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Chazz Palminteri is an American actor, film director, and screenwriter born in The Bronx in 1952. He is also recognized as a character actor and began his work period in 1984. Palminteri is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and was educated at the Actors Studio. He speaks and writes in English.
His notable works include the films Noel, A Bronx Tale, and Faithful. He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Palminteri resides in Bedford.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Noel
- A Bronx tale
- Faithful
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Film & TV
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale, Mulholland Falls and his Academy Award nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets Over Broadway.
Known for
- A Bronx Tale: One Man Show — Various roles2025
- Chuck Zito: An American Story — Self2024
- A Journey to Sundance — Self2023
- Law & Order: Organized Crime — Manfredi Sinatra2021
- Mafia States of America — Narrator (voice)2021
- Clover — Tony2020
- Gravesend2020
- Vault — Raymond2019
- Davi's Way — Self2018
- Kevin Can Wait — Vincent Cellucci2016
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Key facts
- Born
- Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri , ( 1952-05-15 ) May 15, 1952 (age 74) , New York City , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor filmmaker playwright
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Spouse
- Gianna Ranaudo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 )
- Website
- chazzpalminteri .net
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.chazzpalminteri.net
- Image
- Chazz Palminteri 2011 Shankbone.JPG
- Residence
- Bedford
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- Chazz Palminteri
- date of birth
- 1952-05-15
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- name in native language
- Chazz Palminteri
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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Encyclopedic overview
Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and playwright. He is best known for his film roles in A Bronx Tale (1993), based on his play of the same name, along with Bullets Over Broadway (1994) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and The Usual Suspects (1995). His recent work includes his recurring role as Shorty in Modern Family (2010–2019).
His other films include Mulholland Falls (1996), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Little Man (2006), Once Upon a Time in Queens (2013), and Legend (2015). He is also known for his recurring roles in Wiseguy (1989), Kojak (2005), Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2014) and Godfather of Harlem (2019–2021).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chazz Palminteri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.