Tony Darrow (born October 1, 1938) is an American actor.Darrow was born Anthony Borgese and grew up in the East New York section of Brooklyn. Darrow had plenty of opportunity to observe would be mobsters and their attitudes while growing up in his neighborhood in Brooklyn. As a teenager he gravitated towards show business, entering and winning talent shows while working odd jobs.After ten years of singing in nightclubs, Darrow received an offer to appear in what turned out to be a cult film, Street Trash. He played a mobster in the film. Several months after Street Trash, Darrow was contacted by the film director Martin Scorsese. It turned out that Scorsese had seen Street Trash and wanted him to audition for a role in Goodfellas. He was successful, and was cast as the owner of the Bamboo Lounge, Sonny. Darrow was also in the Woody Allen films Bullets Over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Deconstructing Harry, Small Time Crooks and Sweet and Lowdown.In 1999, Darrow got a big role in Analyze This with Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. The following year, he appeared in Mickey Blue Eyes with Hugh Grant, and got another big role as mobster Larry Barese in the HBO hit series The Sopranos, which he was on for the entire series run (1999–2007). More recently, Darrow starred in the independent film Lynch Mob.In June 2009, Darrow was charged with extortion in a 2004 incident. Along with Gambino crime family soldier Joseph "Joey Boy" Orlando and associate Giovanni "Johnny" Monteleone, Darrow was accused of ordering the maiming of a man in Monticello, New York who owed money to a loan shark. Darrow pleaded guilty in Federal Court to these charges in February, 2011 in exchange for a sentence of up to 33 months.
In the period of 1971-1985, before pursuing an acting career,Tony was a popular lounge singer in the Catskill , NY and Pocano Pa. resort areas.In 1971 he appeared on "The Tonight Show" hosted by Johnny Carson and was a frequent guest locally in NYC on "The Joe Franklin Show"(TV).
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Received the 24th Distinguished Citizen Award from the Hudson Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America. October 10, 1997 was decreed Tony Darrow Day" in New York.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Now Hiring: Mobsters
2016
Short completed
Joe Caffarella
Mafia Heaven the movie
announced
STEVIE MATZOBALL(2014)
The Uncle Gerry Show
TV Movie completed
Bobby Rocco
From Geek to Guido
2015
TV Movie
Judge
Friends and Romans
2014
Frankie Fusso
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013/I
Patsy Pirati
Person of Interest
2012
TV Series
Caparelli
Kill the Irishman
2011
Mikey Mendarolo
One Angry Man
2010
Bobby
Lynch Mob
2009
Boss Giavanni
The Sopranos
1999-2007
TV Series
Larry Boy Barese
Larry Barese
Searching for Bobby D
2005
Ralph Argano
Crooked Lines
2003
Jimmy Pico
Last Laugh
2003
TV Movie
Uptown Donnie
Law & Order
1991-2002
TV Series
Bobby 'Bobby Vig' Vignerelli / Joey Giabone / Mario Forcelli