Biography
Mike Starr (born July 29, 1950) is an American actor. Known for his large size at 6' 3" (190 cm), he has typically been typecast as playing thugs or henchmen. Starr was born in Flushing, Queens, New York to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father. His older brother Beau Starr is also an actor. Mike Starr is a graduate of Hofstra University. He and his family reside in Riverdale, New York.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Til Death Do Us Part
2023
as Father
After bailing on her wedding, a former bride-to-be must fight off her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen in order to survive the night.

The Crusades
2023
as Mr. Podkowa
On the edge of revolutionary change at their all boys private high school, three friends set out to have one last great weekend while dodging authorit...

Sweetwater
2023
as Eddie Gottlieb
In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of th...

Life's Better Protected
2022
as The Casting Director
Over budget and out of money to finish an animated film, an eccentric, cannoli-deprived film producer must salvage what footage he can and pawn it off...

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self
An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Michael Madsen, from troubled youth to film star, tol...

Clowning
2022
as Detective Welles
With his girlfriend pregnant, Dante, a pacifist hippie who makes lip balm called, Mama Earth; is struggling to keep his bills paid. After finding a my...
Scarlett
2021
Angelina Ellington is a black investigative reporter who despises the mob. She stumbles upon a dead body that leads her through a labyrinth of tunnels...

The Cleaner
2021
as Carl
When middle-aged house cleaner Buck Enderly takes on an eccentric new client, he gets roped into locating her estranged son. Buck tracks down the dist...

Zeroville
2019
as Burly
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.

Recovery
2019
as Dr. Taylor
The patients and staff of a secluded heroin treatment center must do battle with more than their own demons as a mysterious killer begins picking them...

Offstage Elements
2019
as Sammy Gallo
An aspiring heavy metal band's lead singer returns to the rock scene as a devout "born-again" Christian after his cancer goes into remission. The band...

Making a Killing
2018
as Arthur Herring
Three morticians get caught in a web of greed and deceit, involving buried treasure and a tangled love affair, in this modern day crime mystery that i...

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

Prism
2017
as Jim (Chapter 2: Changeless)
Some have described love as a spell. Others have described it as a sickness. What they have in common is the idea that love, in its many forms, has th...

Bad Santa 2
2016
as Jolly Santa
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Ev...

The Bronx Bull
2016
as Jerry
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.

The Wannabe
2015
as Jerry
Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed at...

Bereave
2015
as George
Fatally ill, Garvey thinks he has figured out how to die alone. But when his beloved wife Evelyn goes missing on their anniversary, he must live to sa...

Dancer and the Dame
2015
as Poochareli
Down-and-out Detective Dancer, who struggling with a personal conflict, gives up on life and his job. But that all ends when he is paired up with a po...
Delivering the Goods
2012
as Domenico
In New York City, a young Italian-American guy sets out to become a chef, much to the chagrin of his father.

Mancation
2012
as Mr. Vanderplatt
Vince has carefully planned out every aspect of his seemingly successful life until his plans come crashing down around him just one day after his wed...

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
2012
as Officer Polansky
Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received ...

Buzzkill
2012
as Agent Brady
Failed writer Ray Wyatt is ready to take his own life when a notorious serial murderer steals his latest movie script and begins publicizing it. Reviv...

Walk a Mile in My Pradas
2011
as John
A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.

Kill the Irishman
2011
as Leo "Lips" Moceri
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian...

New York Street Games
2010
as Self
Documentary describing various street games played by children in New York.

Ca$h
2010
as Melvin Goldberg
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinist...

Wrong Turn at Tahoe
2009
as Paulie
A small-time crime boss kills a drug dealer without realizing that the drug dealer works for the biggest crime boss in the country.

Black Dynamite
2009
as Rafelli
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded...

Chicago Overcoat
2009
as Lorenzo Galante
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.

I Hate Valentine's Day
2009
as John
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateu...

Lonely Street
2009
as JG
Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious ...

Black Crescent Moon
2008
as Leroy Brown
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.

Osso Bucco
2008
as Jelly Dinotto
Trapped in his favorite restaurant during the worst snow storm in Chicago history, Jelly Dinotto, a lovable, misfit mobster, has one night to escape t...

Dough Boys
2008
as Anthony
Frank and Lou are brothers, running the family's bakery, a fixture in their Bronx neighborhood since 1921. Lou loves it, but the rest of his life is i...

Exorcising 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

The History of 'Cruising'
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

The History of 'Cruising'
2007
A documentary on the making of William Friedkin's Cruising.

The Black Dahlia
2006
as Det. Russ Millard
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer ...

Hot Tamale
2006
as Al
A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa b...

Jesse Stone: Night Passage
2006
as Chief Lou Carson
A prequel to "Stone Cold", the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recr...

Still Dumb After All These Years
2006
as Self
Through interviews with the Farrelly Brothers, the producers of the film and Jeff Daniels we learn about casting decisions, how the script was proved ...

The Ice Harvest
2005
as Roy Gelles
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have diff...

Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
2005
as Kramer
When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.

Under the City
2005
as Ed Dandos

Elvis Has Left the Building
2004
as Sal
Harmony had an encounter early in life with the young Elvis, and can't seem to shake his influence. Now a Pink Lady selling cosmetics, she seems to in...

Mickey
2004
as Tony
Widower Tripp Spence goes on the run from the IRS with his 12-year-old baseball-phenomenon son Derrick. They assume new identities and flee to Las Veg...

Jersey Girl
2004
as Block
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he'...

Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
2004
as Self
The Cast and Crew talk about "Dumb and Dumber" (1994).

Backflash
2002
as Tono
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.

Knockaround Guys
2001
as Bobby Boulevard
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.

The Next Big Thing
2001
as Walter Sznitken
A painter who finds success (and true love) after a pickpocket steals one of his works, gives it a false authorship and promotes the imaginary artist ...

3 A.M.
2001
as Theo
The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory,...

Tempted
2001
as Dot Collins
A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.

The Lady in Question
1999
as Det. Tony Rossini
In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone el...

Summer of Sam
1999
as Eddie
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.

Gloria
1999
as Sean
After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-y...

Murder in a Small Town
1999
as Tony
A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised ...

Frogs for Snakes
1998
as Crunch Gwiazda
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater....

Snake Eyes
1998
as Walt McGahn
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence...

Animals with the Tollkeeper
1998
as Young Felipe
While looking for paradise, a cab driver suddenly falls in love.

Lesser Prophets
1997
as Larry
The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turni...

The Deli
1997
as Johnny
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.

River Made to Drown In
1997
as Frank
Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his property and visit his old friend Allen Hayden. Allen is ...

Hoodlum
1997
as Albert Salke
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harle...

Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
as Mahmud Abouhalima
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.

Flipping
1997
as C.J., Fat Dude at 2-2 Card Club
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...

Dear Diary
1996
as Fritz
A New York magazine art director, a married mother of two who just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal. The film won an O...

Just Your Luck
1996
as Carl
Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining...

Blood and Wine
1996
as Mike
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife inte...

James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Cop
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strang...

Two If by Sea
1996
as Fitzie
Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which invol...

The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
as Tierney
A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.

Clockers
1995
as Thumper
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bu...

A Pyromaniac's Love Story
1995
as Sgt. Zikowski
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the...

Dumb and Dumber
1994
as Joe Mentaliano
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she l...

Ed Wood
1994
as Georgie Weiss
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever...

Trial by Jury
1994
as Hughie Bonner
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.

Baby's Day Out
1994
as Jojo Ducky (uncredited)
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the soci...

Blown Away
1994
as Francis the Barkeeper
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove, who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force, his partner is killed by a bomb th...

Down on the Waterfront
1994
Two filmmakers, eager to make a feature film that will improve the tarnished reputation of the longshoreman's union, meet with union officials. The fi...

The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Newsroom Reporter
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

On Deadly Ground
1994
as Big Mike
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care w...

Cabin Boy
1994
as Mulligan
A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.

Me and Veronica
1993
as Vinnie
Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.

Son of the Pink Panther
1993
as Hanif
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.

Night Trap
1993
as Det. Williams
A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.

Mad Dog and Glory
1993
as Harold
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crim...

The Bodyguard
1992
as Tony Scipelli
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bod...

Mac
1992
as Fireman
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and hel...

Billy Bathgate
1991
as Julie Martin
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
1991
as Robert "Frenchy" McMahon
Jimmy Burke and his friends steal 10 million from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has no idea who the thieves are until Burke girlfriend giv...

Miller's Crossing
1990
as Frankie
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

GoodFellas
1990
as Frenchy
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...

Common Ground
1990
as Terry Cattson
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focus...

A Shock to the System
1990
as Bum #3
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife w...

Blue Steel
1990
as Superintendent
Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the as...

Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
as Det. Hamilton
Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.

Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Man #1 - Arthur's Bar
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...

Kojak: Ariana
1989
as Hamilton
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash y...

Prime Target
1989
as First Groucho
A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow po...

Uncle Buck
1989
as Pooter-the-Clown
Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewhe...

Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
as Security Guard
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...

Collision Course
1989
as Auto Worker Bowling Alley #3
A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.

New York Stories
1989
as Hardhat
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...

Lean On Me
1989
as Mr. Zirella
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined...

The Chair
1988
as Wilson
A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.

Punchline
1988
as Man with Bullhorn
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on t...

The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
1988
as Doorman
Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an a...

Funny Farm
1988
as Crocker
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclus...

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1988
as Sergeant Harry Lang
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic ...

Hot Paint
1988
Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.8 million. John Larroquette plays his usual rude, ...

Nasty Hero
1987
as Hackett
Chase has just got out of jail for a crime he didn't commit, and goes in search of a gang that have kidnapped his friend's niece.

Five Corners
1987
as Bartender
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who pr...

Radio Days
1987
as Burglar
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...

King Kong Lives
1986
as Cell Guard #2
After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a g...

Off Beat
1986
as James Bonnell
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance perform...

Violets are Blue
1986
as Tony
After fifteen years of traveling around the world, Gussie, a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. She meets ...

The Money Pit
1986
as Lenny
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-...

Stone Pillow
1985
as Man in Alley (uncredited)
A homeless woman named Florabelle becomes the unwitting guide to the streets for a New York social worker named Carrie who thinks she has lessons to o...

The Protector
1985
as Hood #2
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fa...

Cat's Eye
1985
as Ducky
Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by a...

The Last Dragon
1985
as Rock
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial...

The Natural
1984
as Boone
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the lea...

Terrible Joe Moran
1984
as Thug #1
A wheelchair-bound, former boxer deals with his long estranged granddaughter whom is seeking financial help for her writing career and helping her los...

Hit and Run
1982
as Copa Doorman
Still grieving his young wife's death in a hit-and-run accident, Manhattan cab-driver David Marks accepts a regular evening assignment to drive a beau...

Evil Stalks This House
1981
as Tom
Jack Palance stars as a self-serving, abusive boor who becomes stranded (along with his two children) by a thunderstorm, forcing them to take shelter ...

The Bushido Blade
1981
as Bos'n Cave Johnson
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sen...

Cruising
1980
as Patrolman Desher
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltra...

Squeeze Play
1979
as Salon Proprietor (uncredited)
The girlfriends of softball players decide to form their own team as a way of avenging their neglect.
Cusp
N/A
as Stalker
In this visually sumptuous and unrelenting film, a mediocre painter is forever changed by a brutal attack, reaching a new level of creative expression...

The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
N/A
as Self
An average baseball film in the making comes out of seemingly nowhere to become one of the best sports films made of all time. A true testament to the...