Antonio Nappo is a Canadian

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. He is best known for his roles in '' Four Brothers'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Bad Blood'', and '' Born to be Blue''. He also is the voice of Jimmy Falcone (McDougal) in ''

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''.

Biography

Italian-Canadian Italian Canadians ( it, italo-canadesi, french: italo-canadiens) comprise Canadians who have full or partial Italian heritage and Italians who migrated from Italy or reside in Canada. According to the 2021 Census of Canada, 1,546,390 Canadians ...

, Tony was born and raised in

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, Canada. He attended the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

for two years before transferring to the

American Academy of Dramatic Arts The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a private performing arts conservatory with two locations, one in Manhattan and one in Los Angeles. The academy offers an associate degree in occupational studies and teaches drama and related art ...

in New York City where he graduated in 1991.

Career

Television

In the first season of the based on real events crime-drama '' Bad Blood'' (2017-2018) Nappo played crime family "

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" Gio. Nappo plays maintenance guy Paul in the first season of TV series '' Strays'' (2021-) and also when the show returned for a second season in September, 2022.

Theatre

Nappo took on the role of Michael in a 2013 run of the play ''

God of Carnage ''God of Carnage'' (originally in French ''Le Dieu du carnage'') is a play by Yasmina Reza that was first published in 2008. It is about two sets of parents; the son of one couple has hurt the son of the other couple at a public park. The paren ...

'' at the

Panasonic Theatre The CAA Theatre, formerly the Panasonic Theatre, is a theatre located at 651 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by Mirvish Productions. On December 1, 2017, Mirvish Productions announced a marketing partnership with CAA South ...

. In the 2015 production (plus its 2017 encore run) of

Nicolas Billon Nicolas Billon (born March 22, 1978) is a Canadian writer. He is best known for his plays ''The Elephant Song'', ''Iceland'', and ''Butcher''. Biography Nicolas Billon was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He is the son ...

’s play ''Butcher'', a dark thriller set in a police station in Toronto, Nappo played Inspector Lamb who's trying to unravel the unfolding mystery."Nicolas Billon’s Butcher and the origins of the Lavinian language"
by Sonya Davidson at torontoguardian.com

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nappo, Tony Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian people of Italian descent Male actors from Toronto People from Scarborough, Toronto