Gianni Russo

Gianni Russo

Born: December 12, 1943
in New York City, New York, USA
With a singularly nebulous background, which, by his account, included stints as a Las Vegas nightclub emcee, radio personality, and jewelry tycoon, and comparatively little acting experience, Gianni Russo won the role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather (1972) on the basis of his screen test. Since then, Russo has remained busy as an actor, mostly playing assorted "wiseguys" and Mafia types. He was appeared again with Marlon Brando in a small role in The Freshman (1990) in which Brando parodied his Don Corleone role to good effect. IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Sorrentino

Movies for Gianni Russo...

Send No Flowers
Title: Send No Flowers
Character: Johnny Pisano
Released: April 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Through the voice of her aging father, mafia princess Toni runs the city. But when her father is gunned down by a rival crime family, Toni joins forces with her estranged sister to maintain control of the family.
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Mulberry St.
Title: Mulberry St.
Character: Self
Released: July 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career on Mulberry Street in 1975. For the past year he's been living on the block, and the feast of San Gennaro is the subject of his new film. While he has used this location for a few of his features, this time it's the star of the film.
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Title: Prison Break
Character: Smallhouse
Released: August 29, 2005
Type: TV
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
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After the Sunset
Title: After the Sunset
Character: Clippers Fan
Released: November 12, 2004
Type: Movie
An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.
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Rush Hour 2
Title: Rush Hour 2
Character: Red Dragon Pit Boss
Released: August 3, 2001
Type: Movie
It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. Things get complicated as the pair stumble onto a counterfeiting plot. The boys are soon up to their necks in fist fights and life-threatening situations. A trip back to the U.S. may provide the answers about the bombing, the counterfeiting, and the true allegiance of sexy customs agent Isabella.
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Harvard Man
Title: Harvard Man
Character: Andrew Bandolini
Released: August 1, 2001
Type: Movie
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.
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3000 Miles to Graceland
Title: 3000 Miles to Graceland
Character: Money Cart Guard
Released: February 23, 2001
Type: Movie
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, Michael must track down Murphy.
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The Family Man
Title: The Family Man
Character: Nick
Released: December 12, 2000
Type: Movie
Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next to Kate, his college sweetheart he left in order to pursue his career, and to the horrifying discovery that his former life no longer exists. As he stumbles through this alternate suburban universe, Jack finds himself at a crossroad where he must choose between his high-power career and the woman he loves.
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Rope Art
Title: Rope Art
Released: December 12, 2000
Type: Movie
An ambitious assistant prosecuting attorney, his wife, and an audacious erotic performance artist, engage in a triangle of ambition, deceit, romance, that results in testing the boundries of Constitutional law.
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Any Given Sunday
Title: Any Given Sunday
Character: Christina's Advisor
Released: December 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the ageing coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
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Title: Pacific Palisades
Character: Frank Nichols
Released: April 9, 1997
Type: TV
Pacific Palisades is an American soap opera that aired on Fox during prime time from April to July 1997. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting Joan Collins.
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Striptease
Title: Striptease
Character: Willy Rojo
Released: June 28, 1996
Type: Movie
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.
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Kill Shot
Title: Kill Shot
Character: Jake Mondello
Released: April 18, 1995
Type: Movie
Out at Pacific Coast University, five students living in the same apartment building go through personal trials.
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Super Mario Bros.
Title: Super Mario Bros.
Character: Scapelli
Released: May 28, 1993
Type: Movie
Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
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Title: Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Morris Foley
Released: April 21, 1993
Type: TV
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
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Title: The Hat Squad
Released: September 16, 1992
Type: TV
The Hat Squad is a crime drama television series that ran for only one season on CBS, during the 1992–1993 season. 13 episodes were made, but only 11 of them aired.
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Stay Tuned
Title: Stay Tuned
Character: Guido
Released: August 14, 1992
Type: Movie
Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to buy a satellite dish offering 666 channels. The new addition to Roy's home entertainment system sucks him and Helen into Hellvision, a realm run by Spike, who is an emissary of Satan. For 24 hours, the couple must survive devilish parodies of TV programs if they want to return to reality alive.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Title: Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Character: Marco Sabatini
Released: September 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Della's friend is accused of murdering a rival fashion magazine editor.
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Another You
Title: Another You
Character: Carlos
Released: July 26, 1991
Type: Movie
George has been in a mental hospital for 3 years and is finally ready to go out into the real world again. Eddie Dash, a dedicated con-man, is supposed to keep him out of trouble, but when people begin to recognise George as a missing millionaire, Eddie wants to take advantage of the situation.
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The Great Pretender
Title: The Great Pretender
Character: Davey Desapio
Released: April 14, 1991
Type: Movie
A newspaper reporter, who has just won a trial against his newspaper which had fired him, suffers dangerous reprisals at his work.
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Out for Justice
Title: Out for Justice
Character: Sammy
Released: April 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.
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The Freshman
Title: The Freshman
Character: Maitre D' Gourmet Club
Released: July 20, 1990
Type: Movie
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
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The Freshman
Title: The Freshman
Character: Maitre D’ Gourmet Club
Released: July 20, 1990
Type: Movie
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
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Side Out
Title: Side Out
Character: Dick Sydney
Released: March 30, 1990
Type: Movie
A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
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Title: Hardball
Released: September 21, 1989
Type: TV
Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.
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Chances Are
Title: Chances Are
Character: Anthony Bonino
Released: March 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not until Alex is invited to Louie's home that he begins to remember his former life, wife and best friend. Of course, there's also the problem that he's attracted to Louie's/his own daughter.
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Title: Jake and the Fatman
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
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Title: Wiseguy
Released: September 16, 1987
Type: TV
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
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Title: Hunter
Character: Tony Rondino
Released: September 18, 1984
Type: TV
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
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Winter Kills
Title: Winter Kills
Character: Co-Pilot
Released: May 11, 1979
Type: Movie
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
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Laserblast
Title: Laserblast
Character: Tony Craig
Released: March 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Happy go-lucky teen Billy Duncan discovers an otherworldly laser gun in the southern California desert, making him the target of a pair of aliens who had recently executed its previous owner.
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Title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Character: Carlo Rizzi (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1977
Type: TV
An adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II, re-edited in chronological order with additional footage not seen in the first two films added.
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The Four Deuces
Title: The Four Deuces
Character: Chip Morono - the 'Deuce of Clubs'
Released: December 17, 1976
Type: Movie
This is a tongue-in-cheek crime melodrama that became a 'Late Late Show' fixture in the 1980s, according to the DVD sleeve, Jack Palance plays Vic Morono, a high-ranking Prohibition-era mobster with a weakness for women who is waging an ongoing war with rival hoodlum Chico Hamilton (Warren Berlinger). Vic falls for gorgeous blonde Wendy (Carol Lynley). The film's title refers to the name of his speakeasy, and to his gang, which consists of himself, Wendy, and a brace comic-relief hoodlums. The Four Deuces opens with cartoon credits, and attempts a stylish comic strip look. Expecting some wit upon seeing the name Don Martin in the credits will drive you stark raving nuts - this is not the cartoonist who worked for "Mad" magazine. Light bondage and female flesh scenes might have upped ratings for those 1980s "Late Late Show" airings. Perhaps most notable is the that Ms. Lynley and Mr. Berlinger worked much more memorably together in the stage and film versions of Blue Denim
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Lepke
Title: Lepke
Character: Albert Anastasia
Released: May 23, 1975
Type: Movie
Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal career as a petty thief in his teens; a stretch in prison taught him the finer points of life on the wrong side of the law. After getting out of jail, Lepke and his pal Gurrah Shapiro join a gang who hire themselves out as strikebreakers, and the vicious but clever Lepke soon rises through the ranks.
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Lo sgarbo
Title: Lo sgarbo
Character: Salvatore Mannino (as Luis Vito Russo)
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A glamorous playboy thug's brutal trail of murder, terrorism and sexual blackmail across Las Vegas, Rome, Paris and London quickly wins him a prominent place in the Rome syndicate loosely run by an aging and decrepit Mafia Don. He even wins over the Don's much younger wife.
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The Godfather Part II
Title: The Godfather Part II
Character: Carlo Rizzi
Released: December 20, 1974
Type: Movie
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Johnny Bongard
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: The Rockford Files
Character: Gianni Tedesco
Released: September 13, 1974
Type: TV
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Russ Barton
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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Title: Toma
Released: March 21, 1973
Type: TV
Toma is an American crime drama series that ran on ABC in 1973 and 1974.
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The Bait
Title: The Bait
Character: Gianni Ruggeri
Released: March 13, 1973
Type: Movie
Tracy Fleming is a widowed police officer, with a young son, who has risen to the role of plainclothes operative. After six women have been raped and killed, Fleming agrees to go undercover in an effort to make herself a target for the killer. The climax places her in a life-and-death struggle with the killer.
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Goodnight, My Love
Title: Goodnight, My Love
Character: Michael Tarlow
Released: October 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Gruff gumshoe Francis Hogan is hired by a mysterious woman to find her boyfriend who has gone missing. With his perpetually hungry partner in tow, Hogan must untangle a web of intrigue involving the criminal underworld and a dead courier. One double-cross follows another as Hogan investigates the whole sordid affair.
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The Godfather
Title: The Godfather
Character: Carlo Rizzi
Released: March 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.