Biography

Best remembered for his work on the long-running sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live between 1980 and 1984, comedian Joe Piscopo has also had a sporadic movie career. Heralding from Passaic, NJ, he started out in standup and also worked in regional and improvisational theater before joining the show. On SNL, Piscopo was famed for his dead-on parody of Frank Sinatra and other celebrities ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Leonard Nimoy to Barbra Streisand. He made his feature-film debut (not counting an unbilled appearance in Dino De Laurentis' King Kong) in Johnny Dangerously (1984). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Filmography

Last Request, The (2002) .... Angelo
Dear Santa (2002) (TV) .... Santa Claus
Saturday Night Live: TV Tales (2002) (TV) .... Himself
Bartleby (2001) .... Rocky
Baby Bedlam (2000) .... Jack
"100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd" (1999) TV Series (voice) .... Salli
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (1998) (V) .... Frank Sinatra/Blair/Ted Koppel/Various
Divas Live: An Honors Concert for VH1 Save the Children (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (in audience)
... aka VH1 Divas Live (1998) (TV) (USA: short title)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (V) .... Danny Vermin (This Is The Life)
Open Season (1996) .... Hamlet
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1995) .... Mr. Wareman
... aka Demolition Day (1995)
Multimedia Celebrity Poker (1995) (VG) .... Himself
Two Bits & Pepper (1995) .... Zike/Spider
"Caribbean Fantasy" (1995) TV Series .... Himself
... aka "Joe Piscopo's Caribbean Fantasy" (1995) (USA: complete title)
Huck and the King of Hearts (1993) .... Max
Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America (1993) (TV) (archive footage) .... Frank Sinatra
Sidekicks (1992) .... Kelly Stone
Joe Piscopo Live! (1988) (TV) .... Himself
Dead Heat (1988) .... Doug Bigelow
Wise Guys (1986) .... Moe Dickstein
Joe Piscopo Video, The (1985) (V)
... aka Joe Piscopo Show, The (1985) (V) (USA)
House of God, The (1984) .... Dr. Fishberg
Johnny Dangerously (1984) .... Danny Vermin
MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards (1984) (TV) .... Himself (presenter)
Battle of the Network Stars XII (1982) (TV) .... NBC Team Contestant
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) TV Series .... Himself (1980-1984)
... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" (1975) (USA)
... aka "SNL 25" (2000) (USA: new title)
... aka "SNL" (1975)
... aka "Saturday Night Live 80" (1980) (USA: new title)
... aka "Saturday Night" (1975)
American Tickler (1976)
... aka American Tickler or the Winner of 10 Academy Awards (1976)
... aka Draws (1976)
... aka Ejection (1976)
King Kong (1976) (uncredited) .... Bit Part