Joseph Pilato

Joseph Pilato Biography

Joseph Pilato (born March 16, 1949) is an American film and voice actor. He is perhaps best known for his performance as the psychopathic Captain Rhodes in the 1985 film Day of the Dead.

Early life

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1949 to a hardworking Italian family. His father was of Italian descent and was a professional trombonist with the Les Brown Orchestra. He was enrolled into Catholic school and became an altar boy, where his talent for acting was discovered.

Personal life

He was originally planning on being a lawyer before he discovered he had a talent for acting. He is left-handed and enjoys to play golf in his spare time. Pilato plays the guitar, accordion, and taught himself the trombone. He does not own a computer. He is close friends with Dawn of the Dead stars David Emge and Ken Foree. He often attends horror conventions and loves to meet his fans, often posing for pictures and signing autographs.

Career

Day of the Dead

In 1984, six years after the release of Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero, the man who invented the modern zombie, was planning a new zombie film called Day of the Dead, which would involve military scientists and soldiers hiding in an underground bunker trying to find out a way to stop the epidemic while the world above was slowly being overrun by the living dead. Ironically, he had appeared as a cameo in Dawn of the Dead in 1978, five years prior, as a police officer, which had been his first feature film role. Pilato was selected to play United States Army Captain Rhodes. He is perhaps best known for his performance, and the film, along with its predecessors, has become a classic.

Other Projects

He would later land minor roles in such films as Wishmaster, Pulp Fiction, Digimon: The Movie and Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1978	Dawn of the Dead	Officer at Police Dock
1980	Effects	Dom
1981	Knightriders	Disgruntled fair worker
1985	Day of the Dead	Captain Rhodes
1986	Gung Ho	Union Member
1989	Shooters	Sgt. Plato
1990	Alienator	Tech #2
1993	Married People, Single Sex	Artie
1993	The Evil Inside Me	Fulvio
1994	Pulp Fiction	Dean Martin look alike
1994	Fatal Passion	un-credited
1995	The Demolitionist	Boxer
1996	Visions	NSA Agent
1996	Neon Signs	Boto
1997	Wishmaster	Mickey Torreli
1998	Music from Another Room	Carlo
1999	The Last Seduction II	Marvin Dishman
1999	Digimon: Digital Monsters	MetalGreymon	Series: 1999-2000
2000	Digimon: The Movie	MetalGreymon
2003	The Ghouls	Un-credited
2009	Someone's Knocking at the Door	Dr. Ottie
2010	Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D	Harry Cooper
2010	Underground Entertainment: The Movie	Himself

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