Joe Lisi

Joe Lisi, also credited as Joe Lissi, is an American actor. He appeared in the NBC television show Third Watch as NYPD Lieutenant Swersky from 2000 to 2005. He also appeared on the NBC television show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Craig Lennon, a parole officer and briefly appeared in the 1995 comedy/crime film The Jerky Boys: The Movie as a construction worker.

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Life and career

Lisi was born and raised in New York City, New York. His father was Sicilian and his mother was of Irish descent. He spent 24 years in the New York Police Department, retiring with the rank of captain. While already employed by the police department, Joe Lisi enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He was honorably discharged as a corporal.
Lisi took his first acting lesson at age 29 and made his Broadway debut at age 52. He studied theatre at HB Studio in New York City.
He is best known for his television roles as Dick Barone in The Sopranos and as Lt. Swersky on Third Watch.

Selected filmography

Out of the Darkness as PatrolmanThe Equalizer as Patrolman, in "Unnatural Causes"Forever Lulu as CopWhite Hot as Broker 1Family Business as Desk SergeantTrue Blue as Captain MottaCome See the Paradise as DetectiveCriminal Justice as Detective LaneTraces of Red as Lieutenant J.C. HooksWho's the Man? as Captain ReillyQuiz Show as Reporter Safe Passage as Dog OwnerThe Jerky Boys: The Movie as Construction ForemanKiss of Death as Agent At BungalowTrees Lounge as HarryMarvin's Room as BrunoHis and Hers as Captain BarilloHappiness as Police DetectiveNew York Undercover as Chief of DetectivesThe Adventures of Sebastian Cole as Concrete GuySummer of Sam as Tony 'Olives'For Love of the Game as PeteThe Sopranos as Dick BaroneThird Watch as NYPD Lieutenant Robert "Bob" SwerskyThe Yards as Elliott Gorwitz15 Minutes as Police CaptainAsh Wednesday as Charlie, The WiseguyER as NYPD Lieutenant Bob SwerskyTaxi - Mr. Anthony ScaliaLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit as Parole Officer Craig LennonSynecdoche, New York as MauriceThe Sorcerer's Apprentice as Police CaptainMan on a Ledge as Desk Sergeant