Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello

Birthday: 1933-06-20

Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Biography: Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. (June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ruby (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), Dinner Rush (2000), and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). He had a pivotal role in the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing (1989) as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries The Last Don (1997).

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Léon: The Professional
Léon: The Professional

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-doo...

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Lucky Number Slevin
Lucky Number Slevin

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses....

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The Godfather Part II
The Godfather Part II

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in...

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Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...

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Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggi...

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Moonstruck
Moonstruck

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...

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Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's Ladder

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Pl...

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Prêt-à-Porter
Prêt-à-Porter

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue an...

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The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only esca...

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City Hall
City Hall

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and...

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Mail Order Bride
Mail Order Bride

Nobody likes to be made a fool of, especially no the mafia. So, when it comes to light that a number...

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Radio Days
Radio Days

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York ...

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Dinner Rush
Dinner Rush

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a ...

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Mojave Moon
Mojave Moon

Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie)...

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Fort Apache, the Bronx
Fort Apache, the Bronx

From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. I...

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The January Man
The January Man

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial k...

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Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangster...

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Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk

Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to...

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2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley

In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by t...

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Brooklyn Lobster
Brooklyn Lobster

Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric cr...

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The Pickle
The Pickle

Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead, he made "The Pickle" - a t...

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Off Key
Off Key

A trio of opera singers are reunited by a wedding ten years after their stormy breakup....

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29th Street
29th Street

After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at ...

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The Last Request
The Last Request

Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff l...

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Fingers
Fingers

A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso fathe...

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The Protector
The Protector

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new p...

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Two Much
Two Much

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job le...

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Once Around
Once Around

Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling r...

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Hide in Plain Sight
Hide in Plain Sight

True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Progra...

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The Pick-up Artist
The Pick-up Artist

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to th...

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The Stuff
The Stuff

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a ...

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A Brooklyn State of Mind
A Brooklyn State of Mind

Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny P...

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Ruby
Ruby

Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they...

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Mistress
Mistress

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the s...

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Deathmask
Deathmask

Haunted by the drowning death of his own daughter, a police investigator embarks on an obsessive 10-...

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Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection

Celebration: The Video Collection is a greatest videos DVD compilation by American singer-songwriter...

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The Cemetery Club
The Cemetery Club

The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk ab...

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Zeyda and the Hitman
Zeyda and the Hitman

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Old Enough
Old Enough

The 12 years old well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time toget...

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Hooch
Hooch

Hooch is an inexpensive regional exploitation action-comedy (hicksploitation) about a small county i...

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Mambo Café
Mambo Café

A beautiful Puerto Rican girl and her family in Spanish harlem devise a novel plan to attract busine...

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Daddy
Daddy

Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant....

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Prince of Central Park
Prince of Central Park

A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a grou...

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Shocktroop
Shocktroop

The special commando Delta Force is sent behind the line of fire into the terrain of the enemy. Thei...

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Blood Feud
Blood Feud

Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy's campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice....

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Stallone: Frank, That Is
Stallone: Frank, That Is

An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer...

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Defiance
Defiance

Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Sou...

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White Hot
White Hot

A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer fo...

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Brothers' Destiny
Brothers' Destiny

Threatened with separation, two young brothers escape from an orphanage and make a perilous journey ...

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Lieberman in Love
Lieberman in Love

Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even ...

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Wilbur Falls
Wilbur Falls

A teen gives her graduation address and reveals her involvement in the disappearance of one her clas...

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Power of Attorney
Power of Attorney

Mafia don Joseph Scassi is a man willing to use all of his vast resources to defend himself against ...

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Mulberry St.
Mulberry St.

Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career ...

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Man on Fire
Man on Fire

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daug...

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Alone in the Neon Jungle
Alone in the Neon Jungle

A by-the-book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told ...

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Henry & Me
Henry & Me

A guardian angel takes a gravely ill boy on a magical journey to meet legendary players from the New...

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Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II

A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes on a ...

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The Closer
The Closer

The story follows a skilled negotiator, an expert at closing difficult deals, who becomes entangled ...

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Me and the Kid
Me and the Kid

A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him dur...

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Reach Me
Reach Me

Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former...

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Night of 100 Stars III
Night of 100 Stars III

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy....

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Bloodbrothers
Bloodbrothers

A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own....

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The Last Tenant
The Last Tenant

Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care an...

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Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash

Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches...

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The Front
The Front

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice ...

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The Preppie Murder
The Preppie Murder

This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence poin...

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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Making 'Do the Right Thing'

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing....

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The Neighborhood
The Neighborhood

A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kid...

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The Third Solution
The Third Solution

The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox...

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The Hustler of Money
The Hustler of Money

A veteran bowling hustler tries to teach a young hotshot the finer points of playing the game for mo...

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Little Italy
Little Italy

Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding par...

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Gemini
Gemini

Filmed version of the hit Broadway show with two of the original stars. Set in the backyard of a blu...

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Making a Deal with the Devil
Making a Deal with the Devil

A fascinating and dramatic tale of a behind the scenes plot developed by the FBI as they work secret...

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The Last Big Save
The Last Big Save

A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract that ...

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Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook
Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook

It was a nightmare that shocked not only New York, but all of America. The public outcry about the W...

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Stiffs
Stiffs

Frank Tramontana, a hearse driver who unwittingly gets drawn into a scheme his co-workers have conco...

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18 Shades of Dust
18 Shades of Dust

Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt....

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Key Exchange
Key Exchange

A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exc...

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Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It als...

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A Question of Honor
A Question of Honor

Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to...

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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis

Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Sta...

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The Godmothers
The Godmothers

Two brothers pose as women to avoid marrying a mobster's ugly daughter....

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Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection

The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer M...

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Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed
Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed

Taped in Chicago for HBO in 1990. The sun's too bright, the traffic's going to be bad, there's too m...

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Bang the Drum Slowly
Bang the Drum Slowly

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher a...

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Building 'Jacob's Ladder'
Building 'Jacob's Ladder'

An overview of the making of the film Jacob's Ladder (1990)....

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One Moment
One Moment

Middle-age siblings struggle to manage their lives while caring for their recently widowed aging fat...

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Rabbit Ears -  Pinocchio
Rabbit Ears - Pinocchio

In this Italian children's classic, a lonely toy maker named Gepetto creates a small wooden puppet w...

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