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Joe Spinell

Highest Rated: 96% The Godfather, Part II (1974)

Lowest Rated: 0% National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1981)

Birthday: Oct 28, 1936

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Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Husky character player, usually in tough Italian roles ranging from petty mobsters to police officers. Spinell wrote, produced and starred in "Maniac" (1980), an unrelenting portrait of a psychopathic killer and the first of two films in which he appeared opposite Caroline Munro.

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Highest rated movies

96% 97% The Godfather, Part II Watchlist
93% 63% Night Shift
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86% 64% Next Stop, Greenwich Village
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82% 83% Sorcerer
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80% 76% The Ninth Configuration
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74% 74% Brubaker
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72% 55% Nighthawks
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71% 82% Rocky II
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69% 40% Stay Hungry
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Joe Spinell

THE LITTLE DRAGONS, (aka KARATE KIDS USA), Joe Spinell, 1980 THE LAST HORROR FILM, (aka FANATIC), top to bottom: Joe Spinell, Caroline Munro, 1985. ©Warner Brothers TAXI DRIVER, from left: Joe Spinell, Robert De Niro, 1976 STARCRASH, Joe Spinell (right), 1978, © New World Pictures THE NINTH CONFIGURATION, (AKA TWINKLE TWINKLE,"KILLER" KANE), Stacy Keach, Joe Spinell, 1980 TAXI DRIVER, Joe Spinell (at desk), Robert De Niro (right), 1976 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scene of the Crime: Light and Shadows Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation War Zone Brig. Gen. George Delevane (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Undertaker Roscoe (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 20% Hollywood Harry Max Caldwell (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Messenger Rico (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet 68% The Whoopee Boys Guido Antonucci (Character) $240.5K 1986
No Score Yet 75% Out of the Darkness Jim Halsey (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 33% Walking the Edge Brusstar (Character) - 1985
40% 50% Eureka Pete (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Fight The Boss (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 8% The Big Score Mayfield (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 41% The Last Horror Film Vinny Durand (Character) - 1982
20% 69% Vigilante Eisenberg (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 11% One Down, Two to Go Joe Spangler (Character) - 1982
93% 63% Night Shift Manetti (Character) - 1982
72% 55% Nighthawks Lt. Munafo (Character) - 1981
0% 19% National Lampoon's Movie Madness Agent/M.C. (Character) - 1981
80% 76% The Ninth Configuration Spinell (Character) - 1980
40% 58% Maniac Frank Zito (Character),
Writer,
Screenwriter,
Executive Producer 		- 1980
74% 74% Brubaker Floyd Birdwell (Character) - 1980
67% 30% The First Deadly Sin Charles Lipsky (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Little Dragons Yancey (Character) - 1980
48% 48% Cruising Patrolman DiSimone (Character) - 1980
33% 36% Starcrash Count Zarth Arn (Character) - 1979
71% 82% Rocky II Tony Gazzo (Character) - 1979
40% 44% Paradise Alley Burp (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 0% One Man Jury Mike Abatino (Character) - 1978
82% 83% Sorcerer Spider (Character) - 1977
86% 64% Next Stop, Greenwich Village Cop at El Station (Character) - 1976
92% 69% Rocky Gazzo (Character) - 1976
69% 40% Stay Hungry Jabo (Character) - 1976
68% 71% Farewell, My Lovely Nick (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 50% Strike Force Sol Terranova (Character) - 1975
96% 97% The Godfather, Part II Willie Cicci (Character) - 1974