Dennis Farina

Born: 1944-02-29

Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor. Often typecast as a mobster or police officer, he is known for roles such as FBI Agent Jack Crawford in Manhunter, mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run, Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty, Cousin Avi in Snatch, and Walt Miller in New Girl. He starred on television as Lieutenant Mike Torello on Crime Story and as NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. From 2008 to 2010, he hosted and narrated the television program Unsolved Mysteries on Spike TV. His last major television role was in HBO's Luck, which premiered on January 29, 2012.


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as Cousin Avi
Released: 2000-09-01

Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur...

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as Lieutenant Colonel Walter Anderson
Released: 1998-07-24

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a...

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Bottle Shock

as Maurice Cantavale
Released: 2008-09-05

Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can...

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Striking Distance

as Capt. Nick Detillo
Released: 1993-09-17

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his...

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Get Shorty

as Ray 'Bones' Barboni
Released: 1995-10-20

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to...

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Reindeer Games

as Jack Banks
Released: 2000-02-25

After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself...

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as Jimmy Serrano
Released: 1988-07-20

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is...

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as Richard Banger
Released: 2008-05-07

During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to...

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Out of Sight

as Marshall Sisco
Released: 1998-06-26

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist....

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Thief

as Carl
Released: 1981-03-27

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He...

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The Grand

as L.B.J. Deuce Fairbanks
Released: 2007-06-07

The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal...

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Romeo Is Bleeding

as Nick Gazzara (uncredited)
Released: 1993-09-13

A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.

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Another Stakeout

as Brian O'Hara
Released: 1993-07-22

Chris and Bill are called upon for their excellent surveillance record to stakeout a lakeside...

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Havana

as Joe Volpe's Assistant (uncredited)
Released: 1990-12-11

An American professional gambler named Jack Weil decides to visit Havana, Cuba to gamble. On the...

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Big Trouble

as Henry Desalvo
Released: 2002-04-05

The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced...

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Code of Silence

as Det. Dorato
Released: 1985-05-03

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he...

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Stealing Harvard

as Mr. Warner
Released: 2002-09-13

John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But...

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Eddie

as John Bailey
Released: 1996-05-31

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional...

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Paparazzi

as Detective Burton
Released: 2004-09-03

A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent...

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The Mod Squad

as Captain Adam Greer
Released: 1999-03-26

Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.

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Purple Violets

as Gilmore
Released: 2007-04-30

Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her...

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Hard Knox

as uncredited
Released: 1984-08-04

A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks...

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Authors Anonymous

as John K. Butzin
Released: 2014-04-18

When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing...

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Knucklehead

as Memphis Earl
Released: 2010-10-22

A fight promoter deeply in debt to his crooked rival and desperate for a new fighter catches a...

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You Kill Me

as Edward O'Leary
Released: 2007-02-09

While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who...

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Little Big League

as George O'Farrell
Released: 1994-06-29

When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen...

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That Old Feeling

as Dan De Mora
Released: 1997-04-04

A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception...

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Bella Mafia

as Don Roberto Luciano
Released: 1997-11-16

Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a...

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Sidewalks of New York

as Carpo
Released: 2001-11-23

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form...

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Men Of Respect

as Bankie Como
Released: 1991-01-18

In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies...

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Bag Boy

as Marty Engstrom
Released: 2007-09-14

A teenager enters the competitive world of grocery store bagging.

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Final Jeopardy

as Policeman #2
Released: 1985-12-08

A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving...

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Making 'Snatch'

as Self
Released: 2001-07-03

The making of Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch'.

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Street Crimes

as Brian
Released: 1992-09-02

When two cops start a gym to help keep kids out of the drug trade, the local crime lord schemes...

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The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

as Angelo Buono
Released: 1989-04-02

The chilling true story of the "two of a kind" killing cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth...

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Lucky Stiff

as Luigi
Released: 2014-10-08

An English shoe salesman inherits 6 million dollars from a recently deceased uncle he has never...

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Mac

as Mr. Stunder
Released: 1992-09-17

Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction...

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Bad Seed

as Dick Muller
Released: 2000-06-06

Preston Tylk is an ordinary guy living in Seattle. When he discovers that his wife, Emily, whom...

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People Like Us

as Elias Renthall
Released: 1990-05-13

When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the...

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The Impostor

as Detective
Released: 1984-11-08

After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend....

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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

as Freddy
Released: 1986-05-02

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness....

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Open Admissions

as Fred Carlson
Released: 1988-09-08

An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself...

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The Making of 'Heat'

as Self
Released: 2005-02-22

Behind the scenes documentary on the classic Michael Mann heist film.

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The Killing Floor

as Supervisor
Released: 1984-04-10

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's...

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Bonanza: Under Attack

as Charley Siringo
Released: 1995-01-15

After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed...

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The Last Rites of Joe May

as Joe May
Released: 2011-10-28

Now in his sixties, Joe is released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia and...

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Through Naked Eyes

as Patrolman
Released: 1983-12-11

A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building...

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Birthday Boy

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-02

A salesman in a sporting-goods store takes a cross-country trip on his birthday in order to...

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Six Against the Rock

as Robert Stroud
Released: 1987-05-18

In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the...

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We're Talkin' Serious Money

as Sal
Released: 1992-05-08

A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.

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Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel

as Mike Cerone
Released: 1992-01-19

This follow-up to "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" chronicles the fact-based fight by the U.S....

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Out of Annie's Past

as Charlie Ingle
Released: 1995-03-08

Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic...

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A Stranger in the Mirror

as uncredited
Released: 1993-10-24

A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped...

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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

as Detective Harry Lindstrom
Released: 1994-03-27

The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing...

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Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs

as Narrator
Released: 2006-09-26

Using the frame of opening day, 2006, this documentary examines the Cubs' 100 years without a...

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The Disappearance of Nora

as Denton
Released: 1993-03-07

A beautiful woman is found stranded in the desert with no recollection of who she is or how she...

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as Jack Crawford
Released: 1986-08-14

FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in...

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One Woman's Courage

as Craig McKenna
Released: 1994-02-27

Because Grace's husband Craig is having an affair she starts drinking. One night Grace witnesses...

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The American Gangster

as Narrator
Released: 1992-07-01

They fixed the World Series. They built Las Vegas. They terrorized America with their vicious...

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Law & Order

as Joe Fontana
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Family Guy

as Dennis Farina (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-31

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...

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New Girl

as Walt Miller
First aired: 2011-09-20

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in...

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Miami Vice

as Albert Lombard
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Antoine
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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Justice League Unlimited

as Wildcat (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner...

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Hardcastle and McCormick

as Ed Coley
First aired: 1983-09-18

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell...

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The Looney Tunes Show

as Frank Russo (voice)
First aired: 2011-05-03

Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the “Looney Tunes” characters are back with more...

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Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Joe Fontana
First aired: 2005-03-03

The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing...

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The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self
First aired: 1999-03-30

Craig Kilborn hosted this zany talk show, which followed David Letterman's show, from 1999 until...

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Unsolved Mysteries

as Host
First aired: 1988-10-05

Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human...

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Remington Steele

as Uniform
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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China Beach

as Lt. Colonel Edward Edward Vincent
First aired: 1988-04-26

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and...

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Crime Story

as Lt. Mike Torello
First aired: 1986-09-19

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of...

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Hunter

as Vic Terranova
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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MacGruder and Loud

as Bodyguard
First aired: 1985-01-21

MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC...

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Empire Falls

as Walt Comeau
First aired: 2005-05-28

The humorous, poignant story of a declining New England town and its inhabitants, whose lives...

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Luck

as Gus Demitriou
First aired: 2012-01-29

A drama set in the world of horse racing focusing on lives of owners, jockeys, trainers and...

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Lady Blue

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-04-15

Lady Blue is a crime drama starring Jamie Rose as a Chicago female homicide detective Katy...

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In-Laws

as Victor Pellet
First aired: 2002-09-24

In-Laws is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 2002 until January...

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Dinner for Five

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-07-06

Dinner for Five is a television program in which actor/filmmaker Jon Favreau and a revolving...

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Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel

as Mike Cerone
First aired: 1992-01-19

A D.E.A. Agent goes to Columbia to take on the Cartel. He learns that the Cartel is not above...

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Buddy Faro

as Buddy Faro
First aired: 1998-09-25

Buddy Faro was the best private detective in the business, until he disappeared in 1978 after a...

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Blind Faith

as Prosecutor Kelly
First aired: 1990-02-11

Successful insurance salesman Rob Marshall, his bright and devoted wife Maria, and their three...

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Cruel Doubt

as Tom Brereton
First aired: 1992-05-17

A college student and two friends are accused of murdering one's stepfather and injuring his...

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