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Edoardo Ballerini

Actor

Edoardo Ballerini

Born March 20, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA31 films

Edoardo Ballerini (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor, narrator, writer, and film director. On-screen he is best known for his work as junkie Corky Caporale in The Sopranos and the hotheaded chef in the indie film Dinner Rush (2001). Ballerini is a two-time winner of the Audio Publishers Association's Best Male Narrator Audie Award (2013, Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter; 2019 Watchers by Dean Koontz) and the co-author of the Audible Original "The Angel of Rome" (2021), with Jess Walter. His directorial debut, Good Night Valentino, premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

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Essential films

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Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 20187 Splinters in TimeDarius Lefaux
  2. 2018First We Take BrooklynDimitri
  3. 2016The Unattainable Story
  4. 2015ExperimenterPaul Hollander
  5. 2014No God, No MasterCarlo Tresca
  6. 2013HellbendersFather Atherton
  7. 2013RunLuke
  8. 2013Gilded LilysTommy Barone
  9. 2011Trophy KidsChristos
  10. 2009Life Is Hot in CracktownChas
  11. 2007Protect and ServeOfficer John Esparza
  12. 2006Home, James, and Don't Spare the HorsesGraham Witt
  13. 2005A Year and a Day
  14. 2005FreezerburnKevin Korlowsky
  15. 2005The F WordWalt Whitman Quoter
  16. 2003Good Night ValentinoRudolph Valentino
  17. 2002MalevolentOliver Chadwicke
  18. 2001Drowning Lessons
  19. 2000Looking for an EchoAnthony Pirelli
  20. 2000Dinner RushChef Udo Cropa
  21. 2000Romeo Must DieVincent Roth
  22. 1999SuitsJohnny Akida
  23. 1998Money KingsLeo
  24. 1998SueEddie
  25. 1998The Substitute 2: School's OutDanny Bramson
  26. 1998The Last Days of DiscoVictor
  27. 1997The PestHimmel
  28. 1996I'm Not RappaportMan at the Rally
  29. 19965 Dead on the Crimson CanvasBlaine
  30. 1996The PallbearerThe Job Interviewer
  31. 1996I Shot Andy WarholEditor of School Paper