Antonino Paone (born July 29, 1955) is an Italian-American actor from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Paone was born in Bova Marina, Calabria, Italy, in 1955. The son of a tailor, Paone grew up in the French Quarter in the midst of an eclectic melting pot of New Orleans characters. By age 20, he had worked as a men's clothing salesman, a grocery clerk, and taken a turn as an MP in the U.S. Army. He graduated from the University of New Orleans with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Paone spent 18 months in Los Angeles to further his film career before Hurricane Katrina. Since the storm, he's lived in his home in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans, spitting distance from the Mississippi River.
Paone has appeared in a number of films, including Tony Bravo in Scenes from a Forgotten Cinema , Mr. 3000 with Bernie Mac, Jump Out Boys with Kris Kristofferson, Angels Die Slowly , [1] I Love You Phillip Morris with Jim Carrey, Righteous Kill , and Inside Out with WWE's Triple H. TV highlights include spots on HBO's Treme , MonsterWolf , and House of Bones . He also appeared in the webseries Alouette . [2] [3]
In 2013 Paone appeared as himself in the 2013 feature-length documentary Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker . [4]
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. He has had seven top 20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in U.S. jazz chart history as of 2009.
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Antonino is an Italian masculine given name that is a form of Antonio, as well as a surname. Below is a list of notable people with the name.