Federico Castelluccio: Acting Career and Filmography

• Federico Castelluccio was born on April 29, 1964 in Naples, Italy
• He moved to Paterson, New Jersey with his family when he was three years old
• In 1982, Castelluccio was awarded a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York City
• Prior to winning the scholarship, he received an opportunity to create a painting for actor George Burns
• Castelluccio began his acting career in 1986
• Some of his film credits include Made with Jon Favreau, Fire with Paul Campbell and 18 Shades of Dust with Danny Aiello
• In television, his credits include NYPD Blue and his best known role, in the HBO hit series The Sopranos, as the Neapolitan enforcer Furio Giunta
• He also appeared in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints which debuted in 2006 at the Sundance Film Festival and received two awards, one for best dramatic directing and another for best dramatic ensemble, headed by Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palminteri, and Rosario Dawson
• Other film projects include the biographical El Cantante; Aftermath, a crime thriller; and The Obscure Brother, filmed in southern Italy, a short film that he executive produced and acted in; 2003's La Araña; the 2008 comedy Capers; Lucky Days; and the 2009 Forget Me Not
• In 2014, Castelluccio starred in the short film Eulogy directed by Don Capria
• In 2016, Castelluccio directed the feature film The Brooklyn Banker
• In 2017, Castelluccio directed the TV pilot Outcall

Castelluccio was born in Naples, Italy on April 29, 1964. He moved to Paterson, New Jersey with his family when he was three years old. Castelluccio was awarded a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1982. He began his acting career in 1986. Some of his film credits include Made with Jon Favreau, Fire with Paul Campbell and 18 Shades of Dust with Danny Aiello. In television, his credits include NYPD Blue and his best known role, in the HBO hit series The Sopranos, as the Neapolitan enforcer Furio Giunta. He also appeared in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints which debuted in 2006 at the Sundance Film Festival and received two awards, one for best dramatic directing and another for best dramatic ensemble, headed by Robert Downey Jr., Chazz Palminteri, and Rosario Dawson. Other film projects include the biographical El Cantante; Aftermath, a crime thriller; and The Obscure Brother, filmed in southern Italy, a short film that he executive produced and acted in; 2003's La Araña; the 2008 comedy Capers; Lucky Days; and the 2009 Forget Me Not. In television, Castelluccio played the lead role in Dragon Dynasty, a telefilm