Known For: American actor (1940–2023)
Category: Actors
Occupation: actor, writer, character actor, television actor, screenwriter, film actor, painter
Country: United States of America
City: Queens
Date of Birth: Tuesday, 30 April 1940
Died: 2023-10-08 00:00:00 in Q65
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise, known professionally as Burt Young, was an American actor. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the Rocky film series, his performance in the first installment of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
BirthPlace | Queens |
Education | Q216458 |
Website | http://www.burtyoungartandfilm.com/ |
Wikipedia | Burt_Young |
Young was born on April 30, 1940, in Queens, New York City, and raised in the Queens neighborhood of Corona, the son of Josephine and Michael DeLouise, a high school shop teacher. He was of Italian descent. Young was trained by Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio.