Dennis Farina
Birthday: 1944-02-29
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography: Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor. Often typecast as a mobster or police officer, he is known for roles such as FBI Agent Jack Crawford in Manhunter, mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run, Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty, Cousin Avi in Snatch, and Walt Miller in New Girl. He starred on television as Lieutenant Mike Torello on Crime Story and as NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. From 2008 to 2010, he hosted and narrated the television program Unsolved Mysteries on Spike TV. His last major television role was in HBO's Luck, which premiered on January 29, 2012.
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Snatch
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and...
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Saving Private Ryan
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...
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Out of Sight
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen...
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Reindeer Games
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the ...
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Big Trouble
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an...
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Purple Violets
Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream....
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Striking Distance
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. To...
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Code of Silence
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants...
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Eddie
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketb...
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Thief
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to...
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Sidewalks of New York
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a ta...
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Little Big League
When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. Th...
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Manhunter
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a r...
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Get Shorty
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Holly...
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You Kill Me
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might ju...
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Bagboy
Bagboy is the "from bags to riches" story of a lowly grocery store clerk who endeavors to win the in...
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Another Stakeout
A pair of immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lak...
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Midnight Run
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter,...
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What Happens in Vegas
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the so...
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Stealing Harvard
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the mi...
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That Old Feeling
A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and o...
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A Stranger in the Mirror
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped duri...
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Bottle Shock
Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use ...
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The Grand
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. ...
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Paparazzi
A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photogr...
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After ...
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Knucklehead
A fight promoter deeply in debt to his crooked rival and desperate for a new fighter catches a break...
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The Mod Squad
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD....
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Bella Mafia
Following the brutal murder of her husband and male kin, Sophia unites with her mother-in-law and si...
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Bad Seed
Preston Tylk is an ordinary guy living in Seattle. When he discovers that his beloved wife, Emily, i...
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The Last Rites of Joe May
Now in his sixties, Joe is released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia and forced ...
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Six Against the Rock
In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the isla...
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Final Jeopardy
A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in ...
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The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
The chilling true story of the "two of a kind" killing cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, be...
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Birthday Boy
A salesman in a sporting-goods store takes a cross-country trip on his birthday in order to visit hi...
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Authors Anonymous
When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing they...
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Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
This follow-up to "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" chronicles the fact-based fight by the U.S. Drug E...
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The Making of 'Heat'
Behind the scenes documentary on the classic Michael Mann heist film....
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We're Talkin' Serious Money
When a pair of misfits loses a New York mobster's money, they flee to Los Angeles, where a compromis...
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People Like Us
When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, a...
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Lucky Stiff
An English shoe salesman inherits 6 million dollars from a recently deceased uncle he has never met ...
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Open Admissions
An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself challenge...
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Men Of Respect
In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that...
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Hard Knox
A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks with ...
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Crime Story: Pilot
One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show....
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One Woman's Courage
Because Grace's husband Craig is having an affair she starts drinking. One night Grace witnesses a m...
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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna B...
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Romeo Is Bleeding
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman....
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Through Naked Eyes
A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building opposite...
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Out of Annie's Past
Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty...
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Bonanza: Under Attack
After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed outla...
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The Killing Floor
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaug...
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The Disappearance of Nora
A beautiful woman is found stranded in the desert with no recollection of who she is or how she got ...
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This Old Cub
Jeff Santo explores the life and career of his father, Chicago Cub great Ron Santo....
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Mac
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder...
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The American Gangster
They fixed the World Series. They built Las Vegas. They terrorized America with their vicious murder...
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Havana
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Alon...
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Street Crimes
When two cops start a gym to help keep kids out of the drug trade, the local crime lord schemes to k...
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Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs
Using the frame of opening day, 2006, this documentary examines the Cubs' 100 years without a World ...
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The Impostor
After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When sh...
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Triplecross
Three cops become instant millionaires after saving a rich crime victim. They retire from the force ...
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The Toughest Man in the World
Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted,...
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