Frank Adonis

Frank Adonis

Born: October 27, 1935
Died: December 26, 2018
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Frank Adonis (born October 27, 1935), sometimes credited as Frank Martin, is an American film and television actor.

He was born Frank Testaverde Scioscia in Brooklyn, New York. Adonis is a long-time character actor frequently cast in gangster roles.

Movies for Frank Adonis...

The Trouble with Cali
Title: The Trouble with Cali
Character: Uncle Vito
Released: February 21, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Woods Have Eyes
Title: The Woods Have Eyes
Character: Bubba
Released: October 16, 2007
Type: Movie
When a group of young campers wander into the backwoods of upstate New York to see if Cappy's Cabin--a place they think exists only in urban legend--is real, they find themselves in a twisted game of predator and prey as night begins to fall. All they have to do is survive until dawn, but Cappy is very, very real, and night has only just begun...
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Saddam
Title: Saddam
Character: Joe DIBello
Released: May 25, 2006
Type: Movie
The story of two Italian men who are posted to Iraq on a mysterious mission to guard the cell of a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison. What's strange is that neither man knows who is inside; they must simply follow orders not to let anyone enter or leave the cell. As time passes their nerves are tested and they begin to wonder whether their charge could be Saddam Hussein...
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Find Me Guilty
Title: Find Me Guilty
Character: Phil Radda
Released: March 16, 2006
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
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High Times Potluck
Title: High Times Potluck
Character: Frank
Released: October 17, 2003
Type: Movie
High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Eddie
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Title: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Character: Valerio's Bodyguard
Released: October 6, 1999
Type: Movie
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
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Black and White
Title: Black and White
Character: Frank
Released: September 4, 1999
Type: Movie
Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.
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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Guest #1
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
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One Deadly Road
Title: One Deadly Road
Released: July 31, 1998
Type: Movie
"Everybody wants to be an actor or a gangster. " That's life according to mafia hustler Tony Donitello. For he and his brother Vinnie, being raised in Bensonhurst Brooklyn around the local loan sharks, bookies and hitmen, they grew up learning three things; You know NOTHING, you hear NOTHING, you say NOTHING! After connecting with erratic underboss, "Crazy Sal" Cortino, what Tony so desires to play in the movies, he is destined to become in real life. The roads of Brooklyn are merging into one and his choices are no longer his own. As Tony guides us through this provocative journey of Friendship, Loyalty, and Retribution, he reveals to us the difference between Power and Powerlessness.
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Mob Queen
Title: Mob Queen
Character: Maderiaga
Released: January 27, 1998
Type: Movie
In Brooklyn of the '50s, small-time mobster George and his sidekick Dip realize they've forgotten the birthday of mob boss Joey, so they engage the services of prostitute Glorice. Joey's reaction to Glorice gives George a promotion, and he's installed as Joey's assistant. George makes the discovery that gender-bent Glorice is not exactly a woman after all. The problem gets worse: Joey intends to marry Glorice, who plans to blackmail Joey after the wedding.
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The Juror
Title: The Juror
Character: DeCicco
Released: February 2, 1996
Type: Movie
With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
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Casino
Title: Casino
Character: Rocky
Released: November 22, 1995
Type: Movie
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Title: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Character: Vinnie
Released: February 4, 1994
Type: Movie
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
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Finding Interest
Title: Finding Interest
Character: The Godfather
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Barney Barnaby was alone, stuck in a life that seem to be heading straight to nowhere. He could only find excitement in the larger-than-life world of action films. Looking for real life adventure, Barney hires a hitman to have himself killed.
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True Romance
Title: True Romance
Character: Frankie
Released: September 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
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Bad Lieutenant
Title: Bad Lieutenant
Character: Large
Released: November 20, 1992
Type: Movie
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
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GoodFellas
Title: GoodFellas
Character: Anthony Stabile
Released: September 12, 1990
Type: Movie
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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King of New York
Title: King of New York
Character: Paul Calgari
Released: July 18, 1990
Type: Movie
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
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Spike of Bensonhurst
Title: Spike of Bensonhurst
Character: Vinaca
Released: November 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
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Wall Street
Title: Wall Street
Character: Charlie
Released: December 10, 1987
Type: Movie
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Limo Driver
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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Wolfen
Title: Wolfen
Character: Scola
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
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Raging Bull
Title: Raging Bull
Character: Patsy
Released: November 14, 1980
Type: Movie
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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Eyes of Laura Mars
Title: Eyes of Laura Mars
Character: Sal Volpe
Released: August 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
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Patty
Title: Patty
Character: The Sports Promoter
Released: February 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Doctors and "experts" sit around the discuss the Patty Hearst kidnaping case, which is seen in flashbacks.
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The Gambler
Title: The Gambler
Character: Man in Park with Donny (as Frank Scioscia)
Released: October 2, 1974
Type: Movie
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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The Sister in Law
Title: The Sister in Law
Character: Benjo
Released: July 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Robert and Edward are brothers involved in a web of adultery and deceit. They share Edward's wife and his mistress and a mission to deliver a package of jewels across the Canadian border, but the mission turns out to be deadly.
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Cops and Robbers
Title: Cops and Robbers
Character: Picnic Hood
Released: August 15, 1973
Type: Movie
Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
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Shaft's Big Score!
Title: Shaft's Big Score!
Character: Rip
Released: June 8, 1972
Type: Movie
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.