James Madio

James Madio
Madio at the 2023 Montclair Film Festival
Born (1975-11-22) November 22, 1975 (age 48)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present

James Madio (born November 22, 1975) is an American actor, known for his roles in USA High, Hook and as Technician Fourth Grade Frank Perconte in Band of Brothers.

Early life[edit]

A native of The Bronx, Madio was raised in Morris Park and Pelham Bay.

Career[edit]

Madio was born as one of seven children in his family. At the age of 15, he had his first audition in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook.[1] 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 had him cast as his character's son in the 1992 comedy Hero.[2]

He later appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries as a teenage drug addict.[3][4] In 1997 Madio landed a regular role on the teen sitcom USA High where he played funny-man Bobby Lazzerini during the show's first season.

He has played lead roles in television series including miniseries Band of Brothers, in which he portrayed Frank Perconte.[5] Madio contacted Perconte to develop ideas on how to play the real-life sergeant as well as to understand Perconte's background and history.[5][6] In 2003 Madio was cast in a main role of Mike Powell on the short-lived CBS courtroom drama Queens Supreme.[7][8]

In recent years, Madio has been focused on voice-acting and acting in independent films. He made a 2011 guest appearance on an episode of the new TV Land comedy series The Exes. In 2021, Madio was cast as Carmine, right hand to crime boss Joe Colombo (played by Giovanni Ribisi) in the Paramount+ limited streaming series The Offer, which details the making of the film The Godfather.[9]

Filmography[edit]

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Film
Year Film Role Other notes
1991 Hook Don't Ask One of the Lost Boys
1992 The Godson Billy Cardillo Short film
Mac Young Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli
Hero Joey
1994 Every Good Boy Max Short film
1995 The Basketball Diaries Pedro
1999 The Gifted Eddie Fontaine
2000 If Tomorrow Comes Cory
2004 Shark Tale Great White #2 / Hammerhead Voice
2005 Searching for Bobby D Mike "Young Mike"
Single White Female 2: The Psycho Sam Direct-to-video
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 Kick-Ass Henchman
2012 Astronaut: The Last Push Nathan Miller
2013 No God, No Master Nicola Sacco
2014 Jersey Boys Stosh
2015 The Week Neil
2019 Bottom of the 9th Joey Cosenza
2020 Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story Marty Doyle
2023 The Featherweight Willie Pep
Television
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"[10]
Blossom Silvio Episode: "Houseguests"
The Commish Rip Episode: "Judgement Day"
1993 Law & Order Andy Episode: "Born Bad"
1997–1999 USA High Bobby "Lazz" Lazzarini Main role, 75 episodes
2001 Band of Brothers T/4 Frank Perconte Main role, 9 episodes
2002 JAG PO Jack Horton Episode: "Capital Crime"
Arli$$ Max Episode: "End Game"
2003 Queens Supreme Mike Powell Main role, 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"
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"
2013 Castle Eddie Maslon Episode: "The Fast and the Furriest"
2016 Blue Bloods Dom Episode: "Blast from the Past"
2022 The Offer Carmine
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Call of Duty 2 Private Donnie McCloskey
2005 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Various
2009 Red Faction: Guerrilla Various

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bronx actor stays true to his roots; set to star in upcoming movie about legendary boxer Willie Pep". New York Daily News. August 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "James Madio › Actor / VO / Filmmaker". jamesmadio.com.
  3. ^ Turan, Kenneth (April 21, 1995). "MOVIE REVIEW : A Drug Fantasy in 'Basketball Diaries'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016. The rest of the gang includes the arrogant Mickey (Mark Wahlberg, a.k.a. Marky Mark), the serious Neutron (Patrick McGaw) and the undersized hanger-on Pedro (James Madio).
  4. ^ Maslin, Janet (April 21, 1995). "FILM REVIEW; Looking for Poetry In All the Wrong Places". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "'Band of Brothers' co-star James Madio". CNN. September 7, 2001. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "Men of easy company". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  7. ^ Gallo, Phil (January 6, 2003). "Review: 'Queens Supreme'". Variety. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  8. ^ O'Grady, Jim (October 20, 2002). "NEW YORK OBSERVED; Truth. Justice. Long Island City?". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016. Mike is played by the actor James Madio, best known for playing a soldier in the movie "Band of Brothers."
  9. ^ "James Madio". IMDb. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  10. ^ John J. O'Connor (December 8, 1992). "Review/Television; Keeping Child With AIDS From Becoming a Pariah". The New York Times. Retrieved April 9, 2016. James Madio and Vincent A. LaRusso are also impressive as Joey's friends.

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