Gianni Russo

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Louis Giovanni "Gianni" Russo (born December 12, 1943 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American actor and singer of Italian origin.

Life

Growing up in Rosebank, Staten Island (New York City, USA), he claimed he had ties to the Mafia and that his uncle was a member of the Gambino Mafia family. In his podcast and his biography of the same name, however, he works with the author Patrick Picciarelli on the contradicting portrayal that he grew up in Little Italy, on Mulberry Street. Following a five-year hospitalization for polio, he dropped out of school without any qualifications. It caught Frank Costello's attention . Costello was a Calabrian and an influential member of a group known as the National Crime Syndicate . It was an international criminal organization that made huge profits through gambling, betting, extortion, prostitution and alcohol smuggling. Initially entrusted with smaller tasks, he gained great trust and reputation in those circles under the nickname "The Kid".

There are allegations that the Gambinos persuaded director Francis Ford Coppola to cast Russo in the role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather , which made him famous in the film industry. In Coppola's second part of The Godfather , he appeared again for a short time in a flashback . After his roles in the godfather films , he got other roles in over 50 different productions.

In 1996 he wrote the screenplay for the film The Revenge of the Cartel . The year before, he was involved as a screenwriter on the film PCH .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home. Retrieved January 25, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Russo, Gianni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russo, Louis Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and singer of Italian origin
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City