Robert Pastorelli Biography

Fast Facts

• Helped to establish New Jersey's annual Garden State Film Festival, which bestows the esteemed Robert Pastorelli Rising Star Award to a promising young actor each year in his memory
• Brother of professional opera singer Gwen Pastorelli
• Quote: "You do a show and go home and don't realize the impact you're having․"
• His last starring role on the silver screen was in the 2005 comedy "Be Cool," which was released the year following his death
• His very first film role was as a guard in the 1984 comedy "I Married a Centerfold․"
• As a teenager, his aspirations to become a professional boxer were dashed following an injurious car accident
• Appeared in a 1994 commercial for M&M's