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Reni Santoni
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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 d…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reni Santoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
as Self
The Business End: Violence in Cinema
as Self
The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
as Self
Gang Warz
as Father Luis
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Rat #2 (voice)
28 Days
as Daniel
Late Last Night
as Drunk
Doctor Dolittle
as Rat #1 (Voice)
Can't Hardly Wait
as Cop
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
as Judge Thomas Agajanian
Private Parts
as Vallesecca
The Late Shift
as John Agoglia
The Brady Bunch Movie
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Groundhog Day
as State Trooper (voice) (uncredited)
Only You
as Rueben the Bartender
Cat Chaser
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Package
as Chicago Police Lieutenant
Rain Man
as (voice)
Bright Lights, Big City
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Pick-up Artist
as Man in Train Station
Radioactive Dreams
as 'Red' Hairstylist
Cobra
as Sergeant Gonzales
Second Serve
as Dr. Roberto Granato
No Greater Gift
as Mario Santana
Summer Rental
as Announcer (voice)
Brewster's Millions
as Vin Rapelito
Bad Boys
as Ramon Herrera
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as Carlos Rodriguez
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Billy Joe
Tarzana
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
as Hobbs
Panic on the 5:22
as Emil Linz
Indict and Convict
as Mike Belano
Dirty Harry
as Chico
Powderkeg
as Ricardo Sandoval
The Student Nurses
as Victor Charlie
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
as Max
Anzio
as Pvt. Movie
No Poster
A Great Big Thing
as Vinny Shea
Enter Laughing
as David Kolowitz
The Pawnbroker
as Junkie Selling Radio (uncredited)
Strangers in the City
as Scrounge