actor, former teen star Carlo Imperato (born 1963) is an Italian-American actor, best known for his role as student Danny Amatullo in the 1982 Fame TV series Michael Imperioli (born 1966) film/television actor (The Sopranos) Eddie Jemison (born 1963) film and television actor (Ocean's Eleven) Ashley Judd (Ciminella) (born 1968) Italian-American paternal grandfather – film actor Michael Kelly (born 1968) mother is of Italian descent (Criminal Minds) Artie Lange (born 1967) 50% Italian, 25% German and 25% Native American – film/television actor, stand-up comedian and radio personality Matt LeBlanc (born 1967) Italian mother – television actor (Friends) John Leguizamo (born 1964) Italian, Puerto Rican, and Colombian descent – actor (Ice Age) Téa Leoni (Pantaleoni) (born 1966) Italian great-great-grandfather – actress Louis Lombardi (born 1968) film/television actor (The Sopranos) Ralph Macchio (born 1961) father of Italian and Greek descent, mother of Italian ancestry – film actor (The Karate Kid) Max Martini (born 1969) Italian father Dylan McDermott (born 1961) mother of Italian and English descent, and father of Irish ancestry – film/television actor (The Practice) Tim McGraw (born 1967) 25% Italian blood – actor and country music singer Christopher Meloni (born 1961) Italian father and French Canadian mother – television actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Oz) Sofia Milos (born 1965) Italian father and a Greek mother – actress Kathrine Narducci (born 1965) film/television actress (The Sopranos) Danny Nucci (born 1968) Italian father and Moroccan Jewish mother – film actor (Crimson Tide) Erik Palladino (born 1968) Italian father and Armenian mother – actor (ER) Mark Pellegrino (born 1965) actor of film and television Sean Penn (born 1960) actor, director, screenwriter and producer Maria Pitillo (born 1966) of Italian and Irish descent - actress (True Romance) Teri Polo (born 1969) film and TV series actress Ellen Pompeo (born 1969) paternal grandfather was Italian (Grey's Anatomy) Francesco Quinn (Daniele) (1963-2011) mother of Italian ancestry - actor (Hell Ride) Natalie Raitano (born 1966) television actress (V.I.P.) Norman Reedus (born 1969) Italian grandmother Salli Richardson (born 1967) Black-American/American-Indian mother and part Italian father Lisa Rinna (born 1963) television actress Michael Rispoli (born 1960) actor (The Sopranos) Larry Romano (born 1963) of partial Italian descent – television actor and comedian (The King of Queens) Mark Ruffalo (born 1967) Italian father and half French-Canadian, half Italian mother – critically acclaimed film actor, (Just Like Heaven, 13 Going On 30) Laura San Giacomo (born 1962) actress (Just