Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero
Born (1947-09-29) September 29, 1947
Brockport, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Occupation Actor
Years active 1979-2011

Martin Ferrero (born September 29, 1947) is an American stage and film actor.

Life and career

Ferrero was born in Brockport, New York. He joined the California Actors Theater in Los Gatos, California. In 1979, he moved to Los Angeles and began to act in Hollywood. He is widely remembered for his role as the ill-fated lawyer Donald Gennaro in Jurassic Park (1993). He was a semi-regular on the 1980s TV series Miami Vice for playing two roles during its run on NBC, playing petty thief-turned-informant Izzy Moreno and also playing assassin Trini DeSoto in the pilot episode. He also guest-starred on an episode of Cheers ("Rescue Me", season 3), playing the role of an Italian waiter. In addition, he has appeared in Get Shorty (1995), Gods and Monsters (1998), and The Tailor of Panama (2001).

As of 2008, Ferrero is a member of the Antaeus Company, a Los Angeles classical theater ensemble.[1] In 2011, Ferrero reprised the role of Donald Gennaro in a CollegeHumor parody of Jurassic Park.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1981 Knightriders Bontempi
1982 I Ought to Be in Pictures Monte Del Rey
1986 Modern Girls Music Video Director
1987 Planes, Trains & Automobiles Second Motel Clerk
1988 High Spirits Malcolm
1991 Oscar Luigi Finucci
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Paulie
1993 Jurassic Park Donald Gennaro
1995 Get Shorty Tommy Carlo
Heat Construction Clerk
1998 Gods and Monsters George Cukor
2001 Air Bud: World Pup (Video) Snerbert
The Tailor of Panama Teddy, the Reporter

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1979 The Ropers Salesman Episode: "Puppy Love"
Soap Waiter Episode: "Episode #3.6"
1981 M*A*S*H Wounded man in jeep Episode: "That's Show Biz"
1984–1989 Miami Vice Izzy Moreno
Trini DeSoto
1988 L.A. Law Julius Goldfarb a/k/a The Salamander Episode: "Leapin' Lizards"
1990 Shannon's Deal Lou Gondolf
1996 Nash Bridges Vincenzo 'Vince' Diamond Episode: "Javelin Catcher"
1997 The Practice Sam Feldberg Episode: "Save the Mule"
1998 The X-Files Shooter Episode: "The End"
2000 Ali: An American Hero Angelo Dundee (TV movie)
2011 CollegeHumor Originals Donald Gennaro Episode: "Jurassic Park Character's Awful Realization" (TV series short)

1985. Hill Street Blues. Alan "Rambo" Branford. "Somewhere Over The Rambo"

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