Tony Lo Bianco:
The Voice of OSIA
The career of actor Tony Lo Bianco is distinguished as much by
its depth and variety as by the skills and gifts that Mr. Lo
Bianco has brought to it. He works as an actor in films,
television movies, mini-series, weekly series and on stage.
Besides being an actor, he is a director and a producer. In each
role, he has worked with some of the best actors and directors
in television, film and theater.
Mr. Lo Bianco was nominated for best actor for the Tony Award
for Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge and won the Outer
Critics Circle Award for outstanding performance in that
production. Among the awards for his work is an Emmy Award for
his performance in the one-man show Hizzoner: The Life of
Fiorello La Guardia and the Obie Award for best actor in Yanks
3, Detroit 0, Top of the 7th, and most recently starred in
FIORELLO! a Broadway Musical.
His many film credits include starring in the cult films, The
Honeymoon Killers and God Told Me To, Academy Award winning The
French Connection with Gene Hackman, The Seven-Ups with Roy
Scheider, Bloodbrothers with Richard Gere, F.I.S.T with
Sylvester Stallone, City Heat with Clint Eastwood, Oliver
Stone’s Nixon with Anthony Hopkins, and The Juror with Alec
Baldwin and Demi Moore.
In television, Mr. Lo Bianco has starred in such acclaimed
mini-series as Marco Polo, Jesus of Nazareth, and La Romana with
Gina Lollobrigida. He was a regular on the well-received TV
drama series Police Story, Palace Guard and Jessie co-starring
with Lindsay Wagner. He has appeared in numerous episodes of
Deadline, Homicide, and Law and Order. He has starred as Rocky
Marciano in the original television movie, Marciano, and later
co-starred in the remake The Rocky Marciano Story with George C.
Scott and Jon Favreau. Other television movies include The Ann
Jillian Story, Teamster Boss and The Last Tenant.
He has also directed episodes of Police Story among other
television programs, and the feature film Too Scared to Scream
with Anne Arche, John Heard and Maureen O’Sullivan. He
co-founded New York’s Triangle Theatre and served as artistic
director there, directing 8 productions and producing 25 others,
working with such notables as Roy Scheider, David Birney,
playwright/actor Jason Miller, and lightening designer Jules
Fisher among many others.
Despite his busy professional schedule, Mr. Lo Bianco is on the
board of directors of many charities, especially those involving
children. He is the National Spokesperson for the Order Sons of
Italy in America.
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