lillo brancato jr.

August 30, 1976 (1976-08-30) (age 32)

Bogotá, Colombia Years active 1993-2005

Lillo Brancato, Jr. (born August 30, 1976)[1] is an American actor, perhaps best known for his role of "Calogero Anello," in Robert De Niro's 1993 directorial debut, A Bronx Tale. He also played Mathew Bevilaqua, a young mobster on The Sopranos. In December 2005, Brancato was charged with second-degree murder for his role in a burglary in the Bronx. Authorities say an off-duty police officer, Daniel Enchautegui, confronted two burglers and was killed in a shootout. Brancato was subsequently acquitted of murder, but was convicted of 1st-degree attempted-burglary and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Co-defendant Steven Armento was convicted of firing the fatal shot. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Arrests 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links //

Early life

Brancato was born in Bogotá, Colombia. Adopted when he was four months old, he was raised by Italian-American parents, Lillo, Sr., (a builder) and Domenica (an electrolysist),[2] in Yonkers, New York. Although he is of Colombian descent, Brancato has said "I consider myself Italian. I was raised to eat pasta".[3][dead link] Brancato was discovered while swimming at Jones Beach by a talent scout who noticed Brancato's resemblance to Robert De Niro. Brancato was a fan of De Niro's and impressed the scout with an impression of Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. This won him the role of De Niro's son in A Bronx Tale.

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Brancato appeared in several episodes in the second season of The Sopranos, as Matthew Bevilaqua, a young mobster who was eventually murdered. He played a small part in Crimson Tide (1995) with Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. He starred alongside Gregory Hines, Danny DeVito and Mark Wahlberg in the 1994 movie Renaissance Man. In 2001, he starred opposite fellow Sopranos cast member Drea de Matteo in Abel Ferrara's 'R Xmas.

Arrests 3117-3119 Arnow Place, Bronx, New York 10461, site of the shooting. The house left of the alleyway, number 3117, was Daniel Enchautegui's residence; number 3119, right of the alleyway, was the house that Brancato and his accomplice attempted to burglarize.

On June 10, 2005, Brancato was arrested by the Yonkers Police Department, in Yonkers, New York, and charged with seventh-degree misdemeanor criminal possession of a controlled substance. According to press reports, police pulled Brancato over for having a rear brake light out and found he had an expired registration and no other papers for the vehicle. He gave police permission to look in a cigarette box where they found four