Robert Davi

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 06/26/1953
Birthplace: Astoria, New York, USA

biography

Rough-hewn yet found ruggedly handsome by some, this Italian-American character player has built a reputation for portraying ethnic villains, usually mobsters, and a number of tough cops. Davi's breakthrough feature role was brutal drug baron Franz Sanchez opposite Timothy Dalton's James Bond in "License to Kill" (1989). Youngsters may know him as an opera-singing baddie in "The Goonies" (1985).

Before becoming a screen tough, the then 19-year-old Davi began his entertainment career on a gentler track--as an opera singer with the Lyric Opera Company in Long Island, NY. After his vocal cords Continued

Credits

(TV Show)
2004-2008
Commander Acastus Kolya
2008
Commander Acastus Kolya
2007
Commander Acastus Kolya
2006
Commander Acastus Kolya
2005
Commander Acastus Kolya
2005
Commander Acastus Kolya
2004
+(1 More)
Director
2008
Screenplay
2008
Producer
2008
Danny DePasquale
2008
Michael's Father
2006
Fish
2005
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Actor
2004
Detective Sean McKinney
2003
Stan
2002
Ierra
2002
Al Torres
1995
Jake
1985
Tony Moretti
Heinemann
Robert "Bat" Masterson
Max
Sergeant Frank Ramos
Actor
Dan
Carlito Escalara
Franz Sanchez
Aldo Palucci--Mob Boss
Chopper
Himself
Fix Cleary
Richard Morgan
Actor
Officer Walker
Actor
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Long Island, New York
 
Heard by a passing nun while singing in a locker room shower as an eighth grader; nun urged his mother to enter him in singing competitions
 
Won two statewide opera-singing contests
 
Traveled to Florence, Italy to study with opera great Tito Gobbi
1972 
Stage debut at age 19 with the Lyric Opera Company, Long Island (date approximate)
Continued

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