Acting credits
90
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dennis Farina
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 63Series: 27
TMDB ID: 1117
IMDb ID: nm0001199
Known for: Acting
Born: February 29, 1944
Died: July 22, 2013
Age: 69
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2014
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.54
Wikidata: Q352935
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dennis Farina.
as Luigi
Lucky Stiff
2014 • Movie
as John K. Butzin
Authors Anonymous
2014 • Movie
as Joe May
The Last Rites of Joe May
2011 • Movie
as Memphis Earl
Knucklehead
2010 • Movie
as Maurice Cantavale
Bottle Shock
2008 • Movie
as Richard Banger
What Happens in Vegas
2008 • Movie
as Marty
Bagboy
2007 • Movie
as L.B.J. Deuce Fairbanks
The Grand
2007 • Movie
as Gilmore
Purple Violets
2007 • Movie
as Edward O'Leary
You Kill Me
2007 • Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs
2006 • Movie
as Self
The Making of 'Heat'
2005 • Movie
as Detective Burton
Paparazzi
2004 • Movie
as Himself
This Old Cub
2004 • Movie
as Mr. Warner
Stealing Harvard
2002 • Movie
as Henry Desalvo
Big Trouble
2002 • Movie
as Carpo
Sidewalks of New York
2001 • Movie
as Self
Making 'Snatch'
2001 • Movie
as Avi
Snatch
2000 • Movie
as Dick Muller
Bad Seed
2000 • Movie
as Jack Banks
Reindeer Games
2000 • Movie
as Captain Adam Greer
The Mod Squad
1999 • Movie
as Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
Saving Private Ryan
1998 • Movie
as Marshall Sisco
Out of Sight
1998 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dennis Farina.
as Gus Demitriou • 9 eps
Luck
2012 • Series
as Walt Miller • 2 eps
New Girl
2011 • Series
as Frank Russo (voice) • 1 eps
The Looney Tunes Show
2011 • Series
as Walt Comeau • 2 eps
Empire Falls
2005 • Series
as Joe Fontana • 1 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 • Series
as Wildcat (voice) • 2 eps
Justice League Unlimited
2004 • Series
as Victor Pellet • 15 eps
In-Laws
2002 • Series
1 eps
Dinner for Five
2001 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 • Series
as Dennis Farina (voice) • 1 eps
Family Guy
1999 • Series
as Buddy Faro • 13 eps
Buddy Faro
1998 • Series
as Tom Brereton • 2 eps
Cruel Doubt
1992 • Series
as Mike Cerone • 2 eps
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992 • Series
as Joe Fontana • 46 eps
Law & Order
1990 • Series
as Prosecutor Kelly • 2 eps
Blind Faith
1990 • Series
as Antoine • 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
1989 • Series
as Host • 175 eps
Unsolved Mysteries
1988 • Series
as Lt. Colonel Edward Edward Vincent • 1 eps
China Beach
1988 • Series
as Lt. Mike Torello • 43 eps
Crime Story
1986 • Series
1 eps
Lady Blue
1985 • Series
as Bodyguard • 1 eps
MacGruder and Loud
1985 • Series
as Vic Terranova • 2 eps
Hunter
1984 • Series
as Albert Lombard • 3 eps
Miami Vice
1984 • Series
as Ed Coley • 1 eps
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 • Series