Vincent Guastaferro (born April 6, 1950) is an American film, stage and television actor. He is known for playing the recurring role of Sgt. Vincent Agostini in the American police procedural television series '' NYPD Blue''. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was the son of Regina Blake and Arcangelo Guastaferro. Guastaferro was also the brother of Thomas and sister of Elizabeth Ann Guastaferro. He attended at the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of ...

, where he earned the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Guastaferro then attended at

The Theatre School at DePaul University The Theatre School at DePaul University, previously the Goodman School of Drama (also known as TTS and GSD, respectively) is the drama school of DePaul University. Founded with its first class conducted at the Art Institute of Chicago on January 5 ...

, where he earned the Master of Fine Arts degree. He began his career in 1979, first appearing on the stage production of ''

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'', where he served as the replacement of actor, comedian and musician

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. In his stage career, Guastaferro made numerous appearances to playwright, filmmaker and author

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's stage plays. In 1980, he made his film and television debut, first appearing in the

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television series ''

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''. Guastaferro then made an appearance to the 1981 film '' King of the Mountain'', where he played the role of a

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. He guest-starred in television programs including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Melrose Place'', '' Hunter'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He played the recurring role of John Kousakis in the

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television series '' Wiseguy''. From 1993 to 1997, Guastaferro played the recurring role of Sgt. Vincent Agostini in '' NYPD Blue''. In 1997, he played the role of a friend which was Joey of the leading character in the stage play '' The Old Neighborhood''. Guastaferro continued appearing in numerous stage plays. In his film career, Guastaferro played the role of Deputy Rick Cologne in the 1986 film '' Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives''. He then played Paulie in the 1989 film '' Next of Kin''. Guastaferro appeared in films such as '' Things Change'', ''

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'', '' Touch Me'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He played the role of Lt. Senna in the 1991 film ''

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''. His final film credit was from the 2012 film ''An Old Man’s Gold''.

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