Dennis Farina (Senior)
Most Recent Role: Det. Joe Fontana on Law & Order
Alias Name(s): Dennis G. Farina
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthday: 2-29-1944
Alias Name(s): Dennis G. Farina
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthday: 2-29-1944
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Dennis Farina is an American actor. He was in a large Italian family. He had two brothers and three sisters. In 1967 Dennis joined the police department. Farina was a police consultant for director, Michael Mann's early work. He first became interested in acting after he got a small role in one of Mann's movies. He then started acting at various Chicago theaters. Farina quite the force when...
Most Recent Appearance
Invaders
Wednesday 17 May 2006 on NBC
The family of a man who once turned in his customers to the police is slain, and the ensuing fracas pits McCoy against a corrupt D.E.A. agent.
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- external: Dennis Farina Jumps From TV to Film 2006-06-15
- external: Dennis Farina to Leave 'Law & Order' 2006-05-31
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Dennis Farina was one of three actors (the other two were Scott Glenn in Silence of the Lambs and Harvey Keitel in Red Dragon) to play the character of Jack Crawford in the Hannibal Lecture series of films. Farina had the Crawford role in the 1986, Michael Mann film, Manhunter. Farina was the only one of the three to have actual law enforcement experience.
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Dennis has been typecast into the role of either a police officer or a mobster.
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Dennis was in New York City on September 11th.
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Dennis would love to be in a western.
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Dennis loves England.
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Dennis: (on the cast in the movie Big Trouble) The cast is huge, but I never saw any of them, except Jack Kehler, who plays my partner. It was just Jack and I and a lot of the movie is from our point of view -- things are being revealed as we see them. I saw Tim Allen once, in the makeup chair. He said, 'Hey, I heard we're in a movie together'.
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Dennis: Some people approach acting with all these things in their head, making it more complicated then it needs to be, way too cerebral. I don't want to know that an actor lived in a cave for 12 days so that he could prepare for a part.
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Other Appearances
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Buddy Faro
Buddy Faro |
Crime Story
Michael Torello |
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In-Laws
Victor Pellet |
Law & Order
Det. Joe Fontana |
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My Generation
Oswald Diggs |
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American Playhouse
The Killing Floor Supervisor |
Bonanza
Bonanza: Under Attack Charley Siringo |
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China Beach
All About E.E.V. Edward Vincent |
Dinner for Five
Gina Gershon, Dennis Farina, Ron Livingston, Faizon Love Himself |
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Hardcastle & McCormick
Undercover McCormick Ed Foley |
Hunter
The Snow Queen (Part 2) Vic Terranova |
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Buddy Faro
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"This domestic comedy from the producers of NBC's Frasier features newlyweds Matt (Elon Gold, Clerks ) and Alex (Bonnie Somerville, NBC's Friends , Grosse Pointe ) who move in with her parents... more
Law & Order
Law & Order , the longest running crime series and the second longest-running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, started its 18th season on NBC in the winter of 2008.... more
Welcome to the Buddy Faro guide at TV.com more Crime Story
Set in 1960s Chicago and Las Vegas in which the police force wage an uncompromising war on the Mob. Chicago police lieutenant Mike Torello wages an epic battle against organized crime in... more In-Laws
"This domestic comedy from the producers of NBC's Frasier features newlyweds Matt (Elon Gold, Clerks ) and Alex (Bonnie Somerville, NBC's Friends , Grosse Pointe ) who move in with her parents... more
Law & OrderLaw & Order , the longest running crime series and the second longest-running drama series in the history of American broadcast television, started its 18th season on NBC in the winter of 2008.... more
