Steve Bastoni (born 4 March 1966) is an Award winning, Italian-born Australian actor. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in ''

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'' and as Steve Parker in '' Neighbours''. His memorable performance in ''

15 Amore ''15 Amore'' is a 1998 Australian film directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Lisa Hensley and Steve Bastoni. Cast * Lisa Hensley as Dorothy * Steve Bastoni as Alfredo * Domenic Galati as Joseph * Tara Jakszewicz as Rachel * Gertraud Inge ...

'' garnered him a nomination for the

AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role The AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achiev ...

. Over three decades he has amassed an impressive body of work including credits in ''

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'', '' Blue Murder'', '' Wentworth'', ''

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'', '' Hawaii Five-0'', ''

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'', ''PokerFace'' and many more. His theatre credits include his “tour de force” performance in

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's '' View from the Bridge'' for Melbourne Theatre Compan

Green Room Best Actor Nomination), ''

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'' for Belvoir St, '' Oliver'' for Sir

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and

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's ''Popcorn'' (Green Room Best Actor Nomination).

Career

Television

His major roles have been in ''

'' from 1991 until 1996, and in '' Neighbours'' from 2007 until 2009. He has also appeared in many other Australian series such as '' Wildside'' (1998), ''

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'' (1986), '' On the Beach'' (2000) and '' Stingers'' (1999–2002). Bastoni hosted '' Missing Persons Unit'' (replacing

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) in 2009 and 2010. He appeared in '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile'' in 2010 as Louis Bayeh. Steve appeared once in ''

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'' (2010); He was temporarily replacing Mike Flynn as the Commanding Officer aboard the fictional RAN vessel HMAS ''Hammersley''. He played Don Kaplan in the Australian prison drama '' Wentworth''. Bastoni also played the Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina in the 2014 spin off show '' Fat Tony & Co.'' to the well known '' Underbelly'' which was based on the Melbourne gangland war (1980–2007).

Stage

Theatre work includes the role of 'Rocky' in the 1987 Australian national tour of

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starring

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. Abineri also gave him the role of Charlie Fortune in his controversial rock musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom in 1989. He starred in the high budget stage production ''

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before ...

'' the musical in Sydney and Melbourne in the role of

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alongside

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and Tamsin Caroll.

Personal life

Bastoni was previously involved in a relationship with actress

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. He later was in a long-term relationship with TV Star Nina Zandnia. He is married to Bianca Pirrotta and the couple have three children.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bastoni, Steve 1966 births Australian male film actors Australian male musical theatre actors Australian male soap opera actors Italian emigrants to Australia Living people Male actors from Rome 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors People of Lazian descent