Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina[1] (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American stage and film actor, who prior to his acting career worked as a Chicago police detective.
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.
^Morrison, Frank E. (April 30, 2005). "Uncle Dennis Knew His Way Around Taylor Street". www.reminisce.com/. Open Publishing. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) was an American stage and film actor, who prior to his acting career worked as a...
stars Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, co-starring Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, DennisFarina, Nancy Allen, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, and Albert Brooks. There...
revived version was hosted by DennisFarina, who mainly tied together repackaged segments from the original episodes. Farina hosted 175 episodes before the...
starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin. Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, DennisFarina, Joe Pantoliano, and Philip Baker Hall play supporting roles. At the...
by John Dahl and starring Ben Kingsley, Téa Leoni, Luke Wilson, and DennisFarina. Frank Falenczyk is a hit man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo,...
homicide detective Thomas Hardy. The film co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker, DennisFarina, and Tom Sizemore. It was directed by Rowdy Herrington and written by...
by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, Stanley Tucci, DennisFarina and Peter Boyle and is directed by William C. Reilly. It is not the...
Helfer, Jonathan Banks, Jonathan Bennett, Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, and DennisFarina. The film was released on March 18, 2014, through video on demand prior...
his 2002 death. It stars Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise, Charlize Theron, DennisFarina, James Frain, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, and Clarence Williams III. The...
playing the role of "Turkish". Cast alongside popular actors Brad Pitt, DennisFarina, and Benicio del Toro, the movie earned more than $80 million in box-office...
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