Danny Mastrogiorgio (born October 26, 1964) is an American actor who has also provided voice work for video games. He is best known for providing the voice of Toni Cipriani in the 2005 video game '' Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'' and for his appearances in movies such as ''

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'' and '' Enchanted.'' He has also been in several television shows such as ''

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''.

Early life

Mastrogiorgio was born in

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. He studied for three years at

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, before moving back to New York City to study at

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Career

Mastrogiorgio has appeared in television shows such as ''

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'' and ''

'' (in addition to two of the show's spinoffs, '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''

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''). Earlier in his career, he appeared in the TV mini-series based on the

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novel, ''

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'' and ''The Last Don II''. In addition to ''Liberty City Stories'', Mastrogiorgio has provided his voice for many other projects. These include the video games '' Batman: Dark Tomorrow'', '' The Sopranos: Road to Respect'' and ''

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'', and also the movies ''

'' and ''

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''. In 2014, Mastrogiorgio had a recurring role on '' Gotham'' as Frankie Carbone until his character was later killed off.

Theater

He has also appeared on stage in plays such as ''

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'' at the

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and ''

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'' at both the

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and the

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. Among his more notable theater performances, the one-man show ''My Italy Story'', written by Joseph Gallo, Mastrogiorgio stars as the entire DaGato clan. In their review of the play, ''

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'' wrote that the piece was "entertaining" and that as its star, Mastrogiorgio was "engaging". Over its multi-year run, the play received other positive reviews as well, including those from ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Beginning February 2014, Mastrogiorgio will play the role of

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in ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video Games

Theatre

References

External links

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