- Birth nameRocco Parente Jr.
- Nicknames
- The Roc
- Rocky
- Junior
- Rocco Parente Jr is an Italian American actor best known for his menacing on-screen presence and charisma. A native New Yorker born in the Bronx and raised in Rockland County New York with his mom and two sisters. Rocco had a passion for sports and movies at a very young age. While becoming an all-star in baseball and also competing in and winning the NFL punt, pass, and kick competition for many years he was scouted at an early age. Unfortunately it was a sports injury that brought Rocco closer to his love for acting. He made the switch from athlete to actor and started watching old movies and sitcoms with his family doing impressions monologues and cartoon voices. That inspired him to attend acting and improvisation classes in New York and as a result he was able to transition into a fine character actor. One of his first auditions was with Judy Blye Wilson which landed him his TV debut on One Life to Live playing along side Vincent Pastore and Audrey Landers. Since then he appeared in all of the New York soap operas from 1992-2012. For film, theater and comedy he studied with William Alderson ,Penny Templeton and Richard Kline to name a few. Ironically after working diligently to tone down his thick Bronx accent he landed his first movie role in the feature-film "A Bronx Tale." He was quickly thrown into the fire under Robert DeNiro's direction and Chazz Palminteri's encouragement. Now he is making some noise on the other side of the law landing a Guest starring role as a Sergeant on FBI most wanted and as a FBI agent on the Netflix TV series Jigsaw. Rocco has been known to work alongside some great actors and directors over the years. Some of which include Andy Garcia ,Bobby Cannavale, Michael Madson, Romany Malco, Sonequa Martin-green,Dylan McDermott, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Van Patten, Robert Townsend, and Robert DeNiro.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
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- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Daughter Victoria made her big screen appearance in Baby Mama and also sang on stage with Patritzio Buanne at the Taj Mahal in 2008.
- Was mistaken for Jean- Claude Van Damme on numerous occasions while working the door at Planet Hollywood when it first opened.
- His named acting idols are Tom Hanks , Robin Williams , Bruce Willis , Ray Romano , Anthony Quinn , Victor Mature , and Humphrey Bogart.
- Had to do 50 hours of community service at the young age of 16. He and a school buddy that worked at a local department store had made a deal to buy hundreds of dollars of Christmas gifts for his family for a much lower denomination.
- Was named after a named after a Saint. San Rocco cured the poor and the sick with a cross like symbol on his chest and his dog right by his side. Rocco was not a very common name in past history. Most recently Bobby Cannavale named his son Rocco. Madonna also named her son Rocco.
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