{{Short description|American actor and filmmaker}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Garry Pastore | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|2}} | birth_place = Great Kills, Staten Island, New York, U.S. | occupation = Actor, stuntman, writer, filmmaker | years_active = 1980–present | spouse = | children = | website = [http://www.garrypastore.com garrypastore.com] }} '''Garry Pastore''' (born December 2, 1961) is an American actor, stuntman, writer, and filmmaker.
==Background== Pastore was born in Great Kills, Staten Island, New York City,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.silive.com/entertainment/tvfilm/2010/06/staten_island_film_festival_pi_2.html |title=Staten Island film festival picks: 'Waiting for... Budd' |first=Chelsea |last=Kardokus |newspaper=Staten Island Advance |date=June 4, 2010 |accessdate=November 18, 2019}}</ref> the middle child in a family of six. He resides in Central New Jersey with his wife, Melody, and their four children.<ref name = alternative>{{cite news | last = Mooney | first = John | title = Award-Winning Actor/Director Garry Pastore's DESTRESSED Makes World Premier at Garden State Film Festival April 5 | newspaper = The Alternative Press | date = March 30, 2014 | url = http://thealternativepress.com/articles/award-winning-actor-slash-director-garry-pastores-dest | accessdate = 2014-07-10}}</ref> He is the brother of musician Eric Blackwood, and the cousin of fellow actor Vincent Pastore.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
He has worked as a property person with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. He is member of the New York Friars Club.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
==Actor== Pastore has acted in over 70 television and feature films since the early 1980s.<ref name = alternative/><ref name=management>{{cite news | title = Garry Pastore | publisher = Rosella Olson Management | url = http://www.cmgtalent.com/members/male/pastore_garry_rez.pdf | accessdate = 2014-07-10 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120918/http://www.cmgtalent.com/members/male/pastore_garry_rez.pdf | archive-date = 2014-07-14 }}</ref>
His acting film credits include ''The Last Call'' (2021),''The Irishman'' (2019), ''Shooting Heroin'' (2019), ''Mob Town'' (2019), ''The Week Of'' (2018), ''Sarah Q'' (2018), ''Who's Jenna'' (2018), ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989), ''Goodfellas'' (1990), ''A Bronx Tale'' (1993), ''Carlito's Way'' (1993), ''Donnie Brasco'' (1997), ''Cop Land'' (1997), ''Witness to the Mob'' (1998), ''The Yards'' (2000), ''The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), and ''Rob the Mob'' (2014).
He also has film credits as a set dresser for the films ''Spider-Man'' (2002), ''Lord of War'' (2005), ''World Trade Center'' (2006), ''The Good Shepherd'' (2006), ''Now You See Me'' (2013), and ''Blue Jasmine'' (2013).
His stunt work film credits include ''Do the Right Thing'', ''Leon: The Professional'' (1994), ''Godzilla'' (1998), ''The Dark Knight Rises'', the episode "The Milkmaid's Lot" of the HBO series ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2012), and ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014). In 2012, he was in the ensemble nominated for a SAG Award for ''The Dark Knight Rises''.<ref name = alternative/><ref name = management/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/jobeth-williams-and-scott-bakula-announce-recipients-stunt-ensemble-honors|title=JoBeth Williams and Scott Bakula to Announce Recipients of the Stunt Ensemble Honors During the SAG Awards® Red Carpet Pre-Show|access-date=2014-07-10|archive-date=2016-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916102930/http://www.sagawards.org/media-pr/press-releases/jobeth-williams-and-scott-bakula-announce-recipients-stunt-ensemble-honors|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Pastore has appeared in numerous television programs including the series ''Cosby'', ''30 Rock'', ''Blue Bloods'', and ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''. Pastore played Jerry Basile of the fictional Mafia Lupertazzi crime family in the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' in the "Marco Polo" (2004) episode. Pastore is seen in the HBO series ''The Deuce'' as real life Genovese Crime Family boss Matthew Ianniello.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/arts/television/the-deuce-recap-season-2-episode-8.html|title='The Deuce' Season 2, Episode 8: Bringing the Hammer Down|first=Scott|last=Tobias|work=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
He portrayed mobster Albert Anastasia in ''The Irishman'' and in ''Last Call'', Mr. Delvecchio.
==Writer and director== Pastore wrote the book ''You're Not in Mom's Kitchen Anymore'', published in 1998, containing recipes and tips for college students.<ref>{{Citation | last = Pastore | first = Garry | title = You're Not in Mom's Kitchen Anymore | publisher = Ramholtz Books | year = 1997 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r0B5PQAACAAJ | isbn = 978-1890638009}}</ref> The second book 'Destressed' is based on the award-winning movie Destressed (2013) with self-help section by coach Dana Ketels, will be published March 2021, helping people to find sanity in an insane world.<ref>{{Citation | last = Pastore | first = Garry | title = Destressed Book | publisher = Willowcreek Entertainment | year = 2021 | url = https://www.garrypastore.com/?page_id=1367 | isbn = 978-1-944066-40-6}}</ref>
Pastore made his directorial and producing debut at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2009 with his film ''Waiting For... Budd'', which garnered eight awards including best director, best producer and best film awards. The 30-minute documentary is about a staged reading of ''On the Waterfront'', which was originally written by Budd Schulberg, and who attended the reading the night before his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/08/from_budd_schulberg_to_goodfel.html|title = From Budd Schulberg to "Goodfellas," Garry Pastore loves New Jersey filmmaking|date = 21 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Baldwin | first = Carly | title = Budd Schulberg attends 'Sopranos'-studded reading of 'On the Waterfront' in Hoboken | newspaper = The Jersey Journal | date = July 30, 2009 | url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/07/budd_schulberg_attends_soprano.html }}</ref> The award was presented at the Shrine Auditorium in January 2010.<ref>{{cite news | last = Maurer | first = Mark| title = Hudson Film Group CEO to accept award in L.A. for documentary | newspaper = The Jersey Journal| date = January 21, 2010| url =http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2010/01/hudson_film_group_ceo_to_accep.html | accessdate = 2014-07-10}}</ref> The film also won awards at the Accolade Global Film Competition and the Staten Island Film Festival.<ref>{{cite press release | title = Independent Film, Waiting for ... BUDD, From Hudson Film Group Moves Audiences From Hoboken, N.J., to Accolade and Staten Island Film Festival, for Awards | publisher = www.eworldwire.com | url = http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211695 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230216/http://www.eworldwire.com/pressreleases/211695 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = July 14, 2014 | accessdate = 2014-07-10}}</ref>
After screenings in the Netherlands and Belgium,<ref>{{cite web | title = "Destressed" by Garry Pastore Holds US Premiere At Garden State Film Festival |work=New Jersey Stage| date = March 18, 2014 | url = http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=3156#.U73aTMZsq8U | accessdate = 2014-07-10}}</ref> Pastore's film ''Destressed'' premiered the Garden State Film Festival at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City on April 5, 2014, where it won the public's choice "Pick of the Flicks" and jury prizes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gsff.org/2014-festival/ |title=2014 Festival | Garden State Film Festival |access-date=2014-07-10 |archive-date=2014-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041752/http://www.gsff.org/2014-festival/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author = DUTCH | title = 'Destressed' wint prijs (Destressed wins prize) | newspaper = De Telegraaf | date = April 7, 2014 | url = http://www.telegraaf.nl/filmenuitgaan/film/22479599/___Destressed__wint_prijs__.html | accessdate = 2014-07-10}}</ref> It won "best documentary" at the Golden Door Film Festival in September 2014.
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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0665101}} * [http://www.garrypastore.com www.garrypastore.com] *[http://www.garrypastore.com/?page_id=1367 ''Destressed Book 2021''] <!-- (Commenting this out because we generally don't keep big lists of external articles like this, but if someone wants to use them to improve the article, or incorporate them as citations, that would be great.)
*[http://www.garrypastore.com/?page_id=1367 ''Destressed Book 2021''] *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1523368/ ''Waiting for... Budd'' (2009) at IMDB] *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2199327/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm ''Destressed'' (2014) at IMDB] *[http://destressedfilm.com/press.php?id=3 ''Destressed'' Official film Site] *Last Waking Moments (in Dutch) *[http://independentfilmquarterly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=829&Itemid=119 ''Independent Film Quarterly'' Garry Pastore interview by Rich Rossi] **{{cite news | author = Baldwin, Carly | title = From Budd Schulberg to "Goodfellas," Garry Pastore loves New Jersey filmmaking | publisher = nj.com | date = August 21, 2009 | url = http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2009/08/from_budd_schulberg_to_goodfel.html}}--> {{authority control}}
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