Johnny Cicco is from Cranston, Rhode Island. At a very early age, Johnny was highly influenced by reruns of Jackie Gleeson in The Honeymooners, The Dean Martin Show, and television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He embraced every opportunity to perform in short films and in plays such as David Mamets American Buffalo and Edward Albees The Zoo Story at The Pork Chop Lounge in AS220, in Providence, RI.