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Tony Longo

Highest Rated: 77% The Cooler (2003)

Lowest Rated: 0% Worth Winning (1989)

Birthday: Aug 19, 1961

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Standing at 6' 6" and weighing in easily at 250 lbs., Tony Longo has frequently played football and baseball players on TV series and in feature films, but has also won a shot at more sensitive "gentle giant" roles as well. He is remembered as "Mad Dog," the "Animal House-esque" football player of "First & 10," the HBO series on which he co-starred from 1985-88, and as "Stump," the somewhat slow-witted aide-de-camp for Robert Blake in "Helltown" (NBC, 1985). Longo broke into TV in the early 80s, and from 1982-85 could be seen frequently on the CBS series "Alice" playing "Artie," one of the revolving customers trading barbs with the waitresses. "Helltown" and "First and 10" followed, and Longo was also a regular on the short-lived 1992-93 Fox Max Frewer vehicle "Shaky Ground" playing Harry, an assembly-line worker. Longo has appeared in numerous TV movies, but had perhaps his best role in "Young at Heart" playing a Hoboken, NJ, ethnic Italian who finds his emotional voice (CBS, 1995). His work in feature films dates back to the rather listless "Pink Motel" (1982), but he had a good moment as a weight-lifting buddy of romantic lead Michael Schoeffling in "Sixteen Candles" (1984). Longo was in the all-star cast of "Bloodhounds of Broadway" (1989), the re-creation of four Damon Runyon stories starring Madonna and Matt Dillon, among others. In 1994, Longo was the chest-thumping catcher, Triscuitt Messmer, in the remake of "Angels in the Outfield," and was "Little Mike" opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Eraser" (1996). Longo was cast in "Police Academy...The Series," which was set to begin syndication in 1997. Longo appeared in a small role in David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" (2001), an episode of the acclaimed series "Six Feet Under" (HBO 2001-05), Wayne Kramer's "The Cooler" (2003), and the romantic comedy "How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days" (2003). Between 1999 and 2006, he had a recurring role as a private investigator on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" (CBS 1973- ). He continued working steadily in low-budget films and short video pieces. Tony Longo died of undisclosed causes in his sleep at his home in Marina dey Rey, California on June 21, 2015. He was 53.

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Highest rated movies

77% 69% The Cooler
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45% 56% Rapid Fire
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43% 40% Eraser
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33% 50% Feds
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30% 76% Let It Ride
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18% 55% Houseguest
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15% 33% Suburban Commando
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10% 45% The Marrying Man
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0% 43% Worth Winning
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0% 26% Illegally Yours
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 80% Pizza With Bullets Frankie (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 54% Jake's Corner Gus (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 29% The Violent Kind Chuck (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall of Night Atlas (Character) - 2007
77% 69% The Cooler Tony (Character) $8.2M 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hard Luck Bobby (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 62% Road to Redemption Vincent the Enforcer (Character) $248.9K 2001
No Score Yet 26% Living in Peril Truck Driver (Character) - 1997
43% 40% Eraser Little Mike (Character) $101.3M 1996
18% 55% Houseguest Joey Gasperini (Character) $26.3M 1995
No Score Yet 41% Remote Louis Marinelli (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 41% Prehysteria Louis (Character) - 1993
45% 56% Rapid Fire Brunner (Character) $13.6M 1992
10% 45% The Marrying Man Sam (Character) $12.4M 1991
15% 33% Suburban Commando Knuckles (Character) $6.6M 1991
No Score Yet 50% The Art of Dying Victor (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 31% Martial Law Booker (Character) - 1990
30% 76% Let It Ride Simpson (Character) $5.0M 1989
0% 43% Worth Winning Tarry Childs (Character) $3.6M 1989
No Score Yet 26% Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw Big Paw (Voice) - 1988
0% 26% Illegally Yours Konrat (Character) $123.1K 1988
33% 50% Feds Sailor (Character) $3.5M 1988
No Score Yet 69% Winners Take All Bear Nolan (Character) - 1987

TV

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No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Large Biker (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Big Chucky Rollins (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 91% Drake & Josh Janitor (Guest Star) 2004
81% 96% Six Feet Under Bitsy (Guest Star) 2002
57% No Score Yet Some of My Best Friends Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
74% 86% The X-Files Dominic (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sentinel Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hangin' With Mr. Cooper Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Step by Step Unknown (Guest Star) 1995 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Matters Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nash Bridges Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Parent 'Hood Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Breech (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anything but Love Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet 80% Full House Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet 1st & Ten "Mad Dog" Smears (Character),
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1984-1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Equalizer Young (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet 86% Beauty and the Beast Howie (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hell Town Stump (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Facts of Life Hacksaw (Guest Star) 1984
68% No Score Yet E/R Unknown (Guest Star) 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice Unknown (Guest Star) 1982-1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Sylvester (Guest Star) 1983-1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1981-1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laverne & Shirley Unknown (Guest Star) 1982