James Madio
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| James Madio | |
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| Born | November 22, 1975 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
James Madio (born November 22, 1975 in The Bronx, New York City, New York) is an American actor, known for his roles in USA High and Band of Brothers.
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[edit] Career
Madio was born as one of seven children in his family. At the age of 13, he had his first audition in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook. He landed the role of "Don't Ask", one of the Lost Boys. Among the cast of Hook was Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman, who had been cast as the villainous Captain Hook. Hoffman took notice of Madio and immediately had him cast as his son in the 1992 comedy Hero.[1]
He later appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries as a teenage drug addict. In 1997 Madio landed a regular role on the teen sitcom USA High where he played funny-man Bobby Lazzerini
He has played lead roles in television series including miniseries Band of Brothers, in which he portrayed Frank Perconte. Madio contacted Perconte to develop ideas on how to play the real-life sergeant as well as to understand Perconte's background and history.[2]
More recently, Madio has been focused on voice-acting and acting in independent films. He also made a 2011 guest appearance on an episode of the new TV Land comedy series The Exes.
[edit] Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1991 | Hook | Don't Ask | |
| 1992 | The Godson | Billy Cardillo | Short film |
| Mac | Young Mac | ||
| Hero | Joey | ||
| 1994 | Every Good Boy | Short film | |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Pedro | |
| 1999 | The Gifted | Eddie Fontaine | |
| 2000 | If Tomorrow Comes | Cory | 2001
Band of Brothers |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Great White #2/Hammerhead | Voice role |
| 2005 | Searching for Bobby D | Young Mike | |
| Single White Female 2: The Psycho | Sam | Direct-to-Video Release | |
| 2007 | Slice | Anthony Leone | Short film |
| Smith and Mike on a Tuesday | Bruno | Short film | |
| The Box | Rob Ortiz | ||
| 2008 | Love Lies Bleeding | Bernie | |
| West of Brooklyn | Jimmy Boy | ||
| Dough Boys | Kelly | ||
| 2009 | Sheltered | Carl | Short film |
| 2010 | The Last Push | Nathan Miller | |
| Kick-Ass | Henchman | ||
| The Grasslands | Lenny | awaiting release | |
| No God, No Master | Nicola Sacco | post-production | |
| No Better Place to Die | Lt. John Marr | pre-production | |
| 2011 | Desert Rain | Jack | pre-production |
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Jimmy Pellegrino | Episode: It's A Wonderful Laugh |
| 1992 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Anthony | Episode: Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story |
| Blossom | Silvio | Episode: Houseguests | |
| The Commish | Rip | Episode: Judgement Day | |
| 1993 | Law & Order | Andy | Episode: Born Bad |
| 1997–1999 | USA High | Bobby 'Lazz' Lazzarini | 36 episodes |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Sgt. Frank Perconte | 9 episodes |
| 2002 | JAG | PO Jack Horton | Episode: Capital Crime |
| Arli$$ | Max | Episode: End Game | |
| 2003 | Queens Supreme | Mike Powell | 13 episodes |
| 2006 | Related | Billy Sullivan | Episode: London Calling |
| 2007 | Viva Laughlin | Carlo 'Fingers' Sutigato | Episode: What a Whale Wants |
| 2008 | Las Vegas | Ronnie Torres | Episode: 2 On 2 |
| The Cleaner | Jimmy Alvarez | Episode: Let It Ride | |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Scott Aguilar | Episode: And They're Offered |
| Glenn Martin, DDS | Jimmy Donuts | Voice role Episode: We've Created a Mobster |
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| 2010 | Cold Case | Cody 'Squirrel' Blanchard | Episode: Flashover |
| Bones | Eddie Ceraficki | Episode: The Bones on the Blue Line | |
| 2011 | The Exes | Robbie Gordon | Episode: A Little Romance |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official website
- James Madio at the Internet Movie Database
- James Madio at Neverpedia
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