Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Aaron Proval (born May 20, 1942) is an American actor, known for his roles as Richie Aprile on the HBO television series The Sopranos and as Tony DeVienazo in the 1973 Martin Scorsese film Mean Streets opposite Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. Proval was born in Brooklyn, New York of Jewish heritage, the son of actress Clara Katz of Romanian origin. He has appeared in such feature films as The Shawshank Redemption, Mob Queen, Four Rooms, UHF, Inno...
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Written for Walken
2023
as David Proval
An aspiring filmmaker uses his few contacts to try and get actor Christopher Walken attached to the movie he hasn't written yet.

The Latin from Manhattan
2022
as Mickey
Follows the wild, exhilarating life of legendary adult film icon Vanessa Del Rio, set against the backdrop of organized crime-controlled Times Square ...

Lost Angelas
2019
as Vince Rose
Best actress nominee Angela Rose is missing and the only lead to her over-publicized disappearance is her ex-fiancé and struggling screenwriter, Jake ...

Rusty
2019
as Uncle Charlie
The film tells the story of Rusty McCaan, who is recently released from prison and struggling to find work in a rural American town. While trying to b...

Papa
2018
as David Dresner
A young man, Ben Freidman (Scott Wilson) raised by wealthy adoptive Jewish parents in Beverly Hills, decides that he is ready to finally meet his biol...

Cabaret Maxime
2018
as Mr. Gus
A cabaret owner tries to keep his club from being taken over by the powers that be.

High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018
as Don
A minor league baseball player refuses to believe his career is over and takes desperate measures to keep his dream alive.

The Brooklyn Banker
2016
as Manny
The story of Santo Bastucci, a local banker with a rare gift for memorizing numbers; he is unwittingly cast into the forefront of an aging wiseguy's b...

Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2
2015
as Himself
This show is not produced or released by HBO & includes rare never seen footage! See Bloopers, Retakes, & Candid Videos! Visit Filming Locations & wat...
The Legacy of Avril Kyte
2015
as Harold
After a self-imposed absence, Avril Kyte returns to the small North Pacific fishing town she grew up in to discover her entire world is about to chang...

Sharkskin
2015
The Post War II story of Manhattan born Mike Esposito, a practiced tailor of custom mens clothing; a man of dignity and honor, whose developing involv...

Silent but Deadly
2012
as Giovanni
Senior citizens are being offed by a masked killer in their small retirement community.

Just 45 Minutes from Broadway
2012
as Larry Cooper
Stinging from the latest of several romantic break-ups, Pandora Isaacs (Tanna Frederick) retreats to the safety of her parents’ ramshackle upstate cou...

Adventures of Serial Buddies
2011
as Big Chicken
Gregory is a devout Catholic who wants to kill evil people in order to grant them safe passage to heaven, Gary is an assembly worker at a trophy shop ...

Queen of the Lot
2010
as Caesar
An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two thing...

Pete Smalls Is Dead
2010
as Nimmo
Two old pals attend an old friends funeral and find there is more to his death than him being dead.

The Deported
2010
as Chabuyo
An Italian-American actor is deported to Mexico by some crooked INS Agents, and a pack of orphans helps him find his way back to America

Phantom Punch
2008
as Savino
From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively...

Stiletto
2008
as Mohammad
The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her...

The Unknown Trilogy
2008
as Lucky Smith (segment "Frankie the Squirrel")
Somewhere, between the boundaries of life and death, lays the darkest places in the human heart. In these dimly lit recesses crouch fears older than m...

Balls of Fury
2007
as Mob Boss
Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling deb...

Hollywood Dreams
2007
as Caesar DiNatale
The tale of a young girl fresh off the bus from Iowa, who falls in love with a sexy and promising young actor, though their relationship threatens to ...

Smokin' Aces
2006
as Victor Padiche
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of...

The Real Sopranos
2006
This movie shows the connections between the TV series 'The Sopranos' and a real-life New Jersey Mob. The story of the rise and fall of New Jersey’s D...

The Circle
2005
as Dad
A frantic young woman begs a stranger to help save her marked husband, not realizing that the stranger is the hit man hired to kill him. Experimental ...

Nobody Wants Your Film
2005
as Self
Director Peter Judson's semifictitious tale opens a revealing window into the indie filmmaking process, capturing the trivialities, aggravations and e...

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Mr. Grant (uncredited)
After her triumph at the Miss United States pageant, FBI agent Gracie Hart becomes an overnight sensation -- and the new "face of the FBI". But it's t...

Murder Without Conviction
2004
as James Talley /Edward Talley - Age 55
Recently released from her vows as a nun, Christine Bennett is discovering "life on the outside." After a visit to her mentally-handicapped cousin Gen...

Just Desserts
2004
as Uncle Fabrizio
Marco Poloni's family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Ma...

Bookies
2003
as Larry
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention o...

The Hollywood Sign
2002
as Charlie
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant c...

13 Moons
2002
as Mo
Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting ...

White Boy
2002
as Jim Lovero
An Italian street hood gets romantically involved with a woman who is the ex-girlfriend of a leader of a white supremacist gang, after being being bru...

James Dean
2001
as Daniel Mann
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life ech...

Zigs
2001
as Mike's Dad
Four young gamblers come up with a plan to get out of debt with a fixed game.

Newsbreak
2000
as Jacob Johnson
A reporter risks his life to get to the bottom of a stack of lies, corruption and murder surrounding the opening of a local power plant.

The Siege
1998
as Danny Sussman
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent ...

Mob Queen
1998
as George Gianfranco
In Brooklyn of the '50s, small-time mobster George and his sidekick Dip realize they've forgotten the birthday of mob boss Joey, so they engage the se...

Flipping
1997
as Billy White, Cop / Narrator / Michael's Lover
The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker, Joey, and Dennis. Five gangsters who work for a man named Leo. They soon discover they could get more out of...

The Relic
1997
as Guard Johnson
A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

Rolling Thunder
1996
An ex-military unit specializes itself in non-lethal combat methods and takedowns and offers its services

The Phantom
1996
as Charlie Zephro
The 21st successor to the role of Bengalla's resident superhero must travel to New York to prevent a rich madman from obtaining three magic skulls tha...

The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play
1996
as Joseph 'Happy' Cartello
An friend of Jim's continues to seek his help for her murdered son, but when she winds up dead not long after an altercation with the mafia man, Jim m...

Skyscraper
1996
as Security guard (uncredited)
A helicopter charter turns deadly when the pilot finds that she is on a building held by terrorists. It is up to her and her husband to save the hosta...

Four Rooms
1995
as Siegfried
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems t...

The Courtyard
1995
as Dog Man
Architect Jonathan moves into an LA courtyard apartment complex; then one of his neighbors is murdered ... by mistake ... Jonathan was the intended vi...

To the Limit
1995
as Joey Bambino
Colette is an attractive ex-CIA agent seeking revenge against a ruthless villain and his organization of trained assassins for the murder of her husba...

The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
as Electrician
The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.

The Shawshank Redemption
1994
as Snooze
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, wh...

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

Strike a Pose
1993
as McTeague
A famous fashion photographer and her lover, ace detective Nick Carter, team up to bring the vengeful killer of prominent fashion models to justice.

Innocent Blood
1992
as Lenny
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than s...

UHF
1989
as Head Thug
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.

Shakedown
1988
as Larry
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investiga...

Vice Versa
1988
as Turk
A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

The Monster Squad
1987
as Pilot
Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerfu...

The Star Chamber
1983
as Officer Nelson
As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle wi...

Hey Good Lookin'
1982
as Crazy Shapiro (voice)
An outrageous, affectionate look at coming of age in the Eisenhower era in Brooklyn.

Nunzio
1978
as Nunzio
A mentally-challenged delivery boy indulges in fantasies that he is a superhero in the tough streets of Brooklyn. He lives a life marked with torments...

Nowhere to Hide
1977
as Rick
A special unit of the U.S. Marshal's Service is assigned to protect a syndicate hitman who is to testify against his former bosses, who have put out a...

Wizards
1977
as Peace (voice)
After the death of his mother, the evil mutant wizard Blackwolf discovers some long-lost military technologies. Full of ego and ambition, Blackwolf cl...

Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
as Ben
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank ...

Foster & Laurie
1975
as Ianucci
The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by black revolutionaries and the efforts to hunt down...

Cinderella Liberty
1973
as Sailor #1
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a Seattle hooker and becomes a surrogate father figure for her son during an extended liberty due to his servi...

Mean Streets
1973
as Tony DeVienazo
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

The Boston Strangler
1968
as Removalist (uncredited)
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through ...