Danny Mastrogiorgio

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Danny Mastrogiorgio
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present

Danny Mastrogiorgio is an American actor who has also voiced characters for video games. He is best known for providing the voice of Toni Cipriani in the 2005 video game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and for his appearances in movies such as Brother Bear and Enchanted . He has also appeared in several television shows, such as Law & Order .

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Career

Mastrogiorgio has appeared in television shows such as The Sopranos and Law & Order (in addition to two of the show's spinoffs, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent ). Earlier in his career, he appeared in the TV mini-series based on the Mario Puzo novel, The Last Don and The Last Don II. In 2014, Mastrogiorgio played Frankie Carbone on Gotham . [1]

Mastrogiorgio has provided his voice for video games including Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005), Batman: Dark Tomorrow , The Sopranos: Road to Respect and Red Dead Redemption , and for the animated movies Brother Bear and Underdog (2007).

Theater

Mastrogiorgio has also appeared on stage in plays such as The Two Gentlemen of Verona at the New York Shakespeare Festival [ when? ] and The Taming of the Shrew at both the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.[ citation needed ] In the one-man show My Italy Story, written by Joseph Gallo, Mastrogiorgio starred in 1997 as the entire DaGato clan. In their review of the play, The New York Times wrote that the piece was "entertaining" and that as its star, Mastrogiorgio was "engaging". [2] Over its multi-year run, other positive reviews were published in Hartford Courant , [3] Newsday , [4] and New York Daily News . [5]

In February 2014, Mastrogiorgio played the role of Paulie Pennino in Rocky the Musical . [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Sleepers Nick Davenport
1997Budweiser: Louie the LizardFrankie (voice)Video
1998Budweiser: Bad Day to Be a FrogFrankie (voice)Video
Dead BrokeVeduccio
Italian LessonsEnzoShort
2001 Friends & Family Vito Patrizzi
2003 Brother Bear Ram #2 (voice) [7]
2005BackseatAndres
The Producers Jail Guard
2007 Blackbird Kent
Underdog Crazy Dog (voice) [7]
Enchanted Jerry
2009 Fighting Trader Jim
2010 Beware the Gonzo Contact
2011 Top Cat: The Movie Other Voices
2012 One for the Money Lenny
2013RetrogradeJohnShort
2014 God's Pocket Officer Eisenhower
The Mend Richard
The Cobbler Brian
2015Detective Trousers in the Beat Goes OnCaptain Froggyface Padlilly (voice)Short
2019 Share Tony
2021 Rushed District Attorney
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Toupee Tom, Police Officer (voices)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 New York News Rescue WorkerEpisode: "Welcome Back Cotter"
Law & Order Perry BehrensEpisode: "Bitter Fruit"
1997 The Last Don Vincent ClericuzioMain cast
1998The Last Don IIVincent ClericuzioMain cast
1999 Spin City First Reserve WorkerEpisode: "How to Bury A Millionaire"
2000 Third Watch StoneEpisode: "Alone in A Crowd"
Law & Order Bruce ValentineEpisode: "Trade This"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Earl Miller/Earl GilmoreEpisode: "Noncompliance"
2006 The Sopranos Kevin MucciEpisode: "Live Free or Die"
The Book of Daniel Michael VaporelliRecurring cast
2008 Law & Order Nicky FatoneEpisode: "Quit Claim"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent John TestarossaEpisode: "Purgatory"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Orlando McTeerEpisode: "Lunacy"
2009 The Unusuals Wendall TateEpisode: "One Man Band"
2011 White Collar Randy MoroscoEpisode: "What Happens in Burma..."
Person of Interest Derek WhitakerEpisode: "Ghosts"
Prime Suspect King DickensEpisode: "Gone to Pieces"
2012 Blue Bloods Detective FreehillEpisode: "Old Wounds"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mr. FisherEpisode: "Home Invasions"
2013 Elementary James DylanEpisode: "Tremors"
2014 The Leftovers Agent KilaneyEpisode: "Gladys"
Gotham Frankie Carbone Recurring cast: Season 1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit George TurnerEpisode: "Chicago Crossover"
2015 The Good Wife Joe CollinsEpisode: "Wanna Partner?"
Show Me a Hero Peter ChemaRecurring cast
2016 Crisis in Six Scenes CopEpisode: "Episode #1.5"
2016–17 The Affair Detective StantonRecurring cast: season 3
2016–20 Billions Eric "Ike" IsaacsonRecurring cast: season 1, guest: seasons 4–5
2018–19 Instinct Det. Anthony FucciRecurring cast
2020 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit CalabreseEpisode: "Ballad of Dwight and Irena"
2021 The Equalizer Nic PalermoEpisode: "Judgment Day"
Bull Josh ShoemakerEpisode: "Under the Influence"
American Rust Chuck CastellanosEpisode: "Jojo Ameri-Go" & "Debt Collection"
2021–22 The Blacklist Lew SloanRecurring cast: Season 9
2022 Power Book III: Raising Kanan JimmyRecurring cast: season 2
East New York Chief Warren DonaldsonEpisode: "CompStat Interruptus"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Batman: Dark Tomorrow Detective Harvey Bullock, Inmate #2, Robber #2 [7]
Disney's Brother Bear Ram #1
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Ammu-Nation ClerkUncredited
2005 The Warriors Dealer
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Toni Cipriani [7]
2006 The Sopranos: Road to Respect Saul Shapiro
2010 Red Dead Redemption Preacher [7]
2011 Homefront Unknown
2012 Max Payne 3 New Jersey Mobster

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997My Italy StoryEntire DaGato clanA one-man show
2005 The Two Gentlemen of Verona New York Shakespeare Festival
Unknown The Taming of the Shrew Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Old Globe Theatre
2014 Rocky the Musical Paulie Pennino

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  1. "Official synopsis for Gotham episode 4 – 'Arkham'". Simplenewz. September 26, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  2. Van Gelder, Lawrence (April 2, 1997). "Theater review: My Italian Story". The New York Times . Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  3. Rocha, Joseph (June 19, 1995). "Family Reunion is their Italy Story: Clans Coming Together for Actor's Performance". Hartford Courant . Retrieved March 21, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
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  6. "Complete Cast and Creative Team Announced for Rocky on Broadway". playbill.com. Playbill. November 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Danny Mastrogiorgio (visual voices guide)" . Retrieved April 18, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)