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Chazz Palminteri: Biography

Chazz Palminteri
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  • Birth Name: Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri
  • Birth Place: Bronx, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/15/1952, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor; producer; director; screenwriter; playwright
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Chazz Palminteri Fast Facts:
  • Grew up in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood and witnessed a mob killing at age 9.
  • Following high school, he sang at resorts in the Catskills and fronted the cover band Razzamachazz; also worked as a doorman at New York City nightclub The Limelight.
  • First major big-screen role came in the 1991 crime comedy Oscar.
  • Made his first foray into screenwriting by adapting his one-man play A Bronx Tale into the 1993 crime drama of the same name.
  • Was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994).
  • Received the Leadership in Entertainment Award from the Coalition of Italo-American Associations in 1996, and was presented with a Special Achievement Award for the Performing Arts from the National Italian American Foundation.
  • Chazz Palminteri Relationships:
  • Dante Lorenzo - Son
  • Gabriella Rose - Daughter
  • Gianna Ranaudo - Wife
  • Lorenzo Palminteri - Father
  • Mary Kaufman - Sister
  • Rose Palminteri - Mother
  • Rose Pascarelli - Sister
  • Chazz Palminteri Awards:
  • 1994 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Nominee

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