Joseph R. Gannascoli

Acting

Joseph R. Gannascoli

Born 1959-02-15 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Joseph R. Gannascoli (born February 15, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Vito Spatafore on the HBO series The Sopranos. Prior to acting, Gannascoli was a professional chef. Gannascoli was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. In the 1980s, he attended St. John's University for two years, majoring in communications. He began his cooking career at Manhattan Market in 1981, before leaving to work at Commander's Palace in New Orleans, and then at various restaurants around the country.

Acting credits

Men in Black 3 poster
6.5

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

Men in Black 3

2012

Ed Wood poster
7.5

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Ed Wood

1994

Basquiat poster
6.6

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

Basquiat

1996

Rob the Mob poster
6.1

The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.

Rob the Mob

2014

Mickey Blue Eyes poster
5.7

An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.

Mickey Blue Eyes

1999

College Road Trip poster
5.4

When an overachieving high school student decides to travel around the country to choose the perfect college, her overprotective cop father also decides to accompany her in order to keep her on the straight and narrow.

College Road Trip

2008

The Funeral poster
6.8

After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

The Funeral

1996

Never Talk to Strangers poster
5.4

Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.

Never Talk to Strangers

1995

Beer League poster
5.1

An unemployed slacker inspires his softball teammates to improve their game to avoid getting kicked out of the local league.

Beer League

2006

The Brawler poster
4.1

The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.

The Brawler

2019

Money for Nothing poster
5.6

When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

Money for Nothing

1993

Corrado poster
3.5

A ruthless mafia hit man is transformed when he rescues a woman who takes the fall for one of his hits.

Corrado

2009

Two Family House poster
6.3

Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family house for him and his wife, Estelle (Katherine Narducci) and converting the ground floor into a neighborhood bar where he can perform. The wrench in the works is that he also inherits the upstairs tenants, Mary,a pregnant Irish girl fresh off the boat (Kelly Macdonald) and her abusive, alcoholic husband, Jim (Kevin Conway). As Buddy's gang of Italians tries to handle the situation, the girl goes into labor, and a baby is born, forcing them all to confront the limits of their tolerance and compassion.

Two Family House

2000

No artwork available
8.5

Benicio del Toro's 1995 short film

Submission

1995

On the Run poster
5.8

Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from prison, Albert's quiet existence is permanently disrupted. what ensues is one long, crazy night in New York that will change both their lives forever.

On the Run

1999

No artwork available
NR

"HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect" is a behind-the-scenes documentary that includes previews of the game, cast and crew interviews, and footage of actors recording their parts for the game.

HBO: The Making of 'The Sopranos: Road to Respect'

2006

Blowfish poster
8.0

Everyone in the trailer park has a secret of their own, including Nick and Gino. Without the comforting distractions of Brooklyn, the brothers lose grip of their long-defined roles, which threatens to expose the unspoken Family secret, that each has kept from the other, for twenty years.

Blowfish

1997

An Act of War poster
4.8

Battling insomnia and undiagnosed PTSD, a war veteran works nights as a projectionist at a decrepit theater. While struggling to adapt to civilian life, he soon finds himself tangled in an inescapable web of seduction, addiction, and violence.

An Act of War

2015

The Kings of Brooklyn poster
2.0

Three childhood friends from Brooklyn are corrupted by the dark side of Wall Street and suffer the consequences of innocence and ignorance.

The Kings of Brooklyn

2004

Meet the Mobsters poster
6.4

Down-and-out lounge singer Johnny Slade is hired by a mystery man to open a hot new club, the catch being he's given a new--and terrible--song to sing each night. Noticing that whenever he sings one a new crime is committed, Johnny gradually realizes his songwriter-benefactor is a powerful mob boss in hiding and his "Greatest Hits" are the only way the man can give orders to his crew...

Meet the Mobsters

2005

Jason's Letter poster
NR

This powerful film addresses the unarmed police shooting in America thru the eye's of 2-young boys, one of whom had to give his life in order for change to even be considered.

Jason's Letter

2017

Leaving Circadia poster
1.0

New Yorkers on the cusp of thirty strive to balance their fading dreams with the growing responsibilities of life, love, and career.

Leaving Circadia

2014

Other Plans poster
5.1

Through a case of mistaken identity, a young executive falls for a man who doesn't fit the life plan she's followed since childhood.

Other Plans

2014

No artwork available
NR

When screenwriter Cal Neros fritters away a million-dollar advance on a script and blows his deadline, the studio boss gives him one week to write the sickest movie ever committed to the screen.

Circus Maximus

2011