Biography
Brian Tarantina (March 27, 1959 – November 2, 2019) was an American stage, screen, and television character actor born in New York City. He was known for his roles on such shows as One Life to Live, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Gilmore Girls.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Kitchen
2019
as Burns
The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take ...
Ask for Jane
2019
as Angry Doctor
A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.
BlacKkKlansman
2018
as Officer Clay Mulaney
Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operatio...
Breaking Brooklyn
2018
as Randy
A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged fo...
#Lucky Number
2015
as Blue Collar Mafia
Made for TV movie based on a true story, an aspiring New York City sportscaster's life is on the slow track until he serendipitously gets the old cell...
Zarra's Law
2014
as Frankie Andreoli
Retired detective Tony Zarra is pushed into the world of crime after the murder of his younger brother.
Rob the Mob
2014
as Ronnie
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...
Knight and Day
2010
as Scrap Yard Man
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting al...
Ghost Town
2008
as Ghost Cop
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse,...
The Brave One
2007
as Gun Store Clerk
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
A Crime
2006
as Joe
Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit,...
Unconscious
2006
as Morelli
Six different people all believe an unconscious and unidentified man in a hospital is their missing person. A film about being unconscious . . . or no...
Duane Hopwood
2005
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
City by the Sea
2002
as Snake
Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but ...
Personal Velocity
2002
as Pete Shunt
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
The Photographer
2000
as Camera Salesman
A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night befo...
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
as Fighting Neighbor
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U...
Summer of Sam
1999
as Bobby Del Fiore
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
Roberta
1999
as Donald
When Jonathan Fishman, a young Manhattan computer specialist randomly encounters a prostitute he is shocked to recognize her as Roberta whom he knew w...
Better Living
1998
as Danny
A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship.
Walking to the Waterline
1998
as Lucy 'Replacement'
Once a successful television sitcom star, Francis McGowan is now a struggling actor who returns to his family home on the Jersey Shore to sell it foll...
Donnie Brasco
1997
as Bruno
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
FireHouse
1997
as Hooded Man
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...
The Associate
1996
as Eddie
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior inve...
Vibrations
1996
as Tough Guy #2
A musician who lost his hands falls for a woman whose technologically adept friends help him make a comeback.
Bed of Roses
1996
as Randy
The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies c...
The Jerky Boys
1995
as Geno
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in...
Carlito's Way
1993
as Speller
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New Yor...
The Saint of Fort Washington
1993
as Fred
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more...
Jacob's Ladder
1990
as Doug
After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rap...
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Vet #2 - Miami Convention
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...
Runaway Dreams
1989
A young girl runs away and is forced to become a prostitute.
Uncle Buck
1989
as E. Roger Coswell
Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewhe...
The January Man
1989
as Cone
Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A we...
Critical Condition
1987
as Tommy Pinto
Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital ...
Resting Place
1986
as Sp4 Beyer
A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the...
The Cotton Club
1984
as Vince Hood
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.