1959) Italian father and Puerto Rican mother – television/film actor (New York Undercover) Vincent D'Onofrio (born 1959) son of Sicilian parents – film/television actor and director (Full Metal Jacket, Law and Order: Criminal Intent) Giancarlo Esposito (born 1958) Italian father and African-American mother – film actor Cristina Ferrare (born 1950) actress of Italian descent (The Impossible Years) Lou Ferrigno (born 1951) bodybuilder and actor (The Hulk) William Forsythe (born 1955) of partial Italian descent - actor (Out for Justice) Robert Funaro (born 1959) television actor (The Sopranos) Joseph Gannascoli (born 1959) television actor (The Sopranos) Dan Grimaldi (born 1950) television actor (The Sopranos) Robert Hegyes (1951–2012) television actor (Welcome Back, Kotter) Italian-American mother, Hungarian-American father Kathy Hilton (born 1959) Italian grandfather – actress (Happy Days) Hulk Hogan (Terry Gino Bollea) (born 1953) 50% Italian wrestler Anjelica Huston (born 1951) mother of Italian descent and father of English, Irish, and Scottish descent – film actress (Prizzi's Honor) Renée Jones (born 1958) Italian mother and African-American father – soap opera actress (Days of our Lives) Matt Lattanzi (born 1959) Italian father and Polish mother – actor and dancer (My Tutor) Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) Italian mother and Swiss/German father – singer and actress- (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun) Jay Leno (born 1950) Italian-American father and Scottish mother – comedian, former actor, known as host of The Tonight Show Joe Lisi (born 1950) father of Italian descent and mother of Irish descent - television actor (Marvin's Room) Madonna (Ciccone) (born 1958) father of Italian ancestry and mother of French-Canadian ancestry – singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, entertainer (A League of Their Own, Dick Tracy) Ed Marinaro (born 1950) actor and former football player Peter Onorati (born 1953) Italian mother and father Chazz Palminteri (born 1952) film actor (A Bronx Tale) Joe Pantoliano (born 1951) film/television actor (The Sopranos) Joe Penny (born 1956) Italian mother and English father – television actor Robert Picardo (Alphonse) (born 1953) son of Italian parents - actor (976-EVIL) Bronson Pinchot (born 1959) mother of Italian ancestry – actor (Perfect Strangers) Joe Piscopo (born 1951) actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) Jon Polito (1950–2016) Italian father and Anglo-American mother – actor (The Honeymooners) Victoria Principal (born 1950) father of Italian descent – actress (Dallas) Suzi Quatro (born 1950) Italian paternal grandfather Ray Romano (born 1957) actor and comedian (Everybody Loves Raymond) Isabella Rossellini (born 1952) Italian father and Swedish mother –