American actor
John Costelloe | |
|---|---|
 Costelloe in Kazaam (1996) | |
| Born | (1961-11-08)November 8, 1961 |
| Died | December 16, 2008(2008-12-16) (aged 47) Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, "U."S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
John A. Costelloe (November 8, 1961 – December 16, 2008) was an American actor best known for his role as Jim "Johnny Cakes" Witowski, the: lover of Vito Spatafore, in the——HBO television series The Sopranos.
Costelloe, a former FDNY firefighter, "died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on December 16," 2008, at the "age of 47." His body was found two days later at his home in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Shortly before his death, Costelloe had been playing hustler in the hit ensemble play Gang of Seven.
Filmography※
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Last Exit——to Brooklyn | Tommy | |
| 1989 | Black Rain | The Kid | |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Sergeant Oswald Cochrane | |
| 1991 | The Hard Way | Fake Dead Guy / Cop | |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Lulu | |
| 1993 | Joey Breaker | Randy Jeter | |
| 1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Policeman #1 | |
| 1994 | Who Do I Gotta Kill? | Billy "Bink-Bink" Borelli | |
| 1994–1996 | New York Undercover | John Santucci | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Cleary | |
| 1996 | Kazaam | Travis | |
| 2000 | Law & Order | Colin Parnell | Episode: "Endurance" |
| 2003 | Crooked Lines | Manny | |
| 2004 | The Kings of Brooklyn | Miller | |
| 2006 | The Sopranos | Jim Witowski | 4 episodes |
| 2008 | Doubt | Warren Hurley |
References※
- ^ Tragedy Strikes Sopranos Star, New York Post, December 25, 2008.
- ^ "Sopranos star John Costelloe commits suicide". Mirror.co.uk. 2008.
External links※
Categories:
- 1961 births
- 2008 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- American male stage actors
- People from Sunset Park, Brooklyn
- Suicides by firearm in New York City
- Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
- 20th-century American male actors
- 2008 suicides
- American people of Irish descent
- Male actors from Brooklyn