Louis Giambalvo
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Louis Giambalvo | |
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| Born | February 8, 1945 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–2009 |
Louis Giambalvo (born February 8, 1945) is an American actor, frequently seen on television in guest roles.[1]
Early life and education[]
Giambalvo was born and raised in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, where he attended Catholic school. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and MFA from Harpur College (now Binghamton University) and was a founding member of the avant-garde in Greenwich Village, along with other members Danny DeVito and Peter Scolari. In 1979, Giambalvo moved to Los Angeles to begin his film and television career.
Career[]
His television credits include: Barney Miller, Hart to Hart, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, The Love Boat, Remington Steele, The A-Team, Simon & Simon, Fame, Knots Landing, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager, Brooklyn South, Ally McBeal, ER, NYPD Blue (Mr. Bucci), Boston Legal, Without a Trace, CSI, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money and Raising the Bar. He also played Al Capone on the NBC series The Gangster Chronicles. He also was in the award-winning television movie Gia, starring Angelina Jolie, playing the role of Gia Carangi's father Joseph.
Giambalvo's feature films include "Bottle Shock", "Gun Shy", "Hoffa", and the 1983 horror/science fiction film Nightmares. He is best known for his roles in such films as Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), the 1985 comedy film Real Genius as a CIA man, Major Carnagle, Jagged Edge (1985) as Mr. Fabrizzi, and 1988 film The Dead Pool as Gus Wheeler and the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie's as Vito.
Selected filmography[]
- Escape (1980, TV Movie) as Hank
- Reward (1980, TV Movie) as 'Dutch'
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980, TV Movie) as Clarence Anglin
- Fly Away Home (1981, TV Movie) as Vogel
- Gangster Wars (1981) as Al Capone
- The Ambush Murders (1982, TV Movie) as Glenn Landis
- Marian Rose White (1982, TV Movie) as Eddy White
- Mae West (1982, TV Movie) as George Kane
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) as Witness
- Second Thoughts (1983) as Sergeant Cabrillo
- Nightmares (1983) as Jerry Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
- Deal of the Century (1983) as Freddie Muntz
- The Ratings Game (1984, TV Movie) as 'Goody' DeSalvo
- Dirty Work (1985, TV Movie) as George Wylie
- Real Genius (1985) as Major Don Carnagle
- Jagged Edge (1985) as Fabrizi
- Bad Dreams (1988) as Ed
- Kansas (1988) as Army Sergeant
- The Dead Pool (1988) as Gus Wheeler
- Liberace: Behind the Music (1988, TV Movie) as Eddie
- Leap of Faith (1988, TV Movie) as Dr. Santini
- Crossing the Mob (1988, TV Movie)
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) - Gatlin
- Weekend at Bernie's (1989) as Vito
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) as Ray Andruitti
- Till Death Do Us Part (1992, TV Movie) as Charles Kerwin
- Those Secrets (1992, TV Movie) as Kobe
- Mastergate (1992, TV Movie) as Lance Boil
- Hoffa (1992) as RTA Representative
- Fade to Black (1993, TV Movie)
- Donato and Daughter (1993, TV Movie) as Chief Hugh Halliday
- Flashfire (1994) as Al Sherwin
- Moment of Truth: Murder or Memory? (1994, TV Movie) as Lou Panetta
- Illegal in Blue (1995) as Lieutenant Cavanaugh
- Always Say Goodbye (1997) as Deli Man
- Gia (1998, TV Movie) as Joe Carangi
- Gun Shy (2000) as DEA Agent Lonny Burke
- The Lost Child (2000,TV Movie) as Karl
- Death to Smoochy (2002) as Sonny Gordon
- Duplex (2003) as Pharmacist
- Bottle Shock (2008) as George Taber
References[]
- ^ "Louis Giambalvo". TCM Classic Movies. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
External links[]
- 1945 births
- American people of Italian descent
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Living people
- American actors
- Male actors from New York City
- Harpur College alumni
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- People from Sunset Park, Brooklyn