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- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Glenn Taranto was born on January 27, 1959 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The New Addams Family (1998), Stolen (2009) and Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020).
- During high school and college Glenn spent his summers, at the Jersey Shore, working as a boardwalk barker. One season he and, future Soprano star, James Gandolfini worked together on Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.
- Saw nearly every Broadway production between 1981 and 1992. Also served as a seat-filler at the Tony Awards during this period.
- Founding Member of Bobby Moresco's The Actor's Gym.
- Glenn Taranto was one of 20 guest programmers selected from Turner Classic Movies' 2014 Ultimate Fan Video contest. He chose the 1942 British film "Went The Day Well?", introducing it with venerable TCM host Robert Osborne on Wednesday, April 9, 2014. That airing marked the TCM premiere for this classic World War II tale of small town heroics.
- Glenn Taranto's turn as Mr. Novak on the May 4th, 2021 episode of General Hospital marked one of the longest spans between performances of an actor on the show. Glenn was previously seen as a Ballistics Expert, testifying in a court case, on December 9th, 1994. That's approximately 26 years, 4 months and 25 days between appearances.
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