Steve Bastoni

Steve Bastoni
Bastoni in Sydney, 2012
Born	(1966-03-04) March 4, 1966 (age 58) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Bianca Pirrotta ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3

Steve Bastoni (born 4 March 1966) is an Italian-born Australian actor. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in Police Rescue and as Steve Parker in Neighbours . His memorable performance in 15 Amore garnered him a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Over three decades he has amassed an impressive body of work including credits in The Matrix Reloaded , Blue Murder , Wentworth , Broke , Hawaii Five-0 , The Water Diviner , PokerFace and many more. His theatre credits include his “tour de force” performance in Arthur Miller's View from the Bridge for Melbourne Theatre Company (Green Room Best Actor Nomination), Three Penny Opera for Belvoir St, Oliver for Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Ben Elton's Popcorn (Green Room Best Actor Nomination).

Career

Television

His major roles have been in Police Rescue from 1991 until 1996, and in Neighbours from 2007 until 2009. ^[1] He has also appeared in many other Australian series such as Wildside (1998), Prisoner (1986), On the Beach (2000) and Stingers (1999–2002). Bastoni hosted Missing Persons Unit (replacing Mike Munro) in 2009 and 2010. He appeared in Underbelly: The Golden Mile in 2010 as Louis Bayeh. Steve appeared once in Sea Patrol (2010); He was temporarily replacing Mike Flynn as the Commanding Officer aboard the fictional RAN vessel HMAS Hammersley. He played Don Kaplan in the Australian prison drama Wentworth . Bastoni also played the Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina in the 2014 spin off show Fat Tony & Co. to the well known Underbelly which was based on the Melbourne gangland war (1980–2007). In 2016, Bastoni appeared in the sport film Broke. ^[2] In 2022, Bastoni appeared in the Russell Crowe lead film Poker Face. ^[3]

Stage

Theatre work includes the role of Rocky in the 1987 Australian national tour of The Rocky Horror Show starring Daniel Abineri. Abineri also gave him the role of Charlie Fortune in his controversial rock musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom in 1989. He starred in the high budget stage production Oliver! the musical in Sydney and Melbourne in the role of Bill Sikes alongside John Waters and Tamsin Carroll. In 2019, Bastoni starred in A View from the Bridge. ^[4]

Other activities

Bastoni serves as the founder and coordinator for the Peninsula Film Festival held in Melbourne every year since 2011. ^[5]

Personal life

Bastoni was previously involved in a relationship with actress Melissa George. ^[6] He later was in a long-term relationship with TV star Nina Zandnia. ^[7] He is married to Bianca Pirrotta and the couple have three children. ^[8]

Bastoni studied a certificate 4 in Mental Health while making mental health plans and programs for workers in the mining industry. ^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1984	Melvin, Son of Alvin	Bullo
1986	The Still Point	David
1987	The Lighthorsemen	Turkish Demolition Soldier
1989	Closer and Closer Apart	Sam	Direct-to-video
1993	The Heartbreak Kid	Dimitri Yiannos
1996	Natural Justice: Heat	Paul Tancred	Television film
1997	Wanted	Rico
1998	15 Amore	Alfredo		[10]
	The Fury Within	Dr. Stephen Johnson	Television film
1999	Without Warning	Arch Whitelaw	Television film
2000	On the Beach	First Officer Neil Hirsch	Television film
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	McAfee / Newcomen	Television film
2001	South Pacific	Lt. Buzz Adams	Television film
	He Died with a Felafel in His Hand	Sydney Police Officer 2
2002	Counterstrike	Captain Kram	Television film
	The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course	Deputy Director Reynolds
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	Captain Soren
2005	Man-Thing	Rene LaRoque
	Pros and Ex-Cons	Willing
2006	Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America	FEMA Director McGarrett	Television film
	Suburban Mayhem	Detective Robert Andretti	Television film
	Macbeth	Banquo
2008	The Plex	The Baron / 'Mad' Morgan Edwards
2013	Drift	Miller
2014	The Water Diviner	Ömer
2016	Broke	Sherro		[2]
2018	The Widow	Antonio Monaco	Short
2019	The Whistleblower	Harrisons Gunman
2021	Streamline	Glenn Goodman		[11]
	Him	Tom Ridgen
2022	262 Our Stories So Far		Short
	Poker Face	Paul Muccino
	Fumblelove	Mack	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Home (Australian TV series)	Colin	2 episodes
1983	A Descant for Gossips	Howard	Miniseries
1985	Neighbours	Alex Baxter	1 episode
1986	Prisoner	Peter McCormack	11 episodes
1989	Il Magistrato	Robbie Shaw	Miniseries, 6 episodes
1991–96	Police Rescue	Yiannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos	59 episodes
1992	Six Pack		Miniseries
1992	Frankie's House	G.I. Jarvis	Miniseries
1995	Blue Murder	Detective Michael Drury	Miniseries, 2 episodes
1998	Wildside	Eric Foley	4 episodes
1999, 2002	Stingers	Billy Robardi, Nigel Finster	2 episodes
2007–09	Neighbours	Steve Parker	322 episodes
2009–10	Missing Persons Unit	Host	TV documentary series
2010	Underbelly: The Golden Mile	Louis Bayeh	6 episodes
2010	Sea Patrol	Steve Coburn	Episode: "Crocodile Tears"
2014	Fat Tony & Co.	Homicide Det. Charlie Bezzina	Miniseries, 5 episodes
2014	Upper Middle Bogan	Benji Amenta	2 episodes
2015	Hawaii Five-0	Tom Bishop	2 episodes
2016–17	Wentworth	Don Kaplan	8 episodes
2016	The Wrong Girl	Craig Peterson	3 episodes
2018	How to Stay Married	Lenny	1 episode
2019	Bad Mothers	Tom	7 episodes
	Welfare	Jon Karagiannis	6 episodes
2020	Aussiewood	Tony Taranto
2021	Australian Gangster [12]	Joe Barbaro	Miniseries, 2 episodes
	Fires [13]	Vince Rocca	Miniseries, 1 episode
2022	Garrison7
	The Younger Man		Podcast series
2023	Utopia	Minister Assisting	TV series: 1 episode
2024-25	Darby and Joan	Chris Steele	TV series: 5 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1985	The Journey		La Mama Theatre, Universal Theatre, Melbourne
1987–88	The Rocky Horror Show	Rocky	Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty’s Theatre. Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1989	Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom	Charlie Fortune	Church Theatre, Hawthorn, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1991	The Dreamer Examines his Pillow		Wharf Studio Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2002	Oliver!	Bill Sikes	Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Regent Theatre, Melbourne
2005	Show Us Your Roots 3	Comedian	Canberra Theatre
2019	A View from the Bridge	Eddie Carbone	Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company	[4]
2019	Ulster American		Red Stitch Actors Theatre

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References

1. Devlyn, Darren (14 January 2009). "Steve Bastoni credits Neighbours with saving his life". Herald Sun . The Herald and Weekly Times . Retrieved 20 February 2011.
2. Nash, Cara (9 August 2016). "Steve Le Marquand: Playing The Field In Broke". FilmInk. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
3. Moore, Roger (15 November 2022). "Movie Review: Russell Crowe shows off his "Poker Face" in this Aussie thriller". Movie Nation. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
4. Woodhead, Cameron (19 March 2019). "MTC's production of Miller's A View From the Bridge as good as it gets". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
5. "About Us". Peninsula Film Festival. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
6. "..and it's goodbye Angel; Home And Away (Monday to Friday, ITV, 12.55pm). - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.
7. Reines, Ros (30 November 2003). "Gossip". The Sunday Telegraph . (News Limited). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
8. "Steve Bastoni and his family written out of Neighbours". The Daily Telegraph . News Limited. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
9. O'Brien, Kerrie (19 February 2021). "'I doubt I'd be alive': how beating addiction saved actor Steve Bastoni". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
10. Staff writers (24 June 2000). "15 AMORE". The Catholic Leader. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
11. Dunks, Glenn (16 September 2021). "Film Review: Streamline on Stan goes for gold | ScreenHub Australia". www.screenhub.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
12. "Australian Television: Australian Gangster".
13. "Australian Television: Fires: Episode guide: 1.02".
14. "AusStage".

External links

• Steve Bastoni at IMDb