Danny Aiello

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Born: 6/20/1933

Biography: An Italian-American character actor with a beefy physique, no-nonsense expression, and intimidating presence, Danny Aiello came to acting late in life, having been a bus driver, a transport labor official, a night-club bouncer, and (he claims) an occasional thief. He began p …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

A Broken Sole [Movie] as Shoemaker

2007

Stiffs [Movie]

2006

Lucky Number Slevin [Movie]

2006

Last Request [Movie] as Pop

2006

Brooklyn Lobster [Movie] as Frank Giorgio

2005

Running With the Hitman [Movie] as Nathan Winkler

2004

ProducerAll Producer Credits

Last Request [Movie]

2006

Unconventional [Movie]

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NEWS & GOSSIP

Film: Better Late Than Never?: Do The Right Thing

07/06/09 My grandfather passed away a couple years ago. | The A.V. Club
UrbanEye Video: 'Do the Right Thing'

07/02/09 When " Do the Right Thing " premiered in 1989, it touched off a wave of controversy and critical adulation, earning accolades at the Cannes Film Festival , an Oscar nominations (for its star, Danny Aiello) and sparking a slew of predictions that it would foment violence, which turned out to be false. | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
New to DVD: Getting it right

07/01/09 Two decades ago, director Spike Lee managed to capture lightning in a bottle with his third major studio release "Do the Right Thing." | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
Review: Still, Always, 'Do the Right Thing"

06/30/09 "Do the Right Thing" remains the most honest, funny and brave film about racism in the history of American cinema. | Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek CA
Celebrity Photos: Mariah Carey on ?Obsessed? music video set; The adopted twins of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick; Spike Lee, Miley Cyrus and more

06/30/09 Singer Mariah Carey (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images) is on set during filming for her new music video "Obsessed" at The Plaza Hotel Monday in New York City. The public gets its first look at the twin daughters adopted by actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband actor Matthew Broderick. | The Concert Blog
DVD reviews: Joaquin Phoenix's performance in 'Two Lovers' has great depth

06/30/09 Above all else, "Two Lovers" will be known as the last film for the talented Joaquin Phoenix before he gave up acting and went off the deep end, as evidenced by his bizarre behavior during his February appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman." | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
Blu-ray Review: Do the Right Thing ? 20th Anniversary Edition

06/29/09 Visceral, challenging, immediate, and uncomfortable, Do the Right Thing hasn't lost any of its bite over the last 20 years. | Blogcritics.org Video
Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' turns 20

06/27/09 Spike and I were sitting together on a plane to Los Angeles and he was writing a script on a legal pad. | Journal News - White Plains NY
Spike Lee's 'Do the Right Thing' has 20th anniversary

06/24/09 Yeah, it's been 20 years since Spike Lee 's "Do The Right Thing" turned pop culture upside down, as fearmongers tried to scare people away from the movie's opening weekend, claiming that there would be widespread riots after people saw it. | Newsday - New York NY
DVD Reviews / Do the Right Thing

06/20/09 Spike Lee was an independent filmmaker with two films under his belt - one well received, one indifferently received - and then came his great creative leap in 1989. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
Today in History - June 20

06/19/09 On June 20, 1893, a jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her father and stepmother. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
'Do The Right Thing' Turns 20

06/11/09 Considering all the effort put into shrouding Barack Obama in swarthy otherness during the election, it's a wonder that one biographical factoid went without much scrutiny. | Newsweek
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 14-20

06/10/09 Singer Rod Argent of The Zombies and Argent is 64. | The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville FL

Year
Result
Award
Movie

1989
Won
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
Best Supporting Actor
Do The Right Thing

1989
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
Do The Right Thing

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