Scott Baio
Scott Vincent James Baio is an American actor. He is known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi. He also played Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder. He has also appeared in several independent films, and starred on the Nickelodeon sitcom See Dad Run.
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Scott Vincent James Baio is an American actor. He is known for his role as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi. He also played Dr. Jack Stewart in the medical-mystery-drama series Diagnosis: Murder. Baio’s other movies include the independent films Very Mean Men, Face to Face and The Bread, My Sweet. He has also appeared in several independent films, and starred on the Nickelodeon sitcom See Dad Run. He was born in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City, the son of Italian immigrants from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy; Rose, a homemaker, and Mario Baio, who worked as his manager. In 1976, Baio played the title character Bugsy Malone in the children’s gangster musical directed by Alan Parker, which also co-starred Jodie Foster.
He won two Young Artist Awards during the Third Annual Youth in Film Awards as Best Young Actor in a Television Special for Stoned and Best Young Comedian in Television or Motion Pictures for Happy Days. He earned two Emmy Award nominations, for his lead performances in the television movies Stoned and All the Kids Do It. He also starred in several films on television and video releases such as Detonator, Bar-Hopping, Dumb Luck, Face Value and Mixed Blessings. In 2004, he starred in The Babybabies: Superbabies 2 with Bob Clark. In 2005, he played himself in the Wes Craven film Cursed, which was widely panned by critics and nominated for four Razzie Awards. He portrayed Dominic Pyzola, a corporate raider during the day and a pastry chef at night.
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