John Ventimiglia
John Ventimiglia | |
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 Ventimiglia in 2019 | |
| Born | 1963 or 1964 (age 60–61) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse | Belinda Cape (m. 1991) |
| Children | 2 |
John Ventimiglia (/vɛntɪˈmiːljə/, Italian: [ventiˈmiʎʎa]; born 1963 or 1964)[1] is an American actor. He portrayed Artie Bucco in the HBO television series The Sopranos and had a recurring role as Dino Arbogast, an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the NYPD, on the American police procedural/drama series Blue Bloods on CBS.
Early life
[edit]Ventimiglia was born in Ridgewood, Queens to Sicilian immigrants from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey.[2][3] Ventimiglia grew up speaking Sicilian at home with his parents and still speaks fluent Sicilian to this day.[2][4] He graduated from Teaneck High School in 1981 where he played on the football team.[5] In the 1980s he lived in the East Village with Michael Imperioli, who would later play Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos.[6]
Career
[edit]Ventimiglia has had parts in feature films such as Cop Land, Jesus' Son, The Iceman, The Funeral, The Wannabe, and Mickey Blue Eyes and has appeared in numerous television shows including Law & Order and NYPD Blue. He also made a brief cameo in the made-for-television movie Gotti.
In August 2007, Ventimiglia and the David Amram quartet presented a musical and oral homage to sociologist C. Wright Mills and beat author Jack Kerouac. They continued with a Kerouac show in Denmark in autumn of 2007. Ventimiglia starred in the comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead (2008), playing the role of Theo Horace. In 2008, he played a small role as a police officer in Notorious. In 2011, he appeared as "Weinstein" in the film Flypaper.
In 2011, he starred in a small indie film, PONIES.[7] In 2012, he guest starred in the short lived CBS series Made in Jersey. In 2012, he starred as General Humberto Delgado in the Portuguese film Operation Autumn,[8] a film about Delgado's brutal assassination in Spain by the Portuguese fascists.
In 2016, he played Harry Magarac on the episode of Elementary, entitled "Murder Ex Machina", first aired on January 21, 2016. He also did narration for the Nat Geo television documentary series Inside the American Mob.
Legal issues
[edit]On May 24, 2001, actor Vincent Gallo successfully sued Ventimiglia for assault and battery. The New York Supreme Court decided the case in Gallo's favor in Gallo v. Ventimiglia (2001).[9]
In May 2006, Ventimiglia was arraigned on drunken driving, drug possession, and other charges. Police officers allegedly spotted Ventimiglia weaving in and out of traffic, and tested his blood-alcohol content at 0.12 (above the legal limit of .08); while also finding a zip-lock bag with cocaine residue in his possession. He was released on bail.[10] In June, Ventimiglia pleaded guilty to drunk driving; he was fined $500 and had his license suspended for 90 days. His drug possession charges were dropped by prosecutors, as part of a plea deal.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Ventimiglia is married to his wife Belinda, with whom he has a daughter, Lucinda and granddaughter, Shiloh. His youngest daughter, Odele Cape, died in 2023 two months after giving birth to her daughter and Ventimiglia's first grandchild.[12]
He is a lifelong New York Mets fan.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Swoon | Prison Guard | |
| 1994 | Hand Gun | Angel | |
| 1994 | The Cowboy Way | Uniformed Cop | |
| 1994 | Bullets over Broadway | Waterfront Hood | |
| 1994 | Post Cards from America | Driver | |
| 1995 | Party Girl | Tough Guy | |
| 1995 | Angela | Andrew | |
| 1995 | Low | Terry 'Lullaby' Fairlane | |
| 1995 | Stonewall | Tea Dance Bouncer | |
| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | John Who Likes Lesbians | |
| 1996 | Girls Town | Eddie | |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge | Johnny | |
| 1996 | Under the Bridge | Unknown | |
| 1996 | The Funeral | Sali | |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | Detective Manning | |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Joey / Cop | |
| 1997 | Kicked in the Head | Man At Party | |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Officer V | |
| 1997 | Niagara, Niagara | Doug | |
| 1997 | Sue Lost in Manhattan | Larry | |
| 1998 | No Looking Back | Tony, Pizza Guy | |
| 1998 | Claire Dolan | Newark Cab Driver | |
| 1998 | Louis & Frank | Alvin | |
| 1999 | On the Run | Louie Salazar | |
| 1999 | Row Your Boat | Anton | |
| 1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes | Johnny Graziosi | |
| 1999 | Jesus' Son | McInnes | |
| 2001 | Series 7: The Contenders | Dispatch Operator | |
| 2001 | The Boys of Sunset Ridge | Hank Bartlowski at 33 | |
| 2001 | Plan B | Raymond Pelagi | |
| 2002 | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | Narrator | Voice |
| 2005 | The War Within | Gabe | |
| 2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Photographer | Uncredited |
| 2005 | The Collection | Various | |
| 2007 | The Lovebirds | John Constantin | |
| 2009 | The Missing Person | Hero | |
| 2009 | Notorious | Detective Farelli | |
| 2009 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | Theo Horace / Horatio | |
| 2009 | The Hungry Ghosts | James | |
| 2011 | Flypaper | Weinstein | |
| 2011 | Violet & Daisy | Man #1 | |
| 2011 | Ponies | Drazen | |
| 2012 | Alter Egos | Shrink | |
| 2012 | The Iceman | Mickey Scicoli | |
| 2012 | BMW: Bombay's Most Wanted | Unknown | |
| 2012 | Operation Autumn | Humberto Delgado | |
| 2013 | The Cold Lands | Jackson | |
| 2013 | Blood Ties | Detective Valenti | |
| 2014 | Glass Chin | Jack Marchiano | |
| 2014 | Tim Maia | Unknown | |
| 2015 | Houses | Unknown | |
| 2015 | The Wannabe | Arthur | |
| 2015 | Ava's Possessions | Father Merrino | |
| 2016 | The Phenom | 'Red' Briles | |
| 2016 | Money Monster | A Team Leader | |
| 2018 | Cabaret Maxime | Veebie | |
| 2019 | Human Capital | David | |
| 2020 | Haymaker | Javier | |
| 2023 | Ex-Husbands | Sipple |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–2010 | Law & Order | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Manuel | 1 episode |
| 1995 | As the World Turns | Chuck | 1 episode |
| 1996–1999 | New York Undercover | Peter Vitti / Lenny | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | Michael Zorzi | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Feds | Alfonse Bucco | 1 episode |
| 1997 | C-16: FBI | Nick Tulli | 6 episodes |
| 1999–2007 | The Sopranos | Artie Bucco | 37 episodes |
| 2000 | King of the World | Angelo Dundee | TV movie |
| 2000 | Prince Street | Unknown | 2 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Level 9 | Justin Malik | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Six Degrees | Jimmy McLean | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Stanley Vespucci | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ronald Hawk | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Backdrop NYC | Justin | Documentary series |
| 2009 | White Collar | Burrelli | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Mercy | Damiano | 3 episodes |
| 2011–2014 | Blue Bloods | Dino Arbogast | 16 episodes |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Inspector Carl Woods | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Christopher Zambrano | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Made in Jersey | Ed Koeneke | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bobby Navarro | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Believe | Steve | 1 episode |
| 2014–2015 | The Good Wife | Detective Gary Prima | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Warden Ramsey Mills | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Elementary | Harry Magarac | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Vinyl | Lou Meshejian | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Bull | Dormit | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Breaks | Orson Bainbridge | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Crashing | Raymond | 1 episode |
| 2018–2019 | Jessica Jones | Detective Eddy Costa | 14 episodes |
| 2019 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Sugar Man | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Reprisal | Tolly | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Joe Pera Talks with You | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Gaslit | John Sirica | 3 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ Alund, Natalie Neysa (January 28, 2023). "'Sopranos' star John Ventimiglia's daughter Odele dies at 25: 'Heartbroken'". USA Today. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ a b Kushner, Seth; LaSala, Anthony (2007). The Brooklynites. PowerHouse Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-57687-398-4.
I grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. My parents came here from Sicily and they moved to what was actually Queens, but they called Brookalino. It was Ridgewood, which is on the Brooklyn / Queens border.
- ^ Seitz, Matt Zoller. "Actor behind Artie Bucco shows another side", Archived April 18, 2001, at the Wayback Machine, The Star-Ledger, September 18, 2000. Accessed February 6, 2024. "The multi-talented Ventimiglia is also a painter and a singer-songwriter (formerly with the defunct '80s guitar rock band Zuzu's Petals). He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Teaneck."
- ^ Ordoña, Michael. "The performance: John Ventimiglia; 'The Sopranos' Artie Bucco sheds the Mafia-type roles for that of a vampire in 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead.'", Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2010. Accessed August 18, 2015.
- ^ Hi-Way 1981 Yearbook, p. 69.
- ^ "Inside the Zen Mind of Michael Imperioli". GQ. September 3, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Rosen, Christopher (July 12, 2012). "John Ventimiglia, 'Ponies' & 'Sopranos' Star, On Leaving Artie Bucco Behind". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1884380 Operation Autumn [user-generated source]
- ^ "Gallo v. Ventimiglia". 2001. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ Associated Press (May 2, 2006). "Two more of 'Sopranos' cast in real-life trouble". Today.
- ^ "'Sopranos' actor pleads guilty to drunk driving". Today. June 26, 2006.
- ^ Garner, Glenn. "'Sopranos' Alum John Ventimiglia's Daughter Odele Cape Dead at 25: 'Leaves a Huge Hole in Our Lives'", People, January 26, 2023. Accessed February 18, 2024. "Odele is survived by her father John, mother Belinda, sister Lucinda and daughter Shiloh."
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- Living people
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- American male television actors
- American people of Italian descent
- People of Sicilian descent
- Male actors from Queens, New York
- Teaneck High School alumni
- People from Ridgewood, Queens
- People from Park Slope
- Male actors from Teaneck, New Jersey
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors