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Aliases: Giacomo Tedesco

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 48

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

Jack Scalia (born Giacomo Tomaso Tedesco; June 10, 1950) is an American actor and producer. He has had many roles in television series, television movies, and feature films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He is of Italian and Irish descent; his father was former Brooklyn Dodger Rocky Tedesco. His parents divorced and when his mother remarried his name was changed to Scalia. He was drafted third by the Montreal Expos in 1971 as a pitcher but he was injured and never played in the Major Leagues. He began his career as a clothes model, most notably in a series of ads for Eminence briefs and Jordache jeans, both of which capitalized on his "beefcake" appeal. In 1982, to promote his TV series The Devlin Connection, he took off his shirt and posed, cigarette in hand, for a pin-up wall poster. He was a regular cast member during the final season of Remington Steele in 1987, after which he joined the cast of Dallas in the role of Nicholas Pearce, love interest to Sue Ellen Ewing. His character was killed off at the end of the 1987–88 season when he fell to his death after being pushed from a balcony during a fight with J. R. Ewing. He returned to the series finale in a dream sequence in which he was married to Sue Ellen. From 1989 to 1990, he starred in another tv series, the CBS crime drama Wolf. In 1992, he was cast as Detective Nico "Nick" Bonetti in the short-lived television series Tequila and Bonetti - he replaced another actor in the role during production of the show's first episode. Eight years later, in 2000, Scalia reprised the role of Bonetti in a revival of the series, which was filmed and aired in Italy. In 1993, he portrayed Joey Buttafuoco in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story, with Alyssa Milano as Amy Fisher. The footage was used in 2012 for Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island. From 1994 to 1995, he starred in Pointman, a television series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network. He was an investment banker framed and convicted of fraud. When eventually cleared, Constantine "Connie" Harper becomes the owner of a Florida beach resort, Spanish Pete's, and aids people in need with the use of former prison mates and "the list". He is also known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor" in 2002. In 2005, he portrayed Charles Keefe in the film Red Eye, with Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. In 2006, he starred as President Halstrom in The Genius Club for writer/director Tim Chey.

Most Famous Work

Dallas
Average
7

Dallas

(1978) Nicholas Pearce
Touched by an Angel
Average
7

Touched by an Angel

(1994) Max Chamberlain
Red Eye
Average
6

Red Eye

(2005) Charles Keefe
Fear City
Average
6

Fear City

(1984) Nicky
End Game
Average
5

End Game

(2006) The President
The Rift
Average
5

The Rift

(1990) Wick Hayes
Lady Boss
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0

Lady Boss

(1992) Lennie Golden
Pointman
Average
7

Pointman

(1994) Constantine Harper

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2020 Capt. Anderson
2015 Narrator
2013 John Ross (Mary's Dad)
2012 Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "Casualties of Love")
Moretti
2010 Sean
2009 Howard Kurtzwilder
2007 Rusty
Agent #1
2006 Mr. President
Maxwell
Nick Tercel
The President
2005 Mark Sullivan
Charles Keefe
2003 Michael Scorsinni
2002 Captain Sterling
2001 The Boss
2000 Det. Nick Bonetti
Michael Brandeis
1999 Max Farrington
1998 Jack Gracy
Barry
Henry Barridge
Bailey Silverwood
Brett Newcomb
Garrett
1997 Nick Hollit
N/A
Nicholas 'Nick' Saxon
1996 Detective Michael DeMarco
Rafferty
1995 Roy Calvin
Daniel St. Germain
1994 Lt. Jack Floyd
Max Chamberlain
Detective Vine Morgan
Michael Carvella
Constantine Harper
Constantine 'Connie' Harper
Brian Dillon
Brandons Father
1993 Saul Schwartz
Mike Lanahan
Joseph 'Joey' Buttafuoco
1992 Lennie Golden
N/A
Mike Yarnell
Nick Bonetti
1991 Frank Decker
John Payton
1990 Dr. Eugene Kesselman
Jack Thompson
Wick Hayes
1989 N/A
1987 Rocco Cipriani
1986 O'Shea
1985 Jack Hollander
N/A
N/A
1984 Nicky
Lt. Tony Monaco
1983 N/A
1982 Nick Corsello
Tony Roselli
1981 Vince Martino
1978 Nicholas Pearce
1976 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Producer
2006 Executive Producer
1997 Associate Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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