On June 3,2015, during an appearance on Good Day New York, Vincent Pastore said he was in the club business for close to 30 years, and got into acting in his forties.
27 Facts About Vincent Pastore
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Vincent Pastore has made a career of portraying Italian-American gangsters in film and television.
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Vincent Pastore began with small parts in the 1990s, in films such as Goodfellas and Carlito's Way.
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In Goodfellas, he is briefly seen rolling a coat rack through the kitchen of The Bamboo Lounge and is credited as "Vinny Vincent Pastore" playing "Man with Coat Rack".
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In 1999, Vincent Pastore got his biggest role in The Sopranos, where he played the character Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero.
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Vincent Pastore served as associate producer of the film Doughboys.
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Vincent Pastore appeared in a Cyberchase for Real segment as the owner of a comedy and magic club.
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Vincent Pastore had roles in 2008's College Road Trip and Our Last Days As Children.
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In 2009, Vincent Pastore starred in Pavaline Studio's debut short film, Alienated.
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Vincent Pastore played Mayor Avenoso in the 2012 indie feature Surviving Family.
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Vincent Pastore appears in the 2013 film I'm in Love with a Church Girl.
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On February 20,2007, ABC announced that Vincent Pastore would participate in the fourth season of the American version of the competitive dance series Dancing with the Stars.
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Vincent Pastore withdrew from the competition after only one week.
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Vincent Pastore said that he found the necessary training and preparation too physically demanding.
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Vincent Pastore was featured as a contestant on the January 2008 edition of Celebrity Apprentice.
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The episode had played out like an episode of The Sopranos with Vincent Pastore switching allegiances multiple times.
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Vincent Pastore was deliberately "ratted out" to the women by Morgan in the end, to make Vincent Pastore look bad to the women.
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Week 6 episode begins with Vincent Pastore meeting his ex-wife Nancy in a restaurant and presenting her the check he received for being project manager for $50,000, in memory of her husband, Mitchell Burke's memorial fund with the Lustgarden Foundation.
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On July 1,2008, Vincent Pastore appeared on NBC's new show, Celebrity Family Feud, as part of a family team trying to win $50,000 for their favorite charity.
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Vincent Pastore first competed, with his friends and family, against the cast of The Girls Next Door.
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Vincent Pastore later had the idea of putting Pastore's face and name on the box, and labeling it "Vinnie's Wad".
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Vincent Pastore appeared with Joseph R Gannascoli on Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back on January 21,2020.
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Vincent Pastore previously hosted The Wiseguy Show on Sirius Satellite Radio on the now defunct Raw Dog channel 104.
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Vincent Pastore has had stints as a radio host on the New Rochelle, New York station WVOX in 2004 and 2012, with guest appearances in-between.
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In September 2020, Vincent Pastore started a podcast with Goumba Johnny called Fuhgeddaboudit with Vinny Vincent Pastore.
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Vincent Pastore was previously married to Nancy Berke with whom he has a daughter, Renee.
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Vincent Pastore befriended Berke's subsequent husband and donated the winnings from his stint on The Apprentice to a charity in his name.