George DiCenzo

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George DiCenzo (born April 21, 1940) is a character actor and once associate producer for Dark Shadows . George DiCenzo has been in show business for more than 30 years, with extensive film, tv, stage and commercial credits.

George has appeared in over 30 feature films, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Back to the Future, and About Last Night. Has stated in the past that one of his favorite roles was when he starred in Helter-Skelter, where he played Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor in the Charles Manson mass murder trial. DiCenzo also appeared in Hotel 2002, directed by Mike Figgis with an all-star cast, and also Tempted, directed by Bill Bennett and starring Burt Reynolds and Saffron Burroughs. Recently played the late baseball commissioner, A. Bartlett Giamatti, in the ESPN made for tv movie Hustle , about disgraced baseball great Pete Rose.

George has guest-starred in a wide variety of tv shows, including regular appearances on Murder,She Wrote and NYPD Blue. His own series included Equal Justice and Joe's Life in the early and mid-1990's. He recently appeared as a guest star in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

In the early 1990's, George appeared on Broadway with Nathan Lane in "On borrowed time" directed by his late friend George C. Scott.

George's voice can be heard on many commercials, books on tape, and cartoon series.

George has been an acting teacher in New York City and Philadelphia for several years. He apprenticed under his mentor Milton Katselas at The Beverly Hills Playhouse in California. In addition, George frequently privately coaches students, and actors appearing on the New York stage. Burt Reynolds on an episode of Inside the Actor's Studio referred to George DiCenzo as the best acting teacher in America.

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