Leo Rossi
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Leo Rossi (born 1946) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his role as Budd 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.
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Gotti (2017)
As: Bobby Boriello
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.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Kevin Connolly
Stars: Stacy Keach | Kelly Preston | Pruitt Taylor Vince | John Travolta | Lydia Hull
The Nightmare Isn't Over! The Making of Halloween II (2012)
Retrospective documentary about the making of "Halloween II."
Runtime: 45 min.
Directed by: Michael Felsher
Stars: Lance Guest | Dean Cundey | Rick Rosenthal | Ana Alicia | Alan Howarth
Exodus Fall (2011)
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.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Ankush Kohli | Chad Waterhouse
Stars: Leo Rossi | Devon Graye | Rosanna Arquette | Jesse James | Adrien Finkel
At the Sinatra Club (2010)
As: Paul Castellano
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 ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: James Quattrochi
Stars: Danny Nucci | Michael Nouri | Jason Gedrick | Mark Belasco | Ellen Hollman
All in (2006)
As: Dr. Hamilton
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Nick Vallelonga
Stars: James Russo | Dominique Swain | Michael Madsen | Colleen Porch | Louis Gossett, Jr.
10th & Wolf (2006)
As: Agent Thornton
A former street tough 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.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Robert Moresco
Stars: Giovanni Ribisi | Brian Dennehy | Leo Rossi | Dennis Hopper | James Marsden
Diamond Zero (2005)
As: Augustine Garza
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 ...
Directed by: David Gaz | Annelie Wilder
Stars: Timothy McNeil | Bronson Pinchot | Leo Rossi | Darin Heames | Tippi Hedren
Mafioso: The Father The Son (2004)
As: Vito Lupo
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.
Directed by: Anthony Caldarella
Stars: Leo Rossi | Robert Costanzo | Ken Lerner | Johnny Williams | Sal Mazzotta
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003)
As: Acme VP, Climbing to the Top
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are up to their feuding ways again. Tired of playing second fiddle to Bugs, Daffy has decided to leave the Studio for good. He is aided by Warner Bros.' humor impaired Vice President of Comedy, Kate Houghton, who releases him from his contract and instructs WB security guard/aspiring stunt man DJ Drake to capture and "escort" Daffy off the studio lot.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Joe Dante
Stars: Timothy Dalton | Brendan Fraser | Steve Martin | Heather Locklear | Jenna Elfman
The Rose Technique (2002)
As: Artie
The Rose Technique revolves around the life of an off-beat psychiatrist who wants to join the crazy world of daytime TV.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Jon C. Scheide
Stars: Leo Rossi | Sally Kirkland | Jason Brooks | JoBeth Williams | Kari Wuhrer
The Business of Fancydancing (2002)
As: Mr. Williams
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.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Sherman Alexie
Stars: Evan Adams | Michelle St. John | Gene Tagaban | Swil Kanim | Rebecca Carroll
Road to Redemption (2001)
As: Sully Santoro
A couple come into contact with stolen mob money, gamble it away, and end up on the run from gangsters
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Robert Vernon
Stars: Leo Rossi | Pat Hingle | Jay Underwood | Julie Condra
one eyed king (2001)
As: 'Big' Joe Thomas
Residents of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen attempt to balance family and friendship against the harsh street life that unfolds around them
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Robert Moresco
Stars: Armand Assante | Chazz Palminteri | William Baldwin | Connie Britton | Jim Breuer
One Night At McCool's (2001)
As: Joey Dinardo
Every man has a different recollection of the beautiful young woman who wreaked havoc on their lives during one heated night.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Harald Zwart
Stars: Liv Tyler | Matt Dillon | Michael Douglas | Paul Reiser | Mary Jo Smith
Separate Ways (2001)
A high-school crush some twenty years later, snowballs into stalking psychosis.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Stuart Canterbury
Stars: Leo Rossi | C. Thomas Howell | Jerry Penacoli | Michelle Jones
Crackerjack 3 (2000)
As: Ricky Santeria-Ramos
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.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Lloyd A. Simandl
Stars: Leo Rossi | Olivier Gruner | Bo Svenson | Amy Weber
Fatal Conflict (2000)
As: Conrad Nash
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.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Lloyd A. Simandl
Stars: Leo Rossi | Jennifer Rubin | Miles O'Keeffe | David Fisher | Kari Wuhrer
Analyze This (1999)
As: Carlo Mangano
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.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Harold Ramis
Stars: Robert De Niro | Billy Crystal | Lisa Kudrow | Chazz Palminteri | Joe Viterelli
True Friends (1998)
As: Carmine
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 ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: James Quattrochi
Stars: Eddie Jones | James Quattrochi | John Capodice | Loreto Mauro | Rodrigo Botero
The Assault (1996)
As: Zigowski
A female cop protects a dead drug dealer's wife from mob assassins.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Jim Wynorski
Stars: Leo Rossi | Matt McCoy | Sandahl Bergman | Melissa Brasselle | Stacie Randall
Beyond Desire (1995)
As: Frank Zulla
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 ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Stars: William Forsythe | Leo Rossi | Billy Bastiani | Sharon Farrell | Kari Wuhrer
In The Kingdom Of The Blind, The Man With One Eye Is King (1995)
As: Moran
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.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Nick Vallelonga
Stars: Michael Biehn | Leo Rossi | Kristian Alfonso | Paul Winfield | William Petersen
Mutant Species (1995)
As: Hollinger
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 ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: David A. Prior
Stars: Powers Boothe | Leo Rossi | Ted Prior | Denise Crosby | Grant Gelt
Fast Getaway II (1994)
As: Sam Potter
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.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Oley Sassone
Stars: Leo Rossi | Corey Haim | Cynthia Rothrock | Phillip Connery | Wally Bujack
Relentless IV Ashes To Ashes (1994)
As: Det. Sam Dietz
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.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Oley Sassone
Stars: Leo Rossi | Famke Janssen | Christopher Pettiet | John Scott Clough | Colleen Coffey
Felony (1994)
As: Detective Kincade
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.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: David A. Prior
Stars: Leo Rossi | Jeffrey Combs | Charles Napier | David Warner | Ashley Laurence
Raw Justice (1994)
As: Lieutenant Atkins
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.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: David A. Prior
Stars: Stacy Keach | Leo Rossi | David Keith | Robert Hays | Pamela Anderson
Relentless III (1993)
As: Sam Dietz
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.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: James Lemmo
Stars: William Forsythe | Leo Rossi | Tom Bower | Robert Costanzo | Savannah Smith Boucher
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993)
As: Bobby Buttafuoco
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.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: John Herzfeld
Stars: Alyssa Milano | Leo Rossi | Jack Scalia | Lawrence Tierney | Phyllis Lyons
We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
As: Charlie
A couple of bumbling con men go on the lam when they can't repay a loan from the mob.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: James Lemmo
Stars: Dennis Farina | Leo Rossi | Robert Costanzo | Fran Drescher | Lou Bonacki
Fast Getaway (1991)
As: Sam
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
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Spiro Razatos
Stars: Leo Rossi | Corey Haim | Ken Lerner | Marcia Strassman | Cynthia Rothrock
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
As: Turkell
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: William Lustig
Stars: Michael Lerner | Bruce Campbell | Claudia Christian | Robert Z'Dar | Laurene Landon
Relentless (1989)
As: Sam Dietz
Two Los Angeles police detectives, cynical veteran Malloy and cocky rookie Dietz, hunt for a serial killer, an ex-cop named Taylor, whom randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: William Lustig
Stars: Leo Rossi | Judd Nelson | Robert Loggia | Meg Foster | Patrick O'Bryan
Hit List (1989)
As: Frank DeSalvo
A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: William Lustig
Stars: Leo Rossi | Lance Henriksen | Rip Torn | Charles Napier | Jan-Michael Vincent
The Accused (1988)
As: Cliff "Scorpion" Albrect
After a young woman suffers a brutal rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Stars: Leo Rossi | Kelly McGillis | Jodie Foster | Ann Hearn | Bernie Coulson
Out of Time (1988)
As: Hawkins
A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Robert Butler
Stars: Leo Rossi | Kristian Alfonso | Bill Maher | Bruce Abbott | Rebecca Schaeffer
Russkies (1987)
As: Keefer
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.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix | Peter Billingsley | Whip Hubley | Summer Phoenix | Stefan DeSalle
Black Widow (1987)
As: Ricci
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 ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Bob Rafelson
Stars: Theresa Russell | Dennis Hopper | Sami Frey | Debra Winger | Nicol Williamson
River's Edge (1986)
As: Jim
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions vary.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Tim Hunter
Stars: Keanu Reeves | Crispin Glover | Daniel Roebuck | Ione Skye | Dennis Hopper
Heart Like A Wheel (1983)
As: Jack Muldowney
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.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Stars: Beau Bridges | Leo Rossi | Bill McKinney | Bonnie Bedelia | Hoyt Axton
Halloween II (1981)
As: Budd
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 ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis | Lance Guest | Charles Cyphers | Donald Pleasence | Jeffrey Kramer
Brainwash (1981)
As: Chris Morris
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.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Bobby Roth
Stars: Walter Olkewicz | John Considine | Christopher Allport | Cindy Pickett | Yvette Mimieux
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
As: Vegas Muscle Chief
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.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Rance Howard | Ron Howard | Barry Cahill | Elizabeth Rogers | Nancy Morgan