Jack Scalia
Acting • Born 1950-11-10
Biography
Jack Scalia (born Giacomo Tomaso Tedesco; June 10, 1950) is an American actor and producer. He has had many roles in television series, television movies, and feature films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He is of Italian and Irish descent; his father was former Brooklyn Dodger Rocky Tedesco. His parents divorced and when his mother remarried his name was changed to Scalia. He was drafted third by the Montreal Expos in 1971 as a pitcher but he was injured and never played in the Major Leagues. He began his career as a clothes model, most notably in a series of ads for Eminence briefs and Jordache jeans, both of which capitalized on his "beefcake" appeal. In 1982, to promote his TV series The Devlin Connection, he took off his shirt and posed, cigarette in hand, for a pin-up wall poster. He was a regular cast member during the final season of Remington Steele in 1987, after which he joined the cast of Dallas in the role of Nicholas Pearce, love interest to Sue Ellen Ewing. His character was killed off at the end of the 1987–88 season when he fell to his death after being pushed from a balcony during a fight with J. R. Ewing. He returned to the series finale in a dream sequence in which he was married to Sue Ellen. From 1989 to 1990, he starred in another tv series, the CBS crime drama Wolf. In 1992, he was cast as Detective Nico "Nick" Bonetti in the short-lived television series Tequila and Bonetti - he replaced another actor in the role during production of the show's first episode. Eight years later, in 2000, Scalia reprised the role of Bonetti in a revival of the series, which was filmed and aired in Italy. In 1993, he portrayed Joey Buttafuoco in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story, with Alyssa Milano as Amy Fisher. The footage was used in 2012 for Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island. From 1994 to 1995, he starred in Pointman, a television series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network. He was an investment banker framed and convicted of fraud. When eventually cleared, Constantine "Connie" Harper becomes the owner of a Florida beach resort, Spanish Pete's, and aids people in need with the use of former prison mates and "the list". He is also known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor" in 2002. In 2005, he portrayed Charles Keefe in the film Red Eye, with Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. In 2006, he starred as President Halstrom in The Genius Club for writer/director Tim Chey.
Filmography
76 credits
Red Eye
Movie • 2005
Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe
End Game
Movie • 2006
The President
The Silencers
Movie • 1996
Rafferty
Beyond Suspicion
Movie • 1994
Detective Vine Morgan
The Rift
Movie • 1990
Wick Hayes
Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep
Movie • 2006
Maxwell
Fear City
Movie • 1984
Nicky Parzeno
Honeymoon with Mom
Movie • 2006
Nick Tercel
T-Force
Movie • 1994
Lt. Jack Floyd
Shattered Image
Movie • 1994
Brian Dillon
Kill Shot
Movie • 1995
Daniel St. Germain
The Flag
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
Movie • 2003
Michael Scorsinni
Nuclear Hurricane
Movie • 2007
Rusty
Dark Breed
Movie • 1997
Nicholas 'Nick' Saxon
Silent Predators
Movie • 1999
Max Farrington
The Last Leprechaun
Movie • 1998
Henry Barridge
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
Movie • 2012
Moretti
Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island
Movie • 2012
Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "Casualties of Love")
Amazons
Movie • 1984
Lt. Tony Monaco
Charades
Movie • 1998
Barry
Sweet Deception
Movie • 1998
Brett Newcomb
The Other Lover
Movie • 1985
Jack Hollander
Pointman
Movie • 1994
Constantine 'Connie' Harper
Tall, Dark and Deadly
Movie • 1995
Roy Calvin
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
Movie • 1993
Joseph 'Joey' Buttafuoco
Illicit Behavior
Movie • 1992
Mike Yarnell
Deadly Desire
Movie • 1991
Frank Decker
Club Med
Movie • 1986
O'Shea
Hell Mountain
Movie • 1998
Garrett
The Thanksgiving House
Movie • 2013
John Ross (Mary's Dad)
Amore!
Movie • 1993
Saul Schwartz
Under Oath
Movie • 1997
Nick Hollit
Storybook
Movie • 1994
Brandons Father
Boys Klub
Movie • 2001
The Boss
Shadow of Obsession
Movie • 1994
Michael Carvella
Act of War
Movie • 1998
Jack Gracy
After the Shock
Movie • 1990
Jack Thompson
Chicano Blood
Movie • 2008
Detective Samuel
Donor
Movie • 1990
Dr. Eugene Kesselman
With a Vengeance
Movie • 1992
Ground Zero
Movie • 2000
Michael Brandeis
Birth of the Black Underworld
Movie
Vincent Maranzano
Black Widow
Movie • 2010
Sean
Runaway Father
Movie • 1991
John Payton
Everything to Gain
Movie • 1996
Detective Michael DeMarco
Torch Song
Movie • 1993
Mike Lanahan
Shattered Lies
Movie • 2002
Captain Sterling
The Genius Club
Movie • 2006
Mr. President
The Star Maker
Movie • 1981
Vince Martino
Taylor
Movie • 2005
Mark Sullivan
Everyone Loves Mel
Movie • 2000
Bailey Silverwood
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
Movie • 2020
Capt. Anderson
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Movie • 2007
Agent #1
Follow Your Heart
Movie • 1999
Scott Thompson
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
Movie • 2004
Vegas Dick
Movie • 2003
Hector Beals
The Natural
Movie • 1984
Cubs Pitcher (uncredited)
SILENCERS
Movie
Special Agent Rafferty
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Tony Roselli
Tequila and Bonetti
TV • 1992
Nick Bonetti
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Max Chamberlain
Dallas
TV • 1978
Nicholas Pearce
Battle of the Network Stars
TV • 1976
Hollywood Beat
TV • 1985
Det. Nick McCarren
Berrenger's
TV • 1985
Wolf
TV • 1989
Tony Wolf
The Devlin Connection
TV • 1982
Nick Corsello
I'll Take Manhattan
TV • 1987
Rocco Cipriani
High Performance
TV • 1983
Lady Boss
TV • 1992
Lennie Golden
Pointman
TV • 1994
Constantine Harper
Fired Up
TV • 1997
Frank Reynolds
Parks and Recreation
TV • 2009
Howard Kurtzwilder
The New Adventures of Tequila & Bonetti
TV • 2000
Det. Nick Bonetti
Ring of Scorpio
TV • 1991
Richard Devereaux