Dan Grimaldi

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Dan Grimaldi : biography

Daniel "Dan" Grimaldi is an American actor who is known for his roles as twins Philly and Patsy Parisi on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos.

Career

In addition to his role on The Sopranos, he has also had some minor film credits, most notably as mother-fixated pyromaniac Donald ‘Donny’ Kohler in the 1980 slasher film Don’t Go in the House, and some guest TV appearances, including several episodes on Law & Order. Grimaldi also voices ‘Frank’ for the bestselling computer game Mafia. He is often cast in "tough-guy" roles.

Grimaldi holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Fordham University, a master’s degree in operations research from New York University, and a Ph.D. in data processing from the City University of New York, and teaches in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York.