Chazz Palminteri

Birthplace: Bronx, New York
Birthday: May 15, 1946

This Bronx-bred tough guy endured years of struggling as a theater actor/writer and bit player before hitting it big in the early 1990s with his feature lead and screenwriting debut in "A Bronx Tale" (1993). Chazz (originally Calogero) Palminteri spent much of the 80s acting in such off-Broadway productions as "The Guys in the Truck", "The Flatbush Faithful" and "Twenty-Two Years" while taking acting classes and working as a doorman at the chic Limelight disco. He also appeared in several student films, i…more

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Credits

Actor

Excellent Cadavers
Giovanni Falcone
Boss of Bosses
Paul Castellano
An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson
Little Italy
Interviewee
Kojak (USA)
Captain Frank McNeil

Director

WOMEN vs. MEN
Director
Oz
Director

Producer

Executive Producer

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Career Milestones

2006
Co-wrote the screenplay for 10th and Wolf, which is based on the real life events of Joseph Pistone aka Donnie Brasco
2006
Played a detective in Wayne Kramer s Running Scared
2005
Cast opposite Ving Rhames in the USA series Kojack a remake of the original 70 s series, which starred Telly Savalas
2005
Played a mob boss opposite Usher in Ron Underwood s crime drama In The Mix
2003
Cast in the feature Poolhall Junkies