Joe Marinelli
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Joe Marinelli is an actor
most notably recognized for his role as Bunny Tagliatti on NBC
's soap opera
Santa Barbara
. He portrayed the role from 1988 to 1990. Following that success, he appeared as Pauly Hardman on the CBS
soap Guiding Light
in 1994. Following that, he was hired for the role of Joseph Sorel on ABC
soap General Hospital
in 1999, and appeared for a few years as that character. Joe has had many guest-starring roles on syndicated night-time series, and has appeared in commercials and documentaries as well.
his performance in Sideways, which was also nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards for 2005.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
most notably recognized for his role as Bunny Tagliatti on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (TV series)
Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...
. He portrayed the role from 1988 to 1990. Following that success, he appeared as Pauly Hardman on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
soap Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...
in 1994. Following that, he was hired for the role of Joseph Sorel on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
soap General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
in 1999, and appeared for a few years as that character. Joe has had many guest-starring roles on syndicated night-time series, and has appeared in commercials and documentaries as well.
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Joe Marinelli has been awarded a prestigious Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Comic Performance in a Soap Opera (as the gangster transvestite Bunny Tagliatti), was a part of three Daytime Emmy awards for Best Soap Opera, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Performance by a Cast of a Motion Picture forhis performance in Sideways, which was also nominated for Best Picture in the Academy Awards for 2005.