Barbusca in 2017, photo by Prphotos
Place of Birth: New Jersey, U.S. (likely)
Date of Birth: c. March 3, 2003
Ethnicity: Italian
Thomas Barbusca is an American actor. Among his roles are Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016).
His surname is pronounced bar-boos-ka. He has said (at 0:55 here):
…I’m Italian. Everybody thinks I’m Irish [because of his red hair color], but I’m 100% Italian, and nobody believes me… [My hair is] like Sicilian red hair… It’s like an auburn… Sicilian auburn, and nobody gets it.
His sister, Brielle Barbusca, is also an actress.
Thomas’s paternal grandfather was named Gaetano Barbusca.
Thomas’s paternal grandmother is Rosalie/Rosaline Contessa (the daughter of Nicola/Nicholas Contessa and Francesca/Frances Bellettieri). Rosalie was born in New York, to Italian parents. Nicola was the son of Rocko Contessa and Maria Latronica. Francesca was the daughter of Salvatore Bellettieri and Rosa Laguidire.
Thomas’s maternal grandparents are named Thomas Re and Linda Corda.
Sources: Marriage record of Thomas’s great-grandparents, Nicola/Nicholas Contessa and Francesca/Frances Bellettieri – https://familysearch.org
Thomas’s great-grandparents, Nicola/Nicholas Contessa and Francesca/Frances Bellettieri, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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