Garry Pastore
Garry has amassed well over 100 roles as actor over a 38 year span. He was born in NYC and he began his acting career at the early age of eighteen. His first foray into acting was a High School production of West Side Story and his first film credit was Prizzi's Honor, alongside veteran actor, Jack Nicholson in 1985. Garry has most recently starred alongside Jeremy Piven in the newly released comedy (2021), Last Call. He was a Best Supporting Actor recipient in Spencer T Fulmar's film about the heroin crisis titled, Shooting Heroin released in 2020 , co-starring Twin Peaks phenom, Sherilyn Fenn along with Nicholas Turturro, Cathy Moriarty and Lawrence Hilton Jacobs. Garry co-starred in the Happy Madison Production, The Week Of, Directed by Robert Smigel, starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Steve Buscemi and Rachel Dratch which made its debut on Netflix in April 2018. He also recently co starred in the Indy features, Mob Town, Sarah Q, Who's Jenna, Blowtorch and Rob The Mob.
He can be seen in the first two seasons of the the hit HBO television series, The Deuce, in his gripping role as Matty "The Horse" Ianniello.
In the independent film, DESTRESSED, directed by and starring this veteran actor, Garry portrays himself as a man whose stress levels almost kill him sending him on his worldwide quest for inner peace . On his journey he discovers a little known secret which helps to cure this ailment in this delightful and endearing multiple award winning film. DESTRESSED was written and produced by the actor as well. The film made its world premiere on April 5, 2014 at the GSFF in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It won The Audience Choice Award and Homegrown Documentary Awards. DESTRESSED had a Red Carpet screening at The Golden Door Film Festival on September 19 , 2014 in Jersey City, NJ where it had to screen in two theaters due to it's overwhelming demand and popularity. The film went on to win The Best Documentary Award at the GDFF 2016. In 2017 the film became available on Amazon Prime and has a earned a constant 5 star rating since its release. This achievement opened up new doors for Garry Pastore and Willowcreek Entertainment as Garry co-produced Domenica Scorsese's debut feature film, Almost Paris which has been Official Selection at The Tribeca Film Festival and then went on to Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2016. Garry is in pre-production phases of his feature film, The Lunatics which he hopes to start in Summer 2020.