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Leo Rossi

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Leo Rossi  (born 1946) is an American character actor and writer with over 100 credits to his name, often playing authority figures, gangsters and other villains. He is known for his role as Budd Scarlotti in the 1981 horror film Halloween II and as Turkell from the 1990 horror sequel Maniac Cop 2. His other films include Heart Like a Wheel (1983), River's Edge (1986), The Accused (1988), Relentless (1989) and Analyze This (1999). Rossi starred on the 1980s short-lived TV series Partners in Crime and appeared in made-for-TV movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo Rossi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

26-06-1946

Birthday

Cancer

Zodiac Sign

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63

Total Films

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Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

63 Works

producer

3 Works

director

5 Works

writer

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Gotti

Gotti

John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
5.3

Year:

2018

The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II

The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II

Retrospective documentary about the making of "Halloween II."
7.0

Year:

2012

Exodus Fall

Exodus Fall

Set in 1974 Texas, three teen siblings struggle with the death of their father and try to live with their abusive mother. When one of the teens is sent away because the mother can't cope with his autism, the teens embark on a life changing road trip to freedom.
0.0

Year:

2011

At the Sinatra Club

At the Sinatra Club

Brutal and celebrated Mafia gangster John Gotti (Danny Nucci) schemes, shoves and murders his way to the top of that world in this gritty biography told from the perspective of Salvatore Polisi (Jason Gedrick), who owns the Sinatra Club, where Gotti's crew hangs out. Determined to make his name, the young Gotti plans a daring armored-car robbery that he expects to get him noticed by the bosses of each of New York's five major crime families.
3.1

Year:

2010

The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie

The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie

A modern day telling of the Mark Twain classic, The Prince and the Pauper.
5.6

Year:

2007

All In

All In

Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
4.6

Year:

2006

10th & Wolf

10th & Wolf

A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
5.9

Year:

2006

Diamond Zero

Diamond Zero

A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ensues in their insane efforts to pilfer the ashes of prominent and historic figures. Tippi Hedren, Bronson Pinchot, Richard Moll and Joan Van Ark head the cast in this inky morality yarn.
0.0

Year:

2005

Back By Midnight

Back By Midnight

The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and plan a department store robbery to spruce up the prison's faculties.
5.2

Year:

2005

Mafioso: The Father The Son

Mafioso: The Father The Son

When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s behind the plot before they are all wiped out.
5.0

Year:

2004

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a round-the-world adventure, along with Bugs and The VP of Warner Bros. Their mission? Find Damien's father, and the missing blue diamond... and stay one step ahead of The Acme Corp., who wants the diamond for their own purposes.
6.3

Year:

2003

Four Deadly Reasons

Four Deadly Reasons

Bobby Venuti has a pregnant wife, and a mountain of gambling debts. Now, despite Bobby's best efforts to get out of the city and raise a family far away from the temptations that nearly consumed him, the troubled debtor is about to find just how far some people are willing to go to collect on an outstanding debt.
3.5

Year:

2002

The Rose Technique

The Rose Technique

The Rose Technique revolves around the life of an off-beat psychiatrist who wants to join the crazy world of daytime TV.
3.3

Year:

2002

The Business of Fancydancing

The Business of Fancydancing

Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
5.1

Year:

2002

Road to Redemption

Road to Redemption

A couple come into contact with stolen mob money, gamble it away, and end up on the run from gangsters
6.5

Year:

2001

One Eyed King

One Eyed King

Residents of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen attempt to balance family and friendship against the harsh street life that unfolds around them
5.5

Year:

2001

One Night at McCool's

One Night at McCool's

On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a tussle with her criminal boyfriend, who she then shoots dead, later persuading Randy to take the rap for her. But this isn't the end of it, as both Randy's cousin Carl and the detective assigned to the murder case also fall for Jewel's charms and find themselves caught up in the ensuing events. It seems that any man who meets Jewel falls instantly in love with her, and she's going to use this fully to her own advantage, leaving a trail of havoc in her wake. It also seems that she is going to get away with it - that is, until Randy decides to hire a hitman...
5.9

Year:

2001

Separate Ways

Separate Ways

A high-school crush some twenty years later, snowballs into stalking psychosis.
2.7

Year:

2001

Crackerjack 3

Crackerjack 3

A group of retired spies once former enemies, are forced to work together in an attempt to retrieve a neutron bomb stolen by a group of new-wave, high-tech operatives who have supplanted them in the post-Cold War intelligence game.
2.0

Year:

2000

Fatal Conflict

Fatal Conflict

In a lawless futuristic society, a rebel must prevent a tandem of renegades from destroying Los Angeles. An ex-star pilot is forced to stop a mad criminal and his gang after they've hi-jacked a huge space freighter with the intent of crashing it into Los Angeles destroying what is left of civilization. Time is running out.
5.0

Year:

2000

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as an extraterrestrial nature documentary. The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy.
6.0

Year:

1999

Analyze This

Analyze This

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
6.5

Year:

1999

The Assault

The Assault

A female cop assigned to protect a dead drug dealer's girlfriend from mob assassins takes her to a home for battered wives. When revenge is the only option, the emotionally scarred women are forced to fight back.
4.0

Year:

1998

True Friends

True Friends

New York, The Bronx, 1980. Two Italian boys Joey Esposito and Louie Mazerino jump to the defence of a smaller Puerto Rican boy, J.J. Lopez, when J.J. is threatened by six schoolyard bullies. The three boys soon become best friends, and they always look out for each other. However, their innocence is shattered when they witness Big Tony, the local Mob boss kill a man. The three boys vow to each other to keep it a secret. Fifteen years later, the three boys, now in their late twenties are still the best of friends and still living in The Bronx. They dream of opening their own bar. Desperate to better themselves, Joey devises a scheme to steal money from Big Tony and open their own Joint.
7.0

Year:

1998

Wedding Bell Blues

Wedding Bell Blues

Micki, Tanya and Jasmine have 24 hours to get divorced. There's just one problem...They're still single. When Jasmine, Tanya and Micki decide they'd rather be divorced than unmarried, they take off to Las Vegas in search of the perfect ex.
4.0

Year:

1996

Rave Review

Rave Review

A dark comedy set in the L.A. theatre scene, as director Steve Maletti accidentally causes the death of a legendarily harsh critic.
0.0

Year:

1995

Beyond Desire

Beyond Desire

Rita is a sexy call girl in a red Corvette convertible who just met Ray. Ray is an ex-con just released after serving 14 years for a killing he claims he was framed for. When these two get together, sparks fly and temperatures rise. But Ray has a reason not to trust Rita - $1 million has been stashed somewhere in Las Vegas and Ray knows everyone wants it almost as much as they want him dead. When everyone has a hidden agenda, who do you trust?
4.6

Year:

1995

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King

Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in a mob hit that could potentially start a gang war. Tony C., a local mob boss and childhood acquaintance of Al, hires him to find out who was involved in the hit. Al must find his brother and make some decisions.
3.5

Year:

1995

Mutant Species

Mutant Species

A rocket containing bio-hazardous material to be disposed of by launching into space crashes in a remote wooded area. An army team is sent to recover it. One of the men is infected and mutates into a monster, killing most of the rest of the team. One man escapes with the help of a brother & sister who live in the woods. He then tries to stop his former buddy, while also fighting against another army team sent in to destroy everything. The bio-material was supposed to create a super-soldier, was banned, and the crash of the rocket appears to have been deliberate so the experiment could proceed. But who is behind it all? And will others be infected?
3.9

Year:

1995

The Misery Brothers

The Misery Brothers

Screwball sex comedy focusing on two brothers.
2.0

Year:

1995

Fast Getaway II

Fast Getaway II

A former robber (whose partner was his father) has reformed and is now running an insurance business with his girlfriend. An ex-partner frames him for a burglary. When his father gets out of prison, they go after the ex-partner.
4.9

Year:

1994

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes

Sam Dietz is back and must find and stop another serial killer before he kills again. Detective work for Dietz is tough having to juggle two gorgeous women - one his partner, and the other his shrink, who holds the key to the case.
5.6

Year:

1994

Felony

Felony

A reality cop show films a police raid on a drug ring that goes awry and results in the massacre of 11 policemen. All of this gets taped by the cameraman who tries to sell the tape to the gangsters and gets killed for his efforts. Meanwhile the film commentator gets pursued by the cops, the gangsters, and some crooked FBI agents. All are after the film which he doesn't have.
5.2

Year:

1994

Raw Justice

Raw Justice

The mayor of a small town hires a bounty hunter to find his daughter's killer, but it turns out to be a very dangerous job.
5.3

Year:

1994

Runaway Daughters

Runaway Daughters

Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives. Mary discovers that she's pregnant after having sex with her boyfriend.
6.0

Year:

1994

Relentless 3

Relentless 3

Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killings committed by another crafty serial killer whom targets Dietz's latest love interest.
4.8

Year:

1993

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story

Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story

Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife.
5.7

Year:

1993

We're Talkin' Serious Money

We're Talkin' Serious Money

A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
5.0

Year:

1992

Dead On: Relentless II

Dead On: Relentless II

Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles.
5.4

Year:

1992

Where the Day Takes You

Where the Day Takes You

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hanging out with King and his crew, it changes the dynamic of the gang. However, it seems as though nothing will alter their dangerous lifestyle.
6.1

Year:

1992

Fast Getaway

Fast Getaway

Nelson, played by Corey Haim is a teenager who robs banks with his father in group along with two other friends. Corey Haim Is the right guy, in the right place, at the right time. All he needed was a ...fast getaway
5.9

Year:

1991

Too Much Sun

Too Much Sun

A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.
5.0

Year:

1990

Maniac Cop 2

Maniac Cop 2

After being framed by corrupt superiors and brutally assaulted in prison, Officer Matt Cordell teams up with a vicious serial killer to track down those that wronged him.
5.9

Year:

1990

Relentless

Relentless

Two Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
5.5

Year:

1989

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war.
4.6

Year:

1989

Hit List

Hit List

A family man and a mob witness hunt for a hit-man who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
6.1

Year:

1989

The Accused

The Accused

Out drinking one night after a fight with her boyfriend, three men brutally rape Sarah Tobias in a bar while people watch and cheer. District Attorney Kathryn Murphy takes the case; however, she allows the rapists to receive a mild sentence. A distraught Sarah decides to seek punishment for the men who witnessed and encouraged the rape. To get justice, Sarah must take the stand and revisit the night of her attack.
7.0

Year:

1988

Out of Time

Out of Time

A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.
4.0

Year:

1988

Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop

Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered.
6.1

Year:

1988

Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

After separating from his wife, Leonard Parker (Cosby) quit the spy business and became a restaurateur. His wife refuses to speak with him, and his daughter, who changes her career more often than her clothes, has begun dating a man old enough to be Leonard's father! On top of it all, the government has asked him to come back and save the world again.
2.8

Year:

1987

River's Edge

River's Edge

A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to help him escape the consequences of his dreadful deed.
6.5

Year:

1986

Before Memory

Before Memory

A man suffering from amnesia teams up with a young girl to assist the FBI in solving the serial murders of eight young girls while struggling with flashbacks that suggest he may be the killer.
1.0

Year:

-

Russkies

Russkies

A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and will bring them no danger and thus go against the ideas of their parents, as well as the government.
5.2

Year:

1987

Black Widow

Black Widow

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
6.2

Year:

1987

One Too Many

One Too Many

Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.
0.0

Year:

1985

Kids Don't Tell

Kids Don't Tell

When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.
0.0

Year:

1985

Brainwash

Brainwash

A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.
5.7

Year:

1983

Heart Like a Wheel

Heart Like a Wheel

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.
5.6

Year:

1983

Halloween II

Halloween II

After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for Myers' attempt on her life. The institution proves to be particularly suited to serial killers, however, as Myers cuts, stabs and slashes his way through hospital staff to reach his favorite victim.
6.6

Year:

1981

The Pirate

The Pirate

An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fortunes and must deal with a fanatical terrorist group led by his daughter.
5.5

Year:

1978

Grand Theft Auto

Grand Theft Auto

A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
5.3

Year:

1977

Mr. Billion

Mr. Billion

An Italian mechanic finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president.
5.5

Year:

1977

Alias Big Cherry

Alias Big Cherry

The life and tribulations of Big Cherry Hill Fats, a 650-pound conman who swindled his victims out of 25 million dollars and helped bring down a criminal enterprise.
0.0

Year:

1975