Brian Tarantina

Brian Tarantina

1959-03-27 New York City, New York, USA 37 Credits

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.

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The Kitchen

The Kitchen

2019

as Burns

6.1
Acting

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

Ask for Jane

2019

as Angry Doctor

6.5
Acting

A group of college students develop an underground network that helps women get abortions in the pre-Roe vs. Wade Chicago.

BlacKkKlansman

BlacKkKlansman

2018

as Officer Clay Mulaney

7.5
Acting

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operatio...

Breaking Brooklyn

Breaking Brooklyn

2018

as Randy

7.8
Acting

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

#Lucky Number

2015

as Blue Collar Mafia

5.0
Acting

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

Zarra's Law

2014

as Frankie Andreoli

2.8
Acting

Retired detective Tony Zarra is pushed into the world of crime after the murder of his younger brother.

Rob the Mob

Rob the Mob

2014

as Ronnie

6.1
Acting

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

Knight and Day

2010

as Scrap Yard Man

6.2
Acting

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

Ghost Town

2008

as Ghost Cop

6.5
Acting

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

The Brave One

2007

as Gun Store Clerk

6.6
Acting

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

A Crime

A Crime

2006

as Joe

5.5
Acting

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

Unconscious

2006

as Morelli

6.0
Acting

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

Duane Hopwood

2005

5.7
Acting

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

City by the Sea

2002

as Snake

5.8
Acting

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

Personal Velocity

2002

as Pete Shunt

5.8
Acting

In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

The Photographer

The Photographer

2000

as Camera Salesman

3.5
Acting

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

The Talented Mr. Ripley

1999

as Fighting Neighbor

7.2
Acting

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

Summer of Sam

1999

as Bobby Del Fiore

6.5
Acting

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

3.0
Acting

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

Better Living

1998

as Danny

1.5
Acting

A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship.

Walking to the Waterline

Walking to the Waterline

1998

as Lucy 'Replacement'

4.5
Acting

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

Donnie Brasco

1997

as Bruno

7.5
Acting

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

3.3
Acting

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

The Associate

1996

as Eddie

6.3
Acting

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

Vibrations

1996

as Tough Guy #2

3.5
Acting

A musician who lost his hands falls for a woman whose technologically adept friends help him make a comeback.

Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses

1996

as Randy

5.9
Acting

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

The Jerky Boys

1995

as Geno

4.2
Acting

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

Carlito's Way

1993

as Speller

7.8
Acting

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

The Saint of Fort Washington

1993

as Fred

6.6
Acting

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

Jacob's Ladder

1990

as Doug

7.4
Acting

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

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

as Vet #2 - Miami Convention

7.0
Acting

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

2.3
Acting

A young girl runs away and is forced to become a prostitute.

Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

1989

as E. Roger Coswell

6.8
Acting

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

The January Man

1989

as Cone

5.0
Acting

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

Critical Condition

1987

as Tommy Pinto

5.5
Acting

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

Resting Place

1986

as Sp4 Beyer

6.1
Acting

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

The Cotton Club

1984

as Vince Hood

6.5
Acting

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.