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Armand Anthony Assante Jr. (/ ɑː ˈ s ɑː n t i /; born October 4, 1949) is an American actor. He played mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film Gotti , Odysseus in the 1997 miniseries adaptation of Homer 's The Odyssey , Nietzsche in When Nietzsche Wept , and Mickey Spillane 's Mike Hammer in 1982's I, the Jury .
- I, The Jury
I, the Jury is a 1982 American neo-noir crime thriller film...
- The Mambo Kings
The Mambo Kings is a 1992 musical drama film based on the...
- I, The Jury
Odysseus (Armand Assante), the king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Ithaca, is called to service in the Trojan War after the birth of his son Telemachus, much to the dismay of his wife Queen Penelope (Greta Scacchi). Odysseus is worried that he may not return, and tells Penelope that she should remarry by the time Telemachus is a man if he does ...
- Andrei Konchalovsky
A parody of the erotic thriller genre, which at the time had reached its commercial peak, as well as being a pastiche of 1940s film noir and psychological thriller genres, in particular Double Indemnity, the film stars Armand Assante as lawyer/cop Ned Ravine (a take-off on Body Heat, in which William Hurt plays the similarly named Ned Racine ...
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- Richard Gibbs
- October 29, 1993
- He was mentioned in The Santa Clause. This was kind of funny since it has more to do with the list that Scott Calvin is given via delivery during his transition into Santa Claus.
- He was in American Gangster. This story was really more about the life of notorious gangster Frank Lucas, who cut a swath through history back in his own time.
- He’s often given the role of a tough guy. It’s a role that he might not seem suited to play just to hear him talk but when he really gets going and gets aggressive then it becomes obvious that he can play the role of the tough guy without much prompting and can go off the chain in a way that might make you reassess whether or not he’s really capable of being more than just the charming, smooth-talking criminal that knows how to get what he wants through guile.
- He was a regular on two soap operas in the 1970s. Armand has been around for quite a while and it’s not much of a surprise that he was a soap star at one point since he does have the looks and the smooth, genuine attitude of a guy that could survive on the soap opera scene on charm alone.
The film stars Armand Assante in the title role as infamous Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, along with William Forsythe, and Anthony Quinn. It aired on HBO on August 17, 1996. Assante won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his performance.
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On the Beach is a 2000 apocalyptic drama television film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Ward. It aired on Showtime on 28 May 2000.
Armand Anthony Assante is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film Gotti, Nietzsche in When Nietzsche Wept and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 1982's I, the Jury. Known For. The Road to El Dorado. Judge Dredd. American Gangster. The Odyssey. 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Striptease.
