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 narrat...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Lucky Stiff
2014
as Luigi
An English shoe salesman inherits 6 million dollars from a recently deceased uncle he has never met before, on the condition that he takes the uncle's...

Authors Anonymous
2014
as John K. Butzin
When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success. Can these lovabl...

The Last Rites of Joe May
2011
as Joe May
Now in his sixties, Joe is released from the hospital after a long battle with pneumonia and forced to confront the harsh reality of his legacy: every...

Knucklehead
2010
as Memphis Earl
A fight promoter deeply in debt to his crooked rival and desperate for a new fighter catches a break when a 450 pound church handyman who has spent hi...

Bottle Shock
2008
as Maurice Cantavale
Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use for a blind taste test in the French capital. Stum...

What Happens in Vegas
2008
as Richard Banger
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other ...

Bagboy
2007
as Marty
Bagboy is the "from bags to riches" story of a lowly grocery store clerk who endeavors to win the international competitive bagging championships and ...

The Grand
2007
as L.B.J. Deuce Fairbanks
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poke...

Purple Violets
2007
as Gilmore
Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially af...

You Kill Me
2007
as Edward O'Leary
While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return ...

Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs
2006
as Narrator
Using the frame of opening day, 2006, this documentary examines the Cubs' 100 years without a World Series title. Between conversations with a half-do...

The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary on the classic Michael Mann heist film.

Paparazzi
2004
as Detective Burton
A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a perso...

This Old Cub
2004
as Himself
Jeff Santo explores the life and career of his father, Chicago Cub great Ron Santo.

Stealing Harvard
2002
as Mr. Warner
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds...

Big Trouble
2002
as Henry Desalvo
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street t...

Sidewalks of New York
2001
as Carpo
The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on ...

Making 'Snatch'
2001
as Self
The making of Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch'.

Snatch
2000
as Avi
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down ...

Bad Seed
2000
as Dick Muller
Preston Tylk is an ordinary guy living in Seattle. When he discovers that his beloved wife, Emily, is having an affair, he is devastated. Storming out...

Reindeer Games
2000
as Jack Banks
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.

The Mod Squad
1999
as Captain Adam Greer
Three youthful delinquents escape conviction for their crimes by teaming with the LAPD.

Saving Private Ryan
1998
as Lieutenant Colonel Anderson
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain Joh...

Out of Sight
1998
as Marshall Sisco
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the ri...

Bella Mafia
1997
as Don Roberto Luciano
Following the brutal murder of her husband and male kin, Sophia unites with her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law, in a fierce quest for vengeance agai...

That Old Feeling
1997
as Dan De Mora
A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the ...

Eddie
1996
as John Bailey
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre r...

Get Shorty
1995
as Ray 'Bones' Barboni
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror fil...

Out of Annie's Past
1995
as Charlie Ingle
Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty hunter blackmails her to keep that past a secret....

Bonanza: Under Attack
1995
as Charley Siringo
After a rogue band of Pinkerton detectives led by ruthless Charley Siringo bushwhacks reformed outlaw Frank James, he seeks sanctuary on the Ponderosa...

Little Big League
1994
as George O'Farrell
When the owner of the Minnesota Twins passes away, he bequeaths the team to his preteen grandson. The newly minted head honcho quickly appoints himsel...

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
as Detective Harry Lindstrom
The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna Buchanan, a Miami's criminal journalist.

One Woman's Courage
1994
as Craig McKenna
Because Grace's husband Craig is having an affair she starts drinking. One night Grace witnesses a man attacking a girl; she helps her to the hospital...

A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the ey...

Striking Distance
1993
as Capt. Nick Detillo
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on ...

Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Nick Gazzara (uncredited)
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.

Another Stakeout
1993
as Brian O'Hara
A pair of immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where an important Mafia trial witness ...

The Disappearance of Nora
1993
as Denton
A beautiful woman is found stranded in the desert with no recollection of who she is or how she got there, so a casino boss makes it his mission to he...

Mac
1992
as Mr. Stunder
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and hel...

Street Crimes
1992
as Brian
When two cops start a gym to help keep kids out of the drug trade, the local crime lord schemes to keep control of the streets. Meanwhile, officer Bri...

The American Gangster
1992
as Narrator
They fixed the World Series. They built Las Vegas. They terrorized America with their vicious murders and fearless robberies. They are men named Bugsy...

We're Talkin' Serious Money
1992
as Sal
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.

Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992
as Mike Cerone
This follow-up to "Drug Wars: The Camarena Story" chronicles the fact-based fight by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the Colombian government to ...
Perfect Crimes
1991
as Armand Zaro
True stories about individuals seeking to commit a perfect crime.

Havana
1990
as Joe Volpe's Assistant (uncredited)
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with the wif...

Men Of Respect
1990
as Bankie Como
In this modern day version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a hitman heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts...

People Like Us
1990
as Elias Renthall
When a wealthy scriptwriter and socialite's daughter is murdered, he feels let down by the courts, and so decides to use his powerful position to enab...

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
as Angelo Buono
The chilling true story of the "two of a kind" killing cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers.

Open Admissions
1988
as Fred Carlson
An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself challenged by a ghetto youth with an intense desire to get ...

Midnight Run
1988
as Jimmy Serrano, Chicago mobster
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I....

Six Against the Rock
1987
as Robert Stroud
In May of 1946, Alcatraz inmate Bernie Coy initiates a carefully thought out plan to escape the island prison. His plan, carried out with five accompl...

Crime Story: Pilot
1986
as Lt. Mike Torello
One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.

Manhunter
1986
as Jack Crawford
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecter, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecter to capture a ne...
Triplecross
1986
as Veteran Cop, Ernie
Three cops become instant millionaires after saving a rich crime victim. They retire from the force and use their money to become flamboyant private d...

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
as Freddy
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related inci...

Birthday Boy
1986
as Diner Owner
A salesman in a sporting-goods store takes a cross-country trip on his birthday in order to visit his old gym coach, and sell him a supply of basketba...

Final Jeopardy
1985
as Policeman #2
A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in and out of the proceedings are a bunch of murderou...

Code of Silence
1985
as Det. Dorato
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.

The Impostor
1984
as Detective
After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get h...

Hard Knox
1984
A retired fighter pilot becomes the head of his alma matter military high school for two weeks with hilarious consequences. He shapes up the school an...

The Killing Floor
1984
as Supervisor
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the orga...

Through Naked Eyes
1983
as Patrolman
A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building opposite him--until he finds out one day that an attractiv...

Thief
1981
as Carl
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime an...