rao's Recipes from the Neighborhood and Rao's on the Grill. He also produced the CD An Evening at Rao's, featuring music from Rao's jukebox.

Frank Pellegrino sings on the "Heavenly Lullabies" Cd with Dr. Kathy Reilly Fallon which was dedicated to the Babies & Orphans of 9-11-01. He is co-author and sings on "Heavenly Skies & Lullabies Illustrated Song Book & Cd" with Dr. Kathy Reilly Fallon. These two projects were produced by Heavenly Productions Foundation, a 501c-3 not for profit charity based in Armonk, New York that help children in need and in distress.

Usually with

Garry Pastore
Garry Pastore
(3 films)
Tony Sirico
Tony Sirico
(3 films)
Tony Darrow
Tony Darrow
(2 films)
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Filmography of Frank Pellegrino (15 films)

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Actor

Brooklyn Lobster, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Danny Aiello, Jane Curtin, Heather Burns, Marisa Ryan, Ricky D. Aiello, Barbara Garrick
Rating62% 3.146443.146443.146443.146443.14644
Giorgio's Lobster Farm est une tradition à Brooklyn depuis plus de 65 ans. Tenu par un équipage excentrique et servant les meilleurs fruits de mer de l'État.
Happy End
Happy End (2003)

Directed by Amos Kollek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Audrey Tautou, Justin Theroux, Jennifer Tilly, Laila Robins, Catherine Curtin, Jim Parsons
Rating53% 2.6529052.6529052.6529052.6529052.652905
Val, une jeune femme souhaitant devenir actrice, vient tenter sa chance à New York. Sans domicile fixe, elle fait des rencontres de hasard : un scénariste cynique en panne d'inspiration, une lesbienne psychopathe... Petits boulots, ronde des castings... Val collectionne les galères. Mais elle a juré à sa mère de devenir une star, et la vie ressemble parfois aux contes de fées...
Plan B
Plan B (2001)
, 1h38
Directed by Greg Yaitanes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Paul Sorvino, Diane Keaton, Anthony DeSando, Nick Sandow, John Rothman, Maury Chaykin
Rating44% 2.218752.218752.218752.218752.21875
Un honnête comptable pense qu'une femme, Fran Varecchio (Diane Keaton), a tué trois gangsters. Il confie ce secret à son supérieur qui accuse Varecchio d'être une tueuse à gages, ce qui va tout de suite créer une terrible méprise.
Mickey Blue Eyes, 1h42
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Burt Young, Joe Viterelli, James Fox
Roles Sante
Rating58% 2.948522.948522.948522.948522.94852
Michael Felgate is an English auctioneer living in New York where he manages the Cromwell auction house. He proposes marriage to his girlfriend Gina Vitale, but is shocked to be turned down. Gina tearfully explains that her father Frank and most of her cousins and uncles are gangsters deeply involved in a Mafia crime family, and she is worried that Michael may be sucked into their world. Michael retorts that he will not let this happen, but barely is their engagement party over before he is unwittingly involved in a money laundering scam, and soon the FBI takes an interest in him.
Double Take, 1h26
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Craig Sheffer, Costas Mandylor, Brigitte Bako, Dan Lett, Torri Higginson, Maurice Godin
Roles Frankie
Rating46% 2.326922.326922.326922.326922.32692
Un écrivain (Craig Sheffer) est témoin d'un meurtre. Il est approché par la compagne (Brigitte Bako) de l'accusé pour changer son témoignage dont il se rend compte qu'il est inexact, ce qui l'amène à sortir de ses livres pour se compromettre dans meurtre et chantage... à quel profit ?
One Tough Cop, 1h27
Directed by Bruno Barreto
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Stephen Baldwin, Chris Penn, Gina Gershon, Mike McGlone, Luis Guzmán, Paul Guilfoyle
Rating51% 2.5539152.5539152.5539152.5539152.553915
Detective Bo Dietl and his partner investigate the rape and murder of a nun. Meanwhile, Dietl learns that his partner has a gambling problem, and is in debt to loan sharks.
Cop Land
Cop Land (1997)
, 1h44
Directed by James Mangold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Michael Rapaport, Robert Patrick
Rating69% 3.4985453.4985453.4985453.4985453.498545
In the fictional town of Garrison, New Jersey, located across the Hudson River from New York City, a number of residents are NYPD officers. Local Sheriff Freddy Heflin (Sylvester Stallone) is secretly in love with Liz Randone (Annabella Sciorra), whose life he once saved after a car accident. Her rescue cost him the hearing in one ear and made him ineligible to become a New York City cop, as so many of his peers did, including Liz's abusive and unfaithful husband Joey Randone (Peter Berg).
Angie
Angie (1994)
, 1h47
Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Aida Turturro, Geena Davis, Stephen Rea, James Gandolfini, Philip Bosco, Jenny O'Hara
Rating54% 2.704362.704362.704362.704362.70436
Angie (Geena Davis) is an office worker who lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York and dreams of a better life. After learning that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Vinnie (James Gandolfini), she decides that she will have the baby, but not Vinnie as a husband.
It Could Happen to You, 1h41
Directed by Andrew Bergman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda, Rosie Perez, Wendell Pierce, Isaac Hayes, Seymour Cassel
Roles Water's Edge Maitre D'
Rating64% 3.200433.200433.200433.200433.20043
Policeman Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) is a kind and generous man who loves his job in Queens, New York, where he lives. His wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez), works at a hair salon and, unlike him, is selfish, greedy, and materialistic, constantly complaining about their situation in life. Waitress Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda) is bankrupt because her husband, Eddie (Stanley Tucci), whom she could not yet afford to divorce, emptied their joint checking account without her permission, while also leaving her with a credit card debt of over $12,000. Charlie meets her when she waits on him at the diner where she works. Since he doesn't have enough money to pay the tip, he promises to give her either double of it or half of his prospective lottery winnings the next day. He wins $4 million (in 21 annual payments) in the lottery the next day and keeps his promise, despite Muriel's protests. He and Yvonne become stars almost immediately. She buys the diner and sets up a table with his name at which people who can't afford food can eat for free. In another development, he becomes a hero for foiling an attempted robbery at a grocery store but gets wounded in the process, forcing him to take leave from the police force. Meanwhile, Muriel goes on a shopping spree, and also contracts for disruptive renovations to their apartment without having consulted him.
Alive
Alive (1993)
, 2h
Directed by Frank Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Documentary, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Sports films, Transport films, Aviation films, Rugby, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, John Newton, Bruce Ramsay, Illeana Douglas
Roles Sgt. Ovidio Joaquín Ramírez, Steward
Rating70% 3.5475753.5475753.5475753.5475753.547575
The film opens with a series of photographs of the Stella Maris College's Old Christians Rugby Team. Carlitos Páez explains that the pictures were taken by his father and points out several members of the team, including himself as a young man, Alex Morales, Felipe Restano, Nando Parrado and the team's Captain Antonio Balbi. Carlitos then reflects on the accident in a brief monologue, speaking of heroism, the gravity of the situation and of solitude and faith.
GoodFellas
GoodFellas (1990)
, 2h26
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Mob film, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Sivero
Roles Johnny Dio
Rating85% 4.257364.257364.257364.257364.25736
Henry Hill says, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster", referring to his idolizing the Lucchese crime family gangsters in his blue-collar, predominantly Italian-American neighborhood in East New York, Brooklyn. Wanting to be part of something significant, Henry quits school and goes to work for them. He is able to make a living for himself and learns the two most important lessons in life: "Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut", the advice given to him after being acquitted of criminal charges early in his career.
Food of the Gods II, 1h31
Directed by Damian Lee
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Lisa Schrage, Colin Fox, Frank Pellegrino, Jackie Burroughs
Roles Joshua
Rating40% 2.0164452.0164452.0164452.0164452.016445
Dr. Neil Hamilton (Paul Coufos) receives a call from his mentor Dr. Kate Travis (Jackie Burroughs) about a young boy named Bobby, whose deficient growth has been treated with Travis' experimental serum. Bobby has swiftly and unexpectedly grown larger than a full-grown adult and become violent. To find an antidote, Neil takes a sample of the serum back to his lab at a university science complex. There, animal-rights activists led by Mark Hales (Réal Andrews) and Neil's girlfriend Alex Reed (Lisa Schrage) are protesting the work of Prof. Edmund Delhurst (Colin Fox), who claims to study cancer but in fact subjects animals to experimentation seeking a cure for baldness.
Too Outrageous!, 1h45
Directed by Richard Benner
Origin Canada
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Craig Russell, Frank Pellegrino, Michael J. Reynolds, Jimmy James, Ron White
Rating60% 3.041973.041973.041973.041973.04197
A sequel to the 1977 film Outrageous! Too Outrageous! is about the further adventures of Robin Turner, a gay hairdresser-turned-drag queen nightclub performer.

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