John Cassisi

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-09-05 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

John Cassisi

Biography

John Cassisi (born September 5, 1962) is a former American child actor who starred in the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone as "Fat Sam" and subsequently in the television series Fish. He was "discovered" by Bugsy Malone director Alan Parker, when Parker visited a Brooklyn classroom and asked students to nominate the "naughtiest" boy in class. In 1982, he played the role of Herschel in the broad-way film "Gemini" alongside former Bugsy Malone star Scott Baio. After retiring from acting in 1982, Cassisi became involved in construction work.[4] From 2012 to 2014, he served as the Director of Global Construction for Citigroup. In 2015, he pled guilty t...

Acting

1976

Bugsy Malone

as Fat Sam

1977

The Kentucky Fried Movie

as Teenage Volunteer

1982

Gemini

as Herschel Weinberger

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