Louis Mustillo (born May 28, 1958) is an American actor who is best known as playing Vincent "Vince" Moranto on '' Mike & Molly'' from 2010 to 2016.

Life and career

Mustillo was born in

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. He attended

American Academy of Dramatic Arts The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a Private college, private drama school with two locations, one in New York City and one in Los Angeles. The academy offers an associate degree in occupational studies and teaches drama and related ...

, where he was a contemporary of the Canadian actor,

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, and Illeana Douglas. According to the American Academy's 1983 graduation program, Mustillo and Douglas graduated from the Academy's two-year program in a ceremony held at NYC's Winter Garden Theatre on April 26, 1983. They were not asked back to the school's third-year, known as The Production Company year. He has guest-starred in more than 50 episodes of television, including an early appearance as a controversial comic on ''

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'', and has appeared in over 20 films. He was a series regular on '' Man of the People'' with

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. He also played Russell Topps for two seasons on DreamWorks first hour-long drama, '' High Incident''. He had a recurring role on ''

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'' as a mafia-associated landscaping business owner, Salvatore "Sal" Vitro. He appeared in '' The Narrows'', and he played sports writer Maury Allen on the

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miniseries '' The Bronx is Burning''. Louis also wrote and starred in ''Bartenders'', a one-man show that ran for a year at the John Houseman Theatre in New York City. He also had a regular role in the CBS sitcom '' Mike & Molly'' playing Vince, a love interest and later husband of Molly's mother.

Personal life

He is married to Tricia Brown.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mustillo, Louis 1958 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from Buffalo, New York