Ray Abruzzo

Ray Abruzzo

Born: August 12, 1954
in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Ray Abruzzo (born August 12, 1954) is an American actor best known for his roles as Little Carmine Lupertazzi on The Sopranos, Detective Michael McGuire on The Practice (1998-2004), and Tony Giuliano on Night Court (1989-1991).

Movies for Ray Abruzzo...

7000 Miles
Title: 7000 Miles
Character: Ray
Released: June 24, 2023
Type: Movie
A passionate pilot who is inspired by her grandmother's mysterious legacy must decide what is more important: protecting the innocence of those you love, or fame and success.
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My Favorite Girlfriend
Title: My Favorite Girlfriend
Character: Frank
Released: August 5, 2022
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with a woman who has multiple personalities.
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Title: Law & Order: Organized Crime
Character: Frank Moretti
Released: April 1, 2021
Type: TV
The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.
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Elsewhere
Title: Elsewhere
Character: Cuco
Released: January 24, 2020
Type: Movie
A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
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Feast of the Seven Fishes
Title: Feast of the Seven Fishes
Character: Uncle Carmine
Released: November 15, 2019
Type: Movie
A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.
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Honey and Clover: A Recipe for Disaster
Title: Honey and Clover: A Recipe for Disaster
Character: Max
Released: October 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Past and future collide when former child stars Honey and Clover are thrust back into the spotlight together, threatening to reveal their darkest secrets.
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Bad Education
Title: Bad Education
Character: Howard Gluckin
Released: September 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
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I Hate Kids
Title: I Hate Kids
Character: Walter
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Nick Pearson is a life-long bachelor who is finally settling down. On the brink of his wedding he is surprised to find he has a 13 year old son who has come to find his him through the help of a psychic. The problem is Nick can't stand kids and would happily send the boy back to live with his biological mother, except that no one has any clue who that might be. Having nowhere to turn Nick must hit the road with the boy and the neurotic, inept psychic to track down dozens of his disgraced ex-flings to whom he must ask the awkward question - with very mixed results.
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Title: The Rookie
Character: Forger
Released: October 16, 2018
Type: TV
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
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Title: Rush Hour
Character: Beau
Released: March 31, 2016
Type: TV
The series follows Detective Carter, a radical LAPD detective, and Detective Lee, a by-the-book detective from Hong Kong, as they are forced into forming an unlikely partnership
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Creedmoria
Title: Creedmoria
Character: Ernest Cahill
Released: March 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Family is an institution. Sometimes, you gotta break out. This is the story of how 17-year-old Candy finds the courage to walk away from everything she's ever known with the hope of discovering a better tomorrow.
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Title: Transparent
Character: Sal
Released: September 26, 2014
Type: TV
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
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The Big Fat Stone
Title: The Big Fat Stone
Character: Detective Moreschi
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Frank D'Angelo's drama about a homeless man's roller coaster ride of success and failure.
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Title: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character: Michael Augustine
Released: September 17, 2013
Type: TV
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
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Somebody Marry Me
Title: Somebody Marry Me
Character: David Rosenberg
Released: June 30, 2013
Type: Movie
David can inherit his father’s vast fortune on one condition: he has to get married. The problem is he only has mere hours to find his bride-to-be.
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Title: Ray Donovan
Character: Goldberg
Released: June 30, 2013
Type: TV
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.
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After All These Years
Title: After All These Years
Character: Artie Green
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody.
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Title: Perception
Character: Butcher
Released: July 9, 2012
Type: TV
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, but his eccentric view of the world and less-than-stellar social skills can often interfere with his work.
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Title: Unforgettable
Character: Shane McCloud
Released: September 20, 2011
Type: TV
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
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Title: Hot in Cleveland
Character: Phil
Released: June 16, 2010
Type: TV
Three fabulous, eccentric, LA best friends of a certain age have their lives changed forever when their plane unexpectedly lands in Cleveland and they soon rediscover themselves in this new "promised land."
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Title: Castle
Character: Frank Russo
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Bill Mylar
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Title: Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses
Character: Bernard Alger
Released: August 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Dr. Maxwell is called in to investigate the kidnapping of a prize race horse. When the case leads to murder, Maxwell and Detective Bryant suspect the horse's owner.
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Title: Shark
Released: September 21, 2006
Type: TV
Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street.
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Title: Bones
Character: Ray Porter
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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Title: Hell's Kitchen
Character: Self - Restaurant Patron
Released: May 30, 2005
Type: TV
Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary academy to prove they possess the right combination of ingredients to win a life-changing grand prize.
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Title: Living with Fran
Released: April 8, 2005
Type: TV
Living With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The show last aired on March 24, 2006.
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Title: Eyes
Released: March 30, 2005
Type: TV
Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short. With the help of high-tech gadgets, Harlan Judd and his employees recover money for victims as well as investigate individuals for clients but still manage to keep plenty of secrets from one another. In May 2005, having rescheduled the sixth episode twice, ABC announced that they would not be airing the remaining episodes until June at the earliest. They later announced that it would not be picked up for a second season and that the remaining episodes would remain unaired. New Zealand television station TV2 picked up this show and aired the complete series, all twelve episodes, in the second half of 2005. These episodes appeared online via BitTorrent soon after. The show was also partially aired on Singapore television station Mediacorp Channel 5, with the pilot episode and episodes #106 to #112 being skipped. Episode #111 was an exception, and was aired as the fifth episode. The show was also aired in full on France cable television station Canal Jimmy in 2006. In the beginning of 2008 the show was aired in full on Polish television station TVN 7. The series was shown on the Nine Network in Australia in 2007.
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Title: House
Character: Lorenzo Wibberly
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Title: Boston Legal
Character: John Sciarra
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: TV
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
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Title: CSI: NY
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: TV
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
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Title: CSI: NY
Character: Bob Galanis
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: TV
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
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Title: Listen Up!
Character: Sal Vedetti
Released: September 20, 2004
Type: TV
Listen Up! is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 20, 2004 until April 25, 2005. The sitcom was based loosely on the life and exploits of the popular sportswriter and sports-media personality Tony Kornheiser. Its principal executive producer was Jason Alexander, who was also the lead actor. Despite decent-to-good ratings, the show was canceled by CBS on May 18, 2005; "rising production costs" was the major reason officially given for the cancellation.
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House of Sand and Fog
Title: House of Sand and Fog
Character: Frank
Released: December 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
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Title: NCIS
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Gordon Vidal
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Carmine Lupertazzi Jr.
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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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Little Carmine Lupertazzi
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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Title: The Practice
Character: Detective Michael McGuire
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Her Last Chance
Title: Her Last Chance
Character: Martin Gundarsson
Released: April 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Drug adict teen gets out of rehab only to be accused of her boyfriend's death.
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Title: The Nanny
Character: Chopper Pilot
Released: November 3, 1993
Type: TV
Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three children. But soon Fran, with her offbeat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches Maxwell as well as the kids.
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Title: Diagnosis: Murder
Character: Mort Slater
Released: October 29, 1993
Type: TV
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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Title: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Character: Detective Wolfe
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: TV
A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
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Title: Step by Step
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: TV
Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Paul Raimondo
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Mario Delano
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: TV
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Anthony Gianelli
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Mike LaRocca
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Title: Night Court
Character: Tony Giuliano
Released: January 4, 1984
Type: TV
Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It was created by comedy writer Reinhold Weege, who had previously worked on Barney Miller in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Title: Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Character: Hospital Security Guard
Released: February 25, 1982
Type: Movie
Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists.
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Title: Falcon Crest
Released: December 4, 1981
Type: TV
Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.
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Title: Dynasty
Released: January 12, 1981
Type: TV
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
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Title: Weinerville
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Nickelodeon Weinerville is an American television program on Nickelodeon that was produced in 1993 and 1994, and aired in re-runs until 1997. The show was based around a giant puppet stage which was designed to look like a city, called Weinerville. The show was hosted by Marc Weiner. Marc Weiner teamed up with Nickelodeon with the premiere of Nickelodeon Weinerville, a half-hour variety show using classic elements of kids programming, including puppeteering and interaction with a live studio audience, to entertain kids and their parents. Since its premiere, Weinerville has drawn the attention of such shows as Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America and CBS This Morning for being television's first and only half-man/half-puppet variety show where kids are transformed into puppet citizens. The show has also received numerous award nominations, including two CableACE Award nominations, and has received acclaim from: The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, the Daily News, the New York Post, Newsday, TV Guide and the Los Angeles Times. The show premiered on July 11, 1993. During the first season, all episodes ran in a two-hour marathon every Sunday. However, Weinerville quickly gained popularity: in the middle of the first season Nickelodeon began running the show on weekday afternoons. For the second season, which premiered on May 2, 1994, the episodes aired daily. The show aired on Nickelodeon until June 30, 1997, although the Chanukah special re-ran on December 21, 1997.