Adam Ferrara

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Adam Ferrara
Born Queens, New York, United States
Medium Stand-up, film, television
Education Marist College
Years active1991–present
Website adamferrara.com

Adam Ferrara (born February 2, 1966) is an American actor and comedian known for playing the role of Chief "Needles" Nelson on the FX series Rescue Me . He was a co-host on the U.S. version of Top Gear and played NYPD Sgt. Frank Verelli opposite Edie Falco on Showtime series Nurse Jackie . He also played Detective Tommy Manetti on the television series The Job .

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Biography

Ferrara grew up in Huntington Station, New York in an Italian-American family. He is married to indie actress Alex Tyler, who is on the cover of his comedy DVD Funny as Hell. She also plays the "Beautiful She Devil" in the special's introductory sketch.

Career

Ferrara has performed on Comedy Central Presents and has twice been nominated for the American Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-Up. Ferrara frequently performs stand-up at Caroline's and the Comedy Cellar. Ferrara also tours often, performing stand-up at the top clubs around the country.

He has performed stand-up several times on The Tonight Show , the Late Show with David Letterman , and Comedy Central. His stand-up was featured in Comedy Central's animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties in 2004.

In 2009, Ferrara performed in an hour stand-up special which aired on Comedy Central entitled Funny As Hell, and was released on DVD the same day. Ferrara appeared on The Tony Kornheiser Show on January 24, 2013, and has made numerous in-person and telephone appearances since that time.

Ferrara co-hosted the American version of Top Gear . [1]

He recently came up with his new podcast '30 Minutes You’ll Never Get Back', which was listed as a 'must listen' by Hidden Remote. [2] [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Flying Blind GeraldEpisode: "The People That Time Forgot"
1994 A&E's An Evening at the Improv SelfSeason 15, episode 13
1996–1998 Caroline in the City Pete Spadaro3 episodes
1997 Social Studies Dan Rossini2 episodes
1997DadsCarl Sr.TV short
1999 The Love Boat: The Next Wave StanEpisode: "Prom Queen"
2001–2002 The Job Tommy Manetti19 episodes
2003 Ash Tuesday Greg
2003 Law & Order Monty BenderEpisode: "Smoke"
2004NoiseYoung Detective
2004–2007 The King of Queens Waiter / Jack / Nick3 episodes
2006 Last Request Cousin Frank
2006A Merry Little ChristmasDonnie ManningTV movie
2006–2011 Rescue Me Chief 'Needles' Nelson50 episodes
2008 Definitely, Maybe Gareth
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Sergeant Howard
2009 Winter of Frozen Dreams Burr
2009 The Unusuals Vice Detective #2Pilot episode
2009Around The BlockSean
2009 Ugly Betty SammyEpisode: "Blue on Blue"
2009The PackCassidy
2010Dennis Leary & Friends Presents: Douchebags & DonutsHimself
2011 Dirty Movie Dr FeelgoodComedy movie
2010–2016 Top Gear Host72 episodes
2013-2015 Nurse Jackie NYPD Sgt. Frank Verelli20 episodes
2014 Hell's Kitchen HimselfSeason 13 Episode 4: "15 Chefs Compete"
2017 Kevin Can Wait BillEpisode: "Choke Doubt"
2017 Criminal Minds Bob HammondEpisode: "Hell's Kitchen"
2018 The Good Fight Officer GlasserEpisode: "Day 436"
2018 Deception Officer Howie MaslinEpisode: "Getting Away Clean"
2018 Little Italy Salvatore "Sal" Angioli
2019 Why Women Kill Leo MosconiEpisode: "Murder Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry"
2021, 2024 NCIS Sammy2 episodes
2023 FBI Detective Nick ZitoEpisode: "Privilege"
2025 Elsbeth Gene Genetti Sr.Episode: "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant"

References

Notes
  1. "Adam Ferrara in US 'Top Gear 'for History and BBC series - Monsters and Critics". Archived from the original on April 24, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
  2. "Adam Ferrara talks with Jay Leno, Kevin James, Adam Carolla and more in new podcast". Hidden Remote. January 23, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  3. "Reviews For The Podcast "The Adam Ferrara Podcast" Curated From iTunes". www.podparadise.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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