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Jan 10, 2019 · The Green Book Is Based on the True Story of Vallelonga’s Father, Tony Lip. Nick Vallelonga is the son of F rank Anthony Vallelonga, who is better known as Tony Lip. Tony Lip was a Bronx...
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Life and career. Vallelonga was born in 1959, the son of Tony and Dolores Vallelonga. [ 5][ 6][ 7] He had a younger brother, Frank, who died in November 2022. [ 8] He initially followed his father into acting, with minor roles in films including The Godfather, Splash, Goodfellas, and Prizzi's Honor. He made his screenwriting debut with Deadfall ...
Vallelonga’s father, Frank Anthony Vallelonga, compassionately called Tony Lip (nicknamed for his ability to talk his way out of anything), really did meet pianist Don Shirley (played by...
Dec 14, 2018 · In the movie, Viggo Mortensen plays Anthony Vallelonga, a.k.a. Tony Lip, who was Nick Vallelonga’s real-life father and was known for his prodigious appetite. In real life and in the movie,...
Dec 18, 2018 · Nick Vallelonga: “Green Book” is based on a true story that happened to my father, Frank ‘Tony Lip’ Vallelonga in the early 1960s. A tough, street-smart, New York Italian, Tony Lip was a...
Nov 21, 2018 · In fact, Nick started out with uncredited roles in both The Godfather and Goodfellas thanks to his father’s connections.
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Oct 8, 2020 · The Italian American Driver in question is Franck Vallelonga, Nick’s Father. “As a boy, I remembered my father going away for long periods of time. I remember meeting Dr. Shirley,” Nick Vallelonga says at the press conference.