John Cassisi (born September 5, 1962) is an American former child actor who starred in the 1976 movie Bugsy Malone as "Fat Sam" and subsequently starred in the television series Fish.

[2] In 1982, he played the role of Herschel in the Broadway on Showtime[3][4] film of Gemini[5] alongside former Bugsy Malone star Scott Baio.

[7] From 2012 to 2014, he served as the "Director of Global Construction for Citi Realty Services"[8] for Citigroup.

In 2015, he pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme and was sentenced to two to six years in prison plus a $500,000 forfeiture.

[1] Cassisi has three children, his eldest son, Robert, died after suffering from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 26.