---
name: "Joe Dallesandro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-dallesandro"
fi1m_id: "joe-dallesandro"
imdb_id: "nm0198072"
tmdb_id: 29915
wikidata_id: "Q553454"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 December 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T21:46:15.481347+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."
---

# Joe Dallesandro

## Identity

Joe Dallesandro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-dallesandro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-dallesandro
- **IMDb ID:** nm0198072
- **TMDB ID:** 29915
- **Wikidata ID:** Q553454
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dallesandro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553454, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29915

Actor. Born 31 December 1948 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 December 1948, Pensacola, Florida, USA
- **Also known as:** Joseph Angelo D'Allesandro, Little Joe, Joe Catano, Joe Dallessandro, Joe D'Alesandro, Joe D'allesandro, Terry Stewart
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dallesandro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553454, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0198072/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29915

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Limey*](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Joe Dallesandro is an American actor and model. Born in Pensacola, Florida, he began his career posing for photographs before joining Andy Warhol's Factory in the late 1960s.

He starred in several underground films directed by Paul Morrissey, including *Flesh* (1968), *Trash* (1970) and *Heat* (1972). Later credits include *Blood for Dracula* (1974), *The Cotton Club* (1984) as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano, *Cry-Baby* (1990) and *The Limey* (1999) as Uncle John. He has continued to appear in films such as *Babylon* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Limey* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Uncle John — [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

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

- *There's a Small Hotel* (2025), Actor
- *24 Hour Sunset* (2023), Actor
- *Babylon* (2022), as Charlie / Photographer (Wallach's Party)
- *Andy Warhol's America* (2022), series, Actor
- *Gainsbourg, toute une vie* (2021), Actor
- *Factory Cowboys: Working with Warhol* (2018), Actor
- *Andy Warhol, Fluorescent* (2016), as (archive footage)
- *Porn to Be Free* (2016), as Various Roles (archive footage)
- *Memories of a Young Pianist* (2009), as Mario Balato (archive footage)
- *Little Joe* (2009), Story, Producer
- *3 Stories About Evil* (2008), Actor
- *Joe Dallesandro, a Naked Angel* (2008), Actor
- *Pacino is Missing* (2002), as Sal Colletti
- *The Limey* (1999), as Uncle John — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)
- *L.A. Without a Map* (1999), as Michael
- *Theodore Rex* (1995), as Rogan
- *Sugar Hill* (1994), as Tony Adamo
- *Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!* (1994), Actor
- *Guncrazy* (1992), as Rooney
- *Love Is Like That* (1992), as Boss
- *Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue* (1991), as Jules
- *Inside Out* (1991), as Richard  (segment "The Diaries")
- *Almost an Angel* (1990), as Bank Hood Leader
- *Cry-Baby* (1990), as Milton's Father
- *AMG: The Fantasy Factory* (1990), as (archive footage)
- *The Hollywood Detective* (1989), as Eddie Northcott
- *Private War* (1988), as Vince Rayner
- *Double Revenge* (1988), as Joe Halsey
- *Sunset* (1988), as Dutch Kieffer
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *Critical Condition* (1987), as Stucky
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Bobby Boyd
- *Fortune Dane* (1986), as 'Perfect' Tommy Nicautri
- *Joey* (1986), as Marty
- *The Cotton Club* (1984), as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as DeMarco — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Gerard
- *Merry-Go-Round* (1981), as Ben
- *Parano* (1981), as Le psychiatre
- *Madness* (1980), as Joe Brezzi
- *Nocturnal Uproar* (1979), as Jim
- *Killer Nun* (1979), as Dr. Patrick Roland
- *Safari Rally* (1978), as Joe Massi
- *A Simple Heart* (1977), as Teodoro
- *Born Winner* (1976), as Perikles
- *The Margin* (1976), as Sigimond Pons
- *I Love You, I Don't* (1976), as Krassky
- *Season for Assassins* (1975), as Pierro Giaranaldi
- *Black Moon* (1975), as Brother Lily
- *Savage Three* (1975), as Ovidio Mainardi
- *The Climber* (1975), as Aldo
- *One Woman's Lover* (1974), as Walter
- *The Gardener* (1974), as Carl, the Gardener
- *Blood for Dracula* (1974), as Mario Balato, the Servant
- *Flesh for Frankenstein* (1973), as Nicholas
- *Heat* (1972), as Joey
- *Trash* (1970), as Joe Smith
- *Flesh* (1968), as Joe, the Hustler
- *Lonesome Cowboys* (1968), as Little Joe
- *The Loves of Ondine* (1968), as College Wrestler
- *San Diego Surf* (1968), as Joe
- *Home Movies: NYC to San Diego* (1968), Actor
- *Four Stars* (1967), as College Wrestler
- *Little Joe* (1964), Actor
- *Citizens*, as Joe

## Gallery

- ![Joe Dallesandro](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-793c1c42d518.jpg) Joe Dallesandro — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Joe_Dallesandro_13.jpg/1280px-Joe_Dallesandro_13.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Flesh (1968) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-9a19613db975.jpg) Flesh (1968) (2024) — Paul Morrissey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flesh_%281968%29_Joe_Dallesandro_and_Louis_Waldon_%281200_dpi%29.jpg/1280px-Flesh_%281968%29_Joe_Dallesandro_and_Louis_Waldon_%281200_dpi%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-0eddf459af02.jpg) Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival. — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Joe_Dallesandro_01.jpg/1280px-Joe_Dallesandro_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-a9dbab22e802.jpg) Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival. — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Joe_Dallesandro_02.jpg/1280px-Joe_Dallesandro_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Dallesandro](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-2aa610a50680.jpg) Joe Dallesandro — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Dallesandro](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-a84df946ec61.jpg) Joe Dallesandro — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Dallesandro](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-13f0c8466125.jpg) Joe Dallesandro — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-7fbc72e59a83.jpg) Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival. — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Joe_Dallesandro_03.jpg/1280px-Joe_Dallesandro_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-03f322222734.jpg) Joe Dallesandro after a showing of the documentary Little Joe (which is about him), 2009 Seattle International Film Festival. — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Joe_Dallesandro_04.jpg/1280px-Joe_Dallesandro_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joe Dallesandro](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-a8160966c559.jpg) Joe Dallesandro — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Dallesandro](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-afe1994a4b72.jpg) Joe Dallesandro — Image via TMDB
- ![Joe Dallesandro](https://film.one/media/person/9853/gallery-490957a5bc3e.jpg) Joe Dallesandro — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2012: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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