Vallelonga was the son of Frank Vallelonga Sr., a Copacabana bouncer known as "Tony Lip." Vallelonga Jr. starred in the film "Green Book," which followed his father's journey as the bodyguard of ...

Vallelonga Jr. was also the son of one of the film's main subjects, Frank 'Tony Lip' Vallelonga. NYPD identified a body found by a sheet-metal manufacturing factory in the Bronx as Frank ...

The film chronicles the real-life story of Vallelonga's Italian American father Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, played by Viggo Mortensen, serving as a driver for Don Shirley, a renowned Black ...

Vallelonga was the son of the late Frank Sr., known as “Tony Lip,” who famously accompanied Black pianist Don Shirley as a bodyguard during a tour through the Jim Crow-era South in the early ...

“Green Book” actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. has died at the age of 60, Variety has confirmed. The NYPD responded to a call early Monday morning just before 4 a.m. in the Bronx and found Vallelonga ...

Vallelonga Jr. portrayed a relative of Viggo Mortensen’s bouncer character Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga. Vallelonga Jr. was the real-life son of the bouncer portrayed in the film, who also ...

Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. was found dead in New York City this week after suffering an alleged overdose, RadarOnline.com has learned. Frank’s shocking demise came Monday morning after the NYPD ...

Vallelonga Jr was best known for his role in the 2018 film, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2019. He portrayed a relative of Viggo Mortensen’s character, bouncer Frank “Tony Lip ...

Vallelonga Jr. was the son of late actor Tony Lip, whose real name was Frank Vallelonga. Before Lip died in 2013, he consistently took on roles as mafia crime bosses throughout his acting career ...

They identified the man as Vallelonga. Nick Vallelonga: “Green Book” is based on a true story that happened to my father, Frank ‘Tony Lip’ Vallelonga in the early 1960s. Dec. 18 ...

The actor, who was 60, portrayed a relative of Viggo Mortensen’s bouncer, Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga. He was the son of the real-life Frank Vallelonga. The police found Vallelonga Jr ...