Nick Scotti
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| Born | Domenico Nicola Aniello Scotti May 31, 1966 Queens, New York, United States |
| Occupation | actor, model and singer |
Dominick "Nick" Scotti (born May 31, 1966) is an American actor, model and singer.
Scotti left high school to travel the world for a career in modeling, moving to Japan at age 17 and France at age 19. In the process, he became a popular male model. He appeared on the cover of Newsweek in June 1996 with a heading that read, "Biology of Beauty".[1]
His self-titled debut album, released in 1993 on Reprise Records, contains two songs that reached the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The first, "Wake Up Everybody", was a cover version of a hit song by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes from 1976. It reached #9 on the Club Play chart in May of that year and remained on the chart for eleven weeks.[2] The follow-up single, "Get Over", was written by Madonna and Stephen Bray and produced by Madonna and Shep Pettibone. "Get Over" peaked at #33 on the Club Play chart.[2]
From 1996 through 1999, Scotti had a contract role on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, where he portrayed an auto mechanic named Antonio "Tony" Viscardi.[1] In 1997, he starred in the independent film Kiss Me, Guido, which was directed by Tony Vitale. For his role in that film, he received a Leonardo da Vinci Award from the Beaux Arts Society, Inc. in the category of Actor, Debut Performance (Film) in 1997.[3] Other film credits include Bullet (1996) and Detroit Rock City (1999).[1]
Scotti appeared in episodes of the television programs Sex and The City and Tracey Takes On.... In 2004, he hosted a cooking, fashion, and lifestyle show on the Style Network titled New York Nick.[citation needed]
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Actor
- 2006: The Last Request Tom
- 2005: Perception Jason
- 2002: Sex and the City (TV series) Joe, Worldwide Express Guy – Cover Girl
- 1999: Detroit Rock City Kenny
- 1996: The Young and the Restless (TV series) Tony Viscardi 22 episodes (1996–1999)
- 1998: Tracey Takes On... (TV series) Johnno – Smoking (1998)
- 1997: Kiss Me, Guido Frankie
- 1996: Bullet Young Boy #2 - Philly
Music
- 1993: Nick Scotti
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nick Scotti Biography, filmreference.com; retrieved March 28, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 229.
- ↑ Profile, beauxartssociety.org; accessed September 21, 2015.
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