Was embroiled in a lottery fiasco in which he threatened legal action due to holding a "winning" ticket for $5 million which turned out, according to officials, to be a rare misprint [2008].
Shares a scene with actor/producer Ronnie Banerjee in the Damian Chapa film Night Bird (2012) in which Ronnie's princely character asks him if there is a casino in the area (a direct reference to the Scorsese masterpiece for which he is best known) to which Vinny's character unleashes an unrelenting verbal assault on him.
Has appeared in several films with good friend Joseph Rigano.
Hosts a public-access television cable TV show in New York City called The Vinny Vella Show.
Part time comedian.
Owned a pizzeria in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in 2007. The shop's current owners keep a special "Vinny Vella table" (inlaid with photographs of him with various Hollywood personalities) which patrons can eat on.
Has worked with Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet and Harold Ramis.
Is the subject of a 67-minute documentary called "Hey Vinny", completed
in 2000 by director John Huba.
Father owned a fish store.
Was at one time branded the "Mayor of Elizabeth Street".