Biography
Date of Birth
16 December 1978, Livingston, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name
Vincent Angelo LaRusso
Nickname
Sween
Vinnie
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Trivia
Graduated from Madison High School in Madison, New Jersey in 1996. He later went on to graduate from Boston University's School of Management in Massachusetts in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Is one of two children. He has an older brother named Anthony. Parents are Anthony Sr. and Joann.
Plays the bass guitar.
His favorite actors are Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson.
Had a poodle named Sparky and a cat named Sly.
Resides in New York City.
Remains close friends with his Mighty Ducks Trilogy co-star, Garette Ratliff Henson.
Stated in an interview with Time magazine in 2014 as well as in an interview for TPC in 2017 that his favorite movie in the Mighty Ducks Trilogy was the sequel, D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994).
Is very active in participating in Mighty Ducks reunions, meet and greets and appearances.
Was not originally cast as Adam Banks in The Mighty Ducks (1992) but instead as an unspecified player on the Ducks rival team, the Hawks. When the actor originally cast as Adam Banks was let go, he was approached to audition and won the role.
Stated in an interview with Time Magazine in 2014 that after working on D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) and as he had gotten older, he realized that acting wasn't his "craft" but that he enjoyed working on The Mighty Ducks Trilogy and considered it a "life-changing event".
Has held a variety of jobs in the hospitality sector, including restaurant manager of the prestigious Club Med in Turks and Caicos as well as a national coordinator and head of purchasing for Soho House. As of 2018, he is the Director of Food and Beverage at the Ambassador Theatre Group in New York, New York.
Has a tattoo on the left side of his lower back.
Played hockey in real life outside of his work on the Mighty Ducks Trilogy.
Was originally cast as Larson in The Mighty Ducks but was later recast as Adam Banks.
Auditioned for the role of John Conner in Terminator 2: Judgement Day but lost out to Edward Furlong.
Quotes
[2017; on being asked if he knew how big the Mighty Ducks Trilogy was going to be] "I mean, I think we were too young to have any sort of... yeah, you know?"
