Francis Capra was born April 22, 1983 in New York, and raised in the Bronx. Discovered by Robert De Niro & Chazz Palminteri when they were casting the film A Bronx tale, he began to work as a child actor and moved to Los Angeles with his mother Ann Marie Capra & his siblings. His father was in jail for most of Francis' childhood before his eventual shooting death.


Is of Italian and Dominican descent. Is not related to director 'Frank Capra'.