Chazz Palminteri
Biography
Born in the Bronx, New York, Chazz Palminteri is an American actor, screenwriter, and playwright who began in theater. He wrote A Bronx Tale as a one-man show and first staged it in Los Angeles at Theatre West in 1989, later starring on Broadway in a production directed by Jerry Zaks. Robert De Niro saw the show in 1990, and partnered with him to adapt it into the film A Bronx Tale (1993), for which Palminteri wrote the screenplay and played Sonny. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Bullets Over Broadway (1994), then appeared in The Usual Suspects (1995), The Perez Family (1995), Jade (1995), Diabolique (1996), and Mulholland Falls (1996). His comedic roles include Oscar (1991), Analyze This (1999), and Down to Earth (2001). He voiced Smokey in Stuart Little (1999) and Woolworth in Hoodwinked! (2005), made his directorial debut on an episode of Oz, and directed the feature Noel (2004).
74years old
Turns 75 on May 15in 225 days
- Born The Bronx
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Calogero Lorenzo Palminteri
Movie Career
- Films
- 30
- Career span
- 28 years1991 to 2019
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Big break
Palminteri wrote A Bronx Tale for himself after being fired from a New York nightclub for refusing entry to talent agent Swifty Lazar, since he was not getting acting work.
Behind the camera
Palminteri's first directing work was an episode of Oz. After that came the television film Women vs. Men and, in 2004, the feature film Noel.
Chazz Palminteri movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Landis directed two of these films. Sixteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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- Richard PortnowPoolhall Junkies (2002) and There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
- Dianne WiestA Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
- Paul WalkerRunning Scared (2006) and Noel (2004)
- Linda FiorentinoOnce More with Feeling (2009) and Jade (1995)
- Tony SiricoBullets Over Broadway (1994) and Innocent Blood (1992)
- Joe ViterelliAnalyze This (1999) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
- Richard ForonjyBoss of Bosses (2001) and Oscar (1991)
- Sonny MarinelliNoel (2004) and Boss of Bosses (2001)
- Frank PietrangolareAnalyze This (1999) and A Bronx Tale (1993)
- Gianna PalminteriHurlyburly (1998) and Faithful (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Chazz Palminteri's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.0 billion
22 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 30 films: 22 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 22Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 88% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$300M29.6% of the total
- 2$177M17.4% of the total
- 3$110M10.8% of the total
- 4$104M10.3% of the total
- 5$71M7.0% of the total
- 6$52M5.2% of the total
- 7$43M4.2% of the total
- 8$37M3.7% of the total
$119 millionfrom the other 14 films with a worldwide figure, 12% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.