Biography

Dennis Pietrantonio is an Irish/Italian Actor born in South Boston. He is the Grand son of Pelino Pietrantonio who was also an Actor and Entertainer in Show Business. Pelino was friends with Frank Sinatra and Perry Como, Peter Falk and Nate King Cole. The youngest son of William Pelino and his Mother Linda Rose. Dennis Started acting in plays when he was 6, with the lead in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1976), then The lead (Danny Zucco)in the play Grease(1982) when he was 12. His father often told him being an Entertainer is in his blood. His first time Acting in a movie was in 1998 in a short, filmed in Hollywood by (Sam Macaroni). In 2005 Dennis's lost his father to Cancer, the night he passed he told Dennis to go for his Dream as an Actor/Entertainer like his Grandfather before him and make your mother proud. A year later in 2006 at a party in Hollywood Dennis was asked by a casting agent if he wanted to act in Oceans 13, he said yes. Getting to work on the Warner Bros Studios lot and in Las Vegas, That led to Street Kings (working with Forrest Whitaker and Keanu Reeves) , and an Invitation to join the Screen Actors Guild. See Dick Run was his first Principal role that year. Returning to Boston in 2011 Dennis starting Acting again, Starting with Ted working (with an old friend Mark Wahlberg), then Hear comes the Boom (working with Henry Winkler), That's my Boy (working with Adam Sandler and also Peter Dante's Photo double),Then RIPD (working with Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds ). 2012, Dennis played the lead in Daedalus, Dennis's first staring role, that was followed by, Angels Around Me playing Gangster Nick Tedeski, then Grown ups 2, Dennis was (photo double for Colin Quinn) and Featured in the main fight scene. Followed by the Judge (Working with Robert Downey Jr) and (Photo Double for Balthazar Getty), and American Hustle. In 2014s The Equalizer Dennis played a Boston Cop and shared the screen with( Denzel Washington) and old friend. Dennis also Worked on the film Black Mass( with Johnny Depp), Bleed for this, (Ringside), Sea of Tree's, and The Disney film (Dennis was the Photo Double for (Beau Knapp)The Finest Hours followed by the Woody Allen film The Irrational Man, (working with old friend Joaquin Phoenix). In 2015 Dennis got to work with Jennifer Lawrence(again) and Robert Deniro in Joy, Directed by David O Russel, Also Broad Squad, a Pilot, Dennis Played a Boston Cop, did stunt driving with the Legend Buddy Joe Hooker. Then The Quite Passion based on the life of poet Emily Dickerson, a period piece. Featured in Central Intelligence working along side The Rock and Kevin Hart. Ghostbusters 3 was next up, working with Ozzy Osborne. Next up was Bloody Donny's Fingers an Indie, Dennis playing Donny O' Bannon. In 2016 Dennis was cast as FBI Agent in Patriots Day about the Marathon Bombing, working with Kevin Bacon, and Director Peter Berg. Followed by Super Troppers 2, and Stronger, Chappaquiddick, Grace and Altar Rock. Dennis was Stand in and Photo Double for the Lead Actor Scott Adkins a huge honer. 2017 Dennis will Direct his first featured film, Famous no Fearless an Inspirational story in the Spring.
- IMDb mini biography by: Yuko Hasegawa Phd