---
name: "Frank Sivero"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-sivero"
fi1m_id: "frank-sivero"
imdb_id: "nm0803370"
tmdb_id: 11480
wikidata_id: "Q1369720"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:41:51.861753+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Frank Sivero

## Identity

Frank Sivero

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-sivero
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-sivero
- **IMDb ID:** nm0803370
- **TMDB ID:** 11480
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1369720
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sivero, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369720, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11480

Actor. Born 6 January 1952 in Siculiana, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 January 1952, Siculiana, Italy
- **Active:** 1974–1998
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 92 (2), 1980s 77 (1), 1990s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $345m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sivero, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369720, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803370/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11480

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ruthless People*](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Frank Sivero is an Italian-American actor. Born Francesco Lo Giudice on 6 January 1952 in Siculiana, Sicily, Italy, he moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 11. He studied acting at drama workshops before beginning his career.

Sivero appeared uncredited as a street extra in *The Godfather* (1972). He played Genco Abbandando in *The Godfather Part II* (1974) and Frankie Carbone in Martin Scorsese's *GoodFellas* (1990). He also appeared as Andy in *The Wedding Singer* (1998).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these

- *The Wedding Singer* (1998), Fi1m 76, as Andy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-singer.md)
- *GoodFellas* (1990), Fi1m 93, as Frankie Carbone — [page](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md)
- *Ruthless People* (1986), Fi1m 77, as The Mugger — [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Fi1m 92, as Genco Abbandando — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, as Street Extra (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ring of Death* (2008), as Tommy Micelli
- *Shark Swarm* (2008), as Davey Ballew
- *Truth Be Told* (2002), as LaTrenta
- *Little Nicky* (2000), as Alumni Hall Announcer
- *Foolish* (1999), as Giovanni
- *Urban Relics* (1998), as Tommy Two-Lips
- *The Wedding Singer* (1998), as Andy — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-singer.md)
- *Possessed by the Night* (1994), as Murray Dunlap
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, as Slim
- *Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition* (1994), as Johnny
- *Fist of Honor* (1993), as Frankie Pop
- *Cop & ½* (1993), as Chu
- *GoodFellas* (1990), as Frankie Carbone — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md)
- *Crossing the Mob* (1988), as Frank
- *52 Pick-Up* (1986), as Vendor
- *Ruthless People* (1986), as The Mugger — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)
- *Johnny Dangerously* (1984), as Plumber (uncredited)
- *The Ratings Game* (1984), as Bruno
- *Fear City* (1984), as Mobster
- *Likely Stories, Vol. 4* (1983), Actor
- *Fighting Back* (1982), as Frank Russo
- *Going Ape!* (1981), as Bad Habit
- *Sunnyside* (1979), as Dezi
- *Fyre* (1979), as Pickpocket
- *The Billion Dollar Hobo* (1977), as Ernie
- *New York, New York* (1977), as Eddie Di Muzio
- *The Selling of Vince D'Angelo* (1976), as Vince's Left Hand Man
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), as Genco Abbandando — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *The Gambler* (1974), as Donny's Driver
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Morgan — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Shamus* (1973), as Bookie
- *The Godfather* (1972), as Street Extra (uncredited) — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Gallery

- ![Actor Frank Sivero at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photographed by Luigi Novi. This photo may only be used if the photographer is properly credited. ( (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/59822/gallery-604423922cd4.jpg) Actor Frank Sivero at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photographed by Luigi Novi. This photo may only be used if the photographer is properly credited. ( (2009) — Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/10.17.09FrankSiveroByLuigiNovi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actor Frank Sivero in 2021](https://film.one/media/person/59822/gallery-27d1df6a4f70.jpg) Actor Frank Sivero in 2021 — Frank Sivero, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Frank_Sivero_in_2021.jpg/1280px-Frank_Sivero_in_2021.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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