Chazz Palminteri

Chazz Palminteri

May 15, 1952 · 74 years old

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale, Mulholland Falls and his Academy Award nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets Over Broadway.

Known For

34 titles
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The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995 · 1h 46m · Movie

The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.

8.5
2
Legend

Legend

2015 · 2h 12m · Movie

Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.

6.8
3
A Bronx Tale

A Bronx Tale

1993 · 2h 1m · Movie

An intense drama about a boy torn between his tough, hard-working father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.

7.8
4
Analyze This

Analyze This

1999 · 1h 43m · Movie

A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number-one patient is an insecure mob boss.

6.7
5
Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999 · 1h 24m · Movie

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can...

6.0
6
Running Scared

Running Scared

2006 · 2h 2m · Movie

A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his crime boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things get out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.

7.3
7
Hoodwinked

Hoodwinked

2005 · 1h 20m · Movie

Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Woodsman and Granny all tell the police the events that led up to their encounter.

6.5
8
Little Man

Little Man

2006 · 1h 38m · Movie

A wannabe-dad mistakes a vertically-challenged criminal on the lam for his newly-adopted son.

4.6
9
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

1994 · 1h 38m · Movie

In New York in 1928, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.

7.4
10
Oscar

Oscar

1991 · 1h 49m · Movie

A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".

6.5
11
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006 · 1h 40m · Movie

Coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.

6.9
12
Down to Earth

Down to Earth

2001 · 1h 27m · Movie

After dying before his time, an aspiring black comic gets a second shot at life - by being placed in the body of a wealthy white businessman.

5.4
13
Mulholland Falls

Mulholland Falls

1996 · 1h 47m · Movie

In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

6.3
14
Diabolique

Diabolique

1996 · 1h 47m · Movie

The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.

5.4
15
Jade

Jade

1995 · 1h 35m · Movie

A bright assistant D.A. investigates a gruesome hatchet murder and hides a clue he found at the crime scene. Under professional threats and an attempt on his life, he goes on heartbroken because evidence point to the woman he stil...

5.3
16
Poolhall Junkies

Poolhall Junkies

2002 · 1h 39m · Movie

A talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years must return to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy--the very man who held him back from greatness.

6.8
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Innocent Blood

Innocent Blood

1992 · 1h 52m · Movie

Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.

6.2
18
Noel

Noel

2004 · 1h 36m · Movie

Five New Yorkers come together on Christmas Eve, seeking a miracle.

6.1
19
Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure

Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure

2001 · 1h 9m · Movie

Seeking the freedom to be a wild dog, the son of Lady and the Tramp runs away to join a gang of junkyard dogs.

5.9
20
Hurlyburly

Hurlyburly

1998 · 2h 2m · Movie

Hollywood movers and shakers dissect their own personal lives when everything seems to clash together.

5.8
21
In the Mix

In the Mix

2005 · 1h 35m · Movie

A successful DJ manages to rescue a powerful mobster one night. In order to repay him, the mobster gives him the task of protecting his daughter.

3.0
22
Jolene

Jolene

2010 · 2h 1m · Movie

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak.

6.4
23
Vault

Vault

2019 · 1h 39m · Movie

In 1975, a group of small time criminals attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history: stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the smallest state in the union, Rhode Island.

5.5
24
The Perez Family

The Perez Family

1995 · 1h 53m · Movie

In 1980, USA opens to Cuban refugees. Once in Miami, Dorita tries to create a Perez "family" of 3 to get a sponsor. She wants Juan to be her "husband" - plus a "son" or "dad".

6.0
25
Faithful

Faithful

1996 · 1h 31m · Movie

A depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.

5.8
26
Animal

Animal

2005 · 1h 33m · Movie

A notorious gangster nicknamed "Animal" must reconcile his past in order to make a future for his criminally-minded son.

5.8
27
Boss of Bosses

Boss of Bosses

2001 · 1h 33m · Movie

The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.

6.4
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Excellent Cadavers

Excellent Cadavers

1999 · 1h 26m · Movie

Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way...

6.5
29
There Goes the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood

1992 · 1h 28m · Movie

A dying prisoner tells the prison therapist about $8,500,000 stolen mob money hidden under a basement floor. A prisoner overhears it and breaks out. Who gets the money.

5.8
30
Yonkers Joe

Yonkers Joe

2008 · 1h 41m · Movie

Family life gets in the way of a con man's search for the perfect scam.

6.3
31
Scar City

Scar City

1999 · 1h 40m · Movie

A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.

5.1
32
Final Recourse

Final Recourse

2013 · 1h 31m · Movie

A wealthy high powered woman suffers a horrible tragedy after which she descends into substance abuse,turning her back on her family. She later discovers that someone close to her may be behind her subsequent abduction and kidnapp...

5.1
33
Clover

Clover

2020 · 1h 41m · Movie

Two brothers owe money to the wrong guy at the wrong time. While they go on the run trying to pull together the money they become burdened with a teenage girl and hunted by assassins they don't know are following their every move

4.6
34
Hollywood & Wine

Hollywood & Wine

2011 · 1h 35m · Movie

A struggling actress agrees to be an acting coach for a porn producer.

3.5