Set The DVR! - Inside the American Mob

The episodes of Inside the American Mob that I shot last Spring premieres on National Geographic this Sunday at 9pm!  

Here's the info listed on the official webpage:

On Set - The History of the Mob Part 3

The other day I was back on set for National Geographic's "History of the Mob" reenactment television show.  

I reprised the character of Philadelphia mobster Salvatore 'Salvie' Testa, notorious hitman and son of the infamous Philly 'Chicken Man' Testa.  The Chicken Man was briefly the head of the Philadelphia mob in the early 80s, until being killed by a nail bomb on the front porch of his house in South Philly.  

On Set - The History of the Mob part 2

Yesterday, I filmed another scene as Salvatore "Salvie" Testa for the National Geographic series, History of the Mob. 

Salvatore Testa's father was Philip "Philly" Testa, the infamous "Chicken Man" of Philadelphia.  Philly Testa briefly lead the Philadelphia mafia, until he was killed in a nail bomb explosion on his front porch.  

On Set - The History of the Mob

Today I was on set for The National Geographic Channel's History of the Mob, another reenactment cable television show.

Originally, I submitted for the role of an FBI agent.  I was surprised at the audition when I read for the role of a hitman.  I was even more surprised when I got the part.

I was cast as Salvatore "Salvie" Testa, a rising star in the Philadelphia underworld during the early 1980s.  As a hitman for the Scarfo crime family, Testa was known as the "Crowned Prince of the Philadelphia Mob."