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Gianni Russo

Acting
Known For

81 Years Old

With a singularly nebulous background, which, by his account, included stints as a Las Vegas nightclub emcee, radio personality, and jewelry tycoon, and comparatively little acting experience, Gianni Russo won the role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather (1972) on the basis of his screen test. Since then, Russo has remained busy as an actor, mostly playing assorted "wiseguys" and Mafia types. He was appeared again with Marlon Brando in a small role in The Freshman (1990) in which Brando parodied his Don Corleone role to good effect. IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Sorrentino

Born

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA on 12th December 1943

All Credits

Prison Break Image
Prison Break
Smallhouse
Jake and the Fatman Image
Jake and the Fatman
The Rockford Files Image
The Rockford Files
Gianni Tedesco
The Rockford Files Image
The Rockford Files
Johnny Bongard
Walker, Texas Ranger Image
Walker, Texas Ranger
Morris Foley
Hunter Image
Hunter
Tony Rondino
Wiseguy Image
Wiseguy
Toma Image
Toma
Strong Medicine Image
Strong Medicine
Kojak Image
Kojak
Russ Barton
The Godfather Image
The Godfather
Carlo Rizzi
Renegade Image
Renegade
Don Carmine Bendetti
The Godfather Part II Image
The Godfather Part II
Carlo Rizzi
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television Image
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Carlo Rizzi (uncredited)
Pacific Palisades Image
Pacific Palisades
Frank Nichols
The Hat Squad Image
The Hat Squad
Rush Hour 2 Image
Rush Hour 2
Red Dragon Pit Boss
Striptease Image
Striptease
Willy Rojo
Hardball Image
Hardball
Any Given Sunday Image
Any Given Sunday
Christina's Advisor
The Family Man Image
The Family Man
Nick
Super Mario Bros. Image
Super Mario Bros.
Scapelli
Out for Justice Image
Out for Justice
Sammy
After the Sunset Image
After the Sunset
Clippers Fan
3000 Miles to Graceland Image
3000 Miles to Graceland
Money Cart Guard
Chances Are Image
Chances Are
Anthony Bonino
The Freshman Image
The Freshman
Maitre D’ Gourmet Club
Red Dragon Image
Red Dragon
Newsie
Winter Kills Image
Winter Kills
Co-Pilot
Stay Tuned Image
Stay Tuned
Guido
Laserblast Image
Laserblast
Tony Craig
Another You Image
Another You
Carlos
Side Out Image
Side Out
Dick Sydney
Harvard Man Image
Harvard Man
Andrew Bandolini
Lepke Image
Lepke
Albert Anastasia
Kill Shot Image
Kill Shot
Jake Mondello
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion Image
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
Marco Sabatini
The Bait Image
The Bait
Gianni Ruggeri
The Four Deuces Image
The Four Deuces
Chip Morono - the 'Deuce of Clubs'
Goodnight, My Love Image
Goodnight, My Love
Michael Tarlow
Mulberry St. Image
Mulberry St.
Self
The Great Pretender Image
The Great Pretender
Davey Desapio
Wiseguy: Pilot Image
Wiseguy: Pilot
David 'Dave' Steelgrave
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Silverfox
Klaus Gerhardt
Send No Flowers Image
Send No Flowers
Johnny Pisano
Lo sgarbo Image
Lo sgarbo
Salvatore Mannino (as Luis Vito Russo)
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Crossing Paths
Howard Thomas
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Rope Art