Gianni Russo's guest appearances

Gianni Russo

The SDR Show (Sex, Drugs, & Rock-n-Roll Show) w/Ralph Sutton & Big Jay Oakerson

The Eric Metaxas Show

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Financial Survival Network

The Opperman Report

Tom Barnard Morning Show

The Portland Podcast

The Kyle & Jackie O Show

3AW Breakfast with Ross and Russel

Pop Culture Confidential

The Don Smith Show

The John & Heidi Show

Building Abundant Success!!© with Sabrina-Marie

Inside Acting!

thefakeshow

Elon Musk

Donald Trump

Brad WIlliams

Steve Schirripa

Paul Feig

Larry King

Henry Winkler

Oliver Stone

Ed Asner

Howard Stern

Hillary Clinton

Gilbert Gottfried

Paul Reiser

Danny Trejo

Dennis DeYoung

OwlTail

Meet Gianni Russo, one of the stars of “The Godfather,” a monumental first film role for a guy who never acted before!The author of his best selling memoir “Hollywood Godfather,” shares incredible personal stories about Brando, Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and the biggest names in the actual Mafia, names you will instantly recognize. From the movie (he’s produced and acted in close to fifty) to the JFK assassination, Gianni tells all. He’s appearing locally at the Regent Theatre in Arlington with a popular one-man show at the time of our taping.

On Mic Podcast

Meet Gianni Russo, one of the stars of “The Godfather,” a monumental first film role for a guy who never acted before!The author of his best selling memoir “Hollywood Godfather,” shares incredible personal stories about Brando, Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and the biggest names in the actual Mafia, names you will instantly recognize. From the movie (he’s produced and acted in close to fifty) to the JFK assassination, Gianni tells all. He’s appearing locally at the Regent Theatre in Arlington with a popular one-man show at the time of our taping.

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The Godfather 1 &amp; 2, Any Given Sunday Rush Hour 2I just read on impactful book called : Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies &amp; The Mob! I read it cover to cover because it was intense &amp; fascinating.Actor Gianni Russo has led an intriguing life.Gianni Russo was a handsome 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny—played by James Caan—up for a hit. Russo didn't have to act—he knew the mob inside and out: from his childhood in Little Italy, where Mafia legend Frank Costello took him under his wing.Along the way, Russo befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from The Godfather. Russo had passionate affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, and scores of other celebrities. He went on to become a producer and starred in The Godfather: Parts I and II, Seabiscuit, Any Given Sunday and Rush Hour 2, among many other films.Hollywood Godfather is a no-holds-barred account of a life filled with violence, glamour, sex—and fun.Gianni Russo Wines launched nationally in 2009. And he has an expanded product line coming out this year.Born in Manhattan and raised in Little Italy and Staten Island, Russo overcame polio as a child to start his first “business” at the tender age of twelve, selling pens and erasers on the street corners. At eighteen Russo made his first trip to Miami, where he began to dabble in show-business, working in nightclubs and hotspots before deciding to pursue acting and move to Hollywood.His Book: Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies &amp; the Mob is an eye-opening read.All Rights Reserved © 2023© 2023 Building Abundant Success!!Join Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy:  https://tinyurl.com/BASAud

The Godfather 1 &amp; 2, Any Given Sunday Rush Hour 2 I just read on impactful book called : Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies &amp; The Mob! I read it cover to cover because it was intense &amp; fascinating. Actor Gianni Russo has led an intriguing life. Gianni Russo was a handsome 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny—played by James Caan—up for a hit. Russo didn't have to act—he knew the mob inside and out: from his childhood in Little Italy, where Mafia legend Frank Costello took him under his wing. Along the way, Russo befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from The Godfather. Russo had passionate affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, and scores of other celebrities. He went on to become a producer and starred in The Godfather: Parts I and II, Seabiscuit, Any Given Sunday and Rush Hour 2, among many other films. Hollywood Godfather is a no-holds-barred account of a life filled with violence, glamour, sex—and fun. Gianni Russo Wines launched nationally in 2009. And he has an expanded product line coming out this year. Born in Manhattan and raised in Little Italy and Staten Island, Russo overcame polio as a child to start his first “business” at the tender age of twelve, selling pens and erasers on the street corners. At eighteen Russo made his first trip to Miami, where he began to dabble in show-business, working in nightclubs and hotspots before deciding to pursue acting and move to Hollywood. His Book: Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies &amp; the Mob is an eye-opening read. All Rights Reserved © 2023 © 2023 Building Abundant Success!! Join Me on ~ iHeart Media @ <a href="http://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBAS</a> Spot Me on Spotify: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23ba</a> Amazon Music ~ <a href="http://tinyurl.com/AmzBAS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/AmzBAS</a> Audacy:  <a href="http://tinyurl.com/BASAud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/BASAud</a>

Episode 2393: Gianni Russo ~  Actor in 9x Oscar Winning Movie "The Godfather" on Game Changing Success!

John &amp; Heidi share funny stories of people doing weird things... plus we continue our segment #MovieStarMonday as John chats with Gianni Russo - The 6th Family - https://amzn.to/44azCrVGET AN "AMAZON PRIME" 30 DAY FREE TRIAL HERE &gt; https://zurl.co/xtXhLearn more about our radio program, podcast &amp; blog at www.JohnAndHeidiShow.com

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06-12-23-Gianni Russo - The 6th Family

GIANNI RUSSO was born in Manhattan in 1943 and raised in the then close-knit Little Italy, and later Rosebank, Staten Island. After reprising Carlo Rizzi in a brief flashback scene at the end of The Godfather Part II, Russo acted in more than 46 films, including Goodnight, My Love (1972), Lepke (1975, as Albert Anastasia), Laserblast (1978), Chances Are (1989), The Freshman (1990), Side Out (1990), Another You (1991), Super Mario Bros. (1993), Any Given Sunday (1999) and Seabiscuit (2003).Russo claims that he started a fledgling career in organized crime working as an errand boy and mob associate for Frank Costello as an adolescent but later abandoned the dangerous and volatile lifestyle of organized crime. The Staten Island Mafioso Tommy Bilotti was reportedly best man at Russo's wedding.Since the beginning of his acting career, Russo owned a Las Vegas restaurant called Gianni Russo's State Street at 2570 State Street on the Las Vegas Strip (closed in 1988), and reportedly defeated 23 federal criminal indictments on a variety of charges stemming from alleged organized crime associations.Russo is also a singer. In 2004, he released a CD called Reflections that pays homage to Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Russo owns a wine brand, Gianni Russo Wines, which debuted in 2009. In 2019, he published his memoir, Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob. Listen to his podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support

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GIANNI RUSSO was born in Manhattan in 1943 and raised in the then close-knit Little Italy, and later Rosebank, Staten Island. After reprising Carlo Rizzi in a brief flashback scene at the end of The Godfather Part II, Russo acted in more than 46 films, including Goodnight, My Love (1972), Lepke (1975, as Albert Anastasia), Laserblast (1978), Chances Are (1989), The Freshman (1990), Side Out (1990), Another You (1991), Super Mario Bros. (1993), Any Given Sunday (1999) and Seabiscuit (2003). Russo claims that he started a fledgling career in organized crime working as an errand boy and mob associate for Frank Costello as an adolescent but later abandoned the dangerous and volatile lifestyle of organized crime. The Staten Island Mafioso Tommy Bilotti was reportedly best man at Russo's wedding. Since the beginning of his acting career, Russo owned a Las Vegas restaurant called Gianni Russo's State Street at 2570 State Street on the Las Vegas Strip (closed in 1988), and reportedly defeated 23 federal criminal indictments on a variety of charges stemming from alleged organized crime associations. Russo is also a singer. In 2004, he released a CD called Reflections that pays homage to Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Russo owns a wine brand, Gianni Russo Wines, which debuted in 2009. In 2019, he published his memoir, Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob. Listen to his podcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE5hOFVnM2NLVzVfTEx2MmpxdjJrMkFqOXBhQXxBQ3Jtc0tsYnVUb0hyTDk3ZVFmaTh6NDJva3BjRl9vUF9OVVJpRGFyZ0dGTXMtNEtMRzVIcU53YkRoa2J1Q0FiUnN5eGZkekVtUlc1NFR2WXhpMVA4R0dVZWM4eWFPME1vNmFRSXJaSGJXbkRXaFZMbFNqMG8wcw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fthe-hollywood-godfather-podcast%2Fid1452958267&amp;v=KtYQDt374zA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-aidan-byrne0/support</a>

GODFATHER Actor GIANNI RUSSO: His Life in the Movies and the Mob; Early Childhood in Little Italy; Surviving Polio; Vatican Bank Courier, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe. Dustup with MARLIN BRANDO.

Gianni Russo is known as the Hollywood Godfather, which also happens to be the name of his best selling book. In the book, he candidly talks about his life in the mob as well as his glorious movie career starring in The Godfather 1 &amp; 2 movies. Wait til you hear some of the incredible people he palled around with including some of the infamous ladies he was…well…let’s just say he was associated with. You will learn:-Where he grew up and what were the circumstances &amp; motivations that led him to being a Mafia Associate.-What...ahem..."activities" did being a mafia associate actually entail? -What is different about Little Italy today vs. in the old days when Mob boss John Gotti ruled the roost at the infamous Ravenite Social Club?-What inspired him to do a tell-all memoir, or should I say…ALMOST all, called: Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob-What was his relationship with notorious gangster Frank Costello, former crime boss of the Luciano crime family.-At the age of 25, you came out of nowhere and was cast in the original Godfather movie as Sonny Corleone’s brother-in-law Carlo Rizzi. How did he get that plum role?  -The famous nightclub he owned in Sin City, and the night where he shot and killed someone in self defense and what notorious affiliation the person he killed had.-The mafia code of silence and how it began to disintegrate and why wise guys started singing like canary's-His relationship with Marilyn Monroe-His second book The 6th Family: A Gianni Russo Novel – Book 1., the first in a series of books where there is much truth in the fiction.-Does he have any regrets &amp; what he would do differently? -What positive and inspiring messages can my listeners learn from your 80 years of a roller coaster life?-How he would like Gianni Russo to be remembered?

The Motivation Show

Gianni Russo is known as the Hollywood Godfather, which also happens to be the name of his best selling book. In the book, he candidly talks about his life in the mob as well as his glorious movie career starring in The Godfather 1 &amp; 2 movies. Wait til you hear some of the incredible people he palled around with including some of the infamous ladies he was…well…let’s just say he was associated with. You will learn:-Where he grew up and what were the circumstances &amp; motivations that led him to being a Mafia Associate.-What...ahem..."activities" did being a mafia associate actually entail? -What is different about Little Italy today vs. in the old days when Mob boss John Gotti ruled the roost at the infamous Ravenite Social Club?-What inspired him to do a tell-all memoir, or should I say…ALMOST all, called: Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob-What was his relationship with notorious gangster Frank Costello, former crime boss of the Luciano crime family.-At the age of 25, you came out of nowhere and was cast in the original Godfather movie as Sonny Corleone’s brother-in-law Carlo Rizzi. How did he get that plum role?  -The famous nightclub he owned in Sin City, and the night where he shot and killed someone in self defense and what notorious affiliation the person he killed had.-The mafia code of silence and how it began to disintegrate and why wise guys started singing like canary's-His relationship with Marilyn Monroe-His second book The 6th Family: A Gianni Russo Novel – Book 1., the first in a series of books where there is much truth in the fiction.-Does he have any regrets &amp; what he would do differently? -What positive and inspiring messages can my listeners learn from your 80 years of a roller coaster life?-How he would like Gianni Russo to be remembered?

MAFIA Associate & Hollywood Godfather GIANNI RUSSO

Hollywood Godfather is Gianni Russo's over-the-top memoir of a real-life mobster-turned-actor who helped make The Godfather a reality, and his story of life on the edge between danger and glamour.Gianni Russo was a handsome 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny―played by James Caan―up for a hit. Russo didn't have to act―he knew the mob inside and out: from his childhood in Little Italy, where Mafia legend Frank Costello took him under his wing, to acting as a messenger for New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello during the Kennedy assassination, to having to go on the lam after shooting and killing a member of the Colombian drug cartel in his Vegas club.Along the way, Russo befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from The Godfather. Russo had passionate affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, and scores of other celebrities. He went on to become a producer and starred in The Godfather: Parts I and II, Seabiscuit, Any Given Sunday and Rush Hour 2, among many other films.Hollywood Godfather is a no-holds-barred account of a life filled with violence, glamour, sex―and fun.

Hollywood Godfather is Gianni Russo's over-the-top memoir of a real-life mobster-turned-actor who helped make The Godfather a reality, and his story of life on the edge between danger and glamour. Gianni Russo was a handsome 25-year-old mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny―played by James Caan―up for a hit. Russo didn't have to act―he knew the mob inside and out: from his childhood in Little Italy, where Mafia legend Frank Costello took him under his wing, to acting as a messenger for New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello during the Kennedy assassination, to having to go on the lam after shooting and killing a member of the Colombian drug cartel in his Vegas club. Along the way, Russo befriended Frank Sinatra, who became his son's godfather, and Marlon Brando, who mentored his career as an actor after trying to get Francis Ford Coppola to fire him from The Godfather. Russo had passionate affairs with Marilyn Monroe, Liza Minelli, and scores of other celebrities. He went on to become a producer and starred in The Godfather: Parts I and II, Seabiscuit, Any Given Sunday and Rush Hour 2, among many other films. Hollywood Godfather is a no-holds-barred account of a life filled with violence, glamour, sex―and fun.

Hollywood Godfather: My Life in the Movies and the Mob - Gianni Russo

Actor Gianni Russo sat down with HFPA journalist Silvia Bizio to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the seminal classic film The Godfather, which won five Golden Globe Awards off of seven nominations back in 1973. They also discuss Russo's incredible life, from his first meeting with Marlon Brando to spending a weekend with Marilyn Monroe to encountering Pablo Escobar, and more.

Golden Globes Around the World

Actor Gianni Russo sat down with HFPA journalist Silvia Bizio to discuss the 50th Anniversary of the seminal classic film The Godfather, which won five Golden Globe Awards off of seven nominations back in 1973. They also discuss Russo's incredible life, from his first meeting with Marlon Brando to spending a weekend with Marilyn Monroe to encountering Pablo Escobar, and more.

Gianni Russo was inserted into The Godfather movie by the Italian Mafia. His life was plagued by violence and death, including him killing the molester of kids in a hospital to him shooting an underboss of Pablo Escobar. He details his relationship with Marilyn Monroe and his thoughts on the assassinations of Epstein and JFK.

Shaun Attwood Podcast

The Godfather Actor Who Whacked Escobar's Underboss: Gianni Russo | True Crime Podcast 328

We chat with Gianni about how he really got the part of "Carlo" in "The Godfather." He shares some incredible moments that shaped his life including how a "close-talk" with Marlon Brando changed the course of his acting career forever.Theme music by " The Zetas" produced by Ethan Carlson and Omar TavarezSupport the showSupport the showTheme music by " The Zetas" produced by Ethan Carlson and Omar Tavarez

Kill The Bottle

We chat with Gianni about how he really got the part of "Carlo" in "The Godfather." He shares some incredible moments that shaped his life including how a "close-talk" with Marlon Brando changed the course of his acting career forever. Theme music by " The Zetas" produced by Ethan Carlson and Omar Tavarez Support the show<a href="https://www.patreon.com/killthebottlepodcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>Theme music by " The Zetas" produced by Ethan Carlson and Omar Tavarez