Biography

Frank Sivero is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur and character actor, perhaps best known for playing the roles of Genco Abbandando in Mario Puzo's and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II and Frankie Carbone (based on Angelo Sepe) in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. Sivero was born Francesco LoGiudice in Siculiana, Sicily, Italy, and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He can be seen as an extra in The Godfather as one of the witnesses to Sonny Corleone's brutal beating of his brother-in-law, Carlo. Director Martin Scorsese cast him as Frankie Carbone after seeing his performance in The Godfather: Part II. He also appeared in the The Wedding Singer with Adam Sandler.
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Curly hair.

As of 2017, he appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974) and GoodFellas (1990). Of those, The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) are winners in the category.

Speaks fluent Italian and Spanish.

The character "Louie" (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), a mafioso and second in command to Springfield mob boss "Fat Tony", from The Simpsons (1989) is based largely on Sivero, especially as he appeared in GoodFellas (1990).

One of the few actors to play two different roles in The Godfather trilogy. Sivero appeared as an uncredited street extra in The Godfather (1972) and as Genco in The Godfather Part II (1974).