Biography
Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (/dəˈnɒfrioʊ/; born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for supporting and leading roles in film and television. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. His roles include Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket (1987), Robert E. Howard in The Whole Wide World (1996), Edgar the Bug in Men in Black (1997) and Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001), Carl Stargher in The Cell (2000), New York City Police Detective Robert...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Caught Stealing
2025
as Shmully
Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, is unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of '90s ...

Like Tears in Rain
2024
as Self
His entire life, the charismatic actor Rutger Hauer kept the outside world at a distance. His inner circle included only a small group of people, amon...

Wildcat
2024
as Sheriff
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her moth...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Echo
2024
as Self - Wilson Fisk / Kingpin
Join us on a revealing journey behind-the-scenes of Maya Lopez’s own groundbreaking series. Witness how the production took unprecedented steps to por...

Lift
2024
as Denton
An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.

The Many Miracles of Household Saints
2024
as Self
In keeping with the intergenerational magic of 'Household Saints', filmmaker Martina Savoca-Guay has crafted a compelling new documentary, 'The Many M...

Dumb Money
2023
as Steven A. Cohen
Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of...

Night of the Cooters
2022
as Sheriff Lindley
Based on Howard Waldrop's 1987 sci-fi novel.

Night of the Cooters
2022
Director, Producer
Based on Howard Waldrop's 1987 sci-fi novel.

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
as Self - Kingpin
Join the likes of Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Florence Pugh, and Vincent D’Onofrio as they reveal how Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” was conceived and...

The Unforgivable
2021
as John Ingram
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Birds of Paradise
2021
as Scott Sanders (uncredited)
Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris must compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra National de Paris as they confront their ...

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2021
as Jerry Falwell
From the 1960s to the 1980s, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to build an empire based on big-time...

A Fall from Grace
2020
as George Lawson
Detective Michael Tabb knows the city he protects inside and out. He has felt its true heart, as much as its dark underbelly: but he does not know who...

The Kid
2019
as Sheriff Romero
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee t...

The Kid
2019
Director, Story
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee t...

Death Wish
2018
as Frank Kersey
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.

El Camino Christmas
2017
as Carl Hooker
A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a liquor store with five other people on Christmas E...

Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
2017
as Self
Jon Stewart returns to television to host a live show presented from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Benefiting NEXT for Autism, the...

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
2017
as Robert Moses (voice)
Writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fights to save historic New York City during the ruthless redevelopment era of urban planner Robert Moses in the...

Tenn
2017
as Cornelius Williams
Tom (Tennessee) Williams, an aspiring writer in his 20s, lives with and negligent father. Tom attempts to maintain peace in the family while also deal...

CHiPS
2017
as Ray Kurtz
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.

Rings
2017
as Galen Burke
Julia becomes worried about her boyfriend Holt when he explores the dark urban legend of a mysterious videotape said to kill the watcher seven days af...

In Dubious Battle
2016
as Al Anderson
In the California apple country, 900 migratory workers rise 'in dubious battle' against the landowners. The group takes on a life of its own—stronger ...

The Magnificent Seven
2016
as Jack Horne
Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma...

Pelé: Birth of a Legend
2016
as Feola
The life story of Brazilian football legend, Pele.

Jurassic World
2015
as Hoskins
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally en...

Broken Horses
2015
as Julius Hench
The bonds of brotherhood, the laws of loyalty, and the futility of violence in the shadows of the US Mexico border gang wars.

Run All Night
2015
as Detective Harding
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—...

Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Arch...

The Judge
2014
as Glen Palmer
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of mur...

Mall
2014
as Danny
Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything else it has long regardless. Equipped with a...

Mall
2014
Producer, Screenplay, Executive Producer
Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything else it has long regardless. Equipped with a...
Heroes Behind The Badge: Sacrifice & Survival
2013
as self voice
Heroes Behind The Badge - Sacrifice & Survival is a heart-wrenching true-life crime saga about the men and women of law enforcement and their selfless...

Escape Plan
2013
as Lester Clark
Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival...

Pawn Shop Chronicles
2013
as Alton
The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.

Chlorine
2013
as Roger Lent
In the town of Copper Canyon, people are cashing in on an economic housing boom, and the local country club is buzzing about the investment opportunit...

Charlie Countryman
2013
as Bill
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.

Ass Backwards
2013
as Bruce
Two best friends embark on a cross country trip back to their hometown to attempt to win a pageant that eluded them as children.
Heroes Behind the Badge
2012
as Narrator
Every 54 hours... The thin blue line fades to black.

Chained
2012
as Bob
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose be...

Fire with Fire
2012
as Neil Hagan
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against—after being held up at a local convenience store—t...

Sinister
2012
as Professor Jonas
True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So...

Don't Go in the Woods
2012
Director, Writer
Don't Go in the Woods is sound advice, especially when there's a killer on the loose. First-time director Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, "Law &...

Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
2011
as Jan (segment "The New Tenants")
Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, i...

Kill the Irishman
2011
as John Nardi
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...

Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York
2011
Producer
The filmmaker Elena Beloff is a Russian woman who has lived in New York for ten years. Her film explores stereotypes of Russian women which emerged in...

Brooklyn's Finest
2010
as Bobby 'Carlo' Powers
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty...

The New Tenants
2009
as Jan
A prying neighbor, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome wagon. Set amidst the as-yet-...

Staten Island
2009
as Parmie Tarzo
Sully is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltrated his life and business. Pa...

Cadillac Records
2008
as Mississippi DJ (uncredited)
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, includ...

The Narrows
2008
as Vinny Manadoro
A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how...

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
as Self
Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the theme that dominated his creative life for four deca...

The Break-Up
2006
as Dennis Grobowski
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend...

Thumbsucker - Behind the Scenes
2006
as Self

Thumbsucker
2005
as Mike Cobb
Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis with ADHD and subsequent experience using...
Five Minutes, Mr. Welles
2005
as Orson Welles
England 1949. Broke for cash, Orson Welles has agreed to play a part in a spy movie, "The Third Man." The pivotal scene of the movie is about to be sh...
Five Minutes, Mr. Welles
2005
Director, Story
England 1949. Broke for cash, Orson Welles has agreed to play a part in a spy movie, "The Third Man." The pivotal scene of the movie is about to be sh...

Overnight
2003
as Self
Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches stor...

Sherlock: Case of Evil
2002
as Moriarty
Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002
as Father Casey
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them ...

The Salton Sea
2002
as Pooh-Bear
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriend...

The Red Sneakers
2002
as Mercado

Bark!
2002
as Malcolm
Peter finds himself dumbfounded when a mysterious malady afflicts his wife… she thinks she’s a dog!

Impostor
2001
as Hathaway
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile ali...

Chelsea Walls
2001
as Frank
This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed Chelsea Hotel in New York City, involving an ensemble cast of some 30-35 characters.

Spanish Judges
2000
as Max
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget

The Cell
2000
as Carl Rudolph Stargher
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

Steal This Movie
2000
as Abbie Hoffman
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of...

Happy Accidents
2000
as Sam Deed
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time travel. But here the alternate reality is contemporary ...

The Velocity of Gary
1999
as Valentino
When bisexual porn star Valentino meets new-in-town hustler Gary, there is an immediate attraction between the two. Valentino helps get Gary a job at ...

The Velocity of Gary
1999
Executive Producer
When bisexual porn star Valentino meets new-in-town hustler Gary, there is an immediate attraction between the two. Valentino helps get Gary a job at ...

That Championship Season
1999
as Phil Romano
Four best friends and their basketball coach celebrate their championship twenty years ago. But their reunion turns violent when a dark secret comes t...

The Thirteenth Floor
1999
as Whitney
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a despera...

Claire Dolan
1998
as Elton Garrett
A high-priced call girl, shocked by her mother's death, decides to get out of the business and have a baby.

The Newton Boys
1998
as Dock Newton
The four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. One day, the eldest, Willis, realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers ...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1998
as Mr. Blue
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

Guy
1997
as Guy
A filmmaker picks a "real" subject to shoot, and when she sees Guy on the street, she latches onto him. At first, Guy is enraged that someone is just ...

The Making of Men in Black
1997
as Self
Behind the scenes of Men in Black (1997)

Men in Black
1997
as Edgar
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and ...

Boys Life 2
1997
as Tony Randozza
Compilation of four short films, "Must Be the Music", "Nunzio's Second Cousin", "Alkali, Iowa", and "The Dadshuttle", of gay interest.

Good Luck
1997
as Tony 'Ole' Olezniak
Bernard "Bern" Lemly (Gregory Hines) is fed up with being in a wheelchair and wants more out of life. Meanwhile, former football player Tony "Ole" Ole...

Feeling Minnesota
1996
as Sam Clayton
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. B...

The Winner
1996
as Philip
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.

The Whole Wide World
1996
as Robert E. Howard
In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and th...

The Whole Wide World
1996
Producer
In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and th...

Strange Days
1995
as Burton Steckler
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience ...

Hotel Paradise
1995
as The Naked Stranger
A bride-to-be wakes up one morning next to a man chained to the bed, but cannot remember what happened the night before.

Stuart Saves His Family
1995
as Donnie
A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
The Investigator
1994
as Ephraim McDougall
Strange things happens to a young Private Eye, till he meets a starving young lady.

Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Mr. Webster
A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1960s Portland, Oregon.

Nunzio's Second Cousin
1994
as Sgt. Tony Randozza
As Sgt. Randozza, a beefy, gay Chicago cop, leaves a bar with his lover, a gang of high-school punks decide to do some "fag-bashing". Tony's gun cools...

Ed Wood
1994
as Orson Welles
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...

Being Human
1994
as Priest
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Mr. Wonderful
1993
as Dominic
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends, but first he must find his ex-wif...

Household Saints
1993
as Joseph Santangelo
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

Salt on Our Skin
1992
as Gavin
A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They...

The Player
1992
as David Kahane
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

JFK
1991
as Bill Newman
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

Crooked Hearts
1991
as Charley Warren
An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despi...

Fires Within
1991
as Sam
A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her husba...

Dying Young
1991
as Gordon
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse...

Naked Tango
1990
as Cholo
When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.

The Blood of Heroes
1989
as Young Gar
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-...

Signs of Life
1989
as Daryl Monahan
The closing of a small shipbuilder in New England places stresses on the people involved.

Mystic Pizza
1988
as Bill
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.

Adventures in Babysitting
1987
as Dawson / 'Thor'
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a qui...

Full Metal Jacket
1987
as Pvt. Pyle
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the ...

It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen
1985
as Bennie
An ironic New York City thriller involving a mafioso and a restless, witty lawyer.

The First Turn-On!!
1983
as Lobotomy
A group of teenage summer campers and one counselor share the stories of their first sexual experiences when an avalanche traps them in a cave...