Joe Mantegna

Also known as Joseph Anthony Mantegna

American actor, producer, and director

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his roles in box-office hits such as Three Amigos (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Forget Paris (1995) and Up Close & Personal (1996). He currently stars in the CBS television series Criminal Minds as FBI Special…

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The Friendly — Cal2024
Once More, Like Rain Man — Director 12024
After Midnight — Self2024
National Memorial Day Concert — Self2023
The Last Band on Stage — Self (Narrator)2022
As We See It — Lou2022
Stallone: Frank, That Is — Self2021
Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration — Host

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Joseph Anthony Mantegna (/mɑːnˈteɪnjə/ mahn-TAYN-yə, Italian: [manˈteɲɲa]; born November 13, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring on CBS's Criminal Minds since 2007 as FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi. He has voiced the recurring role of mob boss Fat Tony on the animated series The Simpsons, beginning with the 1991 episode "Bart the Murderer", as well as in The Simpsons Movie (2007).

Mantegna began his career on stage in 1969 in the Chicago production of the musical Hair. He earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and a Joseph Jefferson Award for portraying Richard Roma in the first American productions of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize–winning play Glengarry Glen Ross, the first of many collaborations with Mamet. His long-standing association with Mamet includes the premieres of A Life in the Theatre, The Disappearance of the Jews, and Speed-the-Plow on Broadway. Mantegna also directed a highly lauded production of Mamet's Lakeboat, which enjoyed a successful theatrical run in Los Angeles. He later directed the film version of Lakeboat. In addition to theatrical appearances directed by Mamet, Mantegna appeared in Mamet's films House of Games (1987), Things Change (1988) for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor, Homicide (1991), and Redbelt (2008).