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Danny Aiello

Danny Aiello is an American actor who has starred in (amongst others), Once Upon A Time In America, The Godfather: Part II, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Do The Right Thing, Léon, Two Days in the Valley and played the title character in the video for Madonna's Papa Don't Preach. Although his characters are often crass, vulgar, and violent, Aiello has also portrayed sensitive, kindly men with an earthy sense of humor.

Quoted as saying "The first time I put on a dress and a wig and they took a polaroid of me, I wanted to throw up. Except I saw a little bit of beauty in that I looked like my mother".


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Danny Aiello Facts

Birth NameDanny Louis Aiello Jr.
OccupationActress
BirthdayJune 20, 1933 (76)
SignGemini
BirthplaceBrooklyn, New York, USA
Height6' 3" (1m91)

Selected Filmography

The Professional
Moonstruck
Jacob's Ladder
Once Upon a Time in America
The Natural
The Stuff
Harlem Nights
Dinner Rush
Leon
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