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Gunn in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Bruno Gioiello
Place of Birth: Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 8, 1968
Ethnicity: Italian
Bruno Gunn is an American actor. He played Brutus in the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire . He is also credited under his birth name, Bruno Gioiello.
He is a first-generation American with Italian lineage, and dual citizenship, between the U.S. and Italy. He lived in Rome in the early 1990s.
Bruno’s maternal grandfather was named Michele DeMatteis.
Bruno’s maternal grandmother was Clarice D’Ascenzo (the daughter of Domenico D’Ascenzo and Adelina Sarra). Clarice was born in Tussillo, Provence of L’Aquila, Abruzzo.
Source: Obituary of Bruno’s maternal grandmother, Clarice (D’Ascenzo) DeMatteis – http://www.legacy.com