Mike Starr Biography

A character actor whose beefy, imposing build (a magazine once listed him as 6'3" and 245 pounds) typecast him as thugs, hoods, and underworld heavies, performer Mike Starr was raised in the Manhattan area, as the son of a meatpacker and a five-and-dime clerk. He attended Long Island's Hofstra University on a drama scholarship, and -- after graduation -- toiled at menial jobs as a bartender and club bouncer before landing his first film role in William Friedkin's gay-themed cop thriller Cruising (1980). Many projects ensued over the following decades, including The Natural (1984), Uncle Buck (1989, in a memorable bit as a drunken clown), Ed Wood (1994), and Jersey Girl (2004). Fans of the gangster-themed comedy Mad Dog and Glory (1993), in particular, might remember Starr -- he played Harold, the wife-beater husband who gets on David Caruso's bad side, and physically suffers for it. In 2007, Starr essayed a rare lead in the character comedy Osso Bucco; he played a gangster unknowingly targeted for death and due for extermination by his cousin. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

• 1. Ed Wood: I like to dress in women's clothing.
  2. Georgie Weiss: You're a fruit?
  3. Ed Wood: No, not at all. I love women. Wearing their clothes makes me feel closer to them.
  4. Ed Wood: You're not a fruit?
  5. Ed Wood: No, I'm all man. I even fought in W.W.2. Of course, I was wearing women's undergarments under my uniform.
  From Ed Wood. Submitted by Eduardo T (5 months ago)

• 1. Joe Mentalino: Just shut up! Now we don't even know who the hell they are. You don't kill people you don't know. That's a rule!
  From Dumb and Dumber. Submitted by Maximus D (8 months ago)