I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.

In June 2010 Palminteri began guest-starring on the TNT crime drama Rizzoli & Isles as Frank Rizzoli Sr. Chazz Palminteri was born in the Bronx on May 15 1946 the son of Rose a homemaker and Lorenzo Palminteri a bus driver. He made his directorial debut with Women vs.

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15 1946) is an American actor and writer best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects A Bronx Tale and his Academy Award nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets Over Broadway.