Louis Mustillo (born May 28, 1958) is an American actor who recently played as Vincent “Vince” Moranto on the CBS comedy series Mike & Molly from 2010 to 2016.
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Mustillo was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he was a contemporary of the Canadian actor, Elias Koteas, and Illeana Douglas. According to the American Academy's 1983 graduation program, Mustillo and Douglas graduated from the Academy's two year program in a ceremony held at NYC's Royale Theatre on April 26, 1983. They were not asked back to the school's third year, known as The Production Company year.
He has guest starred in more than 50 episodes of television, an early appearance was as a controversial comic on Night Court and has appeared in over 20 films. He was a series regular on Man of the People with James Garner. He also played Russell Topps for two seasons on DreamWorks first hour-long drama, High Incident. He had a recurring role on The Sopranos as a mafia-associated landscaping business owner, Salvatore "Sal" Vitro. He appeared in The Narrows, and he played sports writer Maury Allen on the ESPN mini-series The Bronx is Burning. Louis also wrote and starred in "Bartenders", a one man show that ran for a year at the John Houseman Theatre in New York City.
He also appeared in the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly in the role of Vince, a love interest and later husband of Molly's mother.