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Frank Vincent is an acclaimed actor,
musician, comedian, author and producer. He was born in North Adams,
Massachusetts of first generation Italian-Americans and raised in the
Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey. Frank's father, an
amateur actor, introduced him to show business at an early age. Frank
acted in school plays and studied music at St. Paul's grammar school. He
played piano, trumpet and drums, but his love for the drums soon took center
stage.
Frank spent his adolescence playing and traveling with various national
championship drum and bugle corps. This passion evolved into playing in
small combos at various nightclubs. He then met record producer Bill
Ramal who became his musical mentor. In time, he became a successful
recording drummer for such prominent names as Don Costa, Paul Anka, Del
Shannon, Trini Lopez and the Belmonts. He found himself playing 5-6
nights a week and recording 3-4 days a week. His insatiable desire for
performing soon came to the forefront and his drum playing became
secondary. At this pace, he developed a stage personality and learned the
meaning of comedic timing and discipline, which would soon lend itself to his
acting career.
In 1975, Frank made his
feature film acting debut in Ralph DeVito's "Death Collector".
Martin Scorsese saw his work and cast him in the 1980 Academy Award-nominated
film of the decade, "Raging Bull"... From that point
until the present day, Frank has appeared in numerous television shows,
music videos and over fifty feature films.
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Frank has demonstrated the
ultimate degree of versatility as an actor from his Raging Bull's arrogant
"Salvi", to his Do The Right Thing's soaking wet
"Charlie", Jungle Fevers racist "Mike Tucci", Casino's
suave "Frankie Marino" and his "Go home and get your shine
box" Goodfella "Billy Batts"... Frank has worked with
some of the greatest directors of our time, notably Martin Scorsese, Brian De
Palma, Spike Lee, John Sayles, Andrew Bergman and Sydney Lumet... He has
acted with such greats as Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore,
Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Quinn, Sharon Stone, Adrien Brody and Sylvester
Stallone, among others... His
voice is featured in the multi-million dollar PlayStation game series Grand
Theft Auto as "Don Salvatore Leone" as well as in DreamWorks' hit
animated film "Shark Tale"... Frank is also the
spokesperson for "Permanent TSB," one of the largest banks in
Ireland... In addition, his career has taken him from recording with
great musical legends to working on music videos with such names as Bruce
Hornsby, Hype Williams, Nas, DMX, Method Man and T-Boz.
Most recently, Frank starred as feared New
York mob boss "Phil Leotardo" on HBO's epic series The Sopranos.
Leotardo's simmering vendetta with "Tony Soprano" brought
exhilarating excitement to millions of viewers week-after-week... Frank
also penned a top-selling book entitled, "A Guy's Guide to Being A Man's
Man," which was published by Penguin Putnam. GQ Magazine said,
"It's awesome!"... Frank also recently starred as the lead in the
upcoming movie, "Chicago Overcoat". Fans are sure to be pleased with
Frank's riveting performance as an aging hit man who comes back for one last
score.
Over the years, Frank has received many
awards for his various achievements on and off the screen. In 2002, he
was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Back East Picture
Show at the Hoboken Film Festival. That same year he received the
Italian-American Entertainer of the Year Award presented by the Italian
Tribune. In 2005, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Garden State Film Festival. In 2006, Frank received the Honorary
Branford Fellow from Branford College, Yale University. That same year
he received a Best Supporting Actor Award for the film "Remedy" at
the International Film and Screenplay Festival. Frank was a cast member when
The Sopranos received the Emmy Award in 2007. In 2008, Frank received
the coveted SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama
Series for The Sopranos.
Frank
currently resides in New Jersey and Florida, and has many film and
television projects in the works.
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