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Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023), known professionally as Burt Young, was an American actor. He played Rocky Balboa 's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the Rocky film series, his performance in the first installment of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor .
Burt Young was a character actor who played tough thugs and gangsters in films like Rocky, Chinatown and The Killer Elite. He died in 2023 at the age of 83 and was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Paulie in Rocky.
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Oct 19, 2023 · Burt Young, a former boxer who found fame playing tough guys in Hollywood, died earlier this month, according to his manager.
Oct 19, 2023 · Burt Young, a Hollywood tough guy whose prolific career included “Chinatown” and an Oscar-nominated turn in “Rocky,” died Oct. 8 in Los Angeles. He was 83.
Oct 19, 2023 · Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8, 2023 in Los Angeles.
Burt Young. Actor: Rocky. Burly, talented character actor who remained consistently busy playing "rough edged" or scary characters, often on the wrong side of the law. Young was born on April 30, 1940, in New York City, the son of a high school shop teacher. He is of Italian descent.
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Oct 18, 2023 · Burt Young, a burly Queens-bred actor who leveraged a weary gravitas and bare-knuckled demeanor to build a prolific career as a Hollywood tough guy in films like “Chinatown,” “Once Upon a Time in...