1. Best known for his stand-up comedy, Maniscalco has released six comedy specials.
23 Facts About Sebastian Maniscalco
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Sebastian Maniscalco has had supporting acting roles in the films Green Book and The Irishman, playing mobster Joe Gallo in the latter.
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Sebastian Maniscalco played Frank Russo in the 2022 film Somewhere in Queens, and later voice acted in The Super Mario Bros.
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Sebastian Maniscalco co-wrote and co-starred in the 2023 film About My Father, with Robert De Niro playing the role of his father.
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Sebastian Maniscalco was born on July 8,1973, in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois, to Italian immigrants; his father Salvatore Sebastian Maniscalco, who worked as a hairstylist, immigrated to the United States with his family from Cefalu, Sicily, at the age of 15.
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Sebastian Maniscalco's mother, Rose Maniscalco, was a secretary, and her family has origins in Naples, Campania and Sicily.
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Sebastian Maniscalco is a Roman Catholic, and at eight years old, he was an altar boy at St Cecilia Catholic Church in suburban Mount Prospect, Illinois.
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Sebastian Maniscalco is an alum of Rolling Meadows High School.
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Sebastian Maniscalco graduated from Northern Illinois University in 1995, where he was the president of the Sigma Pi fraternity chapter, with a degree in communication studies.
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Sebastian Maniscalco cites Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin, Brian Regan, John Ritter, Johnny Carson, Andrew Dice Clay, Bill Burr, and Don Rickles as comedic influences.
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Sebastian Maniscalco has been on Russell Peters' Best Night Ever, Comedy Central Presents, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Jay Leno Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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Additionally, he appeared in several films, such as The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, The House, Tag, and Cruise, and he co-hosts a podcast titled The Pete and Sebastian Maniscalco Show with fellow comedian Pete Correale.
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In 2016, Sebastian Maniscalco appeared on the seventh season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
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Sebastian Maniscalco published his memoir Stay Hungry on February 27,2018.
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In 2017, Sebastian Maniscalco made his feature film debut in The House, and the following year he appeared as Johnny Venere in the Academy Award-winning film Green Book.
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Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards on August 26.
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In November 2019, Sebastian Maniscalco appeared in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman playing "Crazy" Joe Gallo alongside Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino.
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Sebastian Maniscalco hosted the three-part companion podcast for the film, first published on December 2,2019, titled Behind the Irishman.
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In June 2021, it was announced that Maniscalco will host a reality television show titled Well Done With Sebastian Maniscalco that premiered on August 12,2021, on Discovery+ where he will be joined by friends and family to explore food culture and etiquette.
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On May 26,2023, About My Father was released in theaters, a comedy film Sebastian Maniscalco co-wrote loosely based on his life and in which he co-starred with Robert De Niro, who played the role of his father.
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Sebastian Maniscalco starred for two seasons in the television series Bookie, which debuted on November 30,2023.
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Sebastian Maniscalco is known for his "nostalgia" type of humor grounded in personal family experiences and delivered utilizing heavy physical and verbal variations.
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Sebastian Maniscalco says that comedy cannot be learned, it must be earned.