He has been practicing tae kwon do since 2003, when he took it up to help quit smoking.
Played Spider, who gets shot in the foot in Goodfellas (1990), and played a mobster named Christopher in The Sopranos (1999), who shoots someone in the foot as an inside tribute to his earlier role.
Has two children, Vadim (b. 1997), and David (b. 2001) with wife Victoria Imperioli, and a stepdaughter, Isabella (b.1990).
Although he often portrays violent Mafia characters and has appeared in other violent movies and TV shows, he claims to despise on-screen violence.