Joe Piscopo
Joe Piscopo was born in Passaic, New Jersey, United States on June 17th, 1951 and is the Comedian. At the age of 72, Joe Piscopo biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Joseph Charles John Piscopo (pronounced PIS-co-po; born June 17, 1951) is an American comedian, actor, musician, writer and a radio talk show host.
He is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s where he played a variety of recurring characters.
Early life
Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Piscopo grew up in North Caldwell and attended West Essex High School and was a member of the drama club "The Masquers." He developed a reputation for never playing a part the way it was written. After graduating in 1969, Piscopo attended Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida, where he received a degree in broadcast management.
Personal life
He was diagnosed Thyroid cancer in 1990. In 1973, Piscopo married Nancy Jones. They had one child and divorced in 1988. In 1997, he married Kimberly Driscoll, who was his son's nanny when Piscopo had been married to Jones. They had three children and divorced in 2006. Piscopo is a resident of Lebanon Township, New Jersey, and has lived in Tewksbury Township, New Jersey. In 2013, Piscopo was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
Post–Saturday Night Live career
Piscopo left Saturday Night Live at the end of the 1983–1984 season. In 1984, he starred with Michael Keaton in the movie Johnny Dangerously, to mixed reviews, as well as a special for HBO and wrote a book for Pocket Books called The Piscopo Tapes. An album, New Jersey, for Columbia Records, followed in 1985 and an ABC special called The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special in May 1986. In 1987, Piscopo was mentioned in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' No. 1 rock single "Jammin' Me".
In the mid-to-late 1980s, Piscopo developed an interest in bodybuilding. He first got involved with the sport when he was doing impressions of Bruce Springsteen on SNL. He appeared on the cover of Muscle & Fitness magazine in April 1988 and June 1990. In the latter issue, he said, "Some people in Hollywood think I'm nuts with this bodybuilding stuff. They'll say, 'You're getting too big. You'll hurt your career.' But they don't understand that high that comes from a workout, the challenge, and the personal victory."
Since January 2014 he has hosted the Piscopo in the Morning radio show from 6:00 to 10:00 am, Monday through Friday on AM 970 The Answer (WNYM) in New York City. Starting on December 13, 2020, Piscopo also began to host the Ramsey Mazda Sunday Nights with Sinatra on 770 AM WABC in New York and WABC's sister station 107.1 FM WLIR in Hampton Bays.
Piscopo considered running as an independent for governor of New Jersey in 2017 based in part on the political success of Donald Trump, for whom he had campaigned in 2016. He got encouragement from a number of political figures, including former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. However, in May 2017 he decided not to run. Piscopo has been active in a band and performed stand up and music at a political rally hosted by businessman Mike Lindell in May 2021.