Jack Scalia
Jack Scalia (born November 10, 1950 in New York City ; born Jack Tomaso Scalia ) is an American actor .
Life and accomplishments
Scalia was an active athlete during his time in high school and college. In the second half of the 1970s he worked as a model , including for Giorgio Armani . As an actor, he made his debut alongside Rock Hudson and Melanie Griffith in the television drama The Star Maker from 1981. In the thriller Fear City - Manhattan 2 o'clock (1984) he appeared in a larger role alongside Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith. In the television comedy Crazy Weekend (1986) he took on the lead role.
Appearances on the television series Dallas from 1987 to 1991 earned Scalia a 1989 Soap Opera Digest Award nomination . For appearances in the series All My Children from 2001 to 2003 he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award in 2003 . His bigger roles include those in the thriller Fellows - Auf Leben und Tod (1998) with Erika Eleniak and those in the thriller Red Eye (2005), in which he embodies a politician whom a hit man ( Cillian Murphy ) wants to kill.
The actor has been married twice and is divorced twice. He has two daughters with film producer and actress Karen Elise Baldwin .
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: The Star Maker
- 1982: The Devlin Connection (TV series)
- 1984: Fear City - Manhattan 2 a.m. (Fear City)
- 1986: Crazy Weekend (Club Med)
- 1987: Remington Steele (TV series)
- 1987: I'll Take Manhattan (miniseries)
- 1987–1991: Dallas (TV series)
- 1989–1990: Wolf (TV series)
- 1990: Stadt in Panik (After the Shock)
- 1992: Tequila and Bonetti ( Tequila and Bonetti , television series, twelve episodes)
- 1994 Terminal Force
- 1995: Pointman (TV series)
- 1996: Invasion from Space (Dark Breed)
- 1998: Fellows - For Life and Death (Charades)
- 1998: Die Almost - Die at last! (Act of War)
- 1998: Betrayed - A woman on the run (Sweet Deception)
- 1998: The Troll King
- 1999: When the Earth Shakes - Race Against Time (Ground Zero)
- 1999: Love and Other Misunderstandings (Follow Your Heart)
- 2000: Tequila & Bonetti (TV series)
- 2001–2003: All My Children (TV series)
- 2002: Shattered Lies
- 2005: Red Eye
- 2006: End Game
- 2006: Honeymoon with Mom
- 2007: Nuclear Hurricane (TV movie)
Web links
- Jack Scalia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scalia, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scalia, Jack Tomaso (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |