Kenny D'Aquila

Last updated

Kenny D'Aquila is an American actor, writer, producer, and singer. [1] [2]

Contents

Personal life

D'Aquila was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut with his parents and three brothers. [2] [3] [4] During high school, D'Aquila was a star football player, but unfortunately an injury ended his promising sports career. [4]

He moved to Hollywood to pursue his acting and screenwriting career, where he waited tables to make ends meet. [4]

Once he got married and they had a son, he temporarily left show business to focus on fatherhood. [4] After his father passed away from cancer, there was a lot of tension within the family. [4] This inspired his play, Unorganized Crime. [4]

Career

D'Aquila wrote, produced, and starred in the play Unorganized Crime, opposite Chazz Palminteri, in its Los Angeles premiere. [3] [5] [6] [7] [8] D'Aquila starred as Grantaire in the 2nd National Tour of Les Misérables , also known as the "Fantine Company" which premiered at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles on 1 June, 1988 to critical acclaim. D'Aquila remained with the show for the duration of its 14-month Los Angeles premiere engagement. D'Aquila was asked to record his performance as Grantaire on the musical's Complete Symphonic Recording (1988), which won a Grammy Award. [1] [2] D'Aquila has appeared in more than 30 plays. [2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Kenny D'Aquila". Ovrtur. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kenny D'Aquila". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kenny D'Aquila". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Old Saybrook's - Kenny D'Aquila "Unorganized Crime" Grips Hollywood". Ink Publications. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  5. ↑ Riefe, Jordan (2014-05-08). "Chazz Palminteri Talks New Play 'Unorganized Crime,' Getting His Start from Robert DeNiro (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  6. ↑ "Kenny D'Aquila theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  7. ↑ Gray, Margaret (2014-05-16). "Review: 'Unorganized Crime' a quirky mob-family melodrama". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  8. ↑ Ng, David (2014-02-04). "Chazz Palminteri to star in 'Unorganized Crime' in Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  9. ↑ "Kenny D'aquila". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.