Lawrence John Romano (born July 31, 1963) is an American film and television actor.
Born in Mount Vernon, New York, he was a regular on NYPD Blue and the sitcom The King of Queens, on which he played Richie Iannucci.
He studied screenwriting and playwright work with Ron Peterson, Stuart Brown, and Richard Walter.
He received his Screen Actors Guild (SAG) card on Ridley Scott's Black Rain.
[3] He wrote and recorded the song "Rock in the Bronx"[4] which was aired by the local TV station Madison Square Garden Network.