Sopranos star Joseph Gannascoli raises $25,000 to feed key workers and hospital staff

Sopranos star Joseph Gannascoli has raised more than $25,000 to feed key workers and hospital staff. 

The actor, 61, who is best known for playing mobster Vito Spatafore on the hit HBO series, launched a GoFundMe page last month, asking for people to donate to help feed frontline workers. 

Joseph has a target of $50,000 and with donations flooding in, headed to Cohen Children’s Hospital, Nassau University Medical Centre and the Lynbrook Police Department to deliver the hoards of food.

The actor’s goal is to order food at local restaurants to help small businesses, while giving key workers warm, delicious meals. 

According to TMZ, Joseph has ordered food from restaurants all over New York.  

It comes as Joseph’s 104-year-old auntie Ida Acconciamessa, has recovered from coronavirus after she was diagnosed with it last month. 

The actor has been taking to Instagram to share snaps of his meal drop offs.  

In his latest selfie from Sunday, Joseph wrote: ‘Many thanks from everyone at Mount Sinai South Nassau L&D, NICU & Maternity.’  

Joseph is an American actor, most notable for his portrayal of Vito Spatafore on the HBO series The Sopranos. Prior to acting, Gannascoli was a professional chef.

He learned culinary art and opened a restaurant, Soup As Art Restaurant in Brooklyn. 

Gannascoli received his ‘big break’ in acting from Benicio del Toro, whom he met on the set on Money for Nothing. 

After appearing in Ed Wood, Del Toro later cast Gannascoli in his directorial debut, Submission. 

He also introduced him to Sheila Jaffe and Georgianne Walken, who did casting work for the HBO TV series The Sopranos.