Biography
Leo Rossi (born 1946) is an American character actor and writer with over 100 credits to his name, often playing authority figures, gangsters and other villains. He is known for his role as Budd Scarlotti in the 1981 horror film Halloween II and as Turkell from the 1990 horror sequel Maniac Cop 2. His other films include Heart Like a Wheel (1983), River's Edge (1986), The Accused (1988), Relentless (1989) and Analyze This (1999). Rossi starred on the 1980s short-lived TV series Partners in Crim...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Gotti
2018
as Bobby Boriello
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tr...

Gotti
2018
Screenplay
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tr...

The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II
2012
as Self
Retrospective documentary about the making of "Halloween II."
Exodus Fall
2011
Set in 1974 Texas, three teen siblings struggle with the death of their father and try to live with their abusive mother. When one of the teens is sen...

At the Sinatra Club
2010
as Paul Castellano
Brutal and celebrated Mafia gangster John Gotti (Danny Nucci) schemes, shoves and murders his way to the top of that world in this gritty biography to...

Wisegal
2008
Executive Producer
A drama centered around Patty Montanari, the widowed mother of two who went to work for her lover Frank Russo, a captain in a Brooklyn crime family.

The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
2007
as Officer Harold
A modern day telling of the Mark Twain classic, The Prince and the Pauper.

All In
2006
as Dr. Hamilton
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.

10th & Wolf
2006
as Agent Thornton
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with ...

10th & Wolf
2006
Producer
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with ...
Diamond Zero
2005
as Augustine Garza
A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the...

Back By Midnight
2005
as Rusty
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and pl...

Mafioso: The Father The Son
2004
as Vito Lupo
When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s ...

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003
as Acme VP, Climbing to the Top
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a...
Four Deadly Reasons
2002
as Otto
Bobby Venuti has a pregnant wife, and a mountain of gambling debts. Now, despite Bobby's best efforts to get out of the city and raise a family far aw...

The Rose Technique
2002
as Artie
The Rose Technique revolves around the life of an off-beat psychiatrist who wants to join the crazy world of daytime TV.

The Business of Fancydancing
2002
as Mr. Williams
Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to atte...

Road to Redemption
2001
as Sully Santoro
A couple come into contact with stolen mob money, gamble it away, and end up on the run from gangsters

One Eyed King
2001
as 'Big' Joe Thomas
Residents of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen attempt to balance family and friendship against the harsh street life that unfolds around them

One Night at McCool's
2001
as Joey Dinardo
On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bar...

Separate Ways
2001
A high-school crush some twenty years later, snowballs into stalking psychosis.

Crackerjack 3
2000
as Ricky Santeria-Ramos
A group of retired spies once former enemies, are forced to work together in an attempt to retrieve a neutron bomb stolen by a group of new-wave, high...

Fatal Conflict
2000
as Conrad Nash
In a lawless futuristic society, a rebel must prevent a tandem of renegades from destroying Los Angeles. An ex-star pilot is forced to stop a mad crim...
Fashionably L.A.
1999
as Acting Teacher
Young women struggle to make it as models in Los Angeles.

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
1999
as The Female's Father
David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as ...

Analyze This
1999
as Carlo Mangano
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. ...

The Assault
1998
as Zigowski
A female cop assigned to protect a dead drug dealer's girlfriend from mob assassins takes her to a home for battered wives. When revenge is the only o...
True Friends
1998
as Carmine
New York, The Bronx, 1980. Two Italian boys Joey Esposito and Louie Mazerino jump to the defence of a smaller Puerto Rican boy, J.J. Lopez, when J.J. ...

Wedding Bell Blues
1996
as Robert
Micki, Tanya and Jasmine have 24 hours to get divorced. There's just one problem...They're still single. When Jasmine, Tanya and Micki decide they'd ...

Rave Review
1995
as Brian
A dark comedy set in the L.A. theatre scene, as director Steve Maletti accidentally causes the death of a legendarily harsh critic.

Beyond Desire
1995
as Frank Zulla
Rita is a sexy call girl in a red Corvette convertible who just met Ray. Ray is an ex-con just released after serving 14 years for a killing he claims...

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
1995
as Moran
Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in...

Mutant Species
1995
as Hollinger
A rocket containing bio-hazardous material to be disposed of by launching into space crashes in a remote wooded area. An army team is sent to recover ...

The Misery Brothers
1995
as Michael Misery
Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.

Fast Getaway II
1994
as Sam Potter
A former robber (whose partner was his father) has reformed and is now running an insurance business with his girlfriend. An ex-partner frames him for...

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes
1994
as Det. Sam Dietz
Sam Dietz is back and must find and stop another serial killer before he kills again. Detective work for Dietz is tough having to juggle two gorgeous ...

Felony
1994
as Detective Kincade
A reality cop show films a police raid on a drug ring that goes awry and results in the massacre of 11 policemen. All of this gets taped by the camera...

Raw Justice
1994
as Lieutenant Atkins
The mayor of a small town hires a bounty hunter to find his daughter's killer, but it turns out to be a very dangerous job.

Runaway Daughters
1994
as Deputy 2
Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives. Mary discovers that she's pregnant after hav...

Relentless 3
1993
as Sam Dietz
Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killing...

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1993
as Bobby Buttafuoco
Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife...

We're Talkin' Serious Money
1992
as Charlie
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.

We're Talkin' Serious Money
1992
Writer, Co-Producer
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.

Dead On: Relentless II
1992
as Sam Dietz
Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles.

Where the Day Takes You
1992
as Mr. Burtis
King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts a...

Fast Getaway
1991
as Sam Potter
Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the r...

Too Much Sun
1990
as George
A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one o...

Maniac Cop 2
1990
as Turkell
After being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, Officer Matt Cordell teams up with a vicious serial killer to track down tho...

Relentless
1989
as Sam Dietz
Two Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.

Peter Gunn
1989
as Det. Russo
Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war.

Hit List
1989
as Frank DeSalvo
A family man and a mob witness hunt for a hit-man who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.

The Accused
1988
as Cliff 'Scorpion' Albrect
Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney...

Out of Time
1988
as Hawkins
A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.

Maniac Cop
1988
as Mayor's Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the c...

Leonard Part 6
1987
as Chef
After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his da...

Russkies
1987
as Keefer
A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and wil...

Black Widow
1987
as Ricci
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But sin...

River's Edge
1986
as Jim
A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, ea...

One Too Many
1985
as Mr. Jenkins
Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.

Kids Don't Tell
1985
as Detective Rastelli
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those aro...

Brainwash
1983
as Chris Morris
A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually ...

Heart Like a Wheel
1983
as Jack Muldowney
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of raci...

Halloween II
1981
as Budd
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie t...

The Pirate
1978
as Shadin
An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fort...

Grand Theft Auto
1977
as Vegas Muscle Chief
A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of rewar...

Mr. Billion
1977
as Italian Kidnapper
An Italian mechanic finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign o...

Alias Big Cherry
1975
as Big Cherry
The life and tribulations of Big Cherry Hill Fats, a 650-pound conman who swindled his victims out of 25 million dollars and helped bring down a crimi...

Before Memory
N/A
as Mr. Albert
A man suffering from amnesia teams up with a young girl to assist the FBI in solving the serial murders of eight young girls while struggling with fla...