Gianni Russo

Louis Giovanni Gianni Russo is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather.

Russo was born in Manhattan, raised in Little Italy and Rosebank, Staten Island. He claims that he has Mafia connections and that his uncle was a soldier in the Gambino crime family. There are claims that the Gambinos persuaded Francis Ford Coppola to cast Russo as Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather . After reprising the Rizzi character in a brief flashback scene at the end of The Godfather Part II, Russo went on to act in more thanmovies, including Goodnight, My Love , Lepke , Laserblast , Chances Are , The Freshman , Side Out , Another You , Super Mario Bros. , Any Given Sunday and Seabiscuit .

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