Danny Nucci

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Danny Nucci
Born (1968-09-15) September 15, 1968 (age 56)
Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
Nationality United States
Alma mater Grant High School
OccupationActor
Years active1984–present
Spouses
Terre Bridgham
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(m. 1995;div. 1998)​
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(m. 2003)​
Children2

Danny Nucci (born September 15, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in blockbuster films, including his roles as Danny Rivetti in Crimson Tide (1995), Lieutenant Shepard in The Rock (1996), Deputy Monroe in Eraser (1996), and Fabrizio de Rossi in Titanic (1997), [1] as well as his lead role as Mike Foster in the Freeform series The Fosters (2013–2018).

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Personal life

Danny Nucci was born on September 15, 1968 in Klagenfurt to a Jewish family. [2] His family had emigrated from Morocco to Italy and then to Austria. After Austria, his family immigrated to the New York City when he was still a child. [3]

After temporarily living in Queens, the family settled in the San Fernando Valley, where Nucci graduated from Grant High School. He married Terre Bridgham in 1995, and they had a daughter before their divorce in 1998. He played lovers with Paula Marshall in the 1997 film That Old Feeling ; they married in 2003, and have a daughter.

Career

During the 1990s, Nucci played characters who are unceremoniously killed off in three blockbuster films— Eraser , The Rock and Titanic (as Fabrizio De Rossi, Jack Dawson's Italian friend)—which were released within 20 months of each other between 1996 and 1997. His character in Alive (also known as Alive: The Miracle of the Andes) (1993) survives.

Elsewhere in film, he starred as Spider Bomboni in Book of Love (1990) [4] and as Petty Officer Danny Rivetti in the Gene Hackman-Denzel Washington thriller Crimson Tide (1995). He played the roles of Benny Rodriguez in the straight-to-video film The Sandlot: Heading Home (2007) and a Port Authority police officer in World Trade Center (2006).

Nucci appeared as Gabriel Ortega on the CBS soap opera Falcon Crest from 1988 to 1989, [5] and as Vincent Sforza in the television miniseries Firestarter 2: Rekindled (2002). Other notable TV appearances include Growing Pains , Out of This World , Quantum Leap , Family Ties , The Twilight Zone , Tour of Duty , Snoops , Just Shoot Me , House , Without a Trace , Criminal Minds , The Mentalist , CSI: NY , three episodes of Castle and one episode of Arrow . Along with Ernie Hudson, he co-starred in the short-lived police drama series 10-8: Officers on Duty . He provided the voice of Alberto the Chihuahua in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue .

In 2010, he portrayed John Gotti in Sinatra Club, and Dante McDermott in the science-fiction film Nephilim. In 2011, he co-starred in the mystery thriller Escapee. Until 2018, Nucci played Mike Foster on the Freeform (formerly ABC Family) drama The Fosters . [6]

Nucci portrayed Pop, the father of main character Felix Funicello, in the 2014 Lifetime television movie Wishin' and Hopin' .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Explorers Steve Jackson's Gang Member
American Drive-InTommy
1986 Combat Academy Jai
1990 Book of Love 'Spider' Bomboni
1992 Rescue Me Todd
1993 Alive Hugo Díaz
Roosters Hector Morales
1995 Homage Gilbert Tellez
Crimson Tide Petty Officer First Class Danny Rivetti
In the FleshRico Sanchez
1996 The Rock Lieutenant Shepard
Eraser WitSec US Deputy Marshal Monroe
The Big SqueezeJesse Torrejo
1997 Love Walked In Cousin Matt
That Old Feeling Joey Donna
Titanic Fabrizio
1998Sugar: The Fall of the WestUnknown
The Unknown CyclistGaetano Amador
SubletStuart Dempsey
1999The OutfittersP.D. Mijants
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Alberto (voice)
Friends & Lovers Dave
Tuesday's LettersUnknown
2000Shark in a BottleGuy Normal
2002Do It for Uncle MannyOscar
2003 American Cousins Gino
2004One Last RideBennyUncredited
2005Break A LegE.J. Inglewood
2006The Way Back HomePaul Reeds
World Trade Center Officer Giraldi
2007Totally BakedArturo Goldman (Segment "FunOnion Boardroom")
The Sandlot: Heading Home Benny Rodriguez Direct-to-video
2010Sinatra Club John Gotti
2011EscapeeProfessor Jeremy Davis
2014 Wishin' and Hopin' Pa
2015Pizza with BulletsFreddie 'The Cat' Pagano

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Pryor's Place Freddy
1985 Hotel EvanEpisode: "Wins and Losses"
Family Ties RickEpisode: "Designated Hitter"
Mr. Belvedere BoyEpisode: "Pinball"
The Twilight Zone BuddyEpisode: "The Leprechaun-Artist/Dead Run"
1986 Our House UnknownEpisode: "Choices"
Growing Pains 'Scooter' KrassnerEpisode: "Employee of the Month"
The Children of Times Square Luis Sotavento TV movie
The Brotherhood of JusticeWillieTV movie
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special Scott FischerEpisode: "An Enemy Among Us"
1988 Magnum, P.I. Budge, Leader of The Biker GangEpisode: "The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company"
Home FreeDennis FerrandTV movie
1988–1989 Falcon Crest Gabriel Ortega16 episodes
1989A Brand New LifeDominick, The DJEpisode: "Private School"
A Peaceable Kingdom Eddie MoranoEpisode: "Symphony"
1990 Tour of Duty Private WozniakEpisode: "Acceptable Losses"
Equal Justice Ramon EscobarEpisode: "Goodbye, Judge Green"
Quantum Leap Tony ProntiEpisode: "Leap of Faith – August 19, 1963"
Ferris Bueller Greg KnechtEpisode: "Baby You Can't Drive My Car"
1991 Out of This World 'Moose'Episode: "Heck's Angels"
1992 Blossom LouEpisode: "Three O'Clock and All Is Hell"
Dream On Pizza GuyEpisode: "Red All Over"
1993For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala StoryAiron AyalaTV movie
A Matter of Justice Private Vince GrellaTV movie
1994Ray Alexander: A Taster for JusticePaul GarciaTV movie
Blind Justice RobertoTV movie
1999–2000 Snoops Emmanuel 'Manny' Lott13 episodes
2001 Some of My Best Friends Frankie Zito8 episodes
2002 Firestarter 2: Rekindled Vincent SforzaTV movie
Father LeftyFather Robert 'Lefty' LefrackTV movie
2002–2003 Just Shoot Me! Pete2 episodes
2003Mafia DoctorFrankTV movie
2003–2004 10-8: Officers on Duty Deputy Rico Amonte15 episodes
2004 Joey RonEpisode: "Joey and the Dream Girl: Part 2"
2005 House Bill ArnelloEpisode: "Mob Rules"
2008 Without a Trace Scott LucasEpisode: "4G"
The Mentalist Ben MachadoEpisode: "Flame Red"
Criminal Minds Burke ManningEpisode: "Normal"
Backwoods Perry WaltersTV movie
2009–2014 Castle Gilbert Mazzara / Lance3 episodes
2010 CSI: NY Officer Nicholas HendersonEpisode: "Vacation Getaway"
2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Detective Daniel SosaEpisode: "Cello and Goodbye"
NCIS: Los Angeles CIA Agent FiggEpisode: "Sacrifice"
2012 CSI: Miami Will KingsleyEpisode: "No Good Deed"
The Booth at the End Henry5 episodes
NCIS Gordon FremontEpisode: "Devil's Trifecta"
2013 Arrow Fire Chief RaynesEpisode: "Burned"
2013–2018 The Fosters Mike FosterMain Cast, 87 episodes
2018 The Rookie [7] Detective Sanford Motta2 episodes
2019-2021 I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Hal1 episode
2019-2024 9-1-1 Detective Rick Romero8 episodes
2020 Party of Five Uncle Louis1 episode
2022 The Offer Mario Biaggi Miniseries

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  2. ↑ https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-ali-macgraw-danny-nucci-and-robert-morse
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