The Biography

Steve Schirripa (born September 3, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, author and television host. Before acting he worked as entertainment director at the Riviera hotel in Las Vegas. He is best known as Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos and also played Leo Boykewich on The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Detective Anthony Abetemarco on Blue Bloods. He appeared in Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and voiced Roberto in the Open Season films.