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Danny Aiello

1933 - 2019

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Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. () (June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Hide in Plain Sight (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ruby (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), Dinner Rush (2000), and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny Aiello has received more than 3,954,221 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Danny Aiello is the 706th most popular actor (up from 788th in 2019), the 1,296th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,449th in 2019) and the 345th most popular American Actor.

Danny Aiello is most famous for his role as Sal in the movie "Do the Right Thing."

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Danny Aiello ranks 706 out of 13,578. Before him are Susan Hayward, Derek Jacobi, Joe Mantegna, Gillian Anderson, John Saxon, and Guy Williams. After him are Pedro Armendáriz, Lois Maxwell, Robert Taylor, Setsuko Hara, Pete Postlethwaite, and Alyson Hannigan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Danny Aiello ranks 74. Before him are Willie Nelson, Ali Shariati, Than Shwe, Robert Curl, Sandra Milo, and Cees Nooteboom. After him are Fouad Mebazaa, Jean-Claude Brialy, Larry King, Yuri Oganessian, Jehan Sadat, and Teresa Berganza. Among people deceased in 2019, Danny Aiello ranks 57. Before him are Fernando de la Rúa, Ferdinand Piëch, Sydney Brenner, Moshe Arens, César Pelli, and Demetris Christofias. After him are Isabel Sarli, Sigmund Jähn, Max Wright, Michel Serres, Henri, Count of Paris, and Sibghatullah Mojaddedi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danny Aiello ranks 1,296 out of 20,380. Before him are Gillian Anderson (1968), John Saxon (1935), Henry Hathaway (1898), Ray Ewry (1873), Anastacia (1968), and Guy Williams (1924). After him are Dale T. Mortensen (1939), John Fenn (1917), Robert Taylor (1911), Alyson Hannigan (1974), George Dantzig (1914), and Steven Chu (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Danny Aiello ranks 345. Before him are Jack Elam (1920), Susan Hayward (1917), Joe Mantegna (1947), Gillian Anderson (1968), John Saxon (1935), and Guy Williams (1924). After him are Robert Taylor (1911), Alyson Hannigan (1974), Owen Wilson (1968), Angela Bassett (1958), Kathleen Turner (1954), and Gene Tierney (1920).

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Television and Movie Roles

Léon: The Professional
Tony
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
Sep 14o 19948.308 / 10
Do the Right Thing
Salvatore 'Sal' Fragione
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Jun 14o 19897.761 / 10
Radio Days
Rocco
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Jan 30o 19877.1 / 10