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2	[[caption-width-right:250: "I am from ''The Bronx''. When you hear the "cops" and none of your guys are down, you ''run''."]]
3	->''"If I could have man-love for another man's body, it would be for Jimmy Madio."''
4	-->-- '''Creator/DamianLewis'''
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6	'''James "Jimmy" Madio''' (born November 22nd 1975 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor from The Bronx, New York. He got his start as a child actor, playing a Lost Boy called Don't Ask in Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Hook}}'' and Dustin Hoffman's son in the film ''Hero''. He continued acting into adulthood with roles in ''Film/TheBasketballDiaries'', ''Film/JerseyBoys'', ''Film/KickAss'' and ''Love Lies Bleeding'', among other independent films. He's perhaps best known for playing Bobby "Lazz" Lazzarini on the sitcom ''Series/USAHigh'' or as Frank Perconte in ''Series/BandOfBrothers''. He's also done voiceover work for he ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' video games, as well as writing, producing and directing numerous projects.
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8	In 2011 when interviews were done to commemorate the ten year anniversary of ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', he enjoyed a surge in notoriety - as his fellow cast members seemed to have endless stories about him on set, making him something of a MemeticBadass. It should come as no surprise that he's still good friends with most of them to this day.
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10	Also has a [[https://twitter.com/JamesMadio Twitter account]]
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12	!! "Madio's Gonna Trope Ya":
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14	* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
15	** On his first day of boot camp, he went up to Capt Dale Dye (on the bad advice of Donnie Wahlberg) and said "Hey general, I got this problem with my gun here"[[note]]A) You should ask for permission to speak first, B) He's a captain, not a general, C) Never say 'gun', say 'weapon' instead[[/note]]. In a real military situation, this would be a serious offence (and he was given lots of push-ups to do as punishment). Capt Dye describes himself leaving another officer to discipline him and - as soon as he was out of earshot - broke down in a fit of hysterical laughter.
16	** He has this reaction to all the stories told about him on the set. When talking about the Dale Dye one above, he says as much about the prank Donnie Wahlberg set up on him.
17	* AscendedExtra: His role as Frank Perconte was originally much smaller. However his performance impressed the writers enough to give him more lines. He's featured quite prominently in the ninth episode as a result.
18	* BarBrawl: Plenty of his cast members mentioned an infamous one in Soho during ''Series/BandOfBrothers''. According to the man himself, a drink got spilled on a girl. He went downstairs to apologise to her infuriated friends, but Creator/NealMcDonough mistakenly thought he was being attacked and rallied the rest of the cast. Police had to be called but he had already disappeared by the time they got there, and he was already back in his hotel room by the time they could call him.
19	* BigApplesauce: Has a very distinctive Bronx accent. He said that his parents were told it would limit the roles he could get when he first got into acting. Ironically his best known role has him playing a Chicago native (though with the accent).
20	* BrooklynRage: Tends to come up in a few roles. Averted in real life, according to colleagues. Though many of them do joke that he spent most of his childhood dodging cops in The Bronx.
21	* CanineCompanion: Is a dog lover.
22	* TheChewToy: There are plenty of stories of the military advisors setting him up to get pranked on the set of ''Series/BandOfBrothers''.
23	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: As detailed in the page quote by Damian Lewis.
24	* EveryoneHasStandards: Said of two of his famous ''BOB'' pranks - the gift giving in trailers and biting Creator/NealMcDonough on the chest - he would only defecate in the toilet itself and not on the seat (out of respect for the teamsters who'd have to clean it up) and he would not bite a man on his chest if he was shirtless.
25	* {{Expy}}: His character Lazz in ''Series/USAHigh'' was one of Screech from ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
26	* FormerChildStar: Averted. He began acting as a teenager but enjoyed more success in adulthood. His best remembered roles are from when he was in his mid-twenties.
27	* FragileSpeedster: Got a reputation as such. He jokes that he had plenty of experience running around the Bronx as a child.
28	* GenkiGuy: In real life. Plays this type of character from time to time as well.
29	* TheGlomp: Is shown giving one to Creator/EionBailey during the "Ron Livingston Video Diaries".
30	* HappilyMarried: He sent out a Tweet in favour of legalising gay marriage - saying "my wife is my everything."
31	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his ''BOB'' co-stars Rick Gomez (George Luz), Neal [=McDonough=] (Buck Compton), Frank John Hughes (Bill Guarnere) and Ross [=McCall=] (Joe Liebgott).
32	* TheHeart: By all accounts, he was this on the set of ''Series/BandOfBrothers''. Creator/DavidSchwimmer said he would have loved to have made friends with him during filming [[note]]Schwimmer was kept isolated from the rest of the cast for the sake of EnforcedMethodActing[[/note]].
33	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Remained close friends with the real Frank Perconte after ''BOB''. Also with Capt Dale Dye, who's about thirty years older than him. If a ten-year gap counts then Creator/NealMcDonough is this too.
34	* TheMafia: He's played this kind of role once or twice.
35	* TheNapoleon: Plays one in a FilmWithinAFilm in ''Applebox''.
36	* NiceGuy: Ask anyone who's ever worked with him. If they don't tell a MemeticBadass story, they'll probably mention how nice he was.
37	* OlderThanTheyLook: Certainly doesn't look like he's in his 40s.
38	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Referred to as "Jimmy" by most of his colleagues.
39	* PintSizedPowerhouse: At 5'5", look at those arms.
40	* ThePrankster: Again on the ''BOB'' set. Highlights include taking dumps in everyone's trailers and turning the heat up, allowing the smell to spread.
41	* ProductionPosse: The film ''The Week'' alongside Rick Gomez, Frank John Hughes and Creator/RichardSpeightJr. All of them also appear in James's short ''Applebox''.
42	* RefugeInAudacity: See the ActuallyPrettyFunny example above.
43	* ScullyBox: Parodied in his short film ''Applebox''.
44	* SelfDeprecation: In the short ''Applebox'' he plays an actor sensitive about his height and requires a ScullyBox to stand on in his scenes. What's more is that he directed the film. Also once joked "everyone's taller than me."
45	* ShirtlessScene: In a few of his roles. He went a full step further in ''Love Lies Bleeding'' and had a nude scene.

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