Tony Darrow
Tony Darrow (born Anthony Borgese; October 1, 1938) is an Italian-American actor.
Darrow was born in the East New York section of Brooklyn. Darrow had plenty of opportunity to observe would-be mobsters and their attitudes while growing up in his neighborhood in Brooklyn. As a teenager, he gravitated towards show business, entering and winning talent shows while working odd jobs.
After ten years of singing in nightclubs, Darrow received an offer to appear in what turned out to be a cult film, Street Trash in which he played a mobster. Several months after Street Trash, Darrow was contacted by the film director Martin Scorsese. It turned out that Scorsese had seen Street Trash and wanted him to audition for a role in Goodfellas. He was successful and was cast as the owner of the Bamboo Lounge, Sonny. Darrow was also in the Woody Allen films Bullets over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Deconstructing Harry, Small Time Crooks and Sweet and Lowdown.
In 1999, Darrow played a large role in Analyze This with Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. The following year, he appeared in Mickey Blue Eyes with Hugh Grant, and got another big role as mobster Larry Barese in the HBO hit series The Sopranos, which he was on for the entire series run (1999–2007). More recently, Darrow starred in the independent film Lynch Mob.
Acting
Movie
GoodFellas
as Sonny Bunz
1990
TV
The Sopranos
as Larry Barese
1999
TV
The Sopranos
as Larry Boy Barese
1999
Movie
Analyze This
as Moony
1999
TV
Person of Interest
as Caparelli
2011
Movie
Deconstructing Harry
as Camera Operator
1997
Movie
Small Time Crooks
as Tommy
2000
Movie
Mighty Aphrodite
as Boxing Trainer
1995
Movie
Kill the Irishman
as Mikey Mendarolo
2011
TV
Law & Order
as Joey Giabone
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Bobby Vignerelli
1990
TV
Law & Order
as Mario Forcelli
1990
Movie
Bullets Over Broadway
as Aldo
1994
Movie
Mickey Blue Eyes
as Angel
1999
Movie
Sweet and Lowdown
as Ben
1999
Movie
Celebrity
as Moving Man in Loft
1998
Movie
Street Trash
as Nick Duran
1987
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
TV
New York Undercover
as Vinnie
1994
Movie
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
as Patsy Pirati
2013
Movie
The Brawler
as Tommy, head of the family
2019
Movie
Who Do I Gotta Kill?
as Tony Bando
1994
Movie
Made in Chinatown
as Al Capela
2021
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961