Steve Bastoni

 ( 1966 Births ) 

Steve Bastoni (born 4 March 1966) is an Italian-born Australian actor. He became a household name in Australia for his role as Constable Yannis 'Angel' Angelopoulos in Police Rescue and as Steve Parker in Neighbours. His memorable performance in 15 Amore garnered him a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Over three decades he has amassed an impressive body of work including credits in The Matrix Reloaded, Blue Murder, Wentworth, Broke, Hawaii Five-0, The Water Diviner, PokerFace and many more. His theatre credits include his “tour de force” performance in Arthur Miller's View from the Bridge for Melbourne Theatre Company [1](Green Room Best Actor Nomination), Three Penny Opera for Belvoir St, Oliver for Sir Cameron Mackintosh and Ben Elton's Popcorn (Green Room Best Actor Nomination).

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Career

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Television His major roles have been in Police Rescue from 1991 until 1996, and in Neighbours from 2007 until 2009. He has also appeared in many other Australian series such as Wildside (1998), Prisoner (1986), On the Beach (2000) and Stingers (1999–2002). Bastoni hosted Missing Persons Unit (replacing Mike Munro) in 2009 and 2010. He appeared in in 2010 as Louis Bayeh. Steve appeared once in Sea Patrol (2010); He was temporarily replacing Mike Flynn as the Commanding Officer aboard the fictional RAN vessel HMAS Hammersley. He played Don Kaplan in the Australian prison drama Wentworth. Bastoni also played the Homicide Detective, Charlie Bezzina in the 2014 spin off show Fat Tony & Co. to the well known Underbelly which was based on the Melbourne gangland war (1980–2007). In 2016, Bastoni appeared in the sport film Broke. In 2022, Bastoni appeared in the Russell Crowe lead film Poker Face.

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Stage Theatre work includes the role of Rocky in the 1987 Australian national tour of The Rocky Horror Show starring Daniel Abineri. Abineri also gave him the role of Charlie Fortune in his controversial rock musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom in 1989. He starred in the high budget stage production Oliver! the musical in Sydney and Melbourne in the role of Bill Sikes alongside John Waters and Tamsin Carroll. In 2019, Bastoni starred in A View from the Bridge.

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Other activities Bastoni serves as the founder and coordinator for the Peninsula Film Festival held in Melbourne every year since 2011.

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Personal life Bastoni was previously involved in a relationship with actress Melissa George. He later was in a long-term relationship with TV star Nina Zandnia. He is married to Bianca Pirrotta and the couple have three children.

Bastoni studied a certificate 4 in Mental Health while making mental health plans and programs for workers in the mining industry.

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Filmography

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Film

2018	The Widow	Antonio Monaco	Short
2019	The Whistleblower	Harrisons Gunman
2021	Streamline	Glenn Goodman
	Him	Tom Ridgen
2022	262 Our Stories So Far		Short
	Poker Face	Paul Muccino
	Fumblelove	Mack	Short

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Television

Season 1, episodes 25 & 26
Miniseries
Season 1, episode 17
Season 1, episode 154
Recurring role: Season 8 (11 episodes)
Miniseries (6 episodes)
Season 3, episode 8
Main role: Seasons 1–5 (59 episodes)
Season 1, episode 2
Miniseries
Season 2, episode 10
Miniseries (2 episodes)
Season 2, episode 9
Season 1, episode 1
Season 1 (4 episodes)
Season 2, episode 13
Season 1, episode 18
Season 2, episodes 5 & 12
Season 1, episode 17
Season 5, episode 20
Season 1, episodes 6 & 21
Season 10, episode 12
Main role: Seasons 23–25 (322 episodes)
TV documentary series
Recurring role: Season 3 – "" (6 episodes)
Season 4, episode 2
Season 3, episode 21
Season 2, episode 7
Season 1, episode 9
Miniseries (5 episodes)
Season 2, episodes 4 & 7
Season 6, episodes 4 & 8
Recurring role: Seasons 4–5 (8 episodes)
Season 1, episodes 4, 5 & 7
Season 1, episode 3
Main role: Season 1 (7 episodes)
Main role: Season 1 (6 episodes)
Miniseries (2 episodes)
Miniseries (1 episode)
Podcast series
2023	Utopia	Minister Assisting	Season 5, episode 1
2024–25	Darby and Joan	Chris Steele	Season 2 (5 episodes)

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Theatre

La Mama Theatre, Universal Theatre, Melbourne
Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Sydney, Her Majesty’s Theatre. Sydney, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
Church Theatre, Hawthorn, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Lyric, Regent Theatre, Melbourne
Canberra Theatre
Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
Red Stitch Actors Theatre

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External links

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