James Madio

James Madio (born ) is an American actor, known for his roles in USA High, Hook and as Technician Fourth Grade Frank Perconte in Band of Brothers.

Career Madio was born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City. At the age of 15, he had his first audition in Steven Spielberg's 1991 film Hook. He landed the role of "Don't Ask", one of the Lost Boys. Among the cast of Hook was Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman, who had been cast as the villainous Captain Hook. Hoffman took notice of Madio and had him cast as his character's son in the 1992 comedy Hero.

He later appeared alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries as a teenage drug addict. In 1997 Madio landed a regular role on the teen sitcom USA High where he played funny-man Bobby Lazzerini during the show's first season.

He has played lead roles in television series including miniseries Band of Brothers, in which he portrayed Frank Perconte. Madio contacted Perconte to develop ideas on how to play the real-life sergeant as well as to understand Perconte's background and history. In 2003 Madio was cast in a main role of Mike Powell on the short-lived CBS courtroom drama Queens Supreme.

In recent years, Madio has been focused on voice-acting and acting in independent films. He made a 2011 guest appearance on an episode of the new TV Land comedy series The Exes. In 2021, Madio was cast as Carmine, right hand to crime boss Joe Colombo (played by Giovanni Ribisi) in the Paramount+ limited streaming series The Offer, which details the making of the film The Godfather.

Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film Year Film Role Other notes 1991 Hook Don't Ask One of the Lost Boys 1992 The Godson Billy Cardillo Short film Mac Young Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli Hero Joey 1994 Every Good Boy Max Short film 1995 The Basketball Diaries Pedro 1999 The Gifted Eddie Fontaine 2000 If Tomorrow Comes Cory 2004 Shark Tale Great White #2 / Hammerhead Voice 2005 Searching for Bobby D Mike "Young Mike" Single White Female 2: The Psycho Sam Direct-to-video 2007 Slice Anthony Leone Short film Smith and Mike on a Tuesday Bruno Short film The Box Rob Ortiz 2008 Love Lies Bleeding Bernie West of Brooklyn Jimmy Boy Dough Boys Kelly 2009 Sheltered Carl Short film 2010 Kick-Ass Henchman 2012 Astronaut: The Last Push Nathan Miller 2013 No God, No Master Nicola Sacco 2014 Jersey Boys Stosh 2015 The Week Neil 2019 Bottom of the 9th Joey Cosenza 2020 Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story Marty Doyle 2024 The Featherweight Willie Pep Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Doogie Howser, M.D. Jimmy Pellegrino Episode: "It's A Wonderful Laugh" 1992 Lifestories: Families in Crisis Anthony Episode: "Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story" Blossom Silvio Episode: "Houseguests" The Commish Rip Episode: "Judgement Day" 1993 Law & Order Andy Episode: "Born Bad" 1997–1999 USA High Bobby "Lazz" Lazzarini Main role, 75 episodes 2001 Band of Brothers T/4 Frank Perconte Main role, 9 episodes 2002 JAG PO Jack Horton Episode: "Capital Crime" Arli$$ Max Episode: "End Game" 2003 Queens Supreme Mike Powell Main role, 13 episodes 2006 Related Billy Sullivan Episode: "London Calling" 2007 Viva Laughlin Carlo "Fingers" Sutigato Episode: "What a Whale Wants" 2008 Las Vegas Ronnie Torres Episode: "2 On 2" The Cleaner Jimmy Alvarez Episode: "Let It Ride" 2009 CSI: Miami Scott Aguilar Episode: "And They're Offered" Glenn Martin, DDS Jimmy Donuts Voice role; episode: "We've Created a Mobster" 2010 Cold Case Cody "Squirrel" Blanchard Episode: "Flashover" Bones Eddie Ceraficki Episode: "The Bones on the Blue Line" 2011 The Exes Robbie Gordon Episode: "A Little Romance" 2013 Castle Eddie Maslon Episode: "The Fast and the Furriest" 2016 Blue Bloods Dom Episode: "Blast from the Past" 2022 The Offer Carmine 5 episodes 2024 The Penguin Milos Grapa 3 episodes Video games Year Title Role Notes 2005 Call of Duty 2 Private Donnie McCloskey 2005 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Various 2009 Red Faction: Guerrilla Various