Steve Schirripa

Birthday: 1 August 1958, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Height: 188 cm

Steve Schirripa was born on August 1, 1958 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Sopranos (1999), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) and Fear ...Show More

If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? Th Show more If it's time for your character to go, it's time for your character to go - you know what I mean? That's it. It doesn't matter who you are. [David Chase] made that statement when he killed off Big Pussy. This was a major character that just got killed. I mean, this wasn't 'Friends'. This was a real worry. You know, we would talk. 'Did you hear anything?' You're asking the writers. Nobody's telling you nothing. Each time the script arrived, you go to the front, you go to the back, looking. Hide

Personally, I think the better they killed you, the better it was. Like Joey Pants went out with the Show more Personally, I think the better they killed you, the better it was. Like Joey Pants went out with the head [in a fistfight]. Michael had a good one [by suffocation]. Mine was fantastic [shot looking at train sets]. But i think if they let you go with a whimper it was a bad joke, instead of, you know, 'Hey, we're going to give you a good fucking send-off'. Hide

[on being cast as Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri in 'The Sopranos'] I had been working as an entertainmen Show more [on being cast as Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri in 'The Sopranos'] I had been working as an entertainment director at the Riviera in Las Vegas. When I got the script, I remember reading it going, Wait a minute. I mean, Tony's calling me a 'a calzone with legs', and 'Consider the salads, you fat fuck'. And I'm not much bigger than him. So at first I thought, Maybe they cast the wrong guy. And then they had me come in a day or two early and they fitted me for a fat suit. And for the first two seasons I was in a fat suit. And then I guess, in Season Four, David [Chase] thought I was fat enough on my own, so he let me get rid of it. Hide

Steve Schirripa's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (218)

American Dad - Season 7

Joey - Season 1

Columbo - Season 7

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Season 5

Detroit Rock City

My Wife and Kids - Season 5

The Joe Rogan Experience - Season 3

The Soul Man - Season 1

American Dad - Season 17

Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Season 8

George Lopez - Season 5

Brain Games - Season 4

Top Gear USA - Season 4

The Soul Man - Season 3

Call Me Fitz - Season 4

Call Me Fitz - Season 1

The Secret Life of the American Teenager - Season 3

Black Box - Season 1

Top Gear USA - Season 5

Pensacola: Wings of Gold - Season 2

The Eric Andre Show - Season 2

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job - Season 4

The Sopranos - Season 2

American Dad - Season 6

Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 2

Joey - Season 2

Steve Schirripa'S roles

Anthony Abetemarco

Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri

Goon

Terry's Partner

Arliss

Frankie Burrata

Anthony Abetemarco

Roberto

Leo Boykewich