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Jack Scalia

Jack Scalia

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.

Chronicle of a Serial Killer

2020

as Capt. Anderson

The Flag

2015

as Narrator (voice)

The Thanksgiving House

2013

as John Ross (Mary's Dad)

Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island

2012

as Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "Casualties of Love")

Jersey Shore Shark Attack

2012

as Moretti

Black Widow

2010

as Sean

Parks and Recreation

2009

as Howard Kurtzwilder

Chicano Blood

2008

as Detective Samuel

Nuclear Hurricane

2007

as Rusty

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

2007

as Agent #1

The Genius Club

2006

as Mr. President

Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep

2006

as Maxwell

End Game

2006

as The President

Honeymoon with Mom

2006

as Nick Tercel

Taylor

2005

as Mark Sullivan

Red Eye

2005

as Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe

Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

2003

as Michael Scorsinni

Shattered Lies

2002

as Captain Sterling

Boys Klub

2001

as The Boss

The New Adventures of Tequila & Bonetti

2000

as Det. Nick Bonetti

Ground Zero

2000

as Michael Brandeis

Silent Predators

1999

as Max Farrington

Follow Your Heart

1999

as Scott Thompson

Act of War

1998

as Jack Gracy

Charades

1998

as Barry

The Last Leprechaun

1998

as Henry Barridge

Everyone Loves Mel

1998

as Bailey Silverwood

Sweet Deception

1998

as Brett Newcomb

Hell Mountain

1998

as Garrett

Under Oath

1997

as Nick Hollit

Fired Up

1997

as Frank Reynolds

Dark Breed

1997

as Nicholas 'Nick' Saxon

Everything to Gain

1996

as Detective Michael DeMarco

The Silencers

1996

as Rafferty

Tall, Dark and Deadly

1995

as Roy Calvin

Kill Shot

1995

as Daniel St. Germain

T-Force

1994

as Lt. Jack Floyd

Touched by an Angel

1994

as Max Chamberlain

Beyond Suspicion

1994

as Detective Vine Morgan

Shadow of Obsession

1994

as Michael Carvella

Pointman

1994

as Constantine 'Connie' Harper

Pointman

1994

as Constantine Harper

Shattered Image

1994

as Brian Dillon

Storybook

1994

as Brandons Father

Amore!

1993

as Saul Schwartz

Torch Song

1993

as Mike Lanahan

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story

1993

as Joseph 'Joey' Buttafuoco

Lady Boss

1992

as Lennie Golden

With a Vengeance

1992

Illicit Behavior

1992

as Mike Yarnell

Tequila and Bonetti

1992

as Nick Bonetti

Deadly Desire

1991

as Frank Decker

Runaway Father

1991

as John Payton

Ring of Scorpio

1991

as Richard Devereaux

Donor

1990

as Dr. Eugene Kesselman

After the Shock

1990

as Jack Thompson

The Rift

1990

as Wick Hayes

Wolf

1989

I'll Take Manhattan

1987

as Rocco Cipriani

Club Med

1986

as O'Shea

The Other Lover

1985

as Jack Hollander

Hollywood Beat

1985

as Det. Nick McCarren

Berrenger's

1985

Fear City

1984

as Nicky

Amazons

1984

as Lt. Tony Monaco

High Performance

1983

The Devlin Connection

1982

as Nick Corsello

Remington Steele

1982

as Tony Roselli

The Star Maker

1981

as Vince Martino

Dallas

1978

as Nicholas Pearce

Battle of the Network Stars

1976

Birth of the Black Underworld

as Vincent Maranzano