Johnny Palermo


John Joseph Palermo was an American television actor.

Early life

A native of Rochester, New York, Palermo graduated from Webster High School in 2000. He is the son of John M. Palermo and Patricia A. Crawford and brother to Jennifer M. Alma and Rick F. Palermo. While there, he played football and was a member of the school's state championship team in 1999. Johnny also loved to make movies as a kid using his father's camera and anyone and anything he could find to star in his feature films. Palermo later attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he studied special-effects movie makeup.

Career

In 2002, Palermo moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. He subsequently appeared in more than 30 television shows. He had a recurring role on the Nickelodeon series Just for Kicks, and he had appeared in Everybody Hates Chris as Chris' overgrown classmate Frank DiPaolo.

Death

On June 8, 2009, he and his girlfriend Alessandra Giangrande were both killed in an early morning car crash in North Hollywood, California. Giangrande was driving at the time. Palermo was 27 years old at the time of his death.

Filmography

Cold Case as Ken Mazzacone Days of Our Lives as Marine Medic Passions as Jon #2General Hospital as Vinnie / Bus BoySissy Frenchfry as RossWithout a Trace as Uniformed CopSad Potato Campus Ladies as T-Man - Frat GuySlip - GumboJust for Kicks as Evan RibisiWhat About Brian as Vendor #2Everybody Hates Chris as Frank DiPaoloER as Officer ScanaloniCSI: NY as Ronnie HallHow I Met Your Mother as Cafe GuyCSI: Miami as Louie ClaytonRules of Engagement as RoccoAngel of Death as LeroyPizza with Bullets as Young Don Vito