Burt Young is an American author, painter, and actor. His real name is Gerald Tommaso DeLouise; he lives in Port Washington, New York. Burt Young is his stage name. He was born on April 30, 1940 in Queens, New York to Josephine and Michael.
He prioritizes human values before his work. He believes, “I want to use my position within the industry to help reach people, to show them how to overcome life’s hurdle, or at the very least cope with it all as best they can.” Burt is a widower and has one daughter, Anne Morea.
Before turning towards acting he has done many odd jobs like selling, cleaning, installing carpeting, a truck driver and he also fiddled in prize fighting. He got the training by Lee Strasberg at the actor’s studio before doing roles in off-Broadway plays. …show more content…
He turned towards movies in 1971 with his first movie The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. His second feature was Cinderella Liberty in 1973. He came into limelight with his signature role in Rocky (1976) as Sylvester Stallone. He got nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Oscar, for the same. He was the one who made his appearance in all the Rocky films.
He essayed many versatile roles in films like Chinatown, Back to School, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Once Upon A Time in America, Convoy, Downtown: A Street Tale, Last Exit to Brooklyn.
He took many television projects, appearing as an actor in The Rockford Files, Baretta, Law and Order, Walker, M*A*S*H, Texas Ranger, The Sopranos as Bobby Baccalieri’s father.
After his appearance on Baretta, he started his career as a writer and scripted the CBS television movie Daddy; I Don’t like It like This in
He prioritizes human values before his work. He believes, “I want to use my position within the industry to help reach people, to show them how to overcome life’s hurdle, or at the very least cope with it all as best they can.” Burt is a widower and has one daughter, Anne Morea.
Before turning towards acting he has done many odd jobs like selling, cleaning, installing carpeting, a truck driver and he also fiddled in prize fighting. He got the training by Lee Strasberg at the actor’s studio before doing roles in off-Broadway plays. …show more content…
He turned towards movies in 1971 with his first movie The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. His second feature was Cinderella Liberty in 1973. He came into limelight with his signature role in Rocky (1976) as Sylvester Stallone. He got nominated for the Best Supporting Actor at the Oscar, for the same. He was the one who made his appearance in all the Rocky films.
He essayed many versatile roles in films like Chinatown, Back to School, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Once Upon A Time in America, Convoy, Downtown: A Street Tale, Last Exit to Brooklyn.
He took many television projects, appearing as an actor in The Rockford Files, Baretta, Law and Order, Walker, M*A*S*H, Texas Ranger, The Sopranos as Bobby Baccalieri’s father.
After his appearance on Baretta, he started his career as a writer and scripted the CBS television movie Daddy; I Don’t like It like This in