Joe Viterelli

Born: 1937-03-10

Joseph "Joe" Viterelli (March 10, 1937 – January 28, 2004) was an Italian American actor known for his mafioso-orientated character roles. Joe Viterelli was born to Italian immigrants in Bronx, New York. Before Viterelli became an actor, he was a successful businessman in New York City. He had befriended director Leo Penn (actor Sean Penn's father), who initially tried but failed to persuade Viterelli to pursue acting because of his unique and typically Italian looks. Some years later, Sean Penn approached Viterelli and asked him to try out for a part as a favor: Viterelli did and went on to appear in State of Grace and then in over 40 movies. Joe Viterelli became an icon of Mafia-Movies. Viterelli died on January 28, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada due to a severe stomach hemorrhage, a complication of just-completed heart surgery. He was 66 years old. His last role was as a mobster in a 2004 Super Bowl ad for Staples, Inc. and his last movie role was as Jelly in Harold Ramis’ Analyze That.


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as Joey Morolto (uncredited)
Released: 1993-06-30

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is...

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as Tony Two-Toes
Released: 1996-06-21

U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection...

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as Steve Shanahan
Released: 2001-11-01

After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical...

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Analyze This

as Jelly
Released: 1999-03-05

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a...

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Serving Sara

as Fat Charlie
Released: 2002-08-23

When Sara is served divorce papers while she is in New York, she is stunned. Not about to lose...

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Analyze That

as Jelly
Released: 2002-12-06

The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out....

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Bullets Over Broadway

as Nick Valenti
Released: 1994-10-14

After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti,...

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Jane Austen's Mafia!

as Dominick Clamato
Released: 1998-07-24

Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.

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as Borelli
Released: 1990-09-14

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects...

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Mobsters

as Joe Profaci
Released: 1991-07-26

The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street...

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as Vinnie D'Agostino
Released: 1999-08-16

An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain...

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See Spot Run

as Gino
Released: 2001-03-02

A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness...

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Out to Sea

as Mickey
Released: 1997-07-02

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in...

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The Crossing Guard

as Joe
Released: 1995-11-15

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was...

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Heaven's Prisoners

as Didi Giancano
Released: 1996-05-17

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life...

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Ruby

as Joseph Valachi
Released: 1992-03-27

Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how...

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as Gene
Released: 1996-09-12

The desert can be a lonely place for the people who live there or for those who are traveling...

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In the Shadow of a Killer

as Gino Marchese
Released: 1992-04-27

Courtroom drama involving the mafia inspired by true events.

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Hitman's Run

as Jimmy / Howard Sussman
Released: 1999-01-01

A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his...

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Looking For Lola

as Salvatore Greco
Released: 1997-12-31

Looking for Lola is a comical look at the world of relationships and highlights just how far we...

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What She Doesn't Know

as Fat Tommy Carducci
Released: 1992-02-23

An idealistic law school graduate comes to work in the New York D.A.'s office. Her first case...

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Black Rose of Harlem

as Costanza
Released: 1996-03-01

A tragic love story set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1920's Chicago jazz clubs....

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Wannabes

as Santo
Released: 2000-06-29

When two brothers Angelo and the younger Paulie, get into a fight,it's broken up by the local...

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The Cure for Boredom

as Fat Tony Ragoni
Released: 2001-10-02

Sex, love and murder abound when two guys, two waitresses and a group of mobsters meet.

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The Commish

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-09-28

Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for...

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Fallen Angels

as Ugolino
First aired: 1993-08-01

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and...

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Palace Guard

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-10-17

Palace Guard is the story of a reformed jewel thief and cat burglar, Tommy Logan, who, after...

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