Garry has amassed well over 50 acting credits over a 35 year span. He was born in NYC and began his career at the age of 18. His first foray into acting was a High School production of West Side Story and his first film credit was Prizzi’s Honor, alongside, Jack Nicholson. Garry has most recently starred alongside Alan Powell in the Spencer T. Folmar film, Shooting Heroin, expecting a 2019 release and co-starring Twin Peaks phenom, Sherilyn Fenn, along with Nicholas Turturro, Cathy Moriarty and Lawrence Hilton Jacobs. Earlier this year, Garry co-starred in The Week Of, directed by Robert Smigel and starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Steve Buscemi and Rachel Dratch, which debuted on Netflix. He also recently co-starred in Apalachin, Sarah Q, Who’s Jenna, Blowtorch, Rob The Mob, The Amazing Spiderman 2, The Dark Knight Rises (SAG Award Nominee), Gotham, Blue Bloods and Person of Interest. Garry will be returning to his role of Matty “The Horse” Ianniello on the 3rd season of the hugely successful, HBO Series, The Deuce, in 2019.
Garry directed, wrote, produced and starred in the film, DESTRESSED, in which he portrays himself as a man whose stress levels almost kill him, sending him on his worldwide quest for inner peace. The film made its world premiere in 2014 at the GSFF in Atlantic City. It won The Audience Choice Award and Homegrown Documentary Awards. DESTRESSED had a red carpet screening at the 2014 The Golden Door Film Festival in Jersey City, NJ where it had to screen in two theaters due to it’s overwhelming popularity. The film went on to win The Best Documentary Award at the GDFF 2016. In 2017, the film was released on Amazon Prime and has earned a constant 5 star rating since its release. This achievement opened up new doors for Garry Pastore and Willowcreek Entertainment as Garry co-produced Domenica Scorsese’s debut feature film, Almost Paris, which was an Official Selection at The Tribeca Film Festival and then went on to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2016. Garry is in pre-production phases of his feature film, Fortunate Son.
