Biography
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise, known professionally as Burt Young, was an American actor who played Rocky Balboa's friend Paulie in the Rocky film series. He also appeared in films such as Chinatown, The Gambler, and Once Upon a Time in America, and was a painter and a writer.
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Complete Filmography

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMZ exclusively sits down with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone as they discuss for the first time how their once-fierce rivalry led to tw...

Sly
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.

The Making of 'Rocky vs. Drago'
2021
as Paulie Pennino (archive footage)
Fight alongside Sylvester Stallone as he creates a brand-new director's cut of Rocky IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO. This feature-length documentary offers a per...

The Final Code
2021
as Detective
A captive daughter endures around two decades of abuse at the hands of a sadistic father. One day, destiny presents her with an opportunity to break f...

Tomorrow's Today
2021
as Luca
Small time grifter, Charlie holds himself responsible for the death of his son. Trying to right his wrongs, he collides with a well meaning loser name...

Stallone: Frank, That Is
2021
as Self
An inside look into the fascinating life, career and survival of the most unknown famous entertainer in Hollywood.

Beckman
2020
as Salvatore
A contract killer, becomes the reverend of a LA church, until a cult leader and his minions kidnap his daughter. Blinded by vengeance, he cuts a blood...

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky" to mark the film's 40th anniversary.

Road to the Lemon Grove
2019
as Zio Vincenzo
A deceased Sicilian father, has one last outrageous mission in store for his son - spread his ashes in the lemon groves of Sicily, reunite two feuding...

Vault
2019
as Don Ruggiero
A group of small time criminals in 1975 attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history; stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the sma...

Epiphany
2019
as Crab Apple
A young girl struggles to create a relationship with her father after the death of her aunt who raised her.

Six Children and One Grandfather
2019
as Mr. Bloom
David McDoll is a selfish and wealthy man living an enviable lifestyle in his large villa and collecting fancy cars. However, his life is about to be ...

Smothered by Mothers
2019
as Ivan
A football star loses all of his and his relatives money in a Ponzi scheme and becomes a father with three different women, all at the same time. The ...

The Brawler
2019
as Salvatore
The true story of underdog boxer, Chuck Wepner, who gets a shot to fight the champ, Muhammed Ali.

Tapestry
2019
as Ian
As things start to unravel in Ryan's life, he is left feeling vulnerable, insignificant and wondering why. With his priorities on everything but God, ...

The Amityville Murders
2018
as Michael Brigante
On the night of November 13th, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo clai...

Sarah Q
2018
as Grandpa
The adventures of a young woman who moves to New York City from a small town to become an actress.

The Neighborhood
2017
as Jingles
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...

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
as Self
An examination of the Oscar-winning director who brought to life some of cinema's most beloved motion pictures.

King Rat
2017
as Art Stillman
A comedy-drama, King Rat examines the possibility that years after graduation - whether it's ten years or thirty - we may be stuck with the same issue...

Irene & Marie
2015
as John
Olympia Dukakis and Rose Gregorio play Greek-American women in their 70s who create stories to avoid the realities of growing older.

The Elevator: Three Minutes Can Change Your Life
2015
as George
A disturbing psychological thriller, that engages the audience to the point that it is always caught off guard, thus changing the point of view of the...

Tom in America
2014
as Michael
For 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's l...

Zarra's Law
2014
as Paul Canto
Retired detective Tony Zarra is pushed into the world of crime after the murder of his younger brother.

Rob the Mob
2014
as Joey D
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble u...

Abigail Harm
2013
as Mr. Warren
Abigail Harm is a woman living in a fictionalized New York City, who, after being granted a wish by a strange visitor, asks for love and learns of a c...

See You Tomorrow
2013
as Palagonia
2013 Italian comedy

Casting By
2012
as Self
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the mo...

The Shoemaker
2012
as Nicky the Greek
Before Nike, and Adidas, there was the Hi-Jo! Here is a Brooklyn tale set back in the day about a young Italian-American shoemaker (Frank) on the verg...

The Rocky Saga: Going the Distance
2011
as Self
The 35th anniversary of the 1976 Oscar-winning film “Rocky” is marked with a TV retrospective in which Sylvester Stallone and others reminisce about t...

Win Win
2011
as Leo Poplar
When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns...
Kingshighway
2010
as Mario Capriolini
A young man visits a bar and falls for the waitress whose family turns out to be tied to Italian mob. The head henchman doesn't like him, so things he...

Oliviero Rising
2009
as Santino
A young and charming employee finds himself victim of an "office intrigue" engineered by his attractive female boss.

New York, I Love You
2008
as Landlord
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond Dist...

Carnera: The Walking Mountain
2008
as Lou Soresi
The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also ac...

The Hideout
2007
as Mueller
A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years rec...

Hack!
2007
as J.T. Bates
Seven college students are picked to travel to a private island owned by the reclusive Vincent King and his film-obsessed wife Mary Shelley to study i...

Go Go Tales
2007
as Murray
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
Skill vs. Will: The Making of 'Rocky Balboa'
2007
as Self
An overview of the making of Rocky Balboa (2006)

Blue Lake Butcher
2007
as Pops
While traumatized by the sight of his mother's death by his father's butcher knife, Marcus finds himself in the same situation years later with his ow...

Rocky Balboa
2006
as Paulie Pennino
His wife is dead and his son hates him, but this old man still has fight in him! When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ R...

The Opponents
2006
as Self (archive footage) / Paulie Pennino
Documentary about Rocky Balboa's opponents throughout the saga from the original Rocky (1976) to Rocky V (1990).

The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'
2006
A wonderful making of featurette that focuses on the controversial novel that inspired the film Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) as well the production hi...
Tribute To Burgess Meredith
2006
as Self (voice)
The cast of Rocky (1976) pays tribute to actor Burgess Meredith.

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005
as Artie Bottolota Sr.
Seduced by the brutal New York underworld, future gangster legend Carlito Brigante enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Assisted by his tw...

Bio.
2005
as Self

Transamerica
2005
as Murray Schupak
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Nicky's Game
2005
as Leo Singer
A down on his luck Brooklyn native parlays his Yale education into a job as a professional poker player.

Downtown: A Street Tale
2004
as Gus
A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, ...

Land of Plenty
2004
as Sherman
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Curly in Chinatown (archive footage)
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

Crooked Lines
2003
as Mike
Johnny, Chris, Sal, and Joe are four petty crooks thrown together for the job of a lifetime. $1 million in mob money being held at a delicatessen for ...

Kiss The Bride
2002
as Santo Sposato
Sibling drama overshadows the impending nuptials of Danni Sposato and her longtime boyfriend, Geoff Brancato. Television actress Niki brings her manag...

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as Gino
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in tro...

Checkout
2002
as Uncle Louie
A romantic comedy about a grocery store dating service that is set to open a one-week run this Friday at the Little Theatre.

The Day the Ponies Come Back
2001
as John Stoller
While on a business trip to New York City, Frenchman Daniel Moulin hopes to track down his long-lost father. His initial investigation on the rough Br...

The Boys of Sunset Ridge
2001
as Hank Bartlowski
Four young friends sneak onto an exclusive country club for 18 holes of golf, and begin a tradition that will strengthen their bonds and weather the t...

Plan B
2001
as Sal Palermo
A bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a hitman.

Very Mean Men
2000
as Dominic Piazza
A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, t...

Never Look Back
2000
as Warden Gavin
Jailed ex-fighter Donavan Wallace strikes a deal with the prison warden for early parole - he is to go into a town to pick up a mysterious crate. He f...

L'uomo della fortuna
2000
as Don Ettore Visone

Blue Moon
2000
as Bobby
Hoping to revitalize their marriage, an elderly couple from New York (Gazzara, Moreno) go on vacation to the Catskills.

Table One
2000
as Frankie Chips
Four friends (Stephen Baldwin, Michael Rooker, Luis Guzman and David Herman) who are misfits in the New York City social scene have trouble meeting av...

Terra bruciata
1999
as Joe

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999
as Vito Graziosi
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999
as Self

The Florentine
1999
as Joe McCollough
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of lif...

Loser Love
1999
as Sydney
A young woman decides to get even with her abusive boyfriend.

The Deli
1997
as JC
An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.

Before Women Had Wings
1997
as Louis Ippolito
An adaptation of Connie May Fowler's 1996 novel tracing the unlikely friendship between a young white girl, daughter of an alcoholic mother and a no-g...

Kicked in the Head
1997
as Jack
When Redmon finds himself out of home and job, his life becomes a series of unpredictable escapades - from dodging gunfire after his uncle makes him d...

She's So Lovely
1997
as Lorenzo
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his i...

Hot Blooded
1997
as Roy
College boy Trent is returning home for the holidays when he crosses the path of bad-girl Miya at a truck stop. When he agrees to give her a ride, he ...

The Undertaker's Wedding
1997
as Alberto
A hapless undertaker becomes embroiled in a mafia war when he's forced to protect the brutal brother of a mob kingpin while be becomes romantically in...

Heaven Before I Die
1997
as Pollof
Jacob's feet are so turned out that he walks like Charlie Chaplin. He is different because of that and decides to emigrate from Palestine to Canada, w...
FireHouse
1997
as Chief Shea
A film about the dealings of a crew at a firehouse. The group is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consol...

North Star
1996
as Reno
Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every claim that...

Vendetta II: The New Mafia
1993
as Vincent Domenici

Double Deception
1993
as Zimmer
An ex-call girl hires private investigator Jon Kane to find her missing husband.

Excessive Force
1993
as Sal DiMarco
Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sal...

The Final Contract
1993
as Francesco Della Croce
David Sloan is 40 and is a Vietnam veteran unable to accept his violent past. Decides to consult a psychiatrist and gradually begins to understand tha...

Circle of Fear
1992
as Mancini
Michael Woods stars as Tony Giordani, a narcotics agent who learns that his wife has been murdered while he is recuperating from an attack by a myster...

Bad Girls
1992
as Leo
The Italian erotic thriller Cattive ragazze (Bad Girls) was directed by gossip columnist Marina Ripa Di Meana, and stars Eva Grimaldi as a recently di...

Americano rosso
1991
as George Maniago

Rocky V
1990
as Paulie Pennino
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky’s career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rock...

Bright Angel
1990
as Art
In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the edge. When George meets pret...

Backstreet Dreams
1990
as Luca
Caught in the web of inner city violence, extortion and drugs, Dean Costello is a small-time gangster with big-time dreams for himself and his autisti...

Diving In
1990
as Coach Mack
A high school diver fights his fear of heights and diving to get onto the team. He gets onto the team, only to find that he must dive the high platfor...

Club Fed
1990
as Warden Boyle
A powerful gangster is murdered. However, All of his holdings were in his girlfriend's name. So she is charged and sent to a minimum-security prison, ...

Betsy's Wedding
1990
as Georgie
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but B...

Wait Until Spring, Bandini
1989
as Rocco
Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer...

Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Clive
A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.

Blood Red
1989
as Andrews
Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industrialists.

Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
as Big Joe
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute...

Going Overboard
1989
as General Noriega
Shecky Moskowitz is the zany cocktail waiter on this pleasure cruise with stunningly gorgeous beauty queens. Since the ship's comedian, Dickie Diamond...

Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed the leadership of this exceptional organization. For ...

Medium Rare
1987
as Harry Costas
Death of his wife's pet poodle and a threatening movie producer create a world of trouble for a middle-aged B-movie mogul. He hires two psychopathic g...

Back to School
1986
as Lou
Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fe...

Rocky IV
1985
as Paulie Pennino
After Apollo Creed is killed by Ivan Drago in a match, Rocky Balboa becomes depressed and becomes determined to get revenge.

A Summer to Remember
1985
as Fidel Fargo
Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new ste...

The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
as Bed Bug Eddie
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. Th...

Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Joe
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the gh...

Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984
as Phil
A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlf...

Lookin' to Get Out
1982
as Jerry Feldman
Two gamblers must leave New York City after one loses a lot of money. Doing what all gamblers in trouble would do, they hurry to the gambling capital ...

Amityville II: The Possession
1982
as Anthony Montelli
Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of par...

Rocky III
1982
as Paulie Pennino
After an intense fight with Clubber Lang and the death of his trainer Mickey, Rocky Balboa is left devastated. Former rival Apollo Creed steps in to h...

...All the Marbles
1981
as Eddie Cisco
A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.

Blood Beach
1980
as Sergeant Royko
Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing ...

Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
as Lt. Palumbo
A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling...

Rocky II
1979
as Paulie Pennino
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put...

Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
1978
as Rocco Agnelli
The unfulfilled dreams of his parents and the tensions created at home cause life to become a nightmare for a youngster who seeks release in a withdra...

Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
1978
Writer
The unfulfilled dreams of his parents and the tensions created at home cause life to become a nightmare for a youngster who seeks release in a withdra...

Convoy
1978
as Pig Pen
Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But connivin...

Uncle Joe Shannon
1978
as Joe Shannon
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles ...

Uncle Joe Shannon
1978
Writer
A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles ...

The Choirboys
1977
as Scuzzi
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Augie Garvas
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 u...

Rocky
1976
as Paulie Pennino
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion...

Woman of the Year
1976
as Ralph Rodino
The story of the tumultuous marriage of a gruff sportswriter and a sophisticated international reporter who work together on the same newspaper.

Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
as Warden Durgom
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 ...

Serpico: The Deadly Game
1976
as Alec Rosen
This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police...

The Killer Elite
1975
as Mac
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for...

Murph the Surf
1975
as Sgt. Bernasconi
Based on a true story, details the daring 1964 theft of the J.P. Morgan jewel collection from New York's American Museum of Natural History. Called th...

Hustling
1975
as Gustavino
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry ...

The Gambler
1974
as Carmine
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

The Great Niagara
1974
as Ace Tully
An embittered old man is obsessed with conquering the Niagara River and Niagara Falls. He endangers his sons' lives by forcing them to challenge the f...

Chinatown
1974
as Curly
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to inve...

Cinderella Liberty
1973
as Master at Arms
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...

The Connection
1973
as Ernie
An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.

Across 110th Street
1972
as Lapides
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are tw...

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971
as Willie Quarequlo
A Brooklyn mobster and his gang try to rub out their rivals.

Born to Win
1971
as First Hood
A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".

Carnival of Blood
1970
as Gimpy (as John Harris)
A psychopathic killer uses the carousel ride at a carnival to pick his victims, whom he then murders and dismembers.
Way of the Warriors
N/A
as George Stevens
A high school hockey team in Minnesota overcomes challenges on and off the ice to have a chance of winning a state championship.

The Good Life
N/A
as Jimmy