Joseph Badalucco Jr.

Joseph Badalucco Jr. is an American set dresser and property master who later added an overlapping career as an actor, best known for portraying Jimmy Altieri on The Sopranos, and Detective "Jelly" Grimaldi on Third Watch.

Joseph Badalucco Jr.
Born
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active
RelativesMichael Badalucco (brother)

Career

Badalucco began his career as a carpenter on film sets in the late-1970s, working on Woody Allen films including Annie Hall, Manhattan, Interiors. His work extended into set dresser, first on Stardust Memories, then into props and later property master, such as The Godfather Part III and The Good Shepherd.

After becoming an actor in the 1990s, he had minor film roles in Godzilla and The Siege.[1] On television, he had recurring roles as Jimmy Altieri on The Sopranos, and Detective "Jelly" Grimaldi on Third Watch.[2]

Filmography (actor)

Film
Year Title Role
1992 Whispers in the Dark Undercover Cop
1996 Ransom Liquor Store Cop
1998 Godzilla Forklift Driver
1998 The Siege EMT
2002 Unfaithful Train conductor
2002 Two Weeks Notice Construction Foreman
2004 Kinsey Radio Repairman
2008 Ghost Town Accident Bystander
2009 The Invention of Lying Blue Collar Guy

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999–2001 The Sopranos Jimmy Altieri Recurring role (season 1), guest (season 3)
2004–2005 Third Watch Jelly Grimaldi Recurring role (seasons 4–5)
2007 The Black Donnellys Joey Badaluce Episode: "When the Door Opens"
2009 Life on Mars Carbone Episode: "Take a Look at the Lawmen"
2013 Zero Hour Lance Episode: "Escapement"
2014 Black Box Eddie Episode: "Who Are You?"
2016 The Night Of Detective 3 episodes
2017 The Path Bank Manager Episode: "Oz"

References
  1. Sherman, Fraser A. (January 10, 2014). Screen Enemies of the American Way: Political Paranoia About Nazis, Communists, Saboteurs, Terrorists and Body Snatching Aliens in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6225-4.
  2. Hammond, Michael (May 4, 2005). Contemporary Television Series. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-7964-5.
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