Armand Assante
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| Born | Armand Anthony Assante, Jr. October 4, 1949 New York City, New York |
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| Years active | 1974 – present | ||||||
| Spouse(s) | Karen McArn (1982–1994) | ||||||
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Armand Anthony Assante, Jr. (born October 4, 1949) is an Emmy Award-winning and four-time Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Family life
Assante was born and raised in New York City, and is the son of Katherine, a music teacher and poet, and Armand Anthony Assante, Sr., a painter and artist.[1] and Assante was raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic family.[2]
[edit] Career
His first film was The Lords of Flatbush (1974). A role that brought him greater attention came in 1980's Private Benjamin as a handsome Frenchman who becomes the love interest of a U.S. soldier played by Goldie Hawn. His somewhat sinister look has made him a popular choice for tough-guy heroes, as in his starring role as private eye Mike Hammer in the film I, the Jury (1982) or as Mafia gangsters like that of Michael Moretti in Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels. He portrayed the notorious Bugsy Siegel in a comedy, Neil Simon's The Marrying Man (1991), another mobster in Hoffa (1992) starring Jack Nicholson and crime kingpin John Gotti in the 1996 made-for-television biopic Gotti, for which he won his Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.
Other notable film appearances include one as a Cuban bandleader in The Mambo Kings opposite Antonio Banderas and in the adaptation of the science-fiction story Judge Dredd with Sylvester Stallone, his co-star in two previous films. More recently he appeared in American Gangster with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe (2007). He has had a recurring guest star role in several episodes of NCIS, playing an international arms dealer.
[edit] Personal life
He was married to Karen McArn from 1982 to 1994. He lives in upstate New York and has two daughters, Anya and Alessandra.
[edit] Golden Globe nominations
- 1989 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Jack the Ripper
- 1991 - Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Q&A
- 1997 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Gotti
- 1998 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Odyssey
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
- The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
- Paradise Alley (1978)
- Prophecy (1979)
- Little Darlings (1980)
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- I, the Jury (1982)
- Rage of Angels 1983]
- Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
- Belizaire the Cajun (1986)
- The Penitent (1987)
- Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) (TV)
- Jack the Ripper (1988)
- Q&A (1990)
- The Mambo Kings (1992)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
- Hoffa (1992)
- Fatal Instinct (1992)
- (Blind Justice) (1994) (TV)
- Kidnapped (1995) (TV)
- Judge Dredd (1995)
- Striptease (1996)
- Gotti (1996) (TV)
- The Odyssey (1997) (TV)
- The Hunley (1999) (TV)
- The Road to El Dorado (2000) (voice)
- Looking For An Echo (1999)
- On the Beach (2000) (TV)
- Tough Luck (2003)
- Dot.Kill (2005)
- Two for the Money (2005)
- California Dreamin' (Endless) (2006)
- Funny Money (2006)
- Souls Midnight (2006)
- American Gangster (2007)
- Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2007)
- When Nietzsche Wept (2007)
- Chicago Overcoat (2008)
- Killer By Nature (2008)
- La Linea (2008)
- The Bleeding (2009-in production)
[edit] Television
- The Doctors (1975–1977)
- Push, Nevada (2002)
- ER (2006)
- NCIS (2007)
- October Road (2008)
[edit] References
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- ^ Virginian-Pilot Archives
[edit] External links
- Armand Assante at the Internet Movie Database
- Armand Assante at the TCM Movie Database
- Armand Assante at Allmovie
- Armand Assante at TV.com
- Assante unofficial site
- Assante unofficial site
- MailSpaces group
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