What is Burt Young Doing Today? Net Worth, Died or Still Alive?

• Burt Young is a veteran Italian-American actor, best known for his role in "Rocky" as Paulie Pennino
• Born as Richard Morea in Queens, New York City in 1940
• Received acting training at the Actor’s Studio
• Career spans more than five decades, including roles in "Rocky", "The Killer Elite", "The Gambler", "Miami Vice", and "Law and Order"
• Net worth of $2 million in 2020

Known for movies

Rocky (1976)
as Paulie

Chinatown (1974)
as Curly

Horace and Pete (2016)
as Horace Sr.

Win Win (2011)
as Leo Poplar

Burt Young is a veteran Italian-American actor, who was nominated as the best supporting actor for his iconic role in “Rocky” as ‘Balboa’s’ brother-in-law Paulie Pennino. Burt has starred in all the “Rocky” films, as well as numerous other roles. The actor is still alive, having celebrated his 80th birthday quite recently, and his latest role was in the 2019 film “Vault”. He also has a recurring role in the series “Russian Doll”. Despite being one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, there are plenty of mysteries that are not widely known about Burt.

Read on to find out everything there is to know about him.

Early life and family

Burt was born in Queens, New York City, USA, on 30 April in 1940. When he began acting he adopted the stage name Burt Young, but was born as Richard Morea to his parents Micheal and Josephine Morea.

His father was a teacher who taught Industrial Arts and is of Italian descent. At the age of 15, Burt dropped out of high school to join the US Marine Corps, serving from 1955 to 1957.

Educational background

Although Burt did not finish his educational career, he did at a later point in his life receive training as an actor at the Actor’s Studio, studying dramatic arts under the iconic acting coach Lee Strasberg.

It started as an initiative to impress a young girl that Burt liked, but after Lee agreed to coach him, Burt’s career in acting took shape.

Career

Burt is a veteran actor who started his career in 1969, and has kept going now for more than five decades, making him a true veteran of the arts. Other than acting, Burt is also a painter and author, with several published works.

Burt’s first role was a small part as a bartender in the soap opera series “The Doctors”. Following this in his continued pursuit of the art, Burt landed a role in the 1970 film “Carnival of Blood”. The roles did not stream in after this, but Burt continued to gain publicity as the years moved on, and had numerous roles throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Some of his most iconic work during his early career includes of course the “Rocky” series of films.

He also played in memorable films that include among many “The Killer Elite”, “The Gambler”, and “A Summer to Remember”.

His television credits include appearances in shows such as “Miami Vice” and “Airwolf”. His later appearances in television shows of the ‘90s and the twenty-first century include “Law and Order”, “Walker Texas Ranger”, “The Sopranos”, “The Handler” and many more.

Burt’s film credits in most recent years are a long list, but some of the more iconic titles include “The Adventures of Pluto Nash”, “Win, Win”, and “The Neighborhood”.

His most recent film features include “Road to Lemon Grove”, “The Brawler” and “Vault”.

Burt has showcased more than 800 paintings in galleries across the globe. His Port Washington home is decorated with several paintings of his own, all depicting memories and moments of his life. He also exhibits some of his work on a website dedicated to himself.

He is also a published author and screenplay writer; some of his work include “Uncle Joe Shannon”, in which he starred in the titular role, and the script for the film “Daddy, I Don’t Like This”, in which he also appeared a himself.

Burt has also starred in a few stage plays, including one alongside Robert De Niro entitled “Cuba and His Teddy Bear”. Others include “A Letter To Alicia”.

At one point he owned a restaurant in The Bronx, New York City, but when and what are unknown.

Hobbies, favourite things and interesting facts

Before making it as an actor, Burt had been a professional boxer, having 14 fights and winning all of them – why he retired isn’t known, but maybe acting called! He also worked as a carpet cleaner, salesman and installer.

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Sylvester Stallone gave him a Cartier watch made of gold as a gift for his participation in the “Rocky” films, which Burt still wears to this day. Burt is also a philanthropist, who raised money for charity in boxing ‘fights’ with the legendary Muhammad Ali.

Relationships

Burt married Gloria DeLouise in 1961, but his wife of 13 years sadly passed away in 1974. He has one child with Gloria, Anne Morea, and it’s not known if he remarried. Burt is the grand-father to Anne’s only child, but his/her identity hasn’t been disclosed.

Physical characteristics

• Date of Birth: 30 April 1940
• Hair colour: Dark Brown/ Grey and Balding
• Eye colour: Brown
• Height:  5ft 8ins (1.76m)
• Weight: 180lbs (82 kgs)
• Shoe Size: Unknown
• Star Sign: Taurus
• Nationality: Italian-American
• Ethnicity: Italian

Net worth

Burt Young’s net worth accumulated over all the years of his long career amounts to an estimated total of $2 million as of 2020.

Quotes

#	Quote
1	"I enjoyed playing around with that guy, and it was a pleasure every three, four years, coming back seeing how the wardrobe is. Is he heavy? Is he thin? I had fun." - BY, on playing Paulie in the Rocky films.
2	It was people standing up, not even winning, just standing up, and it became a delicate love story with two pretty weak people making one whole person, meaning Sylvester and Talia (Shire)." BY, reassessing the success of "Rocky

Facts

#	Fact
1	In 2017 he will return to the stage as an aging mob boss in "The Last Vig," a new play that is scheduled to run from January 14 - February 19, 2017, at The Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles.
2	Is the only actor to have been recognized by the Stinkers Bad Movie Awards in both their first year (1978) and last year (2006).
3	Did 4 movies in 4 consecutive years with James Caan. Cinderella Liberty(1973), The Gambler (1974), The Killer Elite (1975) and Harry and Walter Go To New York (1976). These were some of Burt Young's first roles, before famously playing Pauly in Rocky (1976). They would eventually work together again 20 years later in The North Star (1996).
4	The film Tom in America (2014) marks the first time Young has played a gay man in his career.
5	Along with Sylvester Stallone and Tony Burton, he is the only other actor to have appeared in all six 'Rocky' movies.
6	Used to be a boxer.
7	Jobs worked during his salad days were as a carpet cleaner, salesman and installer.
8	Served in U.S. Marines from 1957 to 1959.
9	Sylvester Stallone gave Young an inscribed gold Cartier watch in the 1990s, which he still wears.
10	Is Italian/American
11	In 1980 he guest-starred in a TV movie called Murder Can Hurt You! (1980), a spoof on popular detective shows, in which he played "Lt. Palumbo"; ironically, 14 years later he appeared in a serious role in Columbo: Undercover (1994).

Pictures

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Rockford Files	1976	TV Series	Stuart Gaily
Baretta	1975-1976	TV Series	Johnny Checco / Solomon / Willy
Woman of the Year	1976	TV Movie	Ralph Rodino
Harry and Walter Go to New York	1976		Warden Durgom
Serpico	1976	TV Series	Alec Rosen
The Killer Elite	1975		Mac
Murph the Surf	1975		Sgt. Bernasconi
Hustling	1975	TV Movie	Gustavino
The Gambler	1974		Carmine
The Great Niagara	1974	TV Movie	Ace Tully
Chinatown	1974		Curly
Cinderella Liberty	1973		Master at Arms
M*A*S*H	1973	TV Series	Lt. Willis
The Connection	1973	TV Movie	Ernie
Across 110th Street	1972		Lapides
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight	1971		Willie Quarequlo
Born to Win	1971		First Hood
Carnival of Blood	1970		Gimpy (as John Harris)
The Doctors	1969	TV Series	Bartender
King Rat	2017	post-production	Art Stillman
Sarah Q	2017	pre-production	Grandpa
Tapestry	2017	post-production	Ian
Smothered by Mothers	2017	completed	Ivan
Six Children and One Grandfather	2016	completed
The Lemon Grove	2016	post-production	Zio Vincenzo
All In		pre-production	Ben Marino
Asleep at the Wheel		announced	Judge
Horace and Pete	2016	TV Mini-Series	Horace Sr.
The Dicks	2016	Short	Ed
Fall 4 You	2015	Short	Dominick
Irene & Marie	2015	Short	John
Lostland	2015	Short
Tom in America	2014	Short	Michael
Zarra's Law	2014		Paul Canto
Turning Point with Frank MacKay	2014	TV Series	Burt Young
Rob the Mob	2014		Joey D
The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life	2013		George
Baciamo le mani: Palermo-New York 1958	2013	TV Series	Don Gillo Draghi
Ci vediamo domani	2013		Palagonia
Abigail Harm	2012		Mr. Warren
The Shoemaker	2012	Short	Nicky the Greek
Win Win	2011		Leo Poplar
Medium Rare	2010	TV Series	Harry Costas
Kingshighway	2010		Mario Capriolini
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	2009	TV Series	Eddy Mack
New York, I Love You	2008		Landlord (segment "Fatih Akin")
Carnera: The Walking Mountain	2008		Lou Soresi
Oliviero Rising	2007		Santino
Il nascondiglio	2007		Muller
Hack!	2007		J.T. Bates
Go Go Tales	2007		Murray
Blue Lake Butcher	2007		Pops
Rocky Balboa	2006		Paulie
Nicky's Game	2005	Short	Leo Singer
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power	2005	Video	Artie Bottolota Sr.
Transamerica	2005		Murray
Downtown: A Street Tale	2004		Gus
Land of Plenty	2004		Sherman
The Wager	2004		Jack Stockman
Shut Up and Kiss Me!	2004		Vincent Bublioni
Crooked Lines	2003		Mike Ameche
The Handler	2003	TV Series	Dino Mantoni
Alternate Realities	2002	TV Series	Frank
And She Was	2002		Lou
Kiss the Bride	2002		Santo Sposato
The Adventures of Pluto Nash	2002		Gino
Checkout	2002		Uncle Louie
Cugini	2001		Pasquale 'pop' Cugini
Plan B	2001/I		Sal Palermo
The Sopranos	2001	TV Series	Bobby 'Bacala' Sr.
The Boys of Sunset Ridge	2001		Hank Bartlowski
Never Look Back	2000
Table One	2000		Frankie Chips
The Boys Behind the Desk	2000
The Day the Ponies Come Back	2000		John Stoller
Gioco di specchi	2000	TV Movie
Very Mean Men	2000		Dominic Piazza
L'uomo della fortuna	2000		Don Ettore Visone
Blue Moon	2000		Bobby
Loser Love	1999		Sydney Delacroix
Terra bruciata	1999		Joe
Mickey Blue Eyes	1999		Vito Graziosi
The Florentine	1999		Joe Mc Collough
Thinking About Africa	1999	TV Series	Oland
One Deadly Road	1998
Cuori in campo	1998	TV Movie	Gallagher
Heaven Before I Die	1997		Pollof
The Last Don	1997	TV Mini-Series	Virginio Ballazzo
Walker, Texas Ranger	1996-1997	TV Series	Jack 'Soldier' Belmont
Firehouse	1997	TV Movie	Chief Frank Shea
Before Women Had Wings	1997	TV Movie	Louis Ippolito
The Deli	1997		JC
The Undertaker's Wedding	1997		Alberto
She's So Lovely	1997		Lorenzo
Kicked in the Head	1997		Jack
Law & Order	1997	TV Series	Lewis Darnell
The Outer Limits	1997	TV Series	Captain Parker
Opposite Corners	1997
Red-Blooded American Girl II	1997		Roy
North Star	1996		Reno
Bless This House	1995	TV Series	Mr. Riveto
Crocodile Shoes	1994	TV Mini-Series	Lou Benedette / Lou Benedetti
Columbo	1994	TV Series	Mo Weinberg
The Maharaja's Daughter	1994	TV Mini-Series	Milai
Vendetta II: The New Mafia	1993	TV Movie	Vincent Domenici
Berlin '39	1993		Werner
Double Deception	1993	TV Movie	Zimmer
Excessive Force	1993		Sal DiMarco
Cattive ragazze	1992		Leo
Due vite, un destino	1992	TV Movie
Alibi perfetto	1992		Mancini
Tales from the Crypt	1992	TV Series	Gambler
Americano rosso	1991		George Maniago
Rocky V	1990		Paulie
Bright Angel	1990		Art
Diving In	1990		Coach Mack
Backstreet Dreams	1990		Luca
Club Fed	1990		Warden Boyle
Betsy's Wedding	1990		Georgie
Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride	1990	TV Mini-Series	Vincente Dominici
Wait Until Spring, Bandini	1989		Rocco
Beverly Hills Brats	1989		Clive
Blood Red	1989		Andrews
Last Exit to Brooklyn	1989		Big Joe
Going Overboard	1989		General Noriega
Medium Rare	1987		Harry Costas
Roomies	1987	TV Series	Nick Chase
Back to School	1986		Lou
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1986	TV Series	Ed Fratus. the Salesman
Rocky IV	1985		Paulie
The Equalizer	1985	TV Series	Louie Ganucci
A Summer to Remember	1985	TV Movie	Fidel Fargo
Miami Vice	1984	TV Series	Lupo Ramirez
The Pope of Greenwich Village	1984		Bed Bug Eddie
Once Upon a Time in America	1984		Joe
Over the Brooklyn Bridge	1984		Phil
You and Me Kid	1983	TV Series
Lookin' to Get Out	1982		Jerry Feldman
Amityville II: The Possession	1982		Anthony Montelli
Rocky III	1982		Paulie
...All the Marbles	1981		Eddie Cisco
Blood Beach	1980		Sergeant Royko
Murder Can Hurt You!	1980	TV Movie	Lt. Palumbo
Rocky II	1979		Paulie
Uncle Joe Shannon	1978		Joe Shannon
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This	1978	TV Movie	Rocco Agnelli
Convoy	1978		Bobby 'Love Machine' 'Pig Pen'
The Choirboys	1977		Scuzzi
Twilight's Last Gleaming	1977		Augie Garvas
Rocky	1976		Paulie

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Uncle Joe Shannon	1978	writer
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This	1978	TV Movie
Baretta	1975	TV Series story - 1 episode

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Roomies	1987	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rocky	1976	"The First Noel", uncredited

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs	2017	Documentary post-production	Himself
Tom's Arrival in New York	2015	Documentary short	Himself
The Jack and Triumph Show	2015	TV Series	Himself
Casting By	2012	Documentary	Himself
Biography	2005-2011	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Char·ac·ter: The Interviews	2010	Documentary	Himself
Cinemania	2008	TV Series	Himself
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
The 21st Annual Genesis Awards	2007	Video	Himself
In the Ring	2006	Video documentary	Himself
Revoloution	2006		Himself
Tribute to Burgess Meredith	2006	Video documentary short	Himself (voice)
The Contender	2005	TV Series	Himself
I'm with Her	2004	TV Series	Himself
2 Birds with 1 Stallone	2002		Himself
The Howard Stern Radio Show	2000	TV Series	Himself
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'	1999	TV Short documentary	Himself
The Mouse	1996		Himself
Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985	1985	TV Movie	Himself
The 6th People's Choice Awards	1980	TV Special	Himself - Accepting Favourite Motion Picture Award
The 36th Annual Golden Globes Awards	1979	TV Special	Himself - Presenter
The 49th Annual Academy Awards	1977	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Good Morning America	1977	TV Series	Himself - Guest

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic	2017	Documentary pre-production
Coffee Time me ta Asteria tou Leo	2016	TV Mini-Series documentary	Paulie
La noche desesperada	2007	TV Movie	Murray
Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow	2005	Documentary

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2015	Festival Prize	Atlantic City Cinefest	Best Actor, Short Drama	Tom in America (2014)
2014	Lifetime Achievement Award	Hoboken International Film Festival
1978	Stinker Award	The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Convoy (1978)
1978	Stinker Award	The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Worst Fake Accent: Male	Convoy (1978)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2016	Jury Award	Queens World Film Festival	Best Actor in a Short	Tom in America (2014)
2015	Maverick Movie Award	Maverick Movie Awards	Best Actor: Short	Tom in America (2014)
2006	Stinker Award	The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Rocky Balboa (2006)
1991	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Rocky V (1990)
1986	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Rocky IV (1985)
1977	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Rocky (1976)