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Chazz Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an Oscar-nominated American actor and writer.

Palminteri, a Sicilian/Italian American[1] was born Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri in the Bronx, New York. He has appeared in several popular feature films, including A Bronx Tale, Analyze This and The Usual Suspects. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1994 for Bullets Over Broadway.

As a playwright, Palminteri authored A Bronx Tale and Faithful, and as a screenwriter, he adapted both of these stage productions into motion pictures. A Bronx Tale, which Palminteri has claimed to be semi-autobiographical, is particularly relevant to his career. Because he had spent the majority of his acting career in small character roles, he sold the play's film rights to Robert De Niro, with the condition that Palminteri himself be allowed to play the role of Machiavellian mafia boss Sonny. This was his first notable major role in cinema.

Palminteri starred in a made for TV movie Boss of Bosses (2001), in which he played the role of real life mobster Paul Castellano.

He made his directorial debut with the 2002 television film Women vs. Men. He also directed the 2004 film Noel.

He is also well known to playing a mob boss in several commercials for Vanilla Coke in 2002, opposite celebrities such as Simon Cowell and Missy Elliott.

Career

• Cat Tale (2008) (voice) .... Pigeon
• Safe (2007) .... Eddie (also produced)
• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• The Dukes (2006) .... George (also co-producer)
• Body Armour (2006) .... Maxwell
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) .... Monty
• Little Man (2006) .... Walken
• Push (2006) .... Vince
• Running Scared (2006) .... Detective Rydell
• In the Mix (2005) .... Frank
• Animal (2005) (Video) .... Kassada
• Kojak (2005) (TV) .... Captain Frank McNeil
• Hoodwinked (2005) (voice) .... Woolworth
• Noel (2004) .... Arizona (also directed)
• Just Like Mona (2003)
• One Last Ride (2003) .... Tweat
• Poolhall Junkies (2002) .... Joe
• One Eyed King (2001) .... Eddie Dugan
• Boss of Bosses (2001) (TV) .... Paul Castellano
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (Video) (voice) .... Buster
• Down to Earth (2001) .... King
• Stuart Little (1999) (voice) .... Smokey, the Chief Alley-Cat
• Dilbert (1999) TV Episode (voice) .... Leonardo da Vinci
• Oz (1999) HBO directed episode, "Unnatural Disasters"
• Excellent Cadavers (1999) .... Giovanni Falcone
• Analyze This (1999) .... Primo Sidone
• A Night at the Roxbury (1998) (uncredited) .... Benny Zadir
• Hurlyburly (1998) .... Phil
• Scar City (1998) .... Lieutenant Laine Devon
• Mulholland Falls (1996) .... Elleroy Coolidge
• Dante and the Debutante (1996) (writer and producer)
• Faithful (1996) .... Tony (also wrote)
• Diabolique (1996) .... Guy Baran
• Jade (1995) .... Matt Gavin
• The Last Word (1995) .... Ricky
• The Perez Family (1995) .... Lt. John Pirelli
• The Usual Suspects (1995) .... Dave Kujan, US Customs
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994) .... Cheech
• A Bronx Tale (1993) .... Sonny (also screenwriter)
• There Goes the Neighborhood (1992) .... Lyle Corrente
• Innocent Blood (1992) .... Tony
• Oscar (1991) .... Connie
• Wiseguy(1989) (TV) .... Peter Alatorre
• Peter Gunn (1989) (TV) .... Soldier
• Valerie (1989) (TV).... Leslie
• Dallas (1989) (TV) .... Frank
• Matlock (1987) (TV).... Army Officer
• Glory Years (1987) (TV) .... Drummond
• Hill Street Blues (1986) (TV) .... Sonny Cappelito
• The Last Dragon (1985) .... Hood #2
• Home Free All (1984) .... Truck Highjacker

External links

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