Dennis Farina
Acting
Biography
Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American actor. Often typecast as a mobster or police officer, he is known for roles such as FBI Agent Jack Crawford in Manhunter, mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run, Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty, Cousin Avi in Snatch, and Walt Miller in New Girl. He starred on television as Lieutenant Mike Torello on Crime Story and as NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. From 2008 to 2010, he hosted and narrated the television program Unsolved Mysteries on Spike TV. His last major television role was in HBO's Luck, which premiered on January 29, 2012.
As actor 91
Law & Order
1990
Family Guy
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
New Girl
2011
Hunter
1984
Miami Vice
1984
Remington Steele
1982
American Playhouse
1982
The Looney Tunes Show
2011
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Unsolved Mysteries
1988
Crime Story
1986
Snatch
2000
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Justice League Unlimited
2004
China Beach
1988
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Luck
2012
Striking Distance
1993
Get Shorty
1995
Out of Sight
1998
Midnight Run
1988
In-Laws
2002
What Happens in Vegas
2008
Reindeer Games
2000
Thief
1981
MacGruder and Loud
1985
Empire Falls
2005
Eddie
1996
Code of Silence
1985
Big Trouble
2002
Another Stakeout
1993
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
Bottle Shock
2008
Buddy Faro
1998
Lady Blue
1985
The Mod Squad
1999
You Kill Me
2007
Bella Mafia
1997
Final Jeopardy
1985
Havana
1990
Paparazzi
2004
The Grand
2007
Little Big League
1994
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992
Open Admissions
1988
Blind Faith
1990
That Old Feeling
1997
Knucklehead
2010
Men Of Respect
1990
Stealing Harvard
2002
The Impostor
1984
Street Crimes
1992
Cruel Doubt
1992
This Old Cub
2004
People Like Us
1990
Purple Violets
2007
Sidewalks of New York
2001
Dinner for Five
2001
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
1986
The Last Rites of Joe May
2011
The Toughest Man in the World
1984
Lucky Stiff
2014
Six Against the Rock
1987
Through Naked Eyes
1983
Crime Story: Pilot
1986
The Killing Floor
1984
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992
Making 'Snatch'
2001
Bonanza: Under Attack
1995
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
1989
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
Hard Knox
1984
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
Mac
1992
Authors Anonymous
2014
Bagboy
2007
Birthday Boy
1986
Perfect Crimes
1991
Bad Seed
2000
One Woman's Courage
1994
We're Talkin' Serious Money
1992
Out of Annie's Past
1995
The Disappearance of Nora
1993
The American Gangster
1992
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
Triplecross
1986
Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs
2006
Manhunter
1986