The following is a list of notable Italian-American television characters.
To be included in this list, the character should be a main or frequently recurring character in a television series, and should have an article or section in Wikipedia. The character should be described as Italian-American in the text or categories.
| Name | Show | Played by | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Abruzzi, John" | John Abruzzi | Prison Break | data-sort-value="Stormare, Peter" | Peter Stormare | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Almeida, Tony" | Tony Almeida | 24 | data-sort-value="Bernard, Carlos" | Carlos Bernard | Systems analyst; Italian and Portuguese |
| data-sort-value="Angelino, Frank" | Frank Angelino | Three's Company | data-sort-value="Charney, Jordan" | Jordan Charney | Restaurateur; short-tempered |
| data-sort-value="Aprile, Jackie Jr." | Jackie Aprile Jr. | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Carbone, Jason" | Jason Cerbone | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Aprile, Jackie Sr." | Jackie Aprile Sr. | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Rispoli, Michael" | Michael Rispoli | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Aprile, Richie" | Richie Aprile | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Proval, David" | David Proval | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Aprile, Rosalie" | Rosalie Aprile | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Angela, Sharon" | Sharon Angela | Mobster's widow |
| data-sort-value="Arcola, Chachi" | Chachi Arcola[1] | Happy Days | data-sort-value="Baio, Scott" | Scott Baio | High school student |
| data-sort-value="Baccalieri, Bobby" | Bobby Baccalieri | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Schirripa, Steve" | Steve Schirripa | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Banducci" | Sal Banducci | 21 Jump Street | data-sort-value="Jenco, Sal" | Sal Jenco | Police officer |
| data-sort-value="Banta, Tony" | Tony Banta | Taxi | data-sort-value="Danza, Tony" | Tony Danza | Cab driver, failed boxer |
| data-sort-value="Barbarino, Vinnie" | Vinnie Barbarino | Welcome Back, Kotter | data-sort-value="Travolta, John" | John Travolta | Remedial high school student |
| data-sort-value="Barese, Larry" | Larry Barese | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Darrow, Tony" | Tony Darrow | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Baretta, Tony" | Tony Baretta[2] | Baretta | data-sort-value="Blake, Robert" | Robert Blake | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Barone, Frank" | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | data-sort-value="Boyle, Peter" | Peter Boyle | Retired bookkeeper; loud, reactionary |
| data-sort-value="Barone, Marie" | Marie Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | data-sort-value="Roberts, Doris" | Doris Roberts | Passive-aggressive housewife |
| data-sort-value="Barone, Ray" | Ray Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | data-sort-value="Romano, Ray" | Ray Romano | Sportswriter |
| data-sort-value="Barone, Robert" | Robert Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | data-sort-value="Garrett, Brad" | Brad Garrett | Police officer |
| data-sort-value="Basco, Luigi" | Luigi Basco[3] | Life with Luigi | data-sort-value="Scotti, Vito" | J. Carrol Naish, Vito Scotti | Sweet but gullible immigrant |
| data-sort-value="Belladonna, Andrea" | Andrea Belladonna | Samantha Who? | data-sort-value="Esposito, Jennifer" | Jennifer Esposito | Attorney; party girl, "shoulder devil" |
| Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto | The Bear | Jeremy Allen White | Gourmet chef, restaurateur | ||
| data-sort-value="Blundetto, Tony" | Tony Blundetto | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Buscemi, Steve" | Steve Buscemi | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Bolen, Angie" | Angie Bolen | Desperate Housewives | data-sort-value="De Matteo, Drea" | Drea de Matteo | "loving but tough Italian woman" |
| data-sort-value="Bonetti, Nick" | Nick Bonetti | Tequila and Bonetti | data-sort-value="Scalia, Jack" | Jack Scalia | Police officer |
| data-sort-value="Bonpensiero, Angie" | Angie Bonpensiero | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Kalem, Tony" | Toni Kalem | Mobster's wife |
| data-sort-value="Bonpensiero, Big Pussy" | Big Pussy Bonpensiero | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Pastore, Vincent" | Vincent Pastore | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Borgia, Alexandra" | Alexandra Borgia | Law & Order | data-sort-value="Parisse, Annie" | Annie Parisse | Assistant district attorney |
| data-sort-value="Bravo, Johnny" | Johnny Bravo | Johnny Bravo | data-sort-value="Bennett, Jeff" | Jeff Bennett (animated) | "muscular and boorish young man" |
| data-sort-value="Bucco, Artie" | Artie Bucco | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Ventimiglia, John" | John Ventimiglia | Restaurateur; mobster's friend |
| data-sort-value="Bucco, Charmaine" | Charmaine Bucco | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Narducci, Kathrine" | Kathrine Narducci | Restaurateur; mobster's friend |
| data-sort-value="Calabrese, Gina" | Gina Calabrese | Miami Vice | data-sort-value="Santiago, Saundra" | Saundra Santiago | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Calabrese, Tony" | Tony Calabrese | Police Story | data-sort-value="Lo Bianco, Tony" | Tony Lo Bianco | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Calavicci, Al" | Al Calavicci | Quantum Leap | data-sort-value="Stockwell, Dean" | Dean Stockwell | Admiral; womanizer |
| data-sort-value="Carcetti, Tommy" | Tommy Carcetti | The Wire | data-sort-value="Gillen, Aidan" | Aidan Gillen | Ambitious politician; womanizer |
| data-sort-value="Carisi, Dominick Jr." | Dominick Carisi Jr. | Law & Order | data-sort-value="Scanavino, Peter" | Peter Scanavino | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Carver, Lexie" | Lexie Carver | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Jones, Renee" | Renée Jones | Police officer; mobster's daughter |
| data-sort-value="Carver, Theo" | Theo Carver | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Pettis, Kyler" | Kyler Pettis | Mobster's grandson; autistic student |
| data-sort-value="Ceccoli, Anthony" | Anthony Ceccoli (Victor) | Dollhouse | data-sort-value="Gjokaj, Enver" | Enver Gjokaj | Veteran with PTSD |
| data-sort-value="Cerreta, Phil" | Phil Cerreta | Law & Order | data-sort-value="Sorvino, Paul" | Paul Sorvino | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Cifaretto, Ralph" | Ralph Cifaretto | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Pantoliano, Joe" | Joe Pantoliano | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Columbo" | Lieutenant Columbo | Columbo | data-sort-value="Falk, Peter" | Peter Falk | Police detective; quirky, brilliant |
| data-sort-value="Costanza, Frank" | Frank Costanza | Seinfeld | data-sort-value="Stiller, Jerry" | Jerry Stiller | Businessman; angry, deranged |
| data-sort-value="Costanza, George" | George Costanza[4] | Seinfeld | data-sort-value="Alexander, Jason" | Jason Alexander | Neurotic underachiever |
| data-sort-value="Crosetti, Steve" | Steve Crosetti | data-sort-value="Polito, Jon" | Jon Polito | Police detective | |
| data-sort-value="Curatola, Jackie" | Jackie Curatola | Blue Bloods | data-sort-value="Esposito, Jennifer" | Jennifer Esposito | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Curto, Ray" | Ray Curto | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Loros, George" | George Loros | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="D'Amico, Fat Tony" | "Fat Tony" D'Amico | The Simpsons | data-sort-value="Mantegna, Joe" | Joe Mantegna (animated) | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Dante, Silvio" | Silvio Dante | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Van Zandt, Steven" | Steven Van Zandt | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="DaVinci, Remo" | Remo DaVinci | Mork & Mindy | data-sort-value="Thomas, Jay" | Jay Thomas | Restaurateur |
| data-sort-value="DaVinci, Jeanie" | Jeanie DaVinci | Mork & Mindy | data-sort-value="Hecht, Gina" | Gina Hecht | Restaurateur |
| data-sort-value="DeFazio, Frank" | Frank DeFazio | Laverne & Shirley | data-sort-value="Foster, Phil" | Phil Foster | Pizzeria owner |
| data-sort-value="DeFazio, Laverne" | Laverne DeFazio | Laverne & Shirley | data-sort-value="Marshall, Penny" | Penny Marshall | Bottlecapper |
| data-sort-value="Del Amico, Anna" | Anna Del Amico | ER | data-sort-value="Bello, Maria" | Maria Bello | Physician |
| data-sort-value="Delfino, Mike" | Mike Delfino | Desperate Housewives | data-sort-value="Denton, James" | James Denton | Plumber, drug addict |
| data-sort-value="DeLuca, Andrew" | Andrew DeLuca | Grey's Anatomy | data-sort-value="Gianniotti, Giacomo" | Giacomo Gianniotti | Physician |
| data-sort-value="DeLucca, Dolly" | Dolly DeLucca | That's Life | data-sort-value="Burstyn" | Ellen Burstyn | Housewife |
| data-sort-value="DeLucca, Frank" | Frank DeLucca | That's Life | data-sort-value="Sorvino, Paul" | Paul Sorvino | Toll collector |
| data-sort-value="DeLucca, Lydia" | Lydia DeLucca | That's Life | data-sort-value="Kent, Heather Paige" | Heather Paige Kent | Working-class girl from New Jersey |
| data-sort-value="DeLucca, Paulie" | Paulie DeLucca | That's Life | data-sort-value="Dillon, Kevin" | Kevin Dillon | Police officer |
| data-sort-value="Delvecchio, Al" | Al Delvecchio | Happy Days | data-sort-value="Molinaro, Al" | Al Molinaro | Cook |
| data-sort-value="Delvecchio, Dominic" | Dominic Delvecchio | Delvecchio | data-sort-value="Hirsch, Judd" | Judd Hirsch | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="DePalma, Louie" | Louie DePalma | Taxi | data-sort-value="DeVito, Danny" | Danny DeVito | Cab dispatcher |
| data-sort-value="DeSalvo, Charlie" | Charlie DeSalvo | data-sort-value="Akin, Philip" | Philip Akin | Martial arts instructor | |
| data-sort-value="Desario, Daniel" | Daniel Desario[5] | Freaks and Geeks | data-sort-value="Franco, James" | James Franco | Good-looking bad boy |
| data-sort-value="DiMera, Andre" | André DiMera | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Penghlis, Thaao" | Thaao Penghlis | Blackmailer |
| data-sort-value="DiMera, Chad" | Chad DiMera | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Deidrick, Casey Jon" | Casey Jon Deidrick | Businessman; mobster's son |
| data-sort-value="DiMera, Stefano" | Stefano DiMera | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Mascolo, Joseph" | Joseph Mascolo | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="DiNozzo, Anthony" | Anthony DiNozzo | NCIS | data-sort-value="Weatherly, Michael" | Michael Weatherly | Cocky field agent; movie buff; flirt |
| data-sort-value="DuMonde, Renee" | Renée DuMonde | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Sampler, Philece" | Philece Sampler | Mobster's daughter, "evil home wrecker" |
| data-sort-value="Esposito, Manny" | Manny Esposito | Cagney & Lacey | data-sort-value="Hegyes, Robert" | Robert Hegyes | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Falco, Nick" | Nick Falco | Law & Order | data-sort-value="Imperioli, Michael" | Michael Imperioli | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Falconeri, Connie" | Connie Falconeri | General Hospital | data-sort-value="Ward, Megan" | Megan Ward, Kelly Sullivan | Businesswoman; mobster's ex-girlfriend |
| data-sort-value="Falconeri, Dante" | Dante Falconeri | General Hospital | data-sort-value="Zamprogna, Dominic" | Dominic Zamprogna | Police detective; mobster's son |
| data-sort-value="Falconeri, Olivia" | Olivia Falconeri | General Hospital | data-sort-value="LoCicero, Lisa" | Lisa LoCicero | Businesswoman; mobster's mistress |
| data-sort-value="Falsone, Paul" | Paul Falsone | data-sort-value="Seda, Jon" | Jon Seda | Police detective | |
| data-sort-value="Fanelli, Anthony" | Anthony Fanelli | The Fanelli Boys | data-sort-value="Eisenberg, Neg" | Ned Eisenberg | Undertaker; nice guy[6] |
| data-sort-value="Fanelli, Dom" | Dom Fanelli | The Fanelli Boys | data-sort-value="Pantoliano, Joe" | Joe Pantoliano | Con man |
| data-sort-value="Fanelli, Frankie" | Frankie Fanelli | The Fanelli Boys | data-sort-value="Meloni, Chris" | Chris Meloni | Bartender; handsome playboy |
| data-sort-value="Fanelli, Ronnie" | Ronnie Fanelli | The Fanelli Boys | data-sort-value="Hirsch, Andy" | Andy Hirsch | College dropout |
| data-sort-value="Fanelli, Theresa" | Theresa Fanelli | The Fanelli Boys | data-sort-value="Gilbert, Ann Morgan" | Ann Morgan Guilbert | Widowed mother |
| data-sort-value="Fontana, Joe" | Joe Fontana | Law & Order | data-sort-value="Farina, Dennis" | Dennis Farina | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Fonzarelli, Arthur" | Arthur Fonzarelli | Happy Days | data-sort-value="Winkler, Henry" | Henry Winkler | Greaser, ladies' man |
| data-sort-value="Furillo, Frank" | Frank Furillo | Hill Street Blues | data-sort-value="Travanti, Daniel J." | Daniel J. Travanti | Police captain |
| data-sort-value="Garibaldi, Harry" | Harry Garibaldi[7] | Hill Street Blues | data-sort-value="Olin, Ken" | Ken Olin | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Giardello, Mike" | Mike Giardello | data-sort-value="Esposito, Giancarlo" | Giancarlo Esposito | FBI agent; Italian and black | |
| data-sort-value="Giuliano, Tony" | Tony Giuliano | Night Court | data-sort-value="Abruzzo, Ray" | Ray Abruzzo | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Giunta, Furio" | Furio Giunta | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Castelluccio, Federico" | Federico Castelluccio | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Gualtieri, Paulie" | Paulie Gualtieri | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Sirico, Tony" | Tony Sirico | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Hawk, Benjy" | Benjy Hawk | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Utley, Darrell" | Darrell Thomas Utley, Jim Lunsford | Mobster's son |
| data-sort-value="Hathaway, Megan" | Megan Hathaway | Days of Our Lives | data-sort-value="Wilson, Miranda" | Miranda Wilson | Mobster's daughter |
| data-sort-value="La Cerva, Adriana" | Adriana La Cerva | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="De Matteo, Drea" | Drea de Matteo | Mobster's girlfriend |
| data-sort-value="LaGuardia, Paul" | Paul LaGuardia | Cagney & Lacey | data-sort-value="Clute, Sidney" | Sidney Clute | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Leotardo, Phil" | Phil Leotardo | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Vincent, Frank" | Frank Vincent | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Licalsi, Janice" | Janice Licalsi | NYPD Blue | data-sort-value="Brenneman, Amy" | Amy Brenneman | Mob-connected, murderous police officer |
| data-sort-value="Lombardi, Angelo" | Angelo Lombardi | The Fanelli Boys | data-sort-value="Libertini, Richard" | Richard Libertini | Priest |
| data-sort-value="Luca, Dominic" | Dominic Luca | S.W.A.T. | data-sort-value="Shera, Mark" | Mark Shera | Police officer |
| data-sort-value="Lupertazzi, Carmine" | Carmine Lupertazzi | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Lip, Tony" | Tony Lip | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Lupertazzi, Carmine Jr." | Carmine Lupertazzi, Jr. | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Abruzzo, Ray" | Ray Abruzzo | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Malucci, Dave" | Dave Malucci | ER | data-sort-value="Palladino, Erik" | Erik Palladino | Incompetent physician |
| data-sort-value="Mancini, Jennifer" | Jennifer Mancini | Melrose Place | data-sort-value="Milano, Alyssa" | Alyssa Milano | College dropout |
| data-sort-value="Mancini, Michael" | Michael Mancini | Melrose Place | data-sort-value="Calabro, Thomas" | Thomas Calabro | Physician; womanizer |
| data-sort-value="Manicote, John" | John Manicote | Hawaii Five-O | data-sort-value="Cannon, Glenn" | Glenn Cannon | Attorney General |
| data-sort-value="Marentino, Anthony" | Anthony Marentino | Sex and the City | data-sort-value="Cantone, Mario" | Mario Cantone | Event planner |
| data-sort-value="Marinelli, Zane" | Zane Marinelli | The Beat | data-sort-value="Ruffalo, Mark" | Mark Ruffalo | Police officer |
| data-sort-value="Marone, Massimo" | Massimo Marone | The Bold and the Beautiful | data-sort-value="Mascolo, Joseph" | Joseph Mascolo | Ruthless shipping magnate |
| Mario | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Lou Albano | Plumber | ||
| data-sort-value="Marone, Nick" | Nick Marone | The Bold and the Beautiful | data-sort-value="Wagner, Jack" | Jack Wagner | Businessman |
| data-sort-value="Martin, Billy" | Billy Martin | The Bronx is Burning | data-sort-value="Turturro, John" | John Turturro | Yankees manager; Italian and Portuguese |
| data-sort-value="Melfi, Jennifer" | Jennifer Melfi | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Bracco, Lorraine" | Lorraine Bracco | Psychiatrist |
| data-sort-value="Micelli, Samantha" | Samantha Micelli | Who's the Boss? | data-sort-value="Milano, Alyssa" | Alyssa Milano | Housekeeper's daughter; tough girl |
| data-sort-value="Micelli, Tony" | Tony Micelli | Who's the Boss? | data-sort-value="Danza, Tony" | Tony Danza | Live-in housekeeper |
| data-sort-value="Moltisanti, Christopher" | Christopher Moltisanti | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Imperioli, Michael" | Michael Imperioli | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Morello, Lorna" | Lorna Morello | Orange is the New Black | data-sort-value="Stone, Yael" | Yael Stone | Prison inmate from Boston |
| data-sort-value="Moss, Donna" | Donna Moss | The West Wing | data-sort-value="Moloney, Janel" | Janel Moloney | White House aide; Italian and Irish |
| data-sort-value="Ortolani, Dino" | Dino Ortolani | Oz | data-sort-value="Seda, Jon" | Jon Seda | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Palmice, Mikey" | Mikey Palmice | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Sapienza, Al" | Al Sapienza | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Pancamo, Chucky" | Chucky Pancamo | Oz | data-sort-value="Zito, Chuck" | Chuck Zito | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Pantusso, Ernie" | Ernie "Coach" Pantusso | Cheers | data-sort-value="Colasanto, Nicholas" | Nicholas Colasanto | Dimwitted but lovable bartender |
| data-sort-value="Parisi, Patsy" | Patsy Parisi | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Grimaldi, Dan" | Dan Grimaldi | Mob accountant |
| data-sort-value="Paterno, Stacey" | Stacey Paterno | Spin City | data-sort-value="Esposito, Jennifer" | Jennifer Esposito | Secretary from Brooklyn |
| data-sort-value="Petrelli, Nathan" | Nathan Petrelli | Heroes | data-sort-value="Pasdar, Adrian" | Adrian Pasdar | Senator with superpowers |
| data-sort-value="Petrelli, Peter" | Peter Petrelli | Heroes | data-sort-value="Ventimiglia, Milo" | Milo Ventimiglia | Paramedic with superpowers |
| data-sort-value="Petrillo, Sophia" | Sophia Petrillo | The Golden Girls | data-sort-value="Getty, Estelle" | Estelle Getty | Elderly widow |
| data-sort-value="Petrocelli, Tony" | Tony Petrocelli | Petrocelli | data-sort-value="Newman, Barry" | Barry Newman | Defense lawyer |
| data-sort-value="Pinciotti, Donna" | Donna Pinciotti | That '70s Show | data-sort-value="Prepon, Laura" | Laura Prepon | High school girl with a wry wit |
| data-sort-value="Pinciotti, Bob" | Bob Pinciotti | That '70s Show | data-sort-value="Roberts, Tanya" | Tanya Roberts, Don Stark | Jovial ladies' man |
| data-sort-value="Pontecorvo" | Eugene Pontecorvo | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Funaro, Robert" | Robert Funaro | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Ragusa, Carmine" | Carmine Ragusa | Laverne & Shirley | data-sort-value="Mekka, Eddie" | Eddie Mekka | Boxer, dancer |
| data-sort-value="Rizzo, Lionel" | Lionel Rizzo | Kojak | data-sort-value="Conti, Vince" | Vince Conti | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Rizzoli, Jane" | Jane Rizzoli | Rizzoli & Isles | data-sort-value="Harmon, Angie" | Angie Harmon | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Romano, Ann" | Ann Romano[8] | One Day at a Time | data-sort-value="Franklin, Bonnie" | Bonnie Franklin | Divorced mother; "feisty" |
| data-sort-value="Romano, Sal" | Sal Romano[9] | Mad Men | data-sort-value="Batt, Bryan" | Bryan Batt | Art director; closeted |
| data-sort-value="Rosannadanna, Roseanne" | Roseanne Roseannadanna | Saturday Night Live | data-sort-value="Radner, Gilda" | Gilda Radner | Brash, tactless anchorwoman |
| data-sort-value="Roselli, Tony" | Tony Roselli | Remington Steele | data-sort-value="Scalia, Jack" | Jack Scalia | Hunk[10] |
| data-sort-value="Rossi, David" | David Rossi | Criminal Minds | data-sort-value="Mantegna, Joe" | Joe Mantegna | FBI supervisory agent; Vietnam veteran |
| data-sort-value="Rossitano, Frank" | Frank Rossitano | 30 Rock | data-sort-value="Friedlander, Judah" | Judah Friedlander | Mob-connected writer; slob |
| data-sort-value="Russo, Alex" | Alex Russo | Wizards of Waverly Place | data-sort-value="Gomez, Selena" | Selena Gomez | Teenage witch; Italian and Mexican |
| data-sort-value="Russo, Tina" | Tina Russo | Hill Street Blues | data-sort-value="Gallagher, Megan" | Megan Gallagher | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Sacrimoni, Johnny" | Johnny Sacrimoni | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Curatola, Vince" | Vince Curatola | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Santini, Dominic" | Dominic Santini | Airwolf | data-sort-value="Borgnine, Ernest" | Ernest Borgnine | Aviator; war veteran |
| data-sort-value="Santini, Jo" | Jo Santini | Airwolf | data-sort-value="Scarabelli, Michele" | Michele Scarabelli | Aviator |
| data-sort-value="Santoro, Dicky" | Dicky Santoro | Brooklyn South | data-sort-value="Basaraba, Gary" | Gary Basaraba | Police sergeant |
| data-sort-value="Sarducci, Guido" | Father Guido Sarducci | Saturday Night Live | data-sort-value="Novello, Don" | Don Novello | Eccentric priest |
| data-sort-value="Scali, Tony" | Tony Scali | The Commish | data-sort-value="Chiklis, Michael" | Michael Chiklis | Police commissioner; family man |
| data-sort-value="Scavo, Tom" | Tom Scavo | Desperate Housewives | data-sort-value="Savant, Doug" | Doug Savant | Advertiser, pizzeria owner |
| data-sort-value="Schibetta, Peter" | Peter Schibetta | Oz | data-sort-value="Malavarca, Eddie" | Eddie Malavarca | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Sciuto, Abby" | Abby Sciuto | NCIS | data-sort-value="Perrette, Pauley" | Pauley Perrette | Forensic scientist; upbeat Goth girl |
| data-sort-value="Soprano, Anthony Jr." | Anthony Soprano Jr. | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Iler, Robert" | Robert Iler | Mobster's son |
| data-sort-value="Soprano, Carmela" | Carmela Soprano | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Falco, Edie" | Edie Falco | Mobster's wife |
| data-sort-value="Soprano, Janice" | Janice Soprano | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Turturro, Aida" | Aida Turturro | Mobster's sister |
| data-sort-value="Soprano, Junior" | Junior Soprano | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Chianese, Dominic" | Dominic Chianese | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Soprano, Livia" | Livia Soprano | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Marchand, Nancy" | Nancy Marchand | Mobster's mother |
| data-sort-value="Soprano, Meadow" | Meadow Soprano | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Sigler, Jamie-Lynn" | Jamie-Lynn Sigler | Mobster's daughter |
| data-sort-value="Soprano, Tony" | Tony Soprano | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Gandolfini, James" | James Gandolfini | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Sorelli, Ginnie" | Ginnie Sorelli | Related | data-sort-value="Esposito, Jennifer" | Jennifer Esposito | Ambitious attorney; main character |
| data-sort-value="Spatafore, Vito" | Vito Spatafore | The Sopranos | data-sort-value="Gannascoli, Joseph R." | Joseph R. Gannascoli | Mobster |
| data-sort-value="Stone, Alec" | Alec Stone/D'Amico | New York Undercover | data-sort-value="Hopkins, Josh" | Josh Hopkins | Police detective; mobster's son |
| data-sort-value="Tancredi, Sara" | Sara Tancredi | Prison Break | data-sort-value="Callies, Sarah Wayne" | Sarah Wayne Callies | Prison physician; drug addict |
| data-sort-value="Tascioni, Elsbeth" | Elsbeth Tascioni | Elsbeth, The Good Wife, The Good Fight | data-sort-value="Preston, Carrie" | Carrie Preston | Quirky lawyer, police detective |
| data-sort-value="Toma, David" | David Toma | Toma | data-sort-value="Musante, Tony" | Tony Musante | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Torello, Mike" | Mike Torello | Crime Story | data-sort-value="Farina, Dennis" | Dennis Farina | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Tortelli, Carla" | Carla Tortelli[11] | Cheers | data-sort-value="Perlman, Rhea" | Rhea Perlman | Surly barmaid |
| data-sort-value="Tortelli, Nick" | Nick Tortelli | Cheers | data-sort-value="Hedaya, Dan" | Dan Hedaya | Deadbeat dad |
| data-sort-value="Toscanni, Nick" | Nick Toscanni[12] | Dynasty | data-sort-value="Farentino, James" | James Farentino | Evil doctor |
| data-sort-value="Tribbiani, Joey" | Joey Tribbiani | Friends | data-sort-value="LeBlanc, Matt" | Matt LeBlanc | Dimwitted but lovable actor; ladies' man |
| data-sort-value="Valentine, Nona" | Nona Valentine | Brooklyn South | data-sort-value="Scott, Klea" | Klea Scott | Police officer |
| data-sort-value="Vera, Nick" | Nick Vera | Cold Case | data-sort-value="Ratchford, Jeremy" | Jeremy Ratchford | Police detective |
| data-sort-value="Verducci, Charlie" | Charlie Verducci | Top of the Heap | data-sort-value="Bologna, Joseph" | Joseph Bologna | Scheming slum dweller |
| data-sort-value="Verducci, Vinnie" | Vinnie Verducci | Top of the Heap | data-sort-value="LeBlanc, Matt" | Matt LeBlanc | Scheming slum dweller |
| data-sort-value="Zacchara, Anthony" | Anthony Zacchara | General Hospital | data-sort-value="Weitz, Bruce" | Bruce Weitz | Mobster; "homicidal maniac" |
| data-sort-value="Zacchara, Claudia" | Claudia Zacchara | General Hospital | data-sort-value="Brown, Sarah" | Sarah Brown | Mobster; "a very, very sexual woman" |
| data-sort-value="Zacchara, Johnny" | Johnny Zacchara | General Hospital | data-sort-value="Barash, Brandon" | Brandon Barash | Mobster's son, "bad boy with a good heart" |
| data-sort-value="Zbornak, Dorothy Petrillo" | Dorothy Zbornak (née Petrillo) | The Golden Girls | data-sort-value="Arthur, Bea" | Bea Arthur | Substitute teacher |
| data-sort-value="Zito, Larry" | Larry Zito | Miami Vice | data-sort-value="Diehl, John" | John Diehl | Police detective |
The following characters are presumably (but not verifiably) meant to be Italian-American.
| Name | Show | Played by | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-value="Bussichio, Nat" | Nat Bussichio | Murphy Brown | data-sort-value="Tata, Joe E." | Joe E. Tata | Restaurateur |
| data-sort-value="Catalano, Jordan" | Jordan Catalano | My So-Called Life | data-sort-value="Leto, Jared" | Jared Leto | Good-looking bad boy |
| data-sort-value="Fontana, Frank" | Frank Fontana | Murphy Brown | data-sort-value="Regalbuto, Joe" | Joe Regalbuto | Reporter |
| data-sort-value="Fusco, Lionel" | Lionel Fusco | Person of Interest | data-sort-value="Chapman, Devin" | Kevin Chapman | Corrupt police detective |
| data-sort-value="Garibaldi, Danny" | Danny Garibaldi | Grand Hotel (TV series) | data-sort-value="Younes, Lincoln" | Lincoln Younes | Waiter; amateur sleuth |
| data-sort-value="Mariano, Jess" | Jess Mariano | Gilmore Girls | data-sort-value="Ventimiglia, Milo" | Milo Ventimiglia | Good-looking bad boy |
| data-sort-value="Rizzo, Stan" | Stan Rizzo | Mad Men | data-sort-value="Ferguson, Jay R." | Jay R. Ferguson | Art director |
| data-sort-value="Rosso, Jeff" | Jeff Rosso | Freaks and Geeks | data-sort-value="Allen, Dave" | Dave Allen | Hippie guidance counselor |
| data-sort-value="Russo, Peter" | Peter Russo | House of Cards | data-sort-value="Stoll, Corey" | Corey Stoll | Corrupt, alcoholic congressman |
| data-sort-value="Stecchino, Frankie" | Frankie Stecchino | Boy Meets World | data-sort-value="Suplee, Ethan" | Ethan Suplee | High school bully |
| data-sort-value="Twinkacetti, Donald" | Donald Twinkacetti | Perfect Strangers | data-sort-value="Sabella, Ernie" | Ernie Sabella | Mean landlord |