BURT YOUNG

'Burt Young' (born April 30, 1940) is an American actor, painter and author.

Contents

Biography

Personal life

Career

References

External links

Biography

Personal life

Young was born 'Jerry De Louise'^[1] in Queens, New York to parents Josephine and Michael.^[2] He was trained by Lee Strasberg at the world-famous Actor's Studio. Young was married, until her death and only has one daughter, Anne Morea.
Young owns a restaurant in The Bronx, New York.

Career

Young made his name playing rough-edged, working class Italian-American characters, the best known example being his signature role, as Sylvester Stallone's brother-in-law Paulie in ''Rocky'', in 1976, for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. He is one of three actors (Sylvester Stallone and Tony Burton being the other two) who have appeared in every ''Rocky'' film.
He has played similar roles in ''Chinatown'', ''Convoy'', ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'', ''Once Upon A Time In America'', ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'', and ''. Young has also appeared in many television programs, including ''Baretta'', ''Law & Order'', ''M
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Young is a painter whose art has been displayed in galleries throughout the world and can be bought from his website. He is also a published author whose works include two filmed screenplays and 400-page historically-based novel called ''Endings''.
He has also written two stage plays: ''SOS'' and ''A Letter to Alicia and the New York City Government From a Man With a Bullet in His Head''.

References

1. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/debpeterson/story/5C51904418DEEE8B862572C400208232?OpenDocument
2. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015680/bio

External links

★ Burt Young official website

★ Burt Young official MySpace page

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