Lilo Brancato Jr, the actor who portrayed Matt Bevilacqua in the second series of "The Sopranos", has been arrested under the suspicion of murder after a policeman was found shot dead. Steven Armnento was also captured by the Police, the two to face burglary and weapons charges as well.
Brancanato is an actor from Columbia who starred alongside Robert De Niro in "A Bronx Tale" in 1993. Apparently, portraying a gangster on screen wasn't enough for him, as he decided to become one in real life.
The actor had been discovered while swimming at Jones Beach by talent scouts who were searching for Robert De Niro look-alikes, according to imdb.com. He had won the part of young Calogero 'C' Anello (17) by impersonating De Niro from "Taxi Driver".
He was adopted when only four months of age and grew up in Yonkers, New York. Even though, he considers himself an Italian:
"I consider myself Italian ... I was raised to eat pasta."
His brother, Vincent Brancanato, also had a part in "A Bronx Tale", a small one though. He was one of the boys who jumped on the back of the bus driven by Robert De Niro.
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