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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
Daniel Louis Aiello Jr.

BIRTHDAY
June 20, 1933
BORN ON DAY
Tuesday


BIRTHPLACE
Manhattan, New York, United States

DIED AT AGE
86 Years 5 Months 22 Days
DEATHDATE
December 12, 2019
DEATHPLACE
New Jersey, United States

CAUSE OF DEATH
Infection

NATIONALITY
American
Danny Aiello Nationality American

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
GEMINI

Physical Stats

CHEST
N/A

BICEPS
N/A

WAIST
N/A

HEIGHT
N/A

WEIGHT
N/A

Danny Aiello Family Members

Parents
MOTHER
Frances Pietrocova
FATHER
Daniel Louis Aiello Sr.

Fame & Address

DEBUT
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Danny AielloBang the Drum Slowly (1973)

FAMOUS FROM/AS
The Godfather Part II as Tony Rosato (1974)
Danny AielloThe Godfather Part II  as Tony Rosato (1974)

Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM
James Monroe High School
Danny Aiello James Monroe High School

More Information
About Danny Aiello
Danny Aiello was born in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on June 20, 1933. He is an American actor. He was from very poor family his father was a laborer and they were six brothers and sister. His father left them and his mother gone blind.
When he was 16, he told a lie about his age for getting selected in U.S. Army after working there for three years, he returned to New York did a job to support his family.
He had also worked as a union representative for Greyhound Bus workers and as a nightclub bouncer at the legendary New York comedy club named The Improv. His son Danny Aiello III died in 2010 due to cancer but Rick, Jaime, and Stacey Aiello are his surviving children

Career of Danny Aiello
In early 1970 he got a chance in the films Bang the Drum Slowly in 1973, he played a baseball player the the movie. He had a small role in The Godfather Part II in 1974. He had co-starred the role in the film Defiance with Jan Michael Vincent. He gets success from Fort Apache, The Bronx in 1981. For ABC Afterschool Special called A Family of Strangers. He won Daytime Emmy Award.
In the film Once Upon a Time in America, he was a police chief whose name was same as his surname that is Aiello. His most popular role was pizzeria owner Sal in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing in 1989.
He wrote a crucial scene which he discussed with John Turturro 10 minutes before its production, with this role he got one Golden Globe Award nomination, second Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and also critics Award for Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. He got famous from romantic comedy film Moonstruck and he has also done comedy in drag. In the horror film Jacob's Ladder and the comedy film 29th Street he had a sympathetic role. In 2012 independent film Dolly Baby he had the starring role.
Besides acting, he is also a good singer and sung in films like Hudson Hawk (1991), Once Around (1991), and Remedy in which his son Ricky Aiello had a starring role. In 1986 the title character of Madonna's song "Papa Don't Preach" was Danny Aiello. After that he recorded answer song "Papa Wants the Best for You".
He also worked in theatre in Gemini, The Floating Light Bulb, Hurlyburly, and The House of Blue Leaves and also his play Shoemaker was the drama version of his film The Broken Soul.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Danny Aiello

  • Was Danny Aiello in the habit of Smoking? Yes.
    Danny Aiello smoking
  • He joined Army as a nightclub bouncer at the age of 16 before getting famous.
  • He hated the movie Moonstruck because his role was not satisfactory.
  • He was from a poor family.His father had left his family and his mother was blind.
  • He had also told a lie about his age for getting selected in U.S.Army.
  • I Only Know Who I Am When I Am Somebody Else: My Life on the Street, On the Stage, and in the Movies is his autobiography.
  • His son was a stuntman and actor whose name was Danny Aiello III who died in 2010 due to pancreatic cancer.
  • He was also good in music he had sung the song for many movies such as Hudson Hawk, Once Around, I Just wanted to Hear The words, My Christmas Song for You.
  • When he was 6 years old he was hospitalized twice because of eczema.
  • When he was a young kid he was very skinny and always sit at the back bench so that people do not recognize him.
  • Did Danny Aiello takes alcohol? NA.

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