Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. (June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019) was an American actor who appeared in numerous motion pictures, 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 i...
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Complete Filmography

One Moment
2021
as Joe McGuinness
Middle-age siblings struggle to manage their lives while caring for their recently widowed aging father.

Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
as Self
An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.

Making a Deal with the Devil
2019
as Mario
A fascinating and dramatic tale of a behind the scenes plot developed by the FBI as they work secretly with the mob to eradicate corruption and crime ...

The Last Big Save
2019
as Louis Brown
A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract that covers his entire career only to ruin it in his fi...

Little Italy
2018
as Carlo
Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzlin...

The Neighborhood
2017
as Joseph Donatello
A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kids until they step on the wrong toes and get caught...

Henry & Me
2014
as Dr. Acosta
A guardian angel takes a gravely ill boy on a magical journey to meet legendary players from the New York Yankees, both past and present.

Reach Me
2014
as Father Paul
Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach.

Mulberry St.
2010
as Self
Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career on Mulberry Street in 1975. For the past year he's...

Stiffs
2010
as Frank Tramontana
Frank Tramontana, a hearse driver who unwittingly gets drawn into a scheme his co-workers have concocted for a series of unfortunate "accidents" desig...

Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection
2009
as Papa (segment "Papa Don't Preach")
Celebration: The Video Collection is a greatest videos DVD compilation by American singer-songwriter Madonna. Released by Warner Bros. Records on Sept...

The Last Request
2006
as Pop
Pop's last request is for his sons to continue the family name. When his brother dies trying, Jeff leaves the seminary and encounters crazy women and ...

Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as Roth
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get ...

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006
as Self
Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families, ...

Brooklyn Lobster
2005
as Frank Giorgio
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state

Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
as Nathan

Mail Order Bride
2003
as Tony Santini
Nobody likes to be made a fool of, especially no the mafia. So, when it comes to light that a number of men from The Mob in New York have fallen for a...

Off Key
2001
as Fabrizio Benini
A trio of opera singers are reunited by a wedding ten years after their stormy breakup.

Prince of Central Park
2000
as Noah Cairn
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a group of people even needier than himself.

Dinner Rush
2000
as Louis Cropa
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to h...

Mambo Café
2000
as Joey
A beautiful Puerto Rican girl and her family in Spanish harlem devise a novel plan to attract business to their restaurant, causing a wildly comic seq...

18 Shades of Dust
1999
as Vincent Dianni
Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.
Wilbur Falls
1998
as Philip Devereaux
A teen gives her graduation address and reveals her involvement in the disappearance of one her classmates, a boy who had taunted her. The film then m...

A Brooklyn State of Mind
1998
as Danny Parente
Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a fi...

Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook
1997
as Narrator
It was a nightmare that shocked not only New York, but all of America. The public outcry about the Willowbrook State School for people with developmen...

Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997
as Mr. Rathbone
Marla Darland is blessed with the voice of an angel, a singing legend. But when her agent, Marty Starr, finds his agency in trouble, he concocts a sin...

Mojave Moon
1996
as Al
Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into ...

2 Days in the Valley
1996
as Dosmo Pizzo
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that...

City Hall
1996
as Frank Anselmo
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.

Two Much
1995
as Gene
Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job leads to an engagement with a rich divorcee. He gets...

Power of Attorney
1995
as Joseph Scassi
Mafia don Joseph Scassi is a man willing to use all of his vast resources to defend himself against an indictment for murder and extortion.

Brothers' Destiny
1995
as Duke
Threatened with separation, two young brothers escape from an orphanage and make a perilous journey from New York to Boys' Town in Nebraska.

Lieberman in Love
1995
as Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman ...

Prêt-à-Porter
1994
as Major Hamilton
During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

Léon: The Professional
1994
as Tony
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA ag...

Me and the Kid
1993
as Harry
A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe.

The Pickle
1993
as Harry Stone
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry ju...

The Cemetery Club
1993
as Ben Katz
The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.

Mistress
1992
as Carmine Rasso
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems t...

Ruby
1992
as Jack Ruby
Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

29th Street
1991
as Frank Pesce Sr.
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police st...
Rabbit Ears - Pinocchio
1991
as Narrator (voice)
In this Italian children's classic, a lonely toy maker named Gepetto creates a small wooden puppet who magically comes to life. In a series of mischie...

Hudson Hawk
1991
as Tommy Five-Tone
Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the...

Once Around
1991
as Joe Bella
Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharp...

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

Madonna: The Immaculate Collection
1990
as Papa (segment "Papa Don't Preach")
The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer Madonna. Released on November 13, 1990 to accompany...

Jacob's Ladder
1990
as Louis
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rap...

Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed
1990
as Self
Taped in Chicago for HBO in 1990. The sun's too bright, the traffic's going to be bad, there's too many people out there... It's just easier to sit ba...

Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

The Closer
1990
as Chester Grant
Aiello plays a powerful salesman whose world is falling apart.

Harlem Nights
1989
as Phil Cantone
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of...
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
as Self
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing.

The Preppie Murder
1989
as Mike Sheehan
This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. Now...

Do the Right Thing
1989
as Sal
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzer...

Shocktroop
1989
as John Cunningham
The special commando Delta Force is sent behind the line of fire into the terrain of the enemy. Their mission goal is to destroy a base where the enem...

White Hot
1989
as Charlie Buick
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been a...

The January Man
1989
as Captain Vincent Alcoa
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A we...

The Third Solution
1988
as George Sherman
The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an event awaited for many generations. Bu...

Alone in the Neon Jungle
1988
as Chief
A by-the-book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up.

Moonstruck
1987
as Mr. Johnny Cammareri
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, ev...

The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Phil Harper
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

Man on Fire
1987
as Conti
Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swank...

Daddy
1987
as Coach Jacobs
Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.

The Hustler of Money
1987
as Master of Ceremonies
A veteran bowling hustler tries to teach a young hotshot the finer points of playing the game for money.

U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
1987
Executive Producer
Two unorthodox, anything-goes law enforcement partners, unencumbered by regulations and the law, search for the killer of a fellow U.S. Marshal in thi...

Radio Days
1987
as Rocco
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...

Key Exchange
1985
as Carabello
A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.

The Protector
1985
as Danny Garoni
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fa...

The Stuff
1985
as Vickers
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dess...

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Monk
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. ...

Deathmask
1984
as Capt. Mike Grasso
Haunted by the drowning death of his own daughter, a police investigator embarks on an obsessive 10-year hunt for the identity of a dead boy, to the d...

The Odds
1984
as Tommy Vale
Bookie never refuses a bet. Bettor only bets long shots and beats impossible odds each time. Bookie's latest bet is that bettor will die of natural ca...

Old Enough
1984
as Mr. Bruckner
The 12 years old well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time together and Karen teaches Lonnie some of her favorite ...

Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Police Chief Vincent Aiello
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the gh...

Blood Feud
1983
as Randy Powers
Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy's campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice.

A Question of Honor
1982
as Martelli
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.

Gemini
1982
as Fran Geminiani
Filmed version of the hit Broadway show with two of the original stars. Set in the backyard of a blue collar South Philadelphia neighborhood early in ...

Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
1981
as Johnson
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, be...

Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
as Morgan
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers cal...

Hide in Plain Sight
1980
as Sal Carvello
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.

Defiance
1980
as Carmine
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a ...

Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Bernie Serino
A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes on a new student who is considered to be "untrainable" ...

Bloodbrothers
1978
as Artie
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.

The Last Tenant
1978
as Carl
Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which particula...

Fingers
1978
as Butch
A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso father, a lifestyle that could eventually ruin his drea...

Hooch
1977
as Tony
Hooch is an inexpensive regional exploitation action-comedy (hicksploitation) about a small county in the Appalachians and its many moonshine-brewing ...

The Front
1976
as Danny LaGattuta
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

The Godfather Part II
1974
as Tony Rosato
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone at...

The Godmothers
1973
as (uncredited)
Two brothers pose as women to avoid marrying a mobster's ugly daughter.

Bang the Drum Slowly
1973
as Horse
The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher w...