Growing up in an Italian-American neighborhood in the Corona section of Queens, Peter Gaudio lionized the actors who brought to the silver screen the wiseguys he knew in real life — the De Niros, Pacinos and Stallones who instilled in him a sense of pride for his heritage.

"You see them and you say to yourself, I have something inside of me that I need to get out and put on the big screen like they did," said Gaudio, now of Douglaston, Queens, a longtime personal trainer and security professional who has steadily built his own Hollywood resume.

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