son of Sicilian parents – film/television actor, often cast as a mobster (The Sopranos) Frank Pellegrino (1944–2017) television actor Joe Pesci (born 1943) Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster or funnyman (Goodfellas, Casino) Bernadette Peters (Lazzara) (born 1948) actress and singer Joseph Pilato (1949-2019) son of Italian parents - film and voice actor (Day of the Dead) Michael Richards (born 1949) mother of Italian ancestry – television actor (Seinfeld) Tommy Rettig (1941–1996) Italian-American mother and Jewish father – television actor (Lassie) Leo Rossi (born 1946) Italian-American actor, writer and producer Susan Sarandon (born 1946) mother of Italian ancestry – Academy Award-winning film actress (Thelma and Louise) Vincent Schiavelli (1948–2005) film actor Talia Shire (born 1946) film actress, sister of Francis Ford Coppola (Rocky) Nancy Sinatra (born 1940) singer and actress, daughter of Frank Sinatra Tony Sirico (1942-2022) son of Sicilian parents – film/television actor (The Sopranos) Bruce Springsteen (born 1949) 50% Italian, 25% Irish and part Dutch – singer and actor Sylvester Stallone (born 1946) film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Rocky), father of Italian immigrant Daniel J. Travanti (born 1940) son of Italian immigrants – film/television actor (Hill Street Blues) Victoria Vetri (born 1944) model and actress Burt Young (Morea) (born 1940) film actor (Rocky) Tom Savini (born 1946) actor, prosthetic makeup artist, director 1950s Ray Abruzzo (born 1954) television actor (The Sopranos) Sharon Angela (born 1958) television actress (The Sopranos) Michael Badalucco (born 1954) film actor (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) Danny Bonaduce (born 1959) Italian father – television actor (The Partridge Family) Elizabeth Bracco (born 1959) Italian father and mother of French descent – television actress (The Sopranos) Lorraine Bracco (born 1954) Italian father and mother of French descent – Academy Award-nominated actress (The Sopranos, Goodfellas) Steve Buscemi (born 1957) Italian father and part Irish mother – actor (Fargo, Reservoir Dogs) Joseph Cali (born 1950) film actor (Saturday Night Fever) Carl Capotorto (born 1959) television actor (The Sopranos) David Caruso (born 1956) Italian father and Irish mother – film/television actor (CSI: Miami) Dennis Christopher (Carrelli) (born 1955) Italian father and Irish mother - actor (Django Unchained) Vincent Curatola (born 1953) television actor (The Sopranos) Beverly D'Angelo (born 1951) father of Italian descent – film actress (Vacation) Tony Danza (born 1951) actor/talk show host (Who's The Boss, Family Law) Robert Davi (born 1951) film actor (The Goonies) Michael DeLorenzo (born