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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 10, 1950
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Giacomo Tedesco
Jack Scalia
1.3 Popularity
Biography
Jack Scalia (born Giacomo Tomaso Tedesco; June 10, 1950) is an American actor and producer. He has had many roles in television series, television movies, and feature films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He is of Italian and Irish descent; his father was former Brooklyn Dodger Rocky Tedesco. His parents divorced and when his mother remarried his name was changed to Scalia. He was drafted third by the Montreal Expos in 1971 as a pitcher but he was injured and never played in the Major Leagues. He began his career as a clothes model, most notably in a series of ads for Eminence briefs and Jordache jeans, both of which capitalized on his "beefcake" appeal. In 1982, to promote his TV series The Devlin Connection, he took off his shirt and posed, cigarette in hand, for a pin-up wall poster. He was a regular cast member during the final season of Remington Steele in 1987, after which he joined the cast of Dallas in the role of Nicholas Pearce, love interest to Sue Ellen Ewing. His character was killed off at the end of the 1987–88 season when he fell to his death after being pushed from a balcony during a fight with J. R. Ewing. He returned to the series finale in a dream sequence in which he was married to Sue Ellen. From 1989 to 1990, he starred in another tv series, the CBS crime drama Wolf. In 1992, he was cast as Detective Nico "Nick" Bonetti in the short-lived television series Tequila and Bonetti - he replaced another actor in the role during production of the show's first episode. Eight years later, in 2000, Scalia reprised the role of Bonetti in a revival of the series, which was filmed and aired in Italy. In 1993, he portrayed Joey Buttafuoco in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story, with Alyssa Milano as Amy Fisher. The footage was used in 2012 for Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island. From 1994 to 1995, he starred in Pointman, a television series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network. He was an investment banker framed and convicted of fraud. When eventually cleared, Constantine "Connie" Harper becomes the owner of a Florida beach resort, Spanish Pete's, and aids people in need with the use of former prison mates and "the list". He is also known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor" in 2002. In 2005, he portrayed Charles Keefe in the film Red Eye, with Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. In 2006, he starred as President Halstrom in The Genius Club for writer/director Tim Chey.
Known For
1.7
Capt. Anderson
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020
9.0
Narrator (voice)
The Flag
2015
6.1
John Ross (Mary's Dad)
The Thanksgiving House
2013
7.5
Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "Casualties of Love")
Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island
2012
4.7
Moretti
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012
0.0
Sean
Black Widow
2010
8.0
Howard Kurtzwilder
Parks and Recreation
2009
2.0
Detective Samuel
Chicano Blood
2008
4.0
Rusty
Nuclear Hurricane
2007
4.9
Agent #1
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
Credits
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
as Capt. Anderson
2020
1.7
The Flag
as Narrator (voice)
2015
9.0
The Thanksgiving House
as John Ross (Mary's Dad)
2013
6.1
Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island
as Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "Casualties of Love")
2012
7.5
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
as Moretti
2012
4.7
Black Widow
as Sean
2010
0.0
Parks and Recreation
as Howard Kurtzwilder
2009
8.0
Chicano Blood
as Detective Samuel
2008
2.0
Nuclear Hurricane
as Rusty
2007
4.0
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
as Agent #1
2007
4.9
The Genius Club
as Mr. President
2006
4.9
Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep
as Maxwell
2006
3.5
End Game
as The President
2006
5.4
Honeymoon with Mom
as Nick Tercel
2006
2.3
Taylor
as Mark Sullivan
2005
6.0
Red Eye
as Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe
2005
6.4
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
2004
7.0
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
as Michael Scorsinni
2003
5.0
Vegas Dick
as Hector Beals
2003
0.0
Shattered Lies
as Captain Sterling
2002
0.0
Boys Klub
as The Boss
2001
4.8
The New Adventures of Tequila & Bonetti
as Det. Nick Bonetti
2000
9.5
Ground Zero
as Michael Brandeis
2000
4.1
Silent Predators
as Max Farrington
1999
5.2
Follow Your Heart
as Scott Thompson
1999
5.0
Act of War
as Jack Gracy
1998
3.2
Charades
as Barry
1998
3.3
The Last Leprechaun
as Henry Barridge
1998
5.1
Everyone Loves Mel
as Bailey Silverwood
1998
4.4
Sweet Deception
as Brett Newcomb
1998
6.0
Hell Mountain
as Garrett
1998
3.1
Under Oath
as Nick Hollit
1997
1.0
Fired Up
as Frank Reynolds
1997
8.0
Dark Breed
as Nicholas 'Nick' Saxon
1997
4.1
Everything to Gain
as Detective Michael DeMarco
1996
8.7
The Silencers
as Rafferty
1996
4.4
Tall, Dark and Deadly
as Roy Calvin
1995
4.8
Kill Shot
as Daniel St. Germain
1995
3.2
T-Force
as Lt. Jack Floyd
1994
5.3
Touched by an Angel
as Max Chamberlain
1994
7.2
Beyond Suspicion
as Detective Vine Morgan
1994
3.3
Shadow of Obsession
as Michael Carvella
1994
10.0
Pointman
as Constantine 'Connie' Harper
1994
6.2
Pointman
as Constantine Harper
1994
6.5
Shattered Image
as Brian Dillon
1994
3.0
Storybook
as Brandons Father
1994
4.5
Amore!
as Saul Schwartz
1993
3.2
Torch Song
as Mike Lanahan
1993
3.0
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
as Joseph 'Joey' Buttafuoco
1993
5.7
Lady Boss
as Lennie Golden
1992
0.0
With a Vengeance
1992
7.2
Illicit Behavior
as Mike Yarnell
1992
4.2
Tequila and Bonetti
as Nick Bonetti
1992
6.5
Deadly Desire
as Frank Decker
1991
1.0
Runaway Father
as John Payton
1991
7.3
Ring of Scorpio
as Richard Devereaux
1991
5.5
Donor
as Dr. Eugene Kesselman
1990
5.3
After the Shock
as Jack Thompson
1990
5.8
The Rift
as Wick Hayes
1990
4.7
Wolf
as Tony Wolf
1989
5.0
I'll Take Manhattan
as Rocco Cipriani
1987
5.8
Club Med
as O'Shea
1986
4.5
The Other Lover
as Jack Hollander
1985
4.2
Hollywood Beat
as Det. Nick McCarren
1985
5.0
Berrenger's
1985
5.0
Fear City
as Nicky Parzeno
1984
5.3
Amazons
as Lt. Tony Monaco
1984
3.0
🎬
High Performance
1983
5.0
The Devlin Connection
as Nick Corsello
1982
5.0
Remington Steele
as Tony Roselli
1982
7.1
The Star Maker
as Vince Martino
1981
4.0
Dallas
as Nicholas Pearce
1978
6.8
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
6.0
Birth of the Black Underworld
as Vincent Maranzano
N/A
0.0