Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 29, 1950
Place of Birth:
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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Mike Starr
Biography
Mike Starr (born July 29, 1950) is an American actor. Known for his large size at 6' 3" (190 cm), he has typically been typecast as playing thugs or henchmen. Starr was born in Flushing, Queens, New York to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father. His older brother Beau Starr is also an actor. Mike Starr is a graduate of Hofstra University. He and his family reside in Riverdale, New York.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Til Death Do Us Part | Father |
| 2023 | Sweetwater | Eddie Gottlieb |
| 2023 | The Crusades | Mr. Podkowa |
| 2022 | Life's Better Protected | The Casting Director |
| 2022 | American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | Self |
| 2022 | Clowning | Detective Welles |
| 2021 | The Cleaner | Carl |
| 2021 | Scarlett | |
| 2019 | Zeroville | Burly |
| 2019 | Recovery | Dr. Taylor |
| 2019 | Offstage Elements | Sammy Gallo |
| 2018 | Making a Killing | Arthur Herring |
| 2018 | Cabaret Maxime | Ripa |
| 2017 | Prism | Jim (Chapter 2: Changeless) |
| 2016 | The Bronx Bull | Jerry |
| 2016 | Bad Santa 2 | Jolly Santa |
| 2015 | Dancer and the Dame | Poochareli |
| 2015 | Bereave | George |
| 2015 | The Wannabe | Jerry |
| 2012 | Buzzkill | Agent Brady |
| 2012 | Mancation | Mr. Vanderplatt |
| 2012 | Delivering the Goods | Domenico |
| 2012 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life | Officer Polansky |
| 2011 | Kill the Irishman | Leo "Lips" Moceri |
| 2011 | Walk a Mile in My Pradas | John |
| 2010 | Ca$h | Melvin Goldberg |
| 2010 | New York Street Games | Self |
| 2009 | Lonely Street | JG |
| 2009 | Chicago Overcoat | Lorenzo Galante |
| 2009 | Black Dynamite | Rafelli |
| 2009 | Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Paulie |
| 2009 | I Hate Valentine's Day | John |
| 2008 | Black Crescent Moon | Leroy Brown |
| 2008 | Osso Bucco | Jelly Dinotto |
| 2008 | Dough Boys | Anthony |
| 2007 | Exorcising 'Cruising' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | The History of 'Cruising' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | The History of and Exorcising 'Cruising' | |
| 2006 | Hot Tamale | Al |
| 2006 | Jesse Stone: Night Passage | Chief Lou Carson |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Det. Russ Millard |
| 2006 | Still Dumb After All These Years | Self |
| 2005 | Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Kramer |
| 2005 | Under the City | Ed Dandos |
| 2005 | The Ice Harvest | Roy Gelles |
| 2004 | Jersey Girl | Block |
| 2004 | Elvis Has Left the Building | Sal |
| 2004 | Dumb and Dumber - Making Of | Self |
| 2004 | Mickey | Tony |
| 2002 | Backflash | Tono |
| 2001 | Tempted | Dot Collins |
| 2001 | 3 A.M. | Theo |
| 2001 | Knockaround Guys | Bobby Boulevard |
| 2001 | The Next Big Thing | Walter Sznitken |
| 1999 | Gloria | Sean |
| 1999 | Murder in a Small Town | Tony |
| 1999 | The Lady in Question | Det. Tony Rossini |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam | Eddie |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes | Walt McGahn |
| 1998 | Frogs for Snakes | Crunch Gwiazda |
| 1998 | Animals with the Tollkeeper | Young Felipe |
| 1997 | River Made to Drown In | Frank |
| 1997 | Lesser Prophets | Larry |
| 1997 | Flipping | C.J., Fat Dude at 2-2 Card Club |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Mahmud Abouhalima |
| 1997 | The Deli | Johnny |
| 1997 | Hoodlum | Albert Salke |
| 1996 | Blood and Wine | Mike |
| 1996 | Two If by Sea | Fitzie |
| 1996 | Just Your Luck | Carl |
| 1996 | James and the Giant Peach | Cop |
| 1996 | Dear Diary | Fritz |
| 1995 | A Pyromaniac's Love Story | Sgt. Zikowski |
| 1995 | The Shamrock Conspiracy | Tierney |
| 1995 | Clockers | Thumper |
| 1994 | Ed Wood | Georgie Weiss |
| 1994 | Dumb and Dumber | Joe Mentaliano |
| 1994 | Cabin Boy | Mulligan |
| 1994 | Down on the Waterfront | |
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground | Big Mike |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Newsroom Reporter |
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out | Jojo Ducky (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury | Hughie Bonner |
| 1994 | Blown Away | Francis the Barkeeper |
| 1993 | Mad Dog and Glory | Harold |
| 1993 | Son of the Pink Panther | Hanif |
| 1993 | Night Trap | Det. Williams |
| 1993 | Me and Veronica | Vinnie |
| 1992 | The Bodyguard | Tony Scipelli |
| 1992 | Mac | Fireman |
| 1991 | The 10 Million Dollar Getaway | Robert "Frenchy" McMahon |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Julie Martin |
| 1990 | Miller's Crossing | Frankie |
| 1990 | GoodFellas | Frenchy |
| 1990 | A Shock to the System | Bum #3 |
| 1990 | Common Ground | Terry Cattson |
| 1990 | Blue Steel | Superintendent |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Det. Hamilton |
| 1989 | Last Exit to Brooklyn | Security Guard |
| 1989 | New York Stories | Hardhat |
| 1989 | Uncle Buck | Pooter-the-Clown |
| 1989 | Lean On Me | Mr. Zirella |
| 1989 | Kojak: Ariana | Hamilton |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Man #1 - Arthur's Bar |
| 1989 | Collision Course | Auto Worker Bowling Alley #3 |
| 1989 | Prime Target | First Groucho |
| 1988 | Funny Farm | Crocker |
| 1988 | The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Doorman |
| 1988 | Frank Nitti: The Enforcer | Sergeant Harry Lang |
| 1988 | Hot Paint | |
| 1988 | The Chair | Wilson |
| 1988 | Punchline | Man with Bullhorn |
| 1987 | Five Corners | Bartender |
| 1987 | Nasty Hero | Hackett |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Burglar |
| 1986 | Off Beat | James Bonnell |
| 1986 | Violets are Blue | Tony |
| 1986 | King Kong Lives | Cell Guard #2 |
| 1986 | The Money Pit | Lenny |
| 1985 | The Last Dragon | Rock |
| 1985 | Cat's Eye | Ducky |
| 1985 | The Protector | Hood #2 |
| 1985 | Stone Pillow | Man in Alley (uncredited) |
| 1984 | Terrible Joe Moran | Thug #1 |
| 1984 | The Natural | Boone |
| 1982 | Hit and Run | Copa Doorman |
| 1981 | Evil Stalks This House | Tom |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade | Bos'n Cave Johnson |
| 1980 | Cruising | Patrolman Desher |
| 1979 | Squeeze Play | Salon Proprietor (uncredited) |
| Cusp | Stalker |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | East New York | Kurt Walsh |
| 2016 | Dice | Harold |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Dominic |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Balthazar "Bino" Baker |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | O'Malley |
| 2012 | The Finder | Benny Famosa |
| 2012 | Elementary | Russell Gertz |
| 2012 | Chicago Fire | Arthur |
| 2012 | Best Friends Forever | Angelo |
| 2011 | Shameless | Yard Guy |
| 2010 | The Good Guys | |
| 2009 | Glee | Usher |
| 2008 | The Middleman | Cop |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Taxi Driver |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Nelson |
| 2006 | Psych | Max Rizzo |
| 2005 | The Office | Grotti |
| 2005 | Bones | Frankie Cooper |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Vince Robinson |
| 2004 | Listen Up! | Bully |
| 2004 | House | Willie |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | |
| 2003 | NCIS | Monroe Cooper |
| 2003 | The Handler | Artie Levy |
| 2003 | A.U.S.A. | Bobby Paterno |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Gil |
| 2001 | Scrubs | Mr. Iverson |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Ted Marston |
| 2000 | Ed | Kenny Sandusky |
| 2000 | Bull | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dominic Bruno |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Senator Tony Marino |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mike O'Doole |
| 1998 | Brother's Keeper | Rick |
| 1998 | L.A. Doctors | Pete Mosely |
| 1997 | The Last Don | Big Tim |
| 1997 | The Last Don | Rustler |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Axe |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Phil Deluca |
| 1996 | Millennium | Henry Dion |
| 1996 | EZ Streets | Mickey Kinnear |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Frank Muller |
| 1995 | NewsRadio | Building Super |
| 1995 | Brotherly Love | Gus |
| 1995 | Nowhere Man | Bert Williams |
| 1995 | Deadly Games | Roy Hopkins |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | Hardball | Mike Widmer |
| 1993 | Frasier | Billy Kriezel |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show | David Coltrane |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Tony Cicci |
| 1992 | Bob | |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Officer Hill |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Pollard |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Tony Halliwell - Truck Driver |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Steven Breck |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Garrick |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Max |