Steve Schirripa
(born 1958) [1] is an American actor most famous for his role as Bobby Baccalieri on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos
.
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Biography
Early life
Steve Schirripa, Born to an Italian Father and a Jewish Mother was born
Steven R. Schirripa
in
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn,
New York.
Film work
During his work in Las Vegas he landed a role as an extra in the
Martin Scorsese classic
Casino
. He played a customer at the bar in the infamous scene when
Joe Pesci's character angrily stabs a man with a pen.
After this he decided that he wanted to become an actor, Schirripa had several minor roles in movies, including
The Runner
(1999) and
Joe Dirt
.
His many television appearances include
Angel
,
Casino Cinema
,
Star Trek: Enterprise
,
Hollywood Squares
,
Joey
,
Law & Order
,
My Wife and Kids
,
Ed
,
Jeopardy!
,
The George Lopez Show
,
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
and
The King of Queens
.
[2]. He recently appeared on CBS's primetime game show
Million Dollar Password
. Furthering his game show enthusiasm, Schirripa appeared on the game show
Pyramid
helping contestant Scott Zinser win $10,000.
Schirripa was a frequent guest on the
Don Imus radio program. In February 2007, Schirripa began to make appearances for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
on
Spike TV, siding with
Team 3D as their cousin in their ongoing battle against
The Latin American Xchange. On October 30, 2007 he appeared on
The Podge and Rodge Show
. He is also currently doing spots as "Steve the Judgmental Bastard" on
The Tonight Show
with
Jay Leno, and has recently taped several episodes of
The Gong Show with Dave Attell
as one of the celebrity judges. He currently has a recurring role as Ben's dad in the
ABC Family show
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
.
Schirripa now hosts a food based show on
Lifeskool entitled
Steve Schirripa's Hungry
.
In 2009, he made a cameo appearance alongside fellow
Sopranos
actor
Frank Vincent in
Stargate Atlantis
episode "
Vegas".
[3]
Recently, he was in
My Fake Fiance with
Melissa Joan Hart and
Joey Lawrence as The Monkey.
Schirripa was also the co-host on NBC's
Today Show during their 4th hour with Kathie Lee as Hoda was out. This occurred the week of July 17th.
He will host NBC's poker game show,
Face the Ace
. The first episode aired on August 1st, 2009.
Personal life
Steve Schirripa now resides in
New York City living with his wife, Laura Schirripa, and their two daughters, Bria and Ciara.
Although never in the mob himself, Schirripa often rubbed elbows with "connected" people, and was familiar with the mob type. Before getting into acting, he worked on the
Las Vegas Strip as the
Riviera entertainment director. He continues to work for the casino as a consultant. He is a host on
Spike TV's
Casino Cinema.
Schirripa has also written a series of
Goomba books with Charles Fleming, such as
The Goomba's Guide to Life
,
The Goomba's Book of Love
, and
The Goomba Diet
.
References
- Steve Schirripa Biography (1958?-)
- The Sopranos: Final Season; Begins Sunday, April 8
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