Domenico Lombardozzi (/ˌlɒmbɑːrˈdzi/, Italian: [lombarˈdɔttsi]; born March 25, 1976)[1][2] is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Herc in The Wire, and is also known for his roles in Tulsa King, Entourage, A Bronx Tale (1993), and The Irishman (2019).

Domenick Lombardozzi
Born
Domenico Lombardozzi

(1976-03-25) March 25, 1976 (age 48)
Bronx, New York, USA
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present

Lombardozzi has also had lead roles in series such as Breakout Kings (2011-2012) and Rosewood (2015-2017). He currently portrays the role of Gaitano "Guy" Russo in the Amazon Prime Video Original series Reacher.

Early life

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Lombardozzi was born in Bronx, New York, USA.[3]

Career

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Lombardozzi was cast in his first film role at age seventeen, when Robert De Niro cast him in A Bronx Tale as a low level gun dealer named Nicky Zero. 20 years later, he would reunite with De Niro for the film The Family.

He is known for playing Ray Zancanelli on the A&E television series Breakout Kings and for his roles as Tony Salerno in Martin Scorsese's The Irishman (2019), as a firefighter in Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island and on the HBO programs Oz as Ralph Galino, The Wire as Herc, Entourage as Dominick, and Boardwalk Empire as Ralph Capone.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 A Bronx Tale Nicky Zero
1997 Kiss Me, Guido Joey Chips
1998 54 Key
Side Streets Police Officer One
1999 Just One Time Cyrill
For Love of the Game Tow Truck Driver
The Young Girl and the Monsoon Frankie
2000 The Yards Todd
2001 Kate & Leopold Counterman Uncredited
2002 Love in the Time of Money Eddie Iovine
Phone Booth Wyatt
2003 S.W.A.T. GQ
2005 Carlito's Way: Rise to Power Artie Bottolota, Jr. Video
2006 Find Me Guilty Jerry McQueen
Freedomland Leo Sullivan
Miami Vice Detective Stan Switek
2008 Sympathetic Details Vincent
2009 Public Enemies Gilbert Catena
2010 How Do You Know Bullpen Pitcher
2012 Life's a Beach Schmitty
2013 Blood Ties Mike
The Family Caputo
2014 God's Pocket Sal
The Gambler Ernie
2015 The Wannabe Mickey
Entourage Dom Cameo
Bridge of Spies Agent Blasco
2019 Cold Pursuit Mustang
The Irishman Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno
2020 The King of Staten Island Firefighter Lockwood
2021 Boogie Coach Hawkins
2022 Armageddon Time Police Sergeant D'Arienzo
2023 Reptile Wally

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Law & Order Jason Vitone Episode: "Ambitious"
2000 The Beat Episode: "The Beat Goes On"
2000 Oz Ralph Galino 2 episodes
2001 61* Moose Skowron Television film
2001 NYPD Blue Max Legazi Episode: "Johnny Got His Gold"
2001 Third Watch Det. Barry Newcastle Episode: "Childhood Memories"
2002–2008 The Wire Thomas "Herc" Hauk 51 episodes
2004 The Jury Marcus Peluso Episode: "Too Jung to Die"
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Joe Petro Episode: "Blue Wall"
2006–2008 Entourage Dom 3 episodes
2007 The Man Cueball Television film
2008 Finnegan Detective Tony Carbo Television film
2008 SIS Vic Television film
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Frank Stroup Episode: "Astoria Helen"
2010 24 John Mazoni Episode: "Day 8: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m."
2010 Bored to Death Eric Episode: "The Gowanus Canal Has Gonorrhea!"
2011–2012 Breakout Kings Ray Zancanelli[4] 23 episodes
2013 Chicago Fire Lucci Episode: "A Hell of a Ride"
2013 Blue Bloods Lt. Sutton Episode: "Ties That Bind"
2013–2014 Boardwalk Empire Ralph Capone 13 episodes
2014 The Michael J. Fox Show Ted Episode: "Party"
2014 Deadbeat Mikey O'Shmidt Episode: "Sixty Feet Under"
2015 The Good Wife Bill Kroft Episode: "Hail Mary"
2015 Daredevil Bill Fisk Episode: "Shadows in the Glass"
2015–2017 Rosewood Capt. Ira Hornstock 43 episodes
2015–2017 Sneaky Pete Abraham Persikof 2 episodes
2017 Doubt Jerry Episode: "Pilot"
2017 MacGyver Gunman 2 episodes
2018 Somebody Feed Phil Himself Episode: "New York City"[5]
2018–2022 Magnum P.I. Sebastian Nuzo 5 episodes
2018–2019 Ray Donovan NYPD Officer Sean "Mac" McGrath 10 episodes
2018–2019 Power Benny Civello 5 episodes
2019 Yellowstone Masked Man Episode: "Resurrection Day"
2019 The Deuce Jack Maple 4 episodes
2019 Mrs. Fletcher George 5 episodes
2020–2021 Billions Paul "Manz" Manzarello 2 episodes
2022 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Mr. Bartosiewicz Episode: "Rumble on the Wonder Wheel"
2022 We Own This City Stephen Brady Episode: "Part Three"
2022 Tulsa King Charles "Chickie" Invernizzi 14 episodes
2023–2024 Reacher Gaetano "Guy" Russo 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "DOMENICK LOMBARDOZZI". Black Hollywood Live. September 18, 2015. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2020 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Birthdays". The Modesto Bee. The Associated Press. March 25, 2017. p. 2A. Actor Domenick Lombardozzi is 41.
  3. ^ "Domenick Lombardozzi - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  4. ^ ANDREEVA, NELLIE (May 17, 2012). "A&E's 'Breakout Kings' Cancelled After Two Seasons". Deadline. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
  5. ^ Deliso, Meredith (July 5, 2018). "All the NYC eats featured in Netflix's 'Somebody Feed Phil'". am New York. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
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