Joe Dallesandro

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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

December 31, 1948

Career Milestones

1999

Had supporting role of a dumb hitman in "The Limey"

1999

Appeared as himself in the quasi-documentary "Beefcake"

1995

Co-starred with Whoopi Goldberg in the direct-to-video release "Theodore Rex"

1992

Filmed cameo appearance as himself in Robert Altman's "The Player"; scene cut from released print but restored for the home video release

1992

Acted in Tamra Davis' "Guncrazy" (aired on Showtime)

1990

Played a devout evangelist in John Waters' "Cry-Baby"

1988

Cast as a fictionalized Dutch Schultz in Blake Edwards' "Sunset"

1987

Played a rival mobster to Ray Sharkey's Sonny Steelgrave in a memorable arc of "Wiseguy" (CBS)

1986

TV series debut as regular on the short-lived syndicated cop drama "Fortune Dane"

1984

Appeared in an episode of "Miami Vice" (NBC)

1984

Portrayed gangster Lucky Luciano in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club"

1979

Had small supporting role as an actor in "Tapage Nocturne", directed by Catherine Breillat

1978

Acted opposite Maria Schneider in Jacques Rivette's "Merry Go Round"

1976

Starred opposite Sylvia Kristel in Walerian Borowczyk's "La Marge/The Margin/The Streetwalker"

1975

Cast as a singing mute (with dubbed vocals) in Louis Malle's "Black Moon"

1974

Moved to Europe and made films primarily in Italy

1974

First film not for Warhol or Morrissey, "The Gardener/Seeds of Evil", directed by James H Kay

1974

Appeared as a servant in "Blood for Dracula/Andy Warhol's Dracula", also directed by Morrissey

1974

Played the stableboy in "Flesh for Frankenstein/Andy Warhol's Frankenstein", helmed by Morrissey

1972

Rounded out Morrissey's trilogy by playing a former child actor trying for a career as a rock star in "Heat"

1970

Portrayed a junkie in Morrissey's "Trash"

Cast in "The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart"; fired after clashing with an assistant director

1968

Starred in "Flesh", the first of Paul Morrissey's trilogy; cast as a male hustler

1967

Appeared in first film, Andy Warhol's "The Loves of Ondine"

Worked as a nude model, sometimes billed as Joe Catano

Returned to NYC briefly before heading first to Mexico and then to L.A.

As a teenager, stole cars; shot in the knee during one car theft, was sent to reform school; ran away and headed to Florida to live with father

Raised in foster homes in Brooklyn and on Long Island