BIOGRAPHY
Vincent Guastaferro
Vincent Guastaferro, who plays Joey in The Old Neighborhood, graduated with an MFA degree from the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago. He remained there during its burgeoning theater scene in the late 1970s to win awards for his performances in Cowboy Mouth, P.S. Your Cat is Dead, and Cowboy #2. Other Chicago and resident credits include the title role of Scapino, Gromio in The Taming of the Shrew, Artie in The House of Blue Leaves, Ben in The Dumb Waiter, and Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. His Los Angeles theater credits include Lake Boat, Detective Story, Bullpen, Creeps, Heart Stopper, Lefty and Squinty, and No Place to Be Somebody. Vincent has appeared in several of David Mamet's films, including Things Change, Homicide, and Water Engine. Other film credits include State of Grace, Legal Eagles, King of the Mountain, Megaville, Nothing in Common, and Working Stiffs. On television he has a recurring role on NYPD Blue and was seen in several miniseries, including Sinatra and In a Child's Name. He has worked extesively in Los Angeles–area theaters as well as in staged productions in Chicago and New York.