Trivia

Auditioned for the part of Michael Corleone on Le Parrain (1972), later got the part of the young Tessio on Le Parrain, 2ᵉ partie (1974).

Father, with Ninon Aprea, of actress Nicole Aprea.

Ex-son-in-law of Vera Zenovich.

Ex-brother-in-law of Marina Zenovich.

After graduation, he enrolled as a business major at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

He studied acting with blacklisted Actors Studio member Joshua Shelley.

His longest-running gig was as Lucas Castigliano in more than 400 episodes of the soap "Another World" (1989-1998).

Before becoming an actor, Aprea took jobs as a gas station attendant, a truck driver, doorman at Schrafft's restaurant and bartender at the Pub Room at Arthur, a nightclub. After moving to L.A., he tended bar at Robert's, where he met Francis Ford Coppola and landed an audition for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather. He ended up with a part as as young Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather Part II. All his lines in the picture were spoken in Italian.

Often played mob figures on screen.

Appeared in television commercial for Milk in 1991.

His parents were Italian immigrants from the region of Campagna. His father was born in Sorrento and his mother was born in Castellammare di Stabia.