Jack Scalia (born Giacomo Tomaso Tedesco; June 10, 1950) is an American actor and producer. He has had many roles in television series, television movies, and feature films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003.
He is of Italian and Irish descent; his father was former Brooklyn Dodger Rocky Tedesco. His parents divorced and when his mother remarried his name was changed to Scalia. He was drafted third by the Montreal Expos in 1971 as a pitcher but he was injured and never played in the Major Leagues.
He began his career as a clothes model, most notably in a series of ads for Eminence briefs and Jordache jeans, both of which capitalized on his "beefcake" appeal. In 1982, to promote his TV series The Devlin Connection, he took off his shirt and posed, cigarette in hand, for a pin-up wall poster.
He was a regular cast member during the final season of Remington Steele in 1987, after which he joined the cast of Dallas in the role of Nicholas Pearce, love interest to Sue Ellen Ewing. His character was killed off at the end of the 1987–88 season when he fell to his death after being pushed from a balcony during a fight with J. R. Ewing. He returned to the series finale in a dream sequence in which he was married to Sue Ellen.
From 1989 to 1990, he starred in another tv series, the CBS crime drama Wolf. In 1992, he was cast as Detective Nico "Nick" Bonetti in the short-lived television series Tequila and Bonetti - he replaced another actor in the role during production of the show's first episode. Eight years later, in 2000, Scalia reprised the role of Bonetti in a revival of the series, which was filmed and aired in Italy.
In 1993, he portrayed Joey Buttafuoco in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story, with Alyssa Milano as Amy Fisher. The footage was used in 2012 for Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island.
From 1994 to 1995, he starred in Pointman, a television series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network. He was an investment banker framed and convicted of fraud. When eventually cleared, Constantine "Connie" Harper becomes the owner of a Florida beach resort, Spanish Pete's, and aids people in need with the use of former prison mates and "the list".
He is also known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor" in 2002. In 2005, he portrayed Charles Keefe in the film Red Eye, with Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. In 2006, he starred as President Halstrom in The Genius Club for writer/director Tim Chey.
2020
as Capt. Anderson
2015
as Narrator (voice)
2013
as John Ross (Mary's Dad)
2012
as Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "Casualties of Love")
2012
as Moretti
2010
as Sean
2009
as Howard Kurtzwilder
2008
as Detective Samuel
2007
as Rusty
2007
as Agent #1
2006
as Mr. President
2006
as Maxwell
2006
as The President
2006
as Nick Tercel
2005
as Mark Sullivan
2005
as Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe
2003
as Michael Scorsinni
2002
as Captain Sterling
2001
as The Boss
2000
as Det. Nick Bonetti
2000
as Michael Brandeis
1999
as Max Farrington
1999
as Scott Thompson
1998
as Jack Gracy
1998
as Barry
1998
as Henry Barridge
1998
as Bailey Silverwood
1998
as Brett Newcomb
1998
as Garrett
1997
as Nick Hollit
1997
as Frank Reynolds
1997
as Nicholas 'Nick' Saxon
1996
as Detective Michael DeMarco
1996
as Rafferty
1995
as Roy Calvin
1995
as Daniel St. Germain
1994
as Lt. Jack Floyd
1994
as Max Chamberlain
1994
as Detective Vine Morgan
1994
as Michael Carvella
1994
as Constantine 'Connie' Harper
1994
as Constantine Harper
1994
as Brian Dillon
1994
as Brandons Father
1993
as Saul Schwartz
1993
as Mike Lanahan
1993
as Joseph 'Joey' Buttafuoco
1992
as Lennie Golden
1992
1992
as Mike Yarnell
1992
as Nick Bonetti
1991
as Frank Decker
1991
as John Payton
1991
as Richard Devereaux
1990
as Dr. Eugene Kesselman
1990
as Jack Thompson
1990
as Wick Hayes
1989
1987
as Rocco Cipriani
1986
as O'Shea
1985
as Jack Hollander
1985
as Det. Nick McCarren
1985
1984
as Nicky
1984
as Lt. Tony Monaco
1983
1982
as Nick Corsello
1982
as Tony Roselli
1981
as Vince Martino
1978
as Nicholas Pearce
1976
as Vincent Maranzano