List of Italian American Actors - 1960s

1960s

• Adam Alexi-Malle (born 1964) Italian-born film, television and theatre actor, musician and singer
• Kristian Alfonso (born 1964) soap opera actress, Days of our Lives
• Jennifer Aniston (born 1969) 12.5% Italian ancestry (Friends)
• Joseph Badalucco Jr. (born 1960) television actor, brother of Michael Badalucco (The Sopranos)
• Scott Baio (born 1961) television actor (Happy Days, Charles In Charge)
• Matt Battaglia (born 1965) Italian father and Anglo-American mother – actor
• Maria Bello (born 1967) Italian father and Polish mother- Academy Award-nominated film actress
• Michael Bergin (born 1969) Italian and Irish- television and movie actor and model.
• Valerie Bertinelli (born 1960) Italian father and Anglo-American mother – actress (One Day At A Time)
• Traci Bingham (born 1968) 25% Italian, 25% African-American and 50% Native American- actress and model
• Jon Bon Jovi (Bongiovi) (born 1962) Sicilian, Slovak, German, Russian ancestry - singer and film actor
• David Boreanaz (born 1969) Italian father and part Slovak mother- television actor (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel)
• Nicolas Cage (Coppola) (born 1964) Italian father and part German mother- 5 Academy Award-winning actor, director, and producer
• Steve Carell (Caroselli) (born 1962) 25% Italian blood- film actor (The 40-year-old virgin)
• Adam Carolla (born 1964) half Italian-American and half Hungarian-American comedian, actor and host of the Adam Carolla Show
• Max Casella (Deitch) (born 1967) Italian mother and Jewish father- film/television actor (The Sopranos)
• Federico Castelluccio (born 1964) Italian born actor (The Sopranos)
• Jo Champa (born 1968) actress
• Robin Christopher (Di Cristoforo) (born 1966) soap opera actress
• Alicia Coppola (born 1968) actress
• Roman Coppola (born 1965) Italian-American father and Irish mother- film actor- son of Francis Ford Coppola
• Dan Cortese (born 1967) son of Sicilian parents- television actor
• Lee Curreri (born 1961) actor, music composer and singer
• Michael DeLuise (born 1969) Italian father and Irish mother- film actor (Encino Man)
• Peter DeLuise (born 1966) Italian father and Irish mother- television actor (21 Jump Street)
• Donna D'Errico (born 1968) Italian father and Anglo-American mother– actress and model
• Vin Diesel (born 1967) Italian mother and African-American father- film actor (Pitch Black)
• Illeana Douglas (born 1965) has an Italian mother – film actress
• Edie Falco (born 1963) Italian father and Swedish mother- actress (The Sopranos)
• Jon Favreau (born 1966) Italian (and part French-Canadian) father and Jewish mother- actor and director (Rocky Marciano)
• Linda Fiorentino (born 1960) film actress (The Last Seduction)
• Vincent Gallo (born 1961) independent film actor and director (Goodfellas)
• James Gandolfini (born 1961) film/television actor (The Sopranos)
• Janeane Garofalo (born 1964) Italian father and Irish mother- stand-up comedian, actress, and political activist
• Paul Giamatti (born 1967) 25% Italian blood- Academy Award-nominated film actor
• Anthony Michael Hall (born 1968) 25% Italian, 75% Irish – film/television actor, former teen star
• Carlo Imperato (born 1963) is an Italian-American actor, best known for his role as student Danny Amatullo in the 1982 Fame TV series.
• Michael Imperioli (born 1966) film/television actor (The Sopranos)
• Ashley Judd (born 1968) Ashley Tyler Ciminella. Film actor. (Italian-American paternal grandfather)
• Artie Lange (born 1967) 50% Italian, 25% German and 25% Native American- film/television actor, stand up comedian and radio personality
• Matt LeBlanc (born 1967) 50% Italian blood- television actor (Friends)
• John Leguizamo (born 1964) Italian, Puerto Rican, and Colombian descent- actor (Ice Age)
• Téa Leoni (Pantaleoni) (born 1966) 12.5% Italian blood- actress
• Louis Lombardi (born 1968) film/television actor (The Sopranos)
• Ralph Macchio (born 1961) film actor (The Karate Kid)
• Dylan McDermott (born 1961) half-Italian mother and Irish father- film/television actor (The Practice)
• Tim McGraw (born 1967) 25% Italian blood- actor and country music singer
• Christopher Meloni (born 1961) Italian father and French Canadian mother- television actor (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Oz)
• Sofia Milos (born 1965) Italian father and a Greek mother- actress
• Katherine Narducci (born 1965) film/television actress (The Sopranos)
• Danny Nucci (born 1968) Italian father and Moroccan mother- film actor (Crimson Tide)
• Erik Palladino (born 1968) Italian father and Armenian mother- actor (ER)
• Ellen Pompeo (born 1969) paternal grandfather was Italian (Grey's Anatomy)
• Natalie Raitano (born 1966) television actress (V.I.P.)
• Michael Rispoli (born 1960) actor (The Sopranos)
• Mark Ruffalo (born 1967) critically acclaimed film actor, Italian father, French-Canadian and Italian mother (Just Like Heaven, 13 Going On 30)
• Laura San Giacomo (born 1962) actress (Just Shoot Me)
• Al Sapienza (born 1962) actor (The Sopranos)
• Mia Sara (born 1967) actress ("Legend")
• Glenn Scarpelli (born 1966) actor ("One Day At A Time") Italian American from Staten Island
• Annabella Sciorra (born 1964) film/television actress (Jungle Fever)
• Nick Scotti (born 1966) actor, model and singer
• Matt Servitto (born 1965) Italian father and Irish mother- television actor (The Sopranos)
• Mira Sorvino (born 1967) Italian father and Anglo-American mother- Academy Award-winning actress, daughter of Paul Sorvino
• Vincent Spano (born 1962) film actor (Brooklyn State of Mind)
• Gwen Stefani (born 1969) Italian father and part Irish mother- singer, fashion designer and actress
• Marisa Tomei (born 1964) Academy Award-winning film actress (My Cousin Vinny)
• Matthew Fox (born 1966) Italian-American mother and Anglo-American father- actor on ABC series Lost
• Brooke Shields (born 1965) 12.5% Italian blood – film actress
• Quentin Tarantino (born 1963) part Italian - film director and actor (Pulp Fiction)
• Christine Tucci (born 1967) actress, sister of Stanley Tucci (Another World)
• Stanley Tucci (born 1960) film/television actor (Shall We Dance)
• Aida Turturro (born 1962) actress, cousin of John Turturro (The Sopranos)
• Nicholas Turturro (born 1962) film actor, brother of John Turturro (Jungle Fever, The Longest Yard)
• Lenny Venito (born 1968) film/television actor (The Sopranos)
• John Ventimiglia (born 1963) television actor (The Sopranos)
• Richard Grieco (born 1965) -actor Italian father and Irish mother
• Lisa Rinna (born 1963) - television actress