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	Dominic Chianese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dominic Chianese (born February 24, 1931) in Bronx, New York, is an Italian-American actor and performer.
		Chianese worked as a bricklayer with his father and attended night school during the 1950s, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Speech and Theater from Brooklyn College in 1961.
		Chianese is a talented musician, having released a CD (fittingly titled "Hits") in 2000, where he sings American and Italian songs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominic_Chianese (480 words)

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		Dominic Chianese was born on February 24th, 1931, in an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx, New York.
		Dominic can recall vivid memories of listening to his grandfather, who was also a mason and bricklayer like his father, singing during his childhood.
		Dominic picked up a guitar in 1962 and was later employed teaching the guitar to women who were incarcerated for drug related crimes (Dominic Chianese’s Music, 2003).
	www.personal.psu.edu /students/r/p/rpp124/art002/chianese.txt (841 words)

	HBO: Dominic Chianese as Corrado "Junior" Soprano - The Sopranos
		Dominic Chianese's professional acting career began with "American Savayards" in 1952 at the Jan Lees Off-Broadway theater, leading to his first professional U. tour in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" and "Patience." He was awarded an undergraduate prize for acting at Brooklyn College, his alma mater.
		Chianese currently plays Corrado "Uncle Junior" Soprano on "The Sopranos." He was nominated for the 2001 Emmy® Award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series.
		Dominic Chianese was nominated for the 2001 Emmy® Award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his role as Corrado "Uncle Junior" Soprano.
	www.hbo.com /sopranos/cast/actor/dominic_chianese.shtml (319 words)

	Dominic Chianese: Hits - PopMatters Music Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chianese is not shy about capitalizing on his portrayals of Mafiosi, but his musical heart is in completely different territory.
		Chianese covers songs by Kris Kristofferson and Randy Newman, interprets traditional songs in Spanish and Italian, and pens three songs of his own in various and diverse styles.
		Chianese vocally navigates the melody landscape with the confident ease of a man walking around a neighborhood he's known for years.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/c/chianesedominic-hits.shtml (1402 words)

	Dominic Chianese @ Filmbug
		Dominic Chianese's professional acting career began with American Savoyards in 1952 at the Jan Hus Off-Broadway Theater, leading to his first professional U.S. tour in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado and Patience.
		Chianese began his film career in 1971 with the film Fuzz, and soon after landed the role of Johnny Ola in the classic Coppola film, The Godfather, Part II.
		Dominic will also be seen in the upcoming ABC Family MOW Crimes of Fashion co-starring Kaley Cuoco.
	www.filmbug.com /db/251534 (400 words)

	Dominic Chianese: MusicWorld® Hitmakers Story
		Dominic Chianese, whose portrayal of Uncle Junior, the titular boss of the New Jersey mob, is his most recognizable role in a diverse career that's spanned five decades.
		Chianese's musical career recently took another significant step when the actor signed with BMI's Nashville office, where he took advantage of the city's rich music tradition to work on song demos he's written for film and television.
		Chianese is best known for his roles as an Italian-American.
	www.bmi.com /musicworld/onthescene/200009/dchianese.asp (372 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		Chianese, in Honolulu as the featured guest Saturday at an HBO bash at Honolulu Harbor honoring the award-winning series, was brought up onstage while attending Ho's show last week.
		Chianese didn't appear in films until the '70s, but now has several blockbusters to his credit, including "The Godfather Part II" (1974) and "All the President's Men" (1976).
		Treading the fine line between drama and comedy, Chianese etches a stunning portrait of a simple man with large ambitions, receiving Emmy nominations in 2000 and 2001 for his efforts.
	starbulletin.com /2004/03/29/features/story3.html (969 words)

	Dominic Chianese News
		Brian Stokes Mitchell, David Hyde Pierce, Lauren Ambrose, and Dominic Chianese will star in a benefit concert presentation of A Wonderful Life, to be held at 7pm on Monday, December 12 at the Shubert Theater.
		That was the message Dominic Chianese, best known for playing Uncle Junior on HBO's "The Sopranos," told about 300 high school students Thursday during the announcement of the first-ever Jersey Filmmakers of...
		Michael McKean, Dominic Chianese, Martha Plimpton Star in Woody...
	www.topix.net /who/dominic-chianese (334 words)

	Dominic Chianese News and Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dominic is planning his own television variety show which will feature many of his celebrity friends, plus his band, The New York Sidewalkers.
		Dominic performed in a new play by Woody Allen, A Second Hand Memory, directed by Woody Allen, at the Atlantic Theater in New York City.
		Dominic was in Hawaii in late March and sang with Don Ho who has a show there.
	www.dominicchianese.com /NewFiles/news.html (438 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Dominic Chianese : Biography
		Born in 1931, in Bronx, NY, Chianese attended Brooklyn College, and began appearing on-stage in 1952.
		Chianese also appeared in All the President's Men in 1976, and would work with Pacino again in the 1979 thriller...And Justice for All.
		The series earned incredible success, and in 2001, Chianese was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his role on the program.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/11362/bio.jhtml (332 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - Sidelined 'Soprano' sends notes to fans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chianese can be found Mondays singing classic Italian songs and playing guitar at the West Bank Cafe on W. 42nd St. The open-ended run, beginning tonight, has Chianese performing the songs his Neapolitan grandpa taught him.
		Working as a bricklayer at the time — his father was the crew foreman — Chianese was riding the bus to work when he asked his dad if he could take the day off to audition for a musical.
		Chianese landed a one-year contract with a Gilbert & Sullivan touring company — then spent the next 20 or so years bouncing between small theater roles, bricklaying and teaching in a Brooklyn public school.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/298765p-255688c.html (449 words)

	The Sopranos - Dominic Chianese
		Dominic Chianese play Corrado Enrico Soprano or "Junior".
		Dominic has been in an incredible amount of films, television shows and theater.
		Below are some movies that Dominic has starred in.
	www.mobstory.com /bio/dominic-chianese.html (110 words)

	Playbill News: "Uncle Junior" Dominic Chianese Guests on "Tony Danza Show" Oct. 26; Next Stop, Woody Allen's ...
		Dominic Chianese, well-known as Uncle Junior on "The Sopranos" and soon to be seen Off-Broadway in Woody Allen's A Second Hand Memory, will be a guest on "The Tony Danza Show" Oct. 26.
		Chianese is an accomplished singer who also has an album of Italian songs and a weekly singing gig (he plays guitar as well) at Sofia's near Times Square.
		Dominic Chianese and Beth Fowler in front of castmates (L-R) Michael McKean, Elizabeth Marvel, Kate Blumberg, Erica Leerhsen and Nicky Katt.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/89199.html (297 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! - Q&A with Dominic Chianese
		At 70, Dominic Chianese, who plays mob boss Uncle Junior on The Sopranos, has just launched a new career as a recording star.
		CHIANESE: (Bruce Springteen guitarist and Sopranos co-star) Stevie Van Zant took me in to a studio a few days before (we shot the scene) and we recorded it.
		He asked me what the title of the song meant, and when I told him it was "Ungrateful Heart," it just stayed in his mind and he put it into the script.
	jam.canoe.ca /Television/TV_Shows/S/Sopranos/2001/06/01/pf-735381.html (273 words)

	Playbill News: CHANNELING THEATRE: Chatting with "Sopranos" and A Second Hand Memory Star Dominic Chianese
		Chianese (KEY-ah-nays-ay) is having a great time playing Lou Wolfe, the father, in Allen's play.
		One day, young Dominic was on a bus, on his way to work with his bricklayer father.
		Recalls Chianese, "We were in Boston [prior to the New York opening], and my agent called to say that Francis Ford Coppola wanted to see me again for 'The Godfather.' I had met with him a few weeks earlier in New York.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/90192.html (1473 words)

	Business Wire: Dominic Chianese Jams with Legendary Greats BB King, Les Paul, Hubert Sumlin and Others at BB King's ...
		Grandstand Entertainment/AOL Music's singer/songwriter Dominic Chianese was invited onstage Tuesday for a special jam session with legendary great musicians BB King, Les Paul, Hubert Sumlin, Gary U.S. Bonds, Chris Thomas King, and Jon Paris.
		Dominic who has gained widespread recognition for his portrayal of Uncle Junior on the hit TV series "The Sopranos" has been taking this country by storm with the release of his new CD "Ungrateful Heart" the Ultimate Italian collection which has become the #1 Pop/Italian album in the country.
		It features "Core 'n Grato" which Dominic performed on the 3rd season finale of the Sopranos, "Parla Piu Paino" (theme from the Godfather) and an original "Song A Napoletano" where Dominic reveals, "I'm a Neapolitan, American and if I don't sing I die".
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2003_June_19/ai_103696304 (389 words)

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		On a frigid winter morning, amidst the sounds of the New York city rush hour, a homeless man (Dominic Chianese) trudges through an icy Central Park to meet a special friend.
		The encounter triggers memories of his youth and sends him on a magical journey that begins and ends at the same place...the statue of a fallen hero, Jose Marti.
		Starring Emmy-nominated actor Dominic Chianese ("The Sopranos") and featuring his original score.
	www.geocities.com /thewhiterose_themovie (243 words)

	Dominic Chianese Scores A Hit With 'Hits'
		BMI songwriter Dominic Chianese, who portrays Uncle Junior on HBO’s hit series The Sopranos, was honored at BMI Nashville (9/6) upon the release of his debut CD, Hits.
		Chianese, who as Uncle Junior brought grown mobsters to tears with his moving performance of "Core ‘ngrato" (Ungrateful Heart) in the show’s season finale, is an accomplished tenor who spent his early career in musical theatre.
		Dominic Chianese addresses guests prior to performing selections from his debut album Hits.
	www.bmi.com /news/200109/20010919a.asp (237 words)

	Salon People \| Will Uncle Junior sing?
		But Dominic Chianese, who plays figurehead mob boss Junior -- the uncle of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), the brother-in-law of Tony's mother, Livia (Nancy Marchand), and her partner in betraying Tony -- is a bona fide "Godfather" icon who got to deliver one of the saga's key speeches.
		Even 26 years ago, Chianese was cast in a role the script describes as "an older Italian," though there's a springy elegance to his acting.
		During a recent conversation in San Francisco, Chianese savored the many possibilities he explored in a character who's not just scared and vicious but cruelly disappointed in his nephew.
	www.salon.com /people/feature/2000/01/21/junior (938 words)

	Theater News - Feature: Singing Soprano - Dominic Chianese, aka Uncle Junior on The Sopranos, talks to Lynda Sturner ...
		Theater News - Feature: Singing Soprano - Dominic Chianese, aka Uncle Junior on The Sopranos, talks to Lynda Sturner about his family, his training, and the joys of music.
		Dominic Chianese, aka Uncle Junior on The Sopranos, talks to Lynda Sturner about his family, his training, and the joys of music.
		Dominic Chianese has been a working actor for over 30 years: performing on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as in soaps, commercials, and movies, through good and lean times, he raised a family even as he stuck with his career.
	www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm/story/1009 (684 words)

	Biography for Dominic Chianese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A multi-talented performer, Chianese has the distinction of being the only actor to appear in the greatest mobster movie series (as Johnny Ola in Godfather II) and the greatest mobster TV series (as Uncle Junior on the Sopranos).
		Chianese has the distinction of being the only actor to appear in the greatest mobster movie series (as Johnny Ola in Godfather II) and the greatest mobster TV series as a series regular(as Uncle Junior on the Sopranos).
		Richard Bright also appeared in both the Godfather series and the Sopranos TV series, although he is not a regular cast member of the sopranos.
	imdb.com /name/nm0156940/bio (262 words)

	Sopranoland Sighting - Dominic Chianese's Las Vegas Singing Debut - May 18, 2001
		We wasn't sure exactly what to expect, having only heard him sing Core 'ngrato on the new 2-CD Sopranos soundtrack release Peppers and Eggs (which was also featured in the finale episode of season three).
		In addition to some terrific standards like Guantanamarra, Chianese also performed his original compositions A Typical New Yorker and True Love Still On My Mind all of which will be available on his soon-to-be-released album.
		Chianese he looked very tired and simply said, "I think I've signed about four million autographs tonight".
	www.sopranoland.com /sightings/05-18-2001.html (520 words)

	Dominic Chianese The Sopranos Uncle Jr is set to release a new CD of Intimate - Press Release
		Dominic Chianese The Sopranos Uncle Jr is set to release a new CD of Intimate - Press Release
		New York, NY.Grandstand Entertainment’s debut artist, critically acclaimed actor and Emmy Nominee, Dominic Chianese who has gained widespread recognition for his portrayal of Corrado “Uncle Junior” Soprano on the cable-television series The Sopranos is set to release a new CD, “UNGRATEFUL HEART”, on May 20, 2003.
		On this new CD Dominic explores his extraordinary aggressive vocal range while using his acoustic guitar as the CD’s centerpiece.
	music.press-world.com /v/1095.html (550 words)

	Dominic Chianese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After nearly a half century as a working actor with credits on Broadway and TV as well as in features, Dominic Chianese finally achieved prominence as the embittered and ambitious would-be don Corrado 'Junior' Soprano, the uncle to mob boss Tony, on HBO's popular series "The Sopranos".
		The Bronx native began acting onstage in 1952 amassing credits in musicals and plays in regional theaters and on and off-Broadway, mostly in character parts.
		Chianese didn't start appearing in films until the 70s beginning with a small role as a panhandler in "Fuzz" (1972)....
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/celeb/186623 (425 words)

	CNN Transcript - CNN Today: Dominic Chianese Discusses 'The Sopranos' - March 2, 2001
		DOMINIC CHIANESE, ACTOR: Because I'm the boss of this family.
		CHIANESE: That's what it is. The details I'll leave it to Nathan to tell you about it.
		CHIANESE: I am a simple man from the land of the palm trees.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0103/02/tod.12.html (800 words)

	ABC News: Chianese Urges Students to Tell Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dominic Chianese, who plays "Junior Soprano" on the HBO series "The Sopranos," arrives for the world premiere of the show's third season Wednesday, in this Feb. 21, 2001, file photo at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
		That was the message from Dominic Chianese, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Uncle Junior on HBO's "The Sopranos."
		Chianese, 74, told students he envied their ability to study the arts at a young age rather than the traditional academic subjects that occupied his time in school.
	abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=799272 (245 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: People: C: Chianese, Dominic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dish Magazine - Dominic Chianese - Interview with the artist about his acting, music and life.
		Dominic Chianese - Official site containing biography, news, and filmography.
		IMDb: Dominic Chianese - Includes filmography, biography, and photographs.
	dmoz.org /Arts/People/C/Chianese,_Dominic (91 words)

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