Jack Scalia
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 10, 1950 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Credits
- 77
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.
Known for
Red Eye
2005Movie
Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe
Parks and Recreation
2009TV
Howard Kurtzwilder
The Natural
1984Movie
Cubs Pitcher (uncredited)
Dallas
1978TV
Nicholas Pearce
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Max Chamberlain
Remington Steele
1982TV
Tony Roselli
Filmography
Chronicle of a Serial Killer
2020Movie
Capt. Anderson
The Flag
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Thanksgiving House
2013Movie
John Ross (Mary's Dad)
Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island
2012Movie
Joey Buttafuoco (archive footage from "Casualties of Love")
The Black Tulip
2012Movie
Colonel Williams
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
2012Movie
Moretti
Black Widow
2010Movie
Sean
Parks and Recreation
2009TV
Howard Kurtzwilder
Chicano Blood
2008Movie
Detective Samuel
Nuclear Hurricane
2007Movie
Rusty
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007Movie
Agent #1
The Genius Club
2006Movie
Mr. President
Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep
2006Movie
Maxwell
End Game
2006Movie
The President
Honeymoon with Mom
2006Movie
Nick Tercel
Taylor
2005Movie
Mark Sullivan
Red Eye
2005Movie
Dep. Sec. Charles Keefe
Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth
2004Movie
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
2003Movie
Michael Scorsinni
Vegas Dick
2003Movie
Hector Beals
Shattered Lies
2002Movie
Captain Sterling
Boys Klub
2001Movie
The Boss
The New Adventures of Tequila & Bonetti
2000TV
Det. Nick Bonetti
Ground Zero
2000Movie
Michael Brandeis
Everyone Loves Mel
2000Movie
Bailey Silverwood
Silent Predators
1999Movie
Max Farrington
Follow Your Heart
1999Movie
Scott Thompson
Act of War
1998Movie
Jack Gracy
Charades
1998Movie
Barry
The Last Leprechaun
1998Movie
Henry Barridge
Sweet Deception
1998Movie
Brett Newcomb
Hell Mountain
1998Movie
Garrett
Under Oath
1997Movie
Nick Hollit
Fired Up
1997TV
Frank Reynolds
Dark Breed
1997Movie
Nicholas 'Nick' Saxon
Everything to Gain
1996Movie
Detective Michael DeMarco
The Silencers
1996Movie
Rafferty
Kill Shot
1995Movie
Daniel St. Germain
Tall, Dark and Deadly
1995Movie
Roy Calvin
T-Force
1994Movie
Lt. Jack Floyd
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Max Chamberlain
Beyond Suspicion
1994Movie
Detective Vine Morgan
Shadow of Obsession
1994Movie
Michael Carvella
Pointman
1994Movie
Constantine 'Connie' Harper
Pointman
1994TV
Constantine Harper
Shattered Image
1994Movie
Brian Dillon
Storybook
1994Movie
Brandons Father
Amore!
1993Movie
Saul Schwartz
Torch Song
1993Movie
Mike Lanahan
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1993Movie
Joey Buttafuoco
Lady Boss
1992TV
Lennie Golden
With a Vengeance
1992Movie
Illicit Behavior
1992Movie
Mike Yarnell
Tequila and Bonetti
1992TV
Nick Bonetti
Deadly Desire
1991Movie
Frank Decker
Runaway Father
1991Movie
John Payton
Ring of Scorpio
1991TV
Richard Devereaux
Donor
1990Movie
Dr. Eugene Kesselman
After the Shock
1990Movie
Jack Thompson
The Rift
1990Movie
Wick Hayes
Wolf
1989TV
Tony Wolf
I'll Take Manhattan
1987TV
Rocco Cipriani
Club Med
1986Movie
O'Shea
The Other Lover
1985Movie
Jack Hollander
Hollywood Beat
1985TV
Det. Nick McCarren
Berrenger's
1985TV
Fear City
1984Movie
Nicky Parzeno
The Natural
1984Movie
Cubs Pitcher (uncredited)
Amazons
1984Movie
Lt. Tony Monaco
High Performance
1983TV
The Devlin Connection
1982TV
Nick Corsello
Remington Steele
1982TV
Tony Roselli
The Star Maker
1981Movie
Vince Martino
Dallas
1978TV
Nicholas Pearce
Battle of the Network Stars
1976TV
Birth of the Black Underworld
Movie
Vincent Maranzano
SILENCERS
Movie
Special Agent Rafferty