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Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna is an acclaimed American actor with a career spanning over five decades. Born Joseph Anthony Mantegna on November 13, 1947, in Chicago, he began his career on stage in the 1969 Chicago production of the musical Hair. A Tony award winner, he delivered a stellar performance as Richard Roma in the first American productions of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize–winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. Numerous collaborations with Mamet followed, premiering works such as A Life in the Theatre, The Disappearance of the Jews, and Speed-the-Plow on Broadway. Mantegna directed a lauded production of Mamet's Lakeboat, which had a successful theatrical run in Los Angeles, and later filmed its movie version.
In film and on television, Mantegna has been a part of several box office hits including Three Amigos (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Forget Paris (1995), and Up Close and Personal (1996). Since 2007, he starred as FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi in the CBS television series Criminal Minds. Mantegna has also provided his voice for the animated series The Simpsons since 1991, where he voices mob boss Fat Tony. A lifetime achievement awardee at the Los Angeles Italian Film Festival, he continues to contribute to the media industry as an executive producer, director, and narrator for various projects.
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Given Name: Joseph Anthony Mantegna
Born: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: November 13, 1947
Occupations: Actor, Director
Years Active: 1969-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Arlene Vrhel
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Movies Featuring Joe Mantegna
Alice
House of Games
Things Change
Homicide
Bugsy
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Liberty Heights
Edmond
Thinner
Body of Evidence
Suspect
Uncle Nino
Compromising Positions
Eye for an Eye
The Kid & I
The War of 1812
20
More Dogs Than Bones
Off Key
I Was a Teenage Faust
Women vs. Men
Now More than Ever: The History of Chicago
Mother Ghost
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
A Very Married Christmas
Cool Cat’s Crazy Dream
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
Naked Fear
Stories USA
Hotel Laguna
Heckler
Elvis & Anabelle
Queens Logic
Cougar Club
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Death on the Job
Weeds
Off Beat
Crack USA: County Under Siege
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Critical Condition
Stallone: Frank, That Is
The Last Band on Stage
Bleacher Bums
For Better or Worse
National Lampoon’s Favorite Deadly Sins
State of Emergency
The Comrades of Summer
Towing
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Jerry and Tom
Elvis
The Last Don II
The Runner
Family Prayers
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn’t
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
The Water Engine
Up Close & Personal
Lonely Street
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
My Suicide
The Assistants
Boy Meets Girl
The Rat Pack
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
Persons Unknown
Baby’s Day Out
Underworld
Forget Paris
Face Down
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
Airspeed
Career Timeline
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2009
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
Self
Lonely Street
Jerry Finkelman
My Suicide
Dr. Chandrasakar
The Assistants
Gary Greene
2007
Naked Fear
Tom Benike
Stories USA
Mike (segment "Club Soda")
Heckler
Self
Elvis & Anabelle
Charlie Moreau
Cougar Club
Mr. Stack
1998
Jerry and Tom
Tom
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Gomez
Boy Meets Girl
Il Magnifico
The Rat Pack
Dean Martin
Airspeed
Raymond Stone
1996
Thinner
Eye for an Eye
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Quote Reader
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Mark Goodson
Up Close & Personal
Bucky Terranova
Persons Unknown
Jim Holland
Underworld
Frank Gavilan / Frank Cassady / Richard Essex
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