Schirripa was born on September 3, 1957, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. His father, Ralph Schirripa, was Italian American. His grandparents, Ilario Schirripa and Maria Capacci were from Riace, Italy. His mother, Lorraine Schirripa (née Bernstein), was of Jewish descent. Schirripa grew up in a low-income household with four siblings and graduated from Brooklyn College.
Schirripa got his first taste of show business in his job as entertainment director of the Riviera Hotel and Casino. In the biography page of his website, Schirripa says that he had cameo appearances in comedy specials by Drew Carey and Kevin Pollak, among other comedians. That led to a role as an uncredited extra in Martin Scorsese's Casino. In the film, he portrayed a customer at the bar in the scene when Joe Pesci's character angrily stabs a man with a pen. After this, Schirripa decided that he wanted to become an actor.[citation needed] He had several minor roles in movies, including The Runner (1999) and Joe Dirt. His breakthrough role was in The Sopranos (2000), playing Tony Soprano's mobster brother-in-law Bobby Baccalieri for five seasons. For his first two seasons on the show, he wore a fat suit to fit the role.
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