Lee Curreri
Bruno Martelli in Fame
Birth name : Leonard Charles Curreri
Birth date : 1961/01/04 (65 years old)
Birth place : Bronx, New York (USA)
Height: 1.80 m
Biography for Lee Curreri
Lee Curreri has produced songs for Natalie Cole (EMI) and Phil Perry (Capitol). He has also produced songs with Siedah Garrett, Nicolette Larson Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and worked as an arranger/keyboardist with artists such as 'Brenda Russell' Ernie Isley (Elektra), "E" (Polydor), Gregory Gray (Elektra), The Royal Macadamians (Island), Martha Davis and Sly Stone (on the soundtrack for "Soul Man"), In Vitro (Manhattan), Olivia Newton-John and Jon Hassell (Warner). Curreri has scored a CBS-TV Movie of the Week starring Mickey Rooney entitled "Bill On His Own", wrote the music to four television documentaries for Metromedia and HBO, and wrote two theme songs for network and syndicated specials. He has also worked as an arranger for the Public Theatre in New York under Joseph Papp. Lee also played "Bruno" in the movie and television series "Fame", writing and performing seven songs and many dance cues for the TV show. He is currently working with Jeff Rona on music for the CBS show "Chicago Hope", and has two animation shows running currently with music by Curreri and Rusty Andrews.
As in the series "Fame", his true passion remains music. Ormis his role in "Fame", he is best known for his compositions. He has written songs for many artists like Natalie Cole (IEM) or Phil Perry (Capitol).
He composed music, documentaries and even standard music.
He also worked as a New York Public Theater.
Lee Curreri is an actor, composer and producer of American music. He is best known for his role as Bruno Martelli in the television series Fame, which was broadcast between 1982 and 1987. Curreri was born in New York and grew up in the Washington Heights district. He graduated from the New York Institute of Technology in 1980, where he studied music and sound engineering.
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Filmography
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Winning the Peace (2004) (TV) | |
| Exit Wounds (2001) (additional music) (uncredited) | |
| Black Cat Run (1998) (TV) (song) | |
| Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) TV Series | |
| Gun (1997/II) TV Series (first episode) | |
| High Incident (1996) TV Series (song) | |
| Dangerous Minds (1996) TV Series | |
| Wild Side (1995) (additional music) | |
| Death in Small Doses (1995) (TV) (song) | |
| Sleepstalker (1995) (song Blue to Black) | |
| Chicago Hope (1994) TV Series (6 episodes) | |
| Crosses on the Lawn (1993) (TV) | |
| Bill: On His Own (1983) (TV) | |
| Fame (1982) TV Series | |
| Teenage Suicide: Don't Try It! (1981) |
Trivia
- He is married to Laura Dean's sister.
- Has a company called Xacca Sounds Inc..
- On the booklet of his CD 'Aquabox', there is a picture of his son Joey before birth. The CD's design was created by his wife, Sherry Dean.
Family
- Spouse : Sherry Dean (6 August 2000 - present) 2 children, Lisbeth Scott
Author of the card
- Creation date: 01/07/2003 by misou