Armand Assante
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 Armand Assante at the Bled Film Festival in 2014 | |
| Born |
Armand Anthony Assante, Jr. October 4, 1949 New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouse(s) | Karen McArn (m. 1982–94) |
| Children | Alessandra Assante, Anya Assante |
| Website | http://www.armandassante.net/ |
Armand Anthony Assante, Jr. (born October 4, 1949) is an American actor.
Personal life
Assante was born in New York City, and raised in Cornwall, New York, the son of Armand Anthony Assante, Sr., a painter and artist, and Katherine (née Healy), a music teacher and poet.[1][2][3] His father was Italian American, his mother was Irish American, and he was raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic family. Assante was married to Karen McArn from 1982 to 1994, and has two daughters, Anya and Alesandra.
Career
During the 1970s, Assante was a regular on two NBC soap operas, How to Survive a Marriage as Johnny McGee and The Doctors as Dr. Mike Powers. His first film was The Lords of Flatbush (1974), although his work did not appear in the final cut of the film and the end credits misspelled his last name as Assanti. His first on-screen role was playing Sylvester Stallone's brother in Paradise Alley and a role that brought him greater attention came in 1980's Private Benjamin as a handsome Frenchman who becomes the love interest of a U.S. soldier played by Goldie Hawn.
Assante's somewhat sinister look has made him a popular choice for tough-guy heroes, as in his starring role as private eye Mike Hammer in the film I, the Jury (1982) or as Mafia gangsters such as Michael Moretti in Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels. In 1990 his role as Roberto Texador in Sidney Lumet's film Q&A garnered him a Golden Globe nomination, and the following year he portrayed the notorious Bugsy Siegel in Neil Simon's The Marrying Man (1991). The following year he was seen as mafia boss Carol D'Allesandro in Hoffa (1992) starring Jack Nicholson, and crime kingpin John Gotti in the 1996 made-for-television biopic Gotti, for which he won his Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.
In addition to mafia and "tough-guy" roles, Assante has distinguished himself in historic dramas, such as Napoleon Bonaparte in 1987's Napoleon and Josephine, a Love Story opposite Jacqueline Bisset, the heroic Odysseus in The Odyssey, Friedrich Nietzsche in the film adaptation of Irving Yalom's novel When Nietzsche Wept, and as Sanchez, Queen Isabella's Minister of State, in 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
Other notable film appearances include one as a Cuban bandleader in The Mambo Kings opposite Antonio Banderas and in the adaptation of the science-fiction story Judge Dredd with Sylvester Stallone, his co-star in Paradise Alley. In 2007 he appeared in American Gangster (2007) with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. He had a recurring guest star role in several episodes of NCIS, playing the international arms dealer René Benoit. He has also appeared in the 2009 horror film Smile as the mysterious Tollinger. Outside of the U.S., he has participated in several film projects and humanitarian endeavors in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Macedonia, Turkey, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania and Bulgaria.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards
- 1989: Nominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie for his portrayal of Richard Mansfield in Jack the Ripper
- 1996: Won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie for his portrayal of Mafia Don John Gotti
Golden Globe Awards
- 1989: Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Jack the Ripper
- 1991: Nominated Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Q&A
- 1997: Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Gotti
- 1998: Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Odyssey
Screen Actors Guild Awards
- 1997: Nominated Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Gotti
In 2010, Assante received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada.[4]
References
- ↑ Armand Assante Biography (1949-)
- ↑ Cutting Edge Voices Presents an Interview with Kathy Haggerty Archived January 1, 1970, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Obituaries: Katherine Assante". Cornwall and Cornwall on Hudson. 3 July 2011.
- ↑ "Inductees 2010". Italian Walk of Fame. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
External links
- Armand Assante at the Internet Movie Database
- www
.armandassante .net - Armand Assante at the TCM Movie Database
- Armand Assante at AllMovie
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