Emmy Award nominated, Jack Scalia is a Brooklyn native of Italian
and Irish decent. He began his illustrious career as pro-baseball
player and then a high profile male model. He joined the Ford
Modeling Agency becoming the popular “Jordache Jeans Man.” The
success of his modeling career soon made Jack particularly desirable
to many casting directors. Jack’s first role was starring
opposite Rock Hudson, Suzanne Pleshette, and Melanie Griffith in Star
Maker.
Jack’s success as an actor continues and he has
starred in a near record thirteen television series. Among the
series were The
Devlin Connection with Rock Hudson, High Performance,
Berrenger’s, Hollywood Beat, Wolf, Remington Steele, Dallas,
Pointman and Tequila & Bonetti (which was
also remade and produced to air in Europe). In 2002, Jack received
an Emmy Award nomination in the Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
category for his portrayal of Chris Stamp opposite Susan Lucci
on All My Children. He also landed roles in high
profile miniseries such as Judith Krantz’s I’ll
Take Manhattan and Jackie Collins’ Lady Boss for
which he was nominated for the Critics Award for Best Actor in
a Miniseries. Jack’s other credits include
Barbara Taylor Bradford’s Everything to Gain, Deadly
Desire, Fear City (opposite Tom Berenger and Melanie Griffith),
Hollywood Wives-The New Generation (opposite Farrah Fawcett) and
the role of the controversial Joey Buttafuco opposite Alyssa Milano
in CBS' Casualty of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story. Illicit
Behavior, Shattered Image (opposite Bo Derek), which
Jack directed, and Follow Your Heart, T-Force and Silencers,
(produced by Jack’s own production company) also followed,
adding to an impressive resume. A career high was starring as the
lead in a Pulitzer nominated play Red River Rats, written
and directed by John Piepilow (Strangeland) which drew
rave reviews from Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Most
recently, Jack starred in Wes Craven’s Red-Eye and
in End Game opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr. and James Woods.
Jack also starred in recent independent film festival favorites
like Exit (Plantinum Award Winner at the Houston International
Film Festival) and Taylor (New York International Independent
Film and Video Festival).
Jack currently resides in Los Angeles and has two daughters, Olivia
and Jacqueline. |