Mario Macaluso(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Born and raised in Brooklyn NY, Mario Macaluso began his acting career
in New York, where he was a finalist at the Actor's Studio. He then
went on to London to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,
participating in their Shakespeare program.
His current projects include an anti-bullying movie called Broken
Silence based on a true story that will air in the fall and also on a
comedy gangster film called Mulberry to Rome. Macaluso's recent work
includes The Wannabe directed by Nick Sandow and Produced by Martin
Scorsese and Broadwalk Empire playing the role of Incrocci the nephew
of the NY boss Joe Massaria. Bad Girl Island would be the second time
Stewart Raffill worked with Mario who played an LA agent representing
Antonio Sabato Jr. and James Brolin and then worked with him on a
children's film called Standing Ovation, in which he played a father
re-united with his daughter after the death of his wife. He completed
another film called 79 parts playing the role of Pigeon a gangster who
has no desire to be one and he's announced to play the role of Tony
Seaside in Chris Gambali's Nights of Turquoise. He also produces a
reading series for emerging writers at the Actors Chapel in NYC.
Macaluso's early acting credits include starring opposite Academy-Award
winning actress Olympia Dukakis, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Laine Kazan
in The Intervention, a recurring role on the CBS television program The
Handler, starring Joe Pantoliano, as well as a recurring role on
Watching Ellie with Julia Louise Dreyfus. He visited Berlin to work on
an experimental film called Wrong Number. He then went on to London to
study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, participating in
their Shakespeare program. Additional works include: Saved by the
Rules, Potluck, Bluemoon, Pride & Loyalty, Hanging in Hedo, Mobqueen,
Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, and more.
Macaluso is very active in the acting community and is a member of many
organizations. He and Jimmy Kimmel are founding members of the San
Gennaro Foundation, producing a star-studded festival every year. He is
a proud member of the Friar's Club in New York and a founding member of
the Sons of Italy Chapter in Hollywood.
He has dual citizenship for the United States and Italy, Macaluso
accepts work on occasion overseas.
He divides his time between projects in Hollywood and New York. When
he's not busy working, he is very active in a variety of charities
including the Lollipop theater group, which services hospitalized and
terminally ill children, and the Story Project, which teaches inner
city kids about writing.
His greatest accomplishment is his beautiful family, his wife Allison
and his daughter Alessandra who he loves dearly.
in New York, where he was a finalist at the Actor's Studio. He then
went on to London to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,
participating in their Shakespeare program.
His current projects include an anti-bullying movie called Broken
Silence based on a true story that will air in the fall and also on a
comedy gangster film called Mulberry to Rome. Macaluso's recent work
includes The Wannabe directed by Nick Sandow and Produced by Martin
Scorsese and Broadwalk Empire playing the role of Incrocci the nephew
of the NY boss Joe Massaria. Bad Girl Island would be the second time
Stewart Raffill worked with Mario who played an LA agent representing
Antonio Sabato Jr. and James Brolin and then worked with him on a
children's film called Standing Ovation, in which he played a father
re-united with his daughter after the death of his wife. He completed
another film called 79 parts playing the role of Pigeon a gangster who
has no desire to be one and he's announced to play the role of Tony
Seaside in Chris Gambali's Nights of Turquoise. He also produces a
reading series for emerging writers at the Actors Chapel in NYC.
Macaluso's early acting credits include starring opposite Academy-Award
winning actress Olympia Dukakis, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Laine Kazan
in The Intervention, a recurring role on the CBS television program The
Handler, starring Joe Pantoliano, as well as a recurring role on
Watching Ellie with Julia Louise Dreyfus. He visited Berlin to work on
an experimental film called Wrong Number. He then went on to London to
study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, participating in
their Shakespeare program. Additional works include: Saved by the
Rules, Potluck, Bluemoon, Pride & Loyalty, Hanging in Hedo, Mobqueen,
Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, and more.
Macaluso is very active in the acting community and is a member of many
organizations. He and Jimmy Kimmel are founding members of the San
Gennaro Foundation, producing a star-studded festival every year. He is
a proud member of the Friar's Club in New York and a founding member of
the Sons of Italy Chapter in Hollywood.
He has dual citizenship for the United States and Italy, Macaluso
accepts work on occasion overseas.
He divides his time between projects in Hollywood and New York. When
he's not busy working, he is very active in a variety of charities
including the Lollipop theater group, which services hospitalized and
terminally ill children, and the Story Project, which teaches inner
city kids about writing.
His greatest accomplishment is his beautiful family, his wife Allison
and his daughter Alessandra who he loves dearly.