Chazz Palminteri
Highest Rated: 100% Davi's Way (2017)
Lowest Rated: 6% Faithful (1996)
Birthday: May 15, 1952
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Actor, writer and director Chazz Palminteri wrote his own ticket to the top with his one-man stage play "A Bronx Tale," an Italian-American coming of age story that wooed movie studios and Robert De Niro, who directed the 1993 screen adaptation. Palminteri's starring film role as a Mafia boss set the tone for his subsequent film career, where he lent dimension to streetwise characters, like the undiscovered literary genius behind a craps-shooting bodyguard in "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. His soft-hearted tough guys were offset by staunch law enforcement officials and conflicted working-class Joes in acclaimed indies "The Usual Suspects" (1995) and "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" (2006), while his incredibly timeless "character" face made him a fedora-sporting favorite in neo-noirs like "Mulholland Falls" (1996). Unfortunately, Hollywood was not willing to cast Palminteri as anything other than a mob boss, gambler or tough cop, and while he was sometimes reduced to sending up his image in low-brow comedies like "Little Man" (2006) his better, later performances came thanks to independent film directors who had faith in the stage-trained actor's ability to portray a wider range of characters.
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Chazz Palminteri
Filmography
Movies
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28% |
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Clover | Tony Davalo (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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Vault | Raymond (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unorganized Crime |
Sal (Character), Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 2018 |
100% | No Score Yet | Davi's Way | Self | - | 2017 |
61% |
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Legend | Angelo Bruno (Character) | $1.9M | 2015 |
80% |
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Henry & Me | Babe Ruth (Voice) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Final Recourse | Jerry (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Once Upon a Time in Queens | Ben Rose (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last I Heard | Ben (Character) | - | 2013 |
18% |
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Mighty Fine |
Joe Fine (Character), Executive Producer |
$37.0K | 2012 |
32% |
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The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure | Milky Marvin (Character) | $1.1M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Hollywood & Wine | Geno Scarpacci (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Once More With Feeling | Frank Gregorio (Character) | - | 2009 |
48% |
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Jolene | Sal (Character) | - | 2008 |
52% |
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Yonkers Joe |
Yonkers Joe (Character), Executive Producer |
$5.0K | 2008 |
57% |
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The Dukes | George (Character) | $26.2K | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Body Armour | Lee Maxwell (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Push | Vince (Character) | - | 2006 |
76% |
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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | Monty (Character) | $516.1K | 2006 |
41% |
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Running Scared | Detective Rydell (Character) | $6.9M | 2006 |
13% |
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In the Mix | Frank Pacelli (Character) | $10.2M | 2005 |
46% |
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Hoodwinked! | Woolworth (Voice) | $51.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Animal | Kassada (Character) | - | 2005 |
28% |
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Noel |
Arizona (Character), Director |
- | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Last Ride | Tweat (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Women vs. Men | Director | - | 2002 |
33% |
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Poolhall Junkies | Joe (Character) | $562.1K | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man vs Woman | Director | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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One Eyed King | Eddie Dugan (Character) | - | 2001 |
45% |
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Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure | Buster (Voice) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Boss of Bosses | Paul Castellano (Character) | - | 2001 |
20% |
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Down to Earth | King (Character) | $64.2M | 2001 |
63% |
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Excellent Cadavers | Giovanni Falcone (Character) | - | 1999 |
67% |
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Stuart Little | Smokey (Voice) | $140.0M | 1999 |
69% |
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Analyze This | Boss Primo Sidone (Character) | $106.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Scarred City | Lt. Laine Devon (Character) | - | 1998 |
58% |
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Hurlyburly | Phil (Character) | $1.8M | 1998 |
23% |
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Diabolique | Guy Baran (Character) | $16.5M | 1996 |
31% |
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Mulholland Falls | Elleroy Coolidge (Character) | $11.5M | 1996 |
6% |
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Faithful | Tony (Character) | $2.1M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Italy | Unknown (Character) | - | 1996 |
16% |
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Jade | David Corelli (Character) | $9.2M | 1995 |
87% |
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The Usual Suspects | Dave Kujan (Character) | $22.6M | 1995 |
60% |
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The Perez Family | Lt. John Pirelli (Character) | $2.8M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Word | Ricky (Character) | - | 1995 |
95% |
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Bullets Over Broadway | Cheech (Character) | $11.4M | 1994 |
97% |
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A Bronx Tale |
Sonny LoSpecchio (Character), Screenwriter |
$16.7M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Paydirt | Lyle Corrente (Character) | $8.2K | 1992 |
36% |
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Innocent Blood | Tony (Character) | $4.2M | 1992 |
11% |
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Oscar | Connie (Character) | $23.5M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Court Martial | MP Sgt. Marcy (Character) | - | 1987 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 59% | Gravesend | Cesar Tremaldo (Character) | 2023 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Shorty (Guest Star) | 2010-2012 2014 2017 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1st Look | Guest | 2018 |
28% | 40% | Kevin Can Wait | Vincent (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fielder's Choice Food Show | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Rizzoli and Isles | Frank Rizzoli Sr. (Guest Star) | 2010 2012 2014 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Perry Cannavaro (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Truth About Money With Ric Edelman | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
33% | No Score Yet | Kojak | Frank McNeil (Character) | 2005 |
15% | No Score Yet | dr. vegas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
93% | 95% | Oz | Director | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wiseguy | Sal Rosselli (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hogan Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1st & Ten | Al (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |