Steve Bastoni

Steve Bastoni (born 4 March 1966) is an Italian-born Australian actor. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in Police Rescue and as Steve Parker in Neighbours. His memorable performance in 15 Amore garnered him a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Steve Bastoni
Bastoni in Sydney, 2012
Born (1966-03-04) March 4, 1966
Rome, Italy
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
Spouse
Bianca Pirrotta
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(m. 2007)​
Children3

Over three decades he has amassed an impressive body of work including credits in The Matrix Reloaded, Blue Murder, Wentworth, Broke, Hawaii Five-0, The Water Diviner, PokerFace and many more. His theatre credits include his “tour de force” performance in Arthur Miller's View from the Bridge for Melbourne Theatre Company (Green Room Best Actor Nomination), Three Penny Opera for Belvoir St, Oliver for Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Ben Elton's Popcorn (Green Room Best Actor Nomination).

Career

Television

His major roles have been in Police Rescue from 1991 until 1996, and in Neighbours from 2007 until 2009.[1] He has also appeared in many other Australian series such as Wildside (1998), Prisoner (1986), On the Beach (2000) and Stingers (1999–2002). Bastoni hosted Missing Persons Unit (replacing Mike Munro) in 2009 and 2010. He appeared in Underbelly: The Golden Mile in 2010 as Louis Bayeh. Steve appeared once in Sea Patrol (2010); He was temporarily replacing Mike Flynn as the Commanding Officer aboard the fictional RAN vessel HMAS Hammersley. He played Don Kaplan in the Australian prison drama Wentworth. Bastoni also played the Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina in the 2014 spin off show Fat Tony & Co. to the well known Underbelly which was based on the Melbourne gangland war (1980–2007).

Stage

Theatre work includes the role of 'Rocky' in the 1987 Australian national tour of The Rocky Horror Show starring Daniel Abineri. Abineri also gave him the role of Charlie Fortune in his controversial rock musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom in 1989. He starred in the high budget stage production Oliver! the musical in Sydney and Melbourne in the role of Bill Sikes alongside John Waters and Tamsin Caroll.

Personal life

Bastoni was previously involved in a relationship with actress Melissa George.[2] He later was in a long-term relationship with TV Star Nina Zandnia.[3] He is married to Bianca Pirrotta and the couple have three children.[4]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1984Melvin, Son of AlvinBullo
1986The Still PointDavid
1987The LighthorsemenTurkish Soldier
1989Closer and Closer ApartSamDirect-to-video
1993The Heartbreak KidDimitri Yiannos
1996Natural Justice: HeatPaul TancredTelevision film
1997WantedRico
199815 AmoreAlfredo
1998The Fury WithinDr. Stephen JohnsonTelevision film
1999Without WarningArch WhitelawTelevision film
2000On the BeachFirst Officer Neil HirschTelevision film
2000Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeMcAfee / NewcomenTelevision film
2001South PacificBus AdamsTelevision film
2001He Died with a Felafel in His HandSydney Police Officer 2
2002CounterstrikeCaptain KramTelevision film
2002The Crocodile Hunter: Collision CourseDeputy Director Reynolds
2003The Matrix ReloadedCaptain Soren
2005Man-ThingRene LaRoque
2005Pros and Ex-ConsWilling
2006Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in AmericaFEMA Director McGarrettTelevision film
2006Suburban MayhemDetective Robert AndrettiTelevision film
2006MacbethBanquo
2008The Plex"Mad" Morgan Edwards
2013DriftMiller
2014The Water DivinerÖmer
2016BrokeSherro
2018 The Widow Antonio Monaco Short
2019 The Whistleblower Harrisons Gunman
2021 Streamline Glenn Goodman
2021 Him Tom Ridgen
2022 262 Our Stories So Far Short
2022 Poker Face (film) Paul Muccino
2022 Fumblelove Mack Short

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1983A Descant for GossipsHoward
1985NeighboursAlex Baxter1 episode
1986PrisonerPeter McCormack11 episodes
1989Il MagistratoRobbie Shaw6 episodes
1991–96Police RescueYiannis Angelopoulos59 episodes
1992Frankie's HouseG.I. Jarvis
1995Blue MurderDetective Michael Drury2 episodes
1998WildsideEric Foley4 episodes
1999,
2002		StingersBilly Robardi, Nigel Finster2 episodes
2007–09NeighboursSteve Parker322 episodes
2010UnderbellyLouis Bayeh6 episodes
2010Sea PatrolSteve CoburnEpisode: "Crocodile Tears"
2014Fat Tony & Co.Charlie Bezzina5 episodes
2014Upper Middle BoganBenji Amenta2 episodes
2015Hawaii Five-0Tom Bishop2 episodes
2016–17WentworthDon Kaplan8 episodes
2016The Wrong GirlCraig Peterson3 episodes
2018 How to Stay Married Lenny 1 episode
2019Bad MothersTom7 episodes
2019WelfareJon Karagiannis6 episodes
2020 Aussiewood Tony Taranto
2021 Australian Gangster[5] Joe Barbaro 2 episodes
2021 Fires[6] Vince Rocca 1 episode
2022 Garrison7
2022 The Younger man podcast series
2022 Talking Prisoner Self Podcast series 1 episode
2023 Utopia Minister Assisting 1 episode

References
  1. Devlyn, Darren (14 January 2009). "Steve Bastoni credits Neighbours with saving his life". Herald Sun. The Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. "..and it's goodbye Angel; Home And Away (Monday to Friday, ITV, 12.55pm). - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.
  3. Reines, Ros (30 November 2003). "Gossip". The Sunday Telegraph. (News Limited). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. "Steve Bastoni and his family written out of Neighbours". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  5. "Australian Television: Australian Gangster".
  6. "Australian Television: Fires: Episode guide: 1.02".
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