Paul D’Amato Biography
Paul D’Amato is an American actor. D’Amato began working as a stagehand at the age of 14, and at the age of 21, he decided he wanted to perform.
Paul D’Amato Age
Paul was born on 2 October 1949, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America. He is 74 years old as of October 2023.
Paul D’Amato Married- Wife
D’Amato met Bertine Colombo of Montpelier when they were both attending nearby colleges, and they were married in the middle of the 1970s. He got engaged to Marina Re in 2019.
Paul D’Amato Career
Due to his background in both acting and ice hockey, D’Amato was considered for a part in the 1977 movie Slap Shot, where he finally played the major antagonist. After that, he starred in movies such as Heaven’s Gate (1979), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Deadliest Season (1977 TV movie), and Firepower (1979). Wolverine, the comic book character, was based on his appearance in Slap Shot, which was created by artist John Byrne. In 1980, D’Amato made his stage debut in a production of Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre, held in Vermont. Throughout the 1980s, D’Amato was frequently portrayed as a villain or thug; in a 1983 TV series Murder Ink pilot.
D’Amato made many appearances as distinct characters in Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes during the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2010s, D’Amato kept appearing in public, primarily emulating his role in Slap Shot. D’Amato ceremoniously dropped the first puck during a hockey game between the Broome County Barons and the Danbury Whalers in November 2010. He appeared at an ice skating event in July 2012 to support Worcester’s Hope Lodge. He took part in a get-together of the Slap Shot ensemble in August 2017 in Winnipeg for a golf competition honoring the movie’s 40th anniversary. By 2019, he was supporting his own skiing interest by working as a boot-fitter in a Vermont ski shop.
Paul D’Amato Net Worth
Paul has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.