Chazz Palminteri

Biography

Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952) is an American actor and writer, best known for his performances in The Usual Suspects, A Bronx Tale, Mulholland Falls and his Academy Award nominated role for Best Supporting Actor in Bullets Over Broadway.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Perry Cannavaro

Blue Bloods

Angelo Gallo

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Modern Family

Shorty

Dallas

Frank

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Rizzoli & Isles

Frank Rizzoli Sr.

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Manfredi Sinatra

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	A Bronx Tale: One Man Show	Various roles
2023	Sly	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021	A Journey to Sundance	Self
2020	Clover	Tony
2019	Vault	Raymond
2018	Davi's Way	Self
2015	Legend	Angelo Bruno
2014	Henry & Me	Babe Ruth
2013	Final Recourse	Jerry
2013	Last I Heard	Ben Rose
2012	Mighty Fine	Joe Fine
2012	The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure	Milky Marvin
2011	Hollywood & Wine	Geno Scarpacci
2011	A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas!	Self - Interviewee
2010	Jolene	Sal Fontaine
2009	Once More With Feeling	Frank Gregorio
2008	Yonkers Joe	Yonkers Joe
2008	Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2007	Body Armour	Lee Maxwell
2007	The Dukes	George Zucco
2006	Running Scared	Detective Rydell
2006	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints	Monty
2006	Push	Vince
2006	One Last Ride	Tweat
2006	Arthur and the Invisibles	Travel Agent (voice)
2006	Little Man	Walken
2005	Animal	Kassada
2005	Hoodwinked!	Woolworth (voice)
2005	In The Mix	Frank Pacelli
2005	Gangland: Bullets over Hollywood
2004	Noel	Arizona
2003	Biography: Humphrey Bogart	Self
2002	Poolhall Junkies	Joe
2002	Pursuing the Suspects	Himself
2002	Keyser Soze, Lie or Legend - Featurette	Self
2002	Round Up: Deposing 'The Usual Suspects'	Self
2001	One Eyed King	Eddie Dugan
2001	Down to Earth	King
2001	Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	Buster (speaking) (voice)
2001	The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp	Self - 'Buster'
2001	Boss of Bosses	Paul Castellano
2000	The Book That Wrote Itself	Chazz Palminteri
2000	Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'	Self
1999	Analyze This	Primo Sidone
1999	Excellent Cadavers	Giovanni Falcone
1999	Scarred City	Lt. Laine Devon
1999	Stuart Little	Smokey (voice)
1998	Hurlyburly	Phil
1998	A Night at the Roxbury	Benny Zadir
1996	Diabolique	Guy Baran
1996	Mulholland Falls	Elleroy Coolidge
1996	Faithful	Tony
1996	Love in Hollywood	Self
1995	The Usual Suspects	Dave Kujan
1995	Jade	Matt Gavin
1995	The Perez Family	Lt. John Pirelli
1995	The Last Word	Ricky
1995	Sinatra: 80 Years My Way	Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1994	Bullets Over Broadway	Cheech
1993	A Bronx Tale	Sonny LoSpecchio
1992	Innocent Blood	Tony
1992	There Goes the Neighborhood	Lyle Corrente
1991	Oscar	Connie
1989	Peter Gunn	Soldier
1985	Home Again
1985	The Last Dragon	Hood #2
1984	Home Free All	Truck Hijacker
	Bad News on the Doorstep	Sneaks

Year	TV Show	Role
2021	Law & Order: Organized Crime	Manfredi Sinatra
2021	Mafia States of America	Narrator
2020	Gravesend
2016	Kevin Can Wait	Vincent Cellucci
2011	Bubble Guppies	Tiny the Slug (voice)
2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Frank Rizzoli Sr.
2010	Blue Bloods	Angelo Gallo
2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self
2009	Modern Family	Shorty
2005	Kojak	Frank McNeil
2004	Dr. Vegas
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Perry Cannavaro
1999	Dilbert	Leonardo da Vinci (voice)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1990	Sydney
1987	Wiseguy
1986	Matlock
1978	Dallas	Frank