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Dennis Farina
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OverviewAI-generated
Dennis Farina was an actor whose professional career spanned from 1981 to 2013. He was born on February 29, 1944, and died on July 22, 2013. His work included contributions to the film *Authors Anonymous*, a project also associated with Kaley Cuoco and Chris Klein.
Farina’s musical output is categorized under the Soundtrack tag, with a recorded playcount of 2111 and 780 listeners. He is listed as an author with one work in the Open Library and has five works recorded in Crossref. His profile is referenced by 213 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Authors Anonymous (canada)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 780
- Total plays
- 2,111
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dennis+Farina">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,808x
- Matrix Elasticity Directs Stem Cell Lineage Specification
· 2006 · cited 12,514x
- Self-Reports in Organizational Research: Problems and Prospects
· 1986 · cited 12,080x
- The Amyloid Hypothesis of Alzheimer's Disease: Progress and Problems on the Road to Therapeutics
· 2002 · cited 11,620x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Donaldo Gugliermo Farina , February 29, 1944, Chicago , Illinois , United States
- Died
- July 22, 2013 (2013-07-22) (aged 69), Scottsdale, Arizona , United States
- Resting place
- Mount Carmel Cemetery
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1981–2013
- Spouse
- Patricia Farina ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1980 )
- Partner
- Marianne Cahill
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor and Chicago police detective. Known for his roles as mobsters or police officers, his involvement in the entertainment industry began through his association with filmmaker Michael Mann, who employed Farina as an actor and technical advisor. After supporting parts in Mann's films Thief (1981) and Manhunter (1986), he was cast in the lead role of Lieutenant Mike Torello on the NBC television series Crime Story, produced by Mann.
Farina's other notable roles included New York City Police Department Detective Joe Fontana in seasons 15 and 16 of Law & Order (2004–2006), Jimmy Serrano in Midnight Run, Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty, Abraham "Cousin Avi" Denovitz in Snatch, Walt Miller on New Girl, and Gus Demitriou on HBO's Luck. He also worked as a stage actor with the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago.
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