1939-04-21 ( 85 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA
Reni Santoni (April 21, 1939 – August 1, 2020) was an American film, television and voice actor.
Santoni was born in New York City of French and Spanish descent.
He began his career in off-Broadway theatre. His first significant film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1964 film The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger, in which he played a junkie trying to sell a radio to the title character, using anti-Semitic slurs that have absolutely no effect.
Santoni's first leading role was as the young actor in Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing. His other well-known film roles include Inspector "Chico" González in the 1971 classic Dirty Harry, as Ramon Herrera in the 1983 hit drama Bad Boys, and as detective Tony Gonzales in 1986 action film Cobra. Around that time, he also made guest appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, Hawaii Five-O, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hill Street Blues and Midnight Caller. In 1973, he was a junior partner on, "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law". (Santoni and "Owen Marshall" co-star Lee Majors were born the same week in April 1939).
Santoni continued to work in film and television through to the 21st century. Some of his more memorable characterizations include "Poppie," the unhygienic restaurateur on TV's Seinfeld, and "Captain Carlos Rodríguez" in Carl Reiner's comedy film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
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Movies
A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008-07-23
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008-06-03
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008-06-03
Gang Warz
2004-10-01
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001-06-22
28 Days
2000-04-06
Late Last Night
1999-06-20
Doctor Dolittle
1998-06-26
Private Parts
1997-03-07
The Late Shift
1996-02-24
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995-02-16
Groundhog Day
1993-02-11
Only You
1992-01-01
Cat Chaser
1989-09-13
The Package
1989-01-25
Rain Man
1988-12-12
Bright Lights, Big City
1988-04-01
The Pick-up Artist
1987-09-18
Radioactive Dreams
1986-09-19
Cobra
1986-01-01
Second Serve
1986-01-01
No Greater Gift
1985-09-11
Summer Rental
1985-08-09
Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22
Manimal
1983-09-30
Bad Boys
1983-03-25
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982-05-21
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978-12-01
Tarzana
1978-01-01
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977-07-14
Panic on the 5:22
1974-11-20
Indict and Convict
1974-01-06
Dirty Harry
1971-12-23
Powderkeg
1971-04-16
The Student Nurses
1970-12-02
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
1969-07-14
Anzio
1968-07-24
A Great Big Thing
1968-06-23
Enter Laughing
1967-02-25
The Pawnbroker
1965-04-20
Strangers in the City
1962-07-16
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