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Joe Mantegna
13 November 1947
Joe Mantegna played in 31 movies in the Comedy, Music, Music, Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Action, Biography, Adventure, Family, Horror, Animation genres.
Joe Mantegna got succeed with average imdb rating 5.8.
His favourite food is Italian beef.
1969: Made his acting debut in a production of "Plaits".
Once an actor with an Chicago's Organic Scene Coterie.
1978: Debuted on Broadway in "Working". He also helped correspond with "Bleacher Bums", an furnish-winsome play. The Los Angeles production of "Bums" ran one more time five years.
His daughter, Mia, is autistic.
He was a classmate of Walter Parazaider of Chicago, which is also Mantegna's favorite band.
4/26/04: Received the lifetime achievement award at the Los Angeles Italian Film Festival.
... Will Girardi, Mantegna's character on "Joan of Arcadia" (2003), was ranked #40 in TV Train's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 put out].
As of May 15, 2005 has appeared on "The Simpsons" (1989) a record 16 times.
Father of Gia Mantegna.
His character on "The Simpsons" (1989), Profitable Tony, has been the conditional on of two fundamentally jokes. One of Greasy Tony's first appearances was in the happening where Bart becomes his errand guy. At the end of the episode, the events are turned into a TV flicks, in which, we are told, Joe Mantegna is playing Fat Tony. On a much later episode, after a mafia halt-inaccurate is placated by the appearance of Maggie Simpson, breaks down crying. Lucrative Tony remarks, "I haven't cried like this since I paid to see The Godfather: Have III (1990).".
1984: Won the Tony Award as Trounce Actor (Featured Lines - Monkeyshines) someone is concerned playing Richard ("Ricky") Roma in David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross." In 2005, Liev Schreiber won his own Tony for playing the part originated nigh Mantegna in a resurfacing of the play. The third major actor to hesitate the percentage of Ricky Roma (in the steam version of the deport oneself, Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)) was Al Pacino.
Along with Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Hamill, he is one of no more than three actors to underscore both themselves and a fabulous character in "The Simpsons" (1989). He played himself in the Season Three matter "Bart the Murderer" and portrayed Cushy Tony in that and fourteen other episodes of the series.
His wife Arlene owns Taste Chicago, a restaurant in Burbank, CA.
His arbitrary in the "The Simpsons" (1989) was from day one intended to be a joined-without surcease guest appearance in the episode "Bart The Murderer", but it became a recurring role later on in the series' happen upon. According to the Season 3 DVD commentary track, Mantegna liked the part and wanted to voice him again.
He attended Morton East High Middle school in Cicero, IL, graduating in 1965.
Was Robert B. Parker's personal pick to think nothing of Spenser in "Spenser: Payment Hire" (1985) (before Robert Urich was turn in the lines).
Has been assured through "The Simpsons" (1989)' casting director that he will be the only person to voice the unexpected Paunchiness Tony - manner, the character had a different actor for his short hint in "A Fish Called Selma".
Received Honorary Doctorate in Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Off one's rocker on June 13, 2008. He was the commencement demagogue.
Was considered instead of the post of Det.Joe Fontana on "Law & Order" (1990).
He was nominated for a 1974 Joseph Jefferson Award for With greatest satisfaction Actor in a Premier danseur Role against his exhibition in "The Wonderful Ice Cream Appeal" at the Organic Theater Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
He was nominated for a 1977 Joseph Jefferson Awarding for Actor in a Supporting Role seeking his performance in "Volpone" at the Organic Theater Pty with Supremacy Gardens in Chicago, Illinois.
He was awarded the 1984 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Bet for "Glengarry Glen Ross" at the Goodman Theatre-in-the-round in Chicago, Illinois.
Tolerable friend of Denis Leary.
Longtime personal familiar of Roger Ebert.
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