Chazz Palminteri
Born	May 15, 1952 (age 54) Sarasota, Florida, USA
Academy Awards
Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Bullets Over Broadway

Chazz Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usaul Suspects, A Bronx Tale and Mulholland Falls. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Cà dZan - a 1925 Sarasota residence that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places Sarasota is a city in the central west coast of Florida, USA. Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands facing the Gulf of Mexico are within its city limits. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... Poster for the movie Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 film directed by Woody Allen. ... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A Bronx Tale is a 1993 film set in New York City during the turbulent era of the 1960s. ... Mulholland Falls is a neo-noir 1996 film directed by Lee Tamahori. ...

Early life and film career

Palminteri, a Sicilian/Italian American[2] was born Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri in the Bronx, New York, an area which has had considerable influence on his work, particularly A Bronx Tale, a play which he wrote and adapted into a 1993 film which starred Robert De Niro. The film was acclaimed and opened doors to Palminteri as an actor, and supporting roles in Hollywood films such as The Usual Suspects and Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway followed, the latter earning Palminteri an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... Housing projects in the infamous South Bronx area. ... NY redirects here. ... A Bronx Tale is a 1993 film set in New York City during the turbulent era of the 1960s. ... Robert Mario De Niro Jr. ... ... The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American movie written by Christopher McQuarrie (who earned an Oscar for the screenplay) and directed by Bryan Singer. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, musician, comedian and playwright. ... Poster for the movie Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 film directed by Woody Allen. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...

Palminteri has had acclamied dramatic performances in films such as The Perez Family, Jade and Diabolique, as well as comedic roles in films such as Analyze This and Down to Earth. Palminteri has a recognizable voice and has voiced characters in various animated films, the most notable being 2006's Hoodwinked. Dottie (Marisa Tomei) with Juan Raul (Alfred Molina) in The Perez Family The Perez Family is a comedy film released in 1995, about a group of Cuban refugees in America, who pretend to be a family. ... Jade is a erotic crime film/thriller film released in 1995. ... Diabolique is a 1996 American film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik. ... Analyze This is a 1999 movie produced by Warner Brothers Studios. ... Down to Earth is a film starring Chris Rock and is about a comedian, Lance (Rock), who is killed before his time. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Hoodwinked is an American computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. ...

He made his directorial debut with the 2002 television film Women vs. Men. He has also directed the 2004 film Noel which starred Alan Arkin and Susan Sarandon, as well as many Broadway productions. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Promotional poster for Noel Noel is a 2004 drama film, directed by Chazz Palminteri. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. ... Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Broadway may refer to: Broadway theatre, theatrical productions produced in one of thirty-nine professional New York theatres The Broadway Theatre, a theatre located on Broadway in Manhattan A street: Broadway (Manhattan) Broadway (Los Angeles) Broadway Street (Chicago) Broadway (Seattle) Broadway, New South Wales, Australia Broadway Market, London Broadway (Vancouver...

Palminteri's recent efforts include A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Running Scared and Arthur and the Minimoys. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints is a 2001 memoir by Dito Montiel, in which he described growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. ... Running Scared is a 2006 crime film written and directed by Wayne Kramer and released by New Line Cinema. ... Arthur and the Minimoys (Arthur and the Invisibles in English-speaking territories) is a part-animated, part-live action feature film adaptation of the same-name, 2002 childrens book and the 2003 sequel Arthur et la cité interdite / Arthur and the Forbidden City by filmmaker Luc Besson, who also...

Personal Life

He lives in Bedford, New York.^[1] Bedford is a town in Westchester County, New York, USA. The population was 18,133 at the 2000 census. ... NY redirects here. ...

Palminteri is married to actress Gianna Ranaudo, with whom he has two children.

Selected Filmography

• Home Free All (1984), Truck Highjacker
• The Last Dragon (1985), Hood #2
• Hill Street Blues (1986),Sonny Cappelito -television
• Glory Years (1987), Drummond -television
• Matlock (1987), Army Officer -television
• Dallas (1989), Frank -television
• Valerie (1989), Leslie -television
• Peter Gunn (1989), Soldier -television
• Wiseguy (1989), Peter Alatorre -television
• Oscar (1991), Connie
• Innocent Blood (1992), Tony
• There Goes the Neighborhood (1992), Lyle Corrente
• A Bronx Tale (1993), Sonny LoSpecchio -also screenwriter
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Cheech
• The Usual Suspects (1995), Dave Kujan, US Customs
• The Perez Family (1995), Lt. John Pirelli
• The Last Word (1995), Ricky
• Jade (1995), Matt Gavin
• Diabolique (1996), Guy Baran
• Faithful (1996), Tony -also writer
• Dante and the Debutante (1996) -writer and producer
• Mulholland Falls (1996), Elleroy Coolidge
• Scar City (1998), Lieutenant Laine Devon
• Hurlyburly (1998), Phil
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Benny Zadir -uncredited
• Analyze This (1999), Primo Sidone
• Excellent Cadavers (1999), Giovanni Falcone
• Oz (1999) -HBO directed episode, "Unnatural Disasters"
• Dilbert (1999), Leonardo da Vinci -TV Episode (voice)
• Stuart Little (1999), Smokey, the Chief Alley-Cat -voice
• Down to Earth (2001), King
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Buster -Video (voice)
• Boss of Bosses (2001), Paul Castellano -television
• One Eyed King (2001), Eddie Dugan
• Poolhall Junkies (2002), Joe
• One Last Ride (2003), Tweat
• Just Like Mona (2003)
• Noel (2004), Arizona -also directed
• Hoodwinked (2005), Woolworth -voice
• Kojak (2005), Captain Frank McNeil -television
• Animal (2005), Kassada -video
• In the Mix (2005), Frank
• Running Scared (2006), Detective Rydell
• Push (2006), Vince
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Monty
• Body Armour (2006), Maxwell
• The Dukes (2006), George -also co-produced
• The Good Shepherd (2006)

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Episodic Television

Notes

1. ^ [1] Costaregni, Susie, "The Dish" column, "Christmas concert to help children in Rwanda", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, December 3, 2006, accessed December 23, 2006

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External links

• Chazz Palminteri | The Official Website
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• Chazz Palminteri at the Internet Movie Database