Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro III (born December 31, 1948), better known as Joe Dallesandro, is an American actor and Warhol superstar. Although he never became a mainstream film star, Dallesandro is generally considered to be the most famous male sex symbol of American underground films of the 20th century, as well as a sex symbol of gay subculture.Dallesandro starred in Flesh as a teenage street hustler. Rolling Stone magazine in 1970 declared his second starring vehicle, Trash, the "Best Film of the Year", making him a star of the youth culture, sexual revolution and subcultural New York art collective of the 1970s.
Flesh, Trash, Andy Warhol's Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Heat, Lonesome Cowboys, I Love You, I Don't, The Limey, Cry-Baby, Black Moon, The Margin, Guncrazy, Theodore Rex, Sugar Hill, L.A. Without a Map, Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue, The Cotton Club, Madness, Double Revenge, Killer Nun, Cri...
Star Sign
Capricorn
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My introduction to the gay world did two things. One, it saved me from life in prison for murder, which is probably where I would have wound up. How? Because the gay world showed me that you didn't have to beat up every man you saw or hurt people to make a point. It gave me a whole other attitude, a calmer attitude. Two, it taught me never to be homophobic, even before there was such a term. I think because I grew up in a period, especially later on, when the people I looked up to were like...my heroes....That's what I liked about the period, that a man could say he liked both, that he appreciated both the look of a man and the look of a woman without being stereotyped.
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Lou Reed saw the movie Flesh (1968) and that's where he got the idea for the third verse of the song "Walk on the Wild Side", which is about "Little Joe". Paul Morrissey told Lou to watch the movie and write about the characters in the film. The song is the end result.
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Has a son, Mike, with whom he posed for a portrait by Greg Gorman in 1996.
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His image from Andy Warhol's Flesh (1968) appears on cover of The Smiths' debut album "The Smiths". He also appears on The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" album (his crotch does, anyway). Andy Warhol picked through a drawer of Polaroids and photos and picked out the image for the cover.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Citizens
2017
post-production
Joe
3 Stories About Evil
2008
Short
Jean Maries
Pacino Is Missing
2002
Sal Colletti
The Limey
1999
Uncle John (as Joe Dallessandro)
L.A. Without a Map
1998
Michael
Theodore Rex
1995
Rogan
Sugar Hill
1993
Tony Adamo
Guncrazy
1992
Rooney
Love Is Like That
1992
Boss
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991
Jules
Inside Out
1991
Video
Richard - segment "The Diaries"
Almost an Angel
1990
Bank Hood Leader
Cry-Baby
1990
Milton's Father
Matlock
1990
TV Series
Bobby Boyd
The Hollywood Detective
1989
TV Movie
Eddie Northcott
Private War
1988
Vince Rayner
Double Revenge
1988
Joe Halsey
Sunset
1988
Dutch Kieffer
The Hitchhiker
1988
TV Series
Gerard
Wiseguy
1987
TV Series
Paul 'Pat the Cat' Patrice
Critical Condition
1987
Stucky
Miami Vice
1984-1987
TV Series
Alfredo Giulinni / Vincent 'Vinnie' DeMarco
Fortune Dane
1986
TV Series
'Perfect' Tommy Nicautri
Joey
1986
Marty (as Joe D'Alesandro)
The Cotton Club
1984
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Queen Lear
1982
Joseph Kunz, the father
Merry-Go-Round
1981
Ben
Parano
1980
Le psychiatre
Madness
1980
Joe Brezzi
Fred Brauner préfère la bière
1979
Short
Tapage nocturne
1979
Jim
Suor Omicidi
1979
Dr. Patrick Roland
6000 km di paura
1978
Joe Massi
A Simple Heart
1977
Teodoro
Born Winner
1976
Perikles
La marge
1976
Sigimond Pons
Je t'aime moi non plus
1976
Krassky
Season for Assassins
1975
Pierro Giaranaldi
Black Moon
1975
Brother Lily
Fango bollente
1975
Ovidio Mainardi
The Climber
1975
Aldo, the Climber
One Woman's Lover
1974
Walter
Garden of Death
1974
Carl, the Gardener
Blood for Dracula
1974
Mario Balato, the Servant
Flesh for Frankenstein
1973
Nicholas, the stableboy
Heat
1972
Joey Davis
Trash
1970
Joe Smith
San Diego Surf
1968
Joe
Lonesome Cowboys
1968
Little Joe
Flesh
1968
Joe - the Hustler
The Loves of Ondine
1968
College Wrestler
****
1967
College Wrestler
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little Joe
2009
Documentary story
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little Joe
2009
Documentary producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little Joe
2009
Documentary special thanks: for being Little Joe
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012
Documentary
Himself
Little Joe
2009
Documentary
Himself
Paul Morrissey, in the Flesh
2008
Documentary
Himself
Planting the Seeds of Evil
2006
Video documentary short
Himself
Superstar in a Housedress
2004
Documentary
Himself
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Beefcake
1998
Himself
American Masters
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
Arena
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
Hinter der Leinwand
1970
TV Series documentary
Himself
Andy Warhol and his Clan
1970
Documentary
Andy Makes a Movie
1968
Short documentary
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
M4M: Measure for Measure
2015
Himself
Empreintes
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Memories of a Young Pianist
2009
Video documentary short
Mario Balato, the Servant (uncredited)
Ban the Sadist Videos! Part 2
2006
Video documentary
Himself
Fear, Panic & Censorship
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
1998
Short documentary
Himself
Empire of the Censors
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Wiseguy
1987
TV Series
Paul 'Pat the Cat' Patrice
The Distribution of Low Budget Films or The Gardener's Seeds of Evil Killed My Million Dollar Dream
1980
Video documentary short
Carl, the Gardner (scenes from 'Seeds of Evil') (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2009
Special Teddy
Berlin International Film Festival
For his achievements as underground film star, gay icon and actor.
Known for movies
The Limey (1999) as Uncle John
Blood for Dracula (1974) as Mario Balato, the Servant
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) as Nicholas, the stableboy
$5 Million
