Jack Scalia

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

75

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-11-10 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Jack Scalia

Biography

Jack Scalia (born Giacomo Tomaso Tedesco; June 10, 1950) is an American actor and producer. He has had many roles in television series, television movies, and feature films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He is of Italian and Irish descent; his father was former Brooklyn Dodger Rocky Tedesco. His parents divorced and when his mother remarried his name was changed to Scalia. He was drafted third by the Montreal Expos in 1971 as a pitcher but he was injured and never played in the Major Leagues. He began his career as a clothes model, most notably in a series of ads for Eminence briefs and Jordache jeans, both of which capitalized on his "beefcake" appeal. In 1982, to promote his TV series The Devlin Connection, he took off his shirt and posed, cigarette in hand, for a pin-up wall poster. He was a regular cast member during the final season of Remington Steele in 1987, after which he joined the cast of Dallas in the role of Nicholas Pearce, love interest to Sue Ellen Ewing. His character was killed off at the end of the 1987–88 season when he fell to his death after being pushed from a balcony during a fight with J. R. Ewing. He returned to the series finale in a dream sequence in which he was married to Sue Ellen. From 1989 to 1990, he starred in another tv series, the CBS crime drama Wolf. In 1992, he was cast as Detective Nico "Nick" Bonetti in the short-lived television series Tequila and Bonetti - he replaced another actor in the role during production of the show's first episode. Eight years later, in 2000, Scalia reprised the role of Bonetti in a revival of the series, which was filmed and aired in Italy. In 1993, he portrayed Joey Buttafuoco in Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story, with Alyssa Milano as Amy Fisher. The footage was used in 2012 for Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island. From 1994 to 1995, he starred in Pointman, a television series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network. He was an investment banker framed and convicted of fraud. When eventually cleared, Constantine "Connie" Harper becomes the owner of a Florida beach resort, Spanish Pete's, and aids people in need with the use of former prison mates and "the list". He is also known for his role as Chris Stamp on All My Children from 2001 to 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actor" in 2002. In 2005, he portrayed Charles Keefe in the film Red Eye, with Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. In 2006, he starred as President Halstrom in The Genius Club for writer/director Tim Chey.

Known For

  • Parks and Recreation

    Parks and Recreation

  • Dallas

    Dallas

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

  • Hell Mountain

    Hell Mountain

  • T-Force

    T-Force

  • Runaway Father

    Runaway Father

  • Donor

    Donor

  • Storybook

    Storybook

  • End Game

    End Game

  • Amore!

    Amore!

  • Dark Breed

    Dark Breed

  • Honeymoon with Mom

    Honeymoon with Mom

  • Boys Klub

    Boys Klub

  • Battle of the Network Stars

    Battle of the Network Stars

  • Fear City

    Fear City

  • With a Vengeance

    With a Vengeance

  • Red Eye

    Red Eye

  • Pointman

    Pointman

  • The Other Lover

    The Other Lover

  • Fired Up

    Fired Up

  • The Rift

    The Rift

  • Follow Your Heart

    Follow Your Heart

  • The Devlin Connection

    The Devlin Connection

  • The Silencers

    The Silencers

  • Everyone Loves Mel

    Everyone Loves Mel

  • The Natural

    The Natural

  • Under Oath

    Under Oath

  • Hollywood Beat

    Hollywood Beat

  • The Flag

    The Flag

  • Lady Boss

    Lady Boss

  • Shattered Image

    Shattered Image

  • Club Med

    Club Med

  • The New Adventures of Tequila & Bonetti

    The New Adventures of Tequila & Bonetti

  • Tequila and Bonetti

    Tequila and Bonetti

  • Charades

    Charades

  • Berrenger's

    Berrenger's

  • Pointman

    Pointman

  • I'll Take Manhattan

    I'll Take Manhattan

  • Wolf

    Wolf

  • Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep

    Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep

  • Ground Zero

    Ground Zero

  • Ring of Scorpio

    Ring of Scorpio

  • Jersey Shore Shark Attack

    Jersey Shore Shark Attack

  • Silent Predators

    Silent Predators

  • Illicit Behavior

    Illicit Behavior

  • Kill Shot

    Kill Shot

  • Torch Song

    Torch Song

  • High Performance

    High Performance

  • The Star Maker

    The Star Maker

  • The Thanksgiving House

    The Thanksgiving House

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • Chronicle of a Serial Killer

    Chronicle of a Serial Killer

  • Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

    Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

  • The Genius Club

    The Genius Club

  • The Last Leprechaun

    The Last Leprechaun

  • Amazons

    Amazons

  • Nuclear Hurricane

    Nuclear Hurricane

  • Taylor

    Taylor

  • Sweet Deception

    Sweet Deception

  • Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story

    Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story

  • Shadow of Obsession

    Shadow of Obsession

  • Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island

    Triple Fisher: The Lethal Lolitas of Long Island

  • Deadly Desire

    Deadly Desire

  • Beyond Suspicion

    Beyond Suspicion

  • Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

    Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

  • After the Shock

    After the Shock

  • Shattered Lies

    Shattered Lies

  • Everything to Gain

    Everything to Gain

  • Act of War

    Act of War

  • Tall, Dark and Deadly

    Tall, Dark and Deadly

  • Chicano Blood

    Chicano Blood

  • Vegas Dick

    Vegas Dick

  • Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth

    Frank Sinatra: The Man and the Myth

  • Birth of the Black Underworld

    Birth of the Black Underworld