Dan Grimaldi

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Dan Grimaldi
Born (1946-03-07) March 7, 1946 (age 78)
Alma mater Fordham University (BS)
New York University (MS)
City University of New York (PhD)
OccupationActor
Years active1979–present

Dan Grimaldi (born March 7, 1946) is an American actor and mathematics professor who is known for his roles as twins Philly and Patsy Parisi on the HBO television series The Sopranos , various characters on Law & Order (19912001), Don't Go in the House (1979), The Junkman (1982), Men of Respect (1990), and The Yards (2000). [1]

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Education

Grimaldi has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Fordham University, a master's degree in operations research from New York University, and a PhD in data processing from the City University of New York, and teaches in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York. [2]

Career

In addition to his role on The Sopranos, he has also had some minor film credits, most notably as mother-fixated pyromaniac Donny Kohler in the 1980 slasher film Don't Go in the House , [3] and some guest TV appearances, including several episodes on Law & Order as well as appearing in 2011 as Tommy Barrone Sr. in "Moonlighting", [4] the 9th episode of the 2nd season of the CBS show Blue Bloods . He appeared as an executive in the 2000 film The Yards and Grimaldi also voices "Frank" for the video game Mafia .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 Don't Go in the House Donny Kohler
1981LongshotCop #1
1982 The Junkman Larry Bergleman
1983 Deadline Auto Theft Carl
1986 Joey Ted
1989Mortal SinsGiraldi
1990 Men of Respect Carmine
1994 Crooklyn Con Ed Man
1994 North Hot Dog Vendor
1994Daddy's GirlShort film
1996West New York Police Captain
1999 The Stand-In Mr. Rosensweig
2000 The Yards Executive One
2008 iMurders Carmine Romano
2009 Chasing the Green Peter Allen
2014 The Quitter Michael Lembo
2016The Atlantic MotelWilliamShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991–2001 Law & Order Various5 episodes
1991 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Waiter1 episode
1997 New York Undercover Mike Waites1 episode
1998 NYPD Blue Joe LatonaTV series; 1 episode
1999 Third Watch BartenderTV series; 1 episode
2000–2007 The Sopranos Patsy Parisi / Philly Parisi 47 episodes
2003 Dragnet Alvin Moresco1 episode
2011 Blue Bloods Tommy Barrone Sr.1 episode

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Mafia Frank Colletti(voice)

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