Dan Grimaldi

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Dan Grimaldi (born March 7, 1946) is an American actor and mathematics professor who is known for his roles as twins Philly and Patsy Parisi on the HBO television series The Sopranos, various characters on Law & Order (1991–2001), Don't Go in the House (1979), The Junkman (1982), Men of Respect (1990), and The Yards (2000).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Education

Grimaldi has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Fordham University, a master's degree in operations research from New York University, and a PhD in data processing from the City University of New York, and teaches in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

In addition to his role on The Sopranos, he has also had some minor film credits, most notably as mother-fixated pyromaniac Donny Kohler in the 1980 slasher film Don't Go in the House,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and some guest TV appearances, including several episodes on Law & Order as well as appearing in 2011 as Tommy Barrone Sr. in "Moonlighting",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the 9th episode of the 2nd season of the CBS show Blue Bloods. He appeared as an executive in the 2000 film The Yards and Grimaldi also voices "Frank" for the video game Mafia.Template:Citation needed

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Don't Go in the House	Donny Kohler
1981	Longshot	Cop #1
1982	The Junkman	Larry Bergleman
1983	Deadline Auto Theft	Carl
1986	Joey	Ted
1989	Mortal Sins	Giraldi
1990	Men of Respect	Carmine
1994	Crooklyn	Con Ed Man
1994	North	Hot Dog Vendor
1994	Daddy's Girl		Short film
1996	West New York	Police Captain
1999	The Stand-In	Mr. Rosensweig
2000	The Yards	Executive One
2008	iMurders	Carmine Romano
2009	Chasing the Green	Peter Allen
2014	The Quitter	Michael Lembo
2016	The Atlantic Motel	William	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991–2001	Law & Order	Various	5 episodes
1991	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Waiter	1 episode
1997	New York Undercover	Mike Waites	1 episode
1998	NYPD Blue	Joe Latona	TV series; 1 episode
1999	Third Watch	Bartender	TV series; 1 episode
2000–2007	The Sopranos	Patsy Parisi / Philly Parisi	47 episodes
2003	Dragnet	Alvin Moresco	1 episode
2011	Blue Bloods	Tommy Barrone Sr.	1 episode

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Mafia	Frank Colletti	(voice)

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