Biography
Armand Anthony Assante is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film Gotti, Nietzsche in When Nietzsche Wept and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 1982's I, the Jury.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Oak
2025
as Abe
A group of teenagers dare each other to touch a cursed oak tree which leads to the disappearing of one of the group and another gets a rash on her pal...

Don Q
2024
as Don Q
Feeding off decades of delusion, longtime Little Italy resident Don Q believes himself to be a powerful mafia figurehead set out to reclaim the neighb...

Don Q
2024
Producer
Feeding off decades of delusion, longtime Little Italy resident Don Q believes himself to be a powerful mafia figurehead set out to reclaim the neighb...

Forever as the End – Fate
2022
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
Following Kristallnacht in 1938, Ulrich Ollendorff’s family flees Berlin as to avoid the horrific destiny shared by six and a half million Jews who we...

Mister Mayfair: The Spyce of Life
2021
as Max Mayfair
Max Mayfair is living the 'good life'. Having left his past as a gangster in NY, he now runs the most glamorous club in London: Rat pack style. London...

The Match
2020
as Commander
Inspired by true events from the spring of 1944 when the Nazis organized a football match between a team of camp inmates and an elite Nazi team on Ado...

The General
2019
as Andreas
Follows the life of general Ante Gotovina.

The Brave
2019
as Frank Pedulla
In an Albanian town known for drug production and trafficking an elite group of cops set out to end the war waged against the local police.

Darc
2018
as Lafique
To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.

The Wanderers: The Quest of The Demon Hunter
2018
as Louis
A hardened vampire hunter and a journalist travel to a village in Transylvania to investigate a mysterious event that happened in Zalesky Castle. The ...

Con Man
2018
as Jack Saxon
The story of Barry Minkow, a young and charismatic figure in business who reaches CEO status by lying and scheming his way to the top.

The Neighborhood
2017
as Tucci
A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kids until they step on the wrong toes and get caught...

The Man Who Unlocked the Universe
2017
as Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg was one of the world's greatest astronomical minds, an enlightened leader who turned medieval Samarkand into a great center of science 150 y...

You Can't Have It
2017
as The Man
When Bill Sullivan spends the last night of Mr. Phil's Bar hanging out with his friends, drinking, sex and murder ensue. Last call takes on a whole ne...

Joe's War
2017
as Doctor Galante
After two tours of duty, Joe's life unravels as he waits for PTSD treatment.

Ley primera
2017

The Red Maple Leaf
2017
as FBI Agent Joseph Cortez
A detective, who is deeply grieving over the tragic loss of his wife and daughter, becomes determined to find the kidnapped daughter of the U.S. Ambas...

Blowtorch
2016
as Canarsie
Blowtorch is the Brooklyn story of Ann Willis, a recently widowed and financially struggling, mother of three. When her oldest son is murdered, she in...

Leaves of the Tree
2016
as Joe Buffa
A dying man struggles to discover the secret of a mystical tree's healing leaves.

Stressed to Kill
2016
as Paul Jordan
After suffering a heart attack, Bill (Bill Oberst) takes his doctor's advice literally to eliminate the stresses from his life. The plan is working un...

Sicilian Vampire
2015
as Vince
Equal parts Goodfellas and Dusk till Dawn, Sicilian Vampire tells the story of reputed mobster Sonny Traficante who was hoping to get away to the fami...

Kids vs Monsters
2015
as Damian
The six richest people in the world each have one thing still dragging them down.. their intolerable kids. Luckily, there is a mysterious entity that ...

Diamond Cartel
2015
as Mussa
A young woman, Aliya, catches the lustful eyes of several powerful men and is thrust against her will into a vast criminal ocean. As passion, violence...

Beyond the Game
2014
as Mr. Leone
In a reality show that’s too real, the contestants are dying. Now only one will survive… Beyond The Game! Kill or be Killed! Beyond the Game has conte...

Charlie Mantle
2014
as Inspector Bennett
20 years on the job have finally caught up to Charlie Mantle. After 2 cops are beheaded, Charlie fights to take down those responsible. Facing his fin...

A Fine Step
2014
as Alejandro Bolivar
A Fine Step is an uplifting family drama centering on Cal Masterson (Luke Perry, Beverly Hills 90210) an award winning horseman whose relationship wit...

Hunting the Phantom
2014
as Charles Ingrim
The action of this story begins in the near future. The great device codenamed as the “Phantom” is invented by the Global Security Corporation in orde...

See You in Montevideo
2014
as Hotchkins
A football team from Belgrade, former Republic of Yugoslavia gets a chance to go to the First World Football Championship, but things get complicated ...
Guido
2014
as Lorenzo De Costa
An Iraqi immigrant hit man, GUIDO, gets mixed up in a deal gone bad and is forced to transport a corpse across the country, with several Albanian assa...

Assumed Killer
2013
as Aaron Banfield
Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an am...

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
2013
as Joseph Baldano Sr.
After being released from prison, Bobby goes back to the mob connected streets. When forced to make a life altering decision the truth is revealed tha...

Dead Man Down
2013
as Lon Gordon
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

The Night Never Sleeps
2012
as Inspector Romanelli
Sargent Thomas Cavanaugh and his partners hunt down the murderers of one of their task force. But when their search leads them to a drug dealer and hi...

The Return of Joe Rich
2011
as Uncle Dom
Joe believed in right and wrong until... His job outsourced to India. His teaser rate spiked. His wife bailed. But Joe has a plan...to get it all back...

Jesse
2011
as Dominick
Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, ...

Shadows in Paradise
2010
as Cpt. John 'Ghost' Santos
During a rescue operation in Iraq, Special Forces member Max Forrester is devastated when Sasha, his squad mate and fiancée goes missing. Two years la...

Killer by Nature
2010
as Eugene Branch
The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos. Having...

Breaking Point
2009
as Marty Berlin
"Breaking Point" is a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization, in which one man has to overcome a deep-seated conspiracy and his own lingerin...

Magic Man
2009
as Taper
In order to see magic idol Krell Darius perform his world-famous magic act, a beautiful aspiring young-magician, Tatiana, travels from New York to Las...

The Bleeding
2009
as Jake Plummer
Surrounded by carnage, slaughter, brutal crashes and total mayhem, Shawn Black is in a race to save the world from pure evil.

Chicago Overcoat
2009
as Stefano D'Agnostino
The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last job leads to one last chance to settle an old score.

Smile
2009
as Tollinger
A carefree summer vacation turns into an inescapable terror trap for a group of young students who buy a vintage instant camera from a mysterious loca...

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
2009
as Self
In the 1980s we got our MTV but seemed to have lost much of the musical film in the process. But the genre is resilient. A handful of masterpieces alo...

The Line
2009
as Padre Antonio
The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate,...

The Steam Experiment
2009
as Detective Mancini
A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warmin...

The Lost
2009
as Kevin
Kevin, an American psychiatrist has just entered the bestseller list books. During the recent book promotion tour he meets a sister of a former patien...

Shark Swarm
2008
as Hamilton Lux
A fisherman and his family fight to take down a greedy real estate developer who has released toxins into the ocean, turning the area's sharks into bl...

The Man Who Came Back
2008
as Amos
Framed for murder and left for dead, a local legend comes back to make the guilty pay as he seeks revenge on those who killed his family, in this trad...

American Gangster
2007
as Dominic Cattano
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American...

When Nietzsche Wept
2007
as Nietzsche
Viennese doctor Josef Bruer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.

The Killing Grounds
2007
as Kemal Aslan
Set against the backdrop of a violent gang war, the police commissioner must find who is killing young children before the next innocent victim dies.

California Dreamin'
2007
as Captain Jones
1999. Kosovo War. In a small Romanian village, the chief of the railway station, who also happens to be a local gangster, stops a NATO train transport...

Mexican Sunrise
2007
as Salvidar
Ryan is getting married. His friends take him across the US-Mexican border for a bachelor party the night before his wedding. A night that begins with...

Dead Lenny
2007
as Tony Thick
A local New York City mobster named Tony Thick is expecting $5 million in cash to be delivered by Lenny Long from Los Angeles. Soon enough he realizes...

Casanova's Last Stand
2007
as Sebastian Marr
The life of Casanova as told through the love letters he sent and received, which were found in the castle of Duchov where he died. The loves, hates, ...

Surveillance
2006
as Harley
The story of an security guard whose spotless record at crime prevention marks the horrifying reality of deception, blackmail and murder.

Soul's Midnight
2006
as Simon
Soul's Midnight is a present day vampire horror based on a historic cult who delves into ancient rituals revolving around the legend of St. George. Th...

Funny Money
2006
as Genero
Henry Perkins, a mild-mannered accountant, accidentally trades briefcases with another man, to find out that there's a million dollars inside. Henry t...

Two for the Money
2005
as Novian
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.

Mirror Wars: Reflection One
2005
as Henry York
Mirror Wars: Reflection One is a post-cold-war thriller from the Russian point of view. Bad-guy British arms dealer Murdock (Malcolm McDowell) and num...

Confessions of a Pit Fighter
2005
as Argento
"From the day I was born I had to fight to survive. I fought everyone and everything that came in front of me. On the streets, confessions are made in...

The Third Wish
2005
as Benefactor
Bookshop clerk Maggie Malone is granted three wishes after she finds a first-edition copy of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

Dot.Kill
2005
as Det. Charlie Daines
Charlie Daines is a morphine-addicted detective on the trail of a psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As ...

Dot.Kill
2005
Executive Producer
Charlie Daines is a morphine-addicted detective on the trail of a psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As ...

Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
2005
as Yitzchak, the Inkman (voice)
Rambam was born in Cordova, Spain in the 12th century. Known as the "Nesher Gadol" the "Great Eagle" - Rambam had the unique ability to see and percei...

Tough Luck
2004
as Ike
A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beauti...

Consequence
2003
as Sam Tyler / Max Tyler / Sam Burns
A man does an identity switch to collect insurance money but finds himself in danger.

Citizen Verdict
2003
as Sam Patterson
A sensationalist TV producer has a novel new idea to shake up American reality TV: Citizen Verdict, a live show where accused criminals are tried and ...

Partners in Action
2002
as Jack Cunningham
Drama about a former police officer who's framed for murder and a young boy who attempts to help him clear his name.

Federal Protection
2002
as Frank Carbone / Howard Akers
"Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Fra...

One Eyed King
2001
as Holly
Residents of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen attempt to balance family and friendship against the harsh street life that unfolds around them

After the Storm
2001
as Jean-Pierre
On the run from smugglers and the police, world-weary scavenger Arno (Benjamin Bratt) takes a job as a courier for a tycoon. But when the tycoon's yac...

Last Run
2001
as Frank Banner
Frank Banner used to specialize in helping Soviet spies defect safely to the West. Banner's wife was shot to death aiding such an escape. Now, with th...
Ice Age Survivors
2001
as Narrator
By the end of the Ice Age - only ten thousand years ago - many great mammals had died out. The woolly mammoth, the dire wolf, the saber-tooth cat and ...

Looking for an Echo
2000
as Vince 'Vinnie' Pirelli
The lead singer of an oldies group reminisces about the good ol' days and a potential comeback.

On the Beach
2000
as Cmdr. Dwight Towers
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floati...

The Road to El Dorado
2000
as Tzekel-Kan (voice)
Stowing away after a failed con, a pair of swindlers end up on El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold", where they quickly get in over their heads when t...

The Hunley
1999
as Lt. George Dixon
CSS Hunley tells the incredible true story of the crew of the manually propelled submarine CSS Hunley, during the siege of Charleston of 1864. It is a...
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
1999
as The Inkman (voice)
A winemaker overcomes the ignorance and illiteracy of his era to become a Torah commentator who defends the right to spiritual choice and freedom in t...

The Odyssey
1997
as Odysseus
In this adaptation of Homer's timeless epic, Armand Assante stars as Odysseus, the warrior King of the mythical island of Ithaca, who must endure a de...

Gotti
1996
as John Gotti
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the mo...

Striptease
1996
as Lt. Al Garcia
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the ...

Kidnapped
1995
as Alan Breck Stewart
When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy ...

Judge Dredd
1995
as Rico
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his m...
Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
1995
as Himself
Documentary on the making of the 1995 film 'Judge Dredd.'

Trial by Jury
1994
as Rusty Pirone
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.

Blind Justice
1994
as Canaan
Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a tow...

Fatal Instinct
1993
as Ned Ravine
Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an ass...

Hoffa
1992
as Carol D'Allesandro
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles w...

1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
as Sanchez
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

The Mambo Kings
1992
as Cesar Castillo
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American ...

Fever
1991
as Ray
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do ...

The Marrying Man
1991
as Bugsy Siegel
Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas...

Eternity
1990
as Romi / Sean
TV producer James has an extremely vivid dream, in which he is a prince struggling to keep the kingdom at peace against the wishes of his warfaring br...

Q & A
1990
as Bobby Texador
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who...

Animal Behavior
1989
as Mark Mathias
Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. H...

Passion and Paradise
1989
as Alfred de Marigny
Sir Harry Oakes, a wealthy British aristocrat is murdered by his son-in-law, revealing international intrigue and deception in the Bahamas before Worl...

The Penitent
1988
as Juan Mateo
Tension between a jealous husband, his wife who's attracted to his friend and the friend is rising as their small, deeply catholic, Mexican village is...

Hands of a Stranger
1987
as Joe Hearn
A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

Stranger in My Bed
1987
as Hal Slater
A woman gets amnesia after an accident, and doesn't remember her life, including her husband. While she tries to recall, she meets a man and begins a ...

Belizaire the Cajun
1986
as Belizaire Breaux
In 19th-century Louisiana's Cajun country, Belizaire is the informal spokesman for his citizens, who don't see eye to eye with local racists who wish ...

A Deadly Business
1986
as Charles Macaluso
The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia. Hav...

Why Me?
1984
as Dr. James Stallings
An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.

Unfaithfully Yours
1984
as Maxmillian Stein
A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.

Rage of Angels
1983
as Michael Moretti
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel. A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost dis...

I, the Jury
1982
as Mike Hammer
Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. ...

Love and Money
1981
as Lorenzo Prado
An investment planner, bored with his job and his girlfriend, is given the opportunity to help open a new firm in South America. Once in the new count...
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980
as Riccardo Scicolone
This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic ...

Private Benjamin
1980
as Henrí Trémont
A sheltered young high society woman joins the US Army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Little Darlings
1980
as Gary
Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

Prophecy
1979
as John Hawks
When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate. C...

The Pirate
1978
as Ahmed
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fort...

Lady of the House
1978
as Ernest de Paulo
A dramatization of the life of Sally Stanford, who operated a bordello in the northern California town of Sausalito, and eventually went on to be elec...
Human Feelings
1978
as Johnny Turner
A pilot movie dealing with the day-to-day workings of God herself, here threatening to destroy Las Vegas if six righteous people cannot be found there...

Paradise Alley
1978
as Lenny Carboni
Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's p...

The Lords of Flatbush
1974
as Wedding Guest
Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal c...

Misdirection
N/A
A desperate couple who have pulled off a string of high-end break-ins to pay off a mob debt. When they attempt to rob their latest victim, they find t...

260 Days
N/A
as Oficir JNA
The carefree and somewhat idyllic life of a ten year old boy named Marijan is violently interrupted when war ravages his small town of Dalj and his fa...
Land of Mercy
N/A
as Gongba Tulku (voice)
A young man embarks on a quest for Buddhist enlightenment that was the last wish of his dying father.

Revival
N/A
as Jean Perbost
In 2020, when a French robotics student investigates his mother's guarded secret about his true Armenian identity, he jeopardizes his university AI co...

The Book of Leah
N/A
as Adam Siegal
The Book of Leah is a coming of age story, a drama about love, culture, and above all a witness to history.