Rocco Sisto (born February 18, 1953) is an Italian-American stage, film, television and voice actor.

Early life

Sisto was born on February 18, 1953, in

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, and later moved to

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. He attended and graduated Addison Trail High School in 1970 and studied acting at

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's Graduate Acting Program at the

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

, graduating in 1977.

Acting career

On TV, he played the young

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in the HBO series''

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''. He has appeared as well in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''

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'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', '' Blue Bloods'', and '' Madam Secretary''. In film he has been seen in '' After Hours'', '' Far and Away'', '' Carlito's Way'', ''

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'', '' Illuminata'', and '' The American Astronaut''. His voice work includes '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' and '' The Warriors''. Sisto has acted in the New York Shakespeare Festival at the

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. In 1996, he received a

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nomination for his acting in the play ''Quills''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Rocco Sisto
at the Internet Off-Broadway Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Sisto, Rocco 1953 births Living people Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male voice actors Male actors from Bari Tisch School of the Arts alumni People from Addison, Illinois Italian emigrants to the United States American people of Italian descent