---
name: "Nick Vallelonga"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-vallelonga"
fi1m_id: "nick-vallelonga"
imdb_id: "nm0885014"
tmdb_id: 78336
wikidata_id: "Q29585307"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "13 September 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-24T04:06:35.414137+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."
---

# Nick Vallelonga

## Identity

Nick Vallelonga

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-vallelonga
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-vallelonga
- **IMDb ID:** nm0885014
- **TMDB ID:** 78336
- **Wikidata ID:** Q29585307
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vallelonga, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29585307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885014/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78336

Producer. Born 13 September 1959 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 13 September 1959, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2018
- **Also known as:** 닉 발레롱가
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 93 (1), 2000s 38 (1), 2010s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Vallelonga, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29585307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885014/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78336

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Green Book*](https://film.one/film/green-book.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Nick Vallelonga is an American actor, writer, director and producer. Born in The Bronx, New York City, on 13 September 1959, he is the son of actor and bouncer Frank 'Tony Lip' Vallelonga. He began his career with small acting roles in films including *The Godfather* (1972) and later studied acting in New York.

Vallelonga made his screenwriting debut with *Deadfall* (1993). He has written and directed several independent films, including *A Brilliant Disguise* (1994), *Choker* (2005) and *Stiletto* (2008). He is best known for co-writing and producing *Green Book* (2018) with Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly. The film, based on the experiences of his father and pianist Don Shirley, won two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture, as well as two Golden Globes in the same categories.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Green Book* (2018), Fi1m 64, as Augie — [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Coyote Ugly* (2000), Fi1m 38, as Cop — [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md)

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

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

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Silent Partners* (2025), as Arturo Mazzi
- *In the Shadowlands* (2024), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Monstrous* (2022), as Legionnaire
- *Every Last One of Them* (2021), as Victor
- *The Many Saints of Newark* (2021), as Carmine Cotuso
- *Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman* (2021), as Victor Miller
- *Take Back* (2021), as Demarco
- *The Birthday Cake* (2021), as Uncle Tiny Tony
- *Vanquish* (2021), as Detective Stevens
- *The Comeback Trail* (2020), as Mobster Boss
- *Paydirt* (2020), as Leo Cap
- *The Poison Rose* (2019), as Nick the Giant Bodyguard
- *Green Book* (2018), as Augie · Writer, Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Blood, Sweat and Terrors* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Empire of Dirt* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Doomsday Device* (2017), as Rossetti · Producer
- *Vigilante Diaries* (2016), Producer
- *I Am Wrath* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Chocolate City* (2015), Line Producer
- *Jersey Shore Shark Attack* (2012), as Vinny
- *Yellow Rock* (2011), Director, Producer
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Owner — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Jerseyboy Hero* (2011), Producer
- *Stiletto* (2008), Director, Producer
- *The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie* (2007), as Director · Producer
- *Machine* (2007), as Santo
- *All In* (2006), as Tony The Pit Boss · Director, Producer
- *Choker* (2005), as Frank Russo · Director, Writer
- *Little Black Book* (2004), as Tough Guy at Bar
- *Rhapsody* (2000), as Mark
- *Coyote Ugly* (2000), as Cop — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-ugly.md)
- *Bella Mafia* (1997), as Gate Guard
- *The Corporate Ladder* (1997), as Frankie · Screenplay, Director
- *In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King* (1995), as Al · Producer, Director, Writer
- *A Brilliant Disguise* (1994), as Brian · Director, Writer
- *ER* (1994), series, as Kohler — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Michael
- *Psycho Cop Returns* (1993), as Mike
- *Deadfall* (1993), as Patsy · Writer
- *Izzy & Moe* (1985), as Dutch's Bodyguard (uncredited)
- *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), as Arsonist (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/prizzis-honor.md)
- *The Pope of Greenwich Village* (1984), as Stickball Player (uncredited)
- *Splash* (1984), as News Photographer (uncredited) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/splash.md)
- *A Good Sport* (1984), as Reporter in Bar (uncredited)
- *Easy Money* (1983), as Singing Wedding Party Guest (uncredited)
- *The Godfather* (1972), as Wedding Party Guest (uncredited) — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *That's Amore!*, Director, Producer, Writer
- *Dirty*, Writer, Director, Producer
- *Red Card*, Screenplay
- *Gambino*, Screenplay, Producer

## Gallery

- ![I took this photo at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during a 35mm screening of Midnight Run. Vallelonga is one of the credited writers on the Academy Awa (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/103406/gallery-b97ef83d8fb9.jpg) I took this photo at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during a 35mm screening of Midnight Run. Vallelonga is one of the credited writers on the Academy Awa (2026) — SDudley, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Nick_Vallelonga_%282026%29.jpg/1280px-Nick_Vallelonga_%282026%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nick Vallelonga](https://film.one/media/person/103406/gallery-05048785331e.jpg) Nick Vallelonga — SDudley, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Nick_Vallelonga_%282026%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Nick_Vallelonga_%282026%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won

- 2019: Best Picture (won), for *Green Book*
- 2019: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Green Book*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2019: Best Screenplay (won)

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

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