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Louis Giambalvo

Louis Giambalvo

17 movies on Netflix

Biography

Louis Giambalvo is a retired American actor who built a long career largely out of television guest roles. Born and raised in Brooklyn's Sunset Park, he studied at Harpur College, now Binghamton University, and helped found the Colonnades Theater Lab in Greenwich Village before moving to Los Angeles in 1979. He played Al Capone on the NBC series The Gangster Chronicles, and his many small-screen credits range from Barney Miller and Hill Street Blues to ER, NYPD Blue and Boston Legal. He appeared in the television movie Gia (1998) as Gia Carangi's father. On film he is known for Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Real Genius (1985), Jagged Edge (1985), The Dead Pool (1988) and Weekend at Bernie's (1989), along with Nightmares (1983), Gun Shy (2000) and Bottle Shock (2008).

81years old

Turns 82 on February 8in 118 days

  • Born Brooklyn
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18

Movie Career

Films
17
Career span
28 years1980 to 2008

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  1. Early training

    Giambalvo helped found the avant-garde Colonnades Theater Lab in Greenwich Village. Danny DeVito and Peter Scolari were among the other members of the group.

Louis Giambalvo movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Gia1998 Biography, Drama, Romanceas Joe Carangi

    IMDb rating 6.956K votes

  2. Real Genius1985 Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fias Maj. Carnagle

    IMDb rating 6.942K votes

  3. Weekend at Bernie's1989as Vito

    IMDb rating 6.569K votes

  4. The Bonfire of the Vanities1990as Ray Andruitti

    IMDb rating 5.628K votes

  5. See No Evil, Hear No Evil1989as Gatlin

    IMDb rating 6.963K votes

  6. Bottle Shock2008as George Taber

    IMDb rating 6.819K votes

  7. Illegal in Blue1995as Lt. Cavanaugh

    IMDb rating 4.5684 votes

  8. Bad Dreams1988as Ed

    IMDb rating 5.74.8K votes

Most often with

Danny DeVito directed two of these films. Nine 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.

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Films together

Box office

What Louis Giambalvo's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$174 million

10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 6 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 1Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    $47M26.9% of the total
  2. 2
    The Dead Pool1988as Gus Wheeler
    $38M21.8% of the total
  3. 3
    $30M17.3% of the total
  4. 4
    The Bonfire of the Vanities1990as Ray Andruitti
    $16M9.0% of the total
  5. 5
    Real Genius1985as Maj. Carnagle
    $13M7.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Bad Dreams1988as Ed
    $9.8M5.6% of the total
  7. 7
    Death to Smoochy2002as Sonny Gordon
    $8.4M4.8% of the total
  8. 8
    Nightmares1983as Jerry Cooney (segment "Bishop of Battle")
    $6.7M3.8% of the total
Bottle Shock (2008), $4.0 millionGun Shy (2000), $1.6 million

$5.6 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total