Joe Mantegna
Actor | Director
Actor | Director
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Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his roles in box-office hits such as Three Amigos (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Forget Paris (1995) and Up Close & Personal (1996). He currently stars in the CBS television series Criminal Minds as FBI Special Agent David Rossi.
Mantegna has gained Emmy Award nominations for his roles in three different miniseries, The Last Don (1997), The Rat Pack (1999) and The Starter Wife (2007). Mantegna served as executive producer for various movies and television movies, such as Corduroy (1984), Hoods (1998), and Lakeboat (2000), which he also directed.
On television, Mantegna starred in the short lived series First Monday (2002) and Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005). Since the 1991 episode "Bart the Murderer", Mantegna has had a recurring role on the animated comedy series The Simpsons ... Show more...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr. (born November 13, 1947) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. He is best known for his roles in box-office hits such as Three Amigos (1986), The Godfather Part III (1990), Forget Paris (1995) and Up Close & Personal (1996). He currently stars in the CBS television series Criminal Minds as FBI Special Agent David Rossi.
Mantegna has gained Emmy Award nominations for his roles in three different miniseries, The Last Don (1997), The Rat Pack (1999) and The Starter Wife (2007). Mantegna served as executive producer for various movies and television movies, such as Corduroy (1984), Hoods (1998), and Lakeboat (2000), which he also directed.
On television, Mantegna starred in the short lived series First Monday (2002) and Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005). Since the 1991 episode "Bart the Murderer", Mantegna has had a recurring role on the animated comedy series The Simpsons as mob boss Fat Tony, reprising the role in The Simpsons Movie (2007). He also played Robert B. Parker's fictional detective Spenser in three made-for-TV movies between 1999 and 2001.
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As: Himself
A detailed look into a key element of action filmmaking, the second unit. We go behind the scenes and allow some of the biggest names in Hollywood to show us why the men and women of second unit are the unsung heroes of the film industry.
Stars: Zoe Saldana | Joe Mantegna | Chad Stahelski | Halle Berry | James Cameron
The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to the present.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Peter Curtis Pardini
Stars: Robert Lamm | James Pankow | Lee Loughnane | Walter Parazaider | Danny Seraphine
As: Punchy
A story about two lifelong criminals who maneuver through the shady underbelly of Los Angeles in search of wealth, love and redemption.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Michael C. Martin
Stars: Jessica Szohr | Thomas Ian Nicholas | Adam Arkin | Joe Mantegna | Jena Malone
Katherine is a typical teenager. Today's her funeral. The four adults in her life have a lot on their mind - and it's not all about Katherine either. With a frankness that's strikingly disarming as well as frequently self-serving, the grown-ups struggle with being... well... grown-up.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Charlie Levi
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Barbara Hershey | James Naughton | Diane Venora | Natalie Dreyfuss
As: Bugsy Siegel
It's1947, and hard-boiled private investigator Charlie Nickels' client is murdered and her priceless diamond stolen. The investigation forces him to do the one thing he vowed never to do again: trust a dame.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Darrett Sanders
Stars: Paul F. Tompkins | Joe Mantegna | Lesley-Anne Down | Kirsten Vangsness | Shemar Moore
As: Rick Rosselli
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Martin Guigui
Stars: William Forsythe | Joe Mantegna | Natasha Henstridge | Penelope Ann Miller | Paul Sorvino
As: Detective Reynolds
A strange and destructive relationship develops between a chef and her neighbor, a former child actress.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Egidio Coccimiglio
Stars: Carrie-Anne Moss | Joe Mantegna | Heather Graham | Kevin Dillon | Kate Trotter
As: Himself
A father and son learn that their favorite movie ("Star Wars") is about to become Hollywood's latest remake, so they enlist the help of some friends to try and stop this madness.
Runtime: 16 min.
Directed by: Marc Brener
Stars: Stephen Tobolowsky | Jason Alexander | Malin Åkerman | Josh Brener | Marc Brener
As: Grem (voice)
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: John Lasseter
Stars: Michael Caine | Owen Wilson | John Turturro | Emily Mortimer | Larry the Cable Guy
Off The Boulevard is a story of art and heart; and the struggle it takes to believe in your dreams. It is an entertaining and informative Documentary Feature about seven artists: two Musicians, two Filmmakers, two Actors, and one Comedian, whose friendships are created by struggle and perseverance. Their journey will inspire and educate all those who follow their own path.
Runtime: 96 min.
Stars: Peter Fonda | David Della Rocco | Eddie Vedder | Sonny Barger | Troy Duffy
As: Hannah Mantegna
Joe Mantegna spoofs Hannah Montana.
Runtime: 2 min.
Directed by: Jim Harmon
Stars: Joe Mantegna
As: Himself
Documentary about evil heroes
Directed by: Sebastian Bauer
Stars: William Fichtner | Bruce Greenwood | Tobin Bell | James Cromwell | David Carradine
As: Jack Jr.
The film tells the story of Jack Filice Jr., an heir to a Hollywood Italian-American dynasty. As his father, Jack Sr.(played Tony-award winning Joe Mantegna), lays dying, he asks his only son to preserve the family estate, and to never tear it down. The pact is made, but within a year, the cocky young music producer, demolishes the estate and builds his "party palace". On the night of ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Bruce Reisman
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Monica Allgeier | Gail O'Grady | Suzanne Happ
As: Jerry Weiss
Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes Mike's car and then, after an odd sequence of events, shoots out the studio's window. Later that evening, Mike rescues an action movie star in a fistfight ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Alice Braga | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Randy Couture | Tim Allen | Jose Pablo Cantillo
As: Harry Tremayne
Daddy's little girl is going into the family business
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Christopher Warre Smets
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Romano Orzari | Elizabeth Whitmere | Michael Majeski
As: Dr. Rondog 'Doc' Savage
The story centers on a small-town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big Enron-type corruption trial in Chicago but are later found to be on the take and are villains who are bent on killing her
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Charles Robert Carner
Stars: Peter Stormare | Yaphet Kotto | Jenny McCarthy | Larry the Cable Guy | Ivana Miličević
As: Mike (segment "Club Soda")
Ten individuals set out to find themselves in an alienating world, filled with heartbreak, deception and tragedy. With so much at stake, these strangers struggle to overcome their fates and find their place in a frequently harsh and unforgiving world.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: David Brooks | Jeremy Hall | Paul Carafotes | Erik MacArthur
Stars: Joe Mantegna | James Gandolfini | Scott Caan | Josh Hartnett | Paris Hilton
As: Fat Tony (voice)
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: David Silverman
Stars: Hank Azaria | Yeardley Smith | Julie Kavner | Nancy Cartwright | Dan Castellaneta
As: Tom Benike
When Diana (Danielle De Luca) takes a job as a stripper in a sleepy New Mexico town, she's unaware that her fellow dancers have been disappearing. The local sheriff (Joe Mantegna) is stumped, but Diana learns the truth when she becomes the next victim. Her abductor takes her into the desert, where he strips her and lets her go. Then, he begins to hunt Diana with a rifle through the wilderness as s
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Thom Eberhardt
Stars: Joe Mantegna | J.D. Garfield | Danielle De Luca | Evan Adrian | Mel MacKaron
As: Charlie Moreau
A small-town beauty queen and an unlicensed mortician set out across the Texas plains on a journey of self-discovery.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Will Geiger
Stars: Keith Carradine | Max Minghella | Blake Lively | Joe Mantegna | Mary Steenburgen
As: Mr Stack
When Spence and Hogan graduate from college, life is bleak. They have to work for heinous divorce lawyers that torture them. Spence has a girlfriend from hell and Hogan just wants to start his life already. As luck would have it, our two young men are presented with an opportunity, they develop a club of young men devoted to the older woman, the "Cougar" if you will.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Christopher Duddy
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Faye Dunaway | Carrie Fisher | Jason Jurman | Izabella Scorupco
As: Himself
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look ...
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Michael Addis
Stars: Stephen Burrows | Dave Attell | Louie Anderson | Criss Angel | Vince August
As: Davis Roman
Aaron Roman (Gores) is a teenager with cerebral palsy who dreams of starring in a big-time action movie. When his father (Mantegna) grants Aaron his wish for his 18th birthday, he experiences the reality a bit hard to manage.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Penelope Spheeris
Stars: Linda Hamilton | Joe Mantegna | Tom Arnold | Henry Winkler | Eric Gores
As: Man in Bar
Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine | William H. Macy | Joe Mantegna | Denise Richards | Mena Suvari
As: Richard
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Stars: Robin Wright | Jason Isaacs | Amanda Seyfried | Elpidia Carrillo | Amy Brenneman
As: Frank Griffin
Lighthearted Christmas TV Movie about a man whose quiet, boring life begins to unravel when he finds out that his wife is having an affair and wants a divorce. Only after he meets a volunteer Santa, is he able to experience what a true Christmas miracle can be.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Jean Smart | Kari Matchett | Ashley Leggat
As: Narrator
Jeff Santo explores the life and career of his father, Chicago Cub great Ron Santo.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Jeff Santo
Stars: Dennis Farina | Joe Mantegna | Dennis Franz | Ron Santo | Pat Hughes
As: Gil Deloach
The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Reverge Anselmo
Stars: Val Kilmer | Jonathan Tucker | Joe Mantegna | Agnes Bruckner | Rachael Leigh Cook
As: Pontormo
Directed by: Giovanni Fago
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Galatea Ranzi | Laurent Terzieff | Toni Bertorelli | Sandro Lombardi
As: Robert Micelli
A distant, slightly dysfunctional family is brought closer together when the father's long-estranged Uncle Nino comes from Italy to Chicago for a surprise visit.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Robert Shallcross
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Anne Archer | Trevor Morgan | Gia Mantegna | Pierrino Mascarino
As: Michael
Seeking the excitement that was once part of their married lives, Bruce and Michael slip out one night to a gentleman's club. When their wives, Dana and Brit, discover this boys-night-out activity, the husbands are booted from their homes. In the men's ensuing efforts to get back into their wives' good graces, their previously unspoken views about marriage and women begin to surface to disturbing ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Chazz Palminteri
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Jennifer Coolidge | Glenne Headly | Christine Lahti | Robert Pastorelli
As: Himself
15 year old Brendan Willy hates himself for being un-cool when he falls in love with the girl of his dreams. Enter Mr. Five, a no good tempter from hell, which in his last attempt to ensnare a soul before being fried for eternity, transforms Brendan into the coolest kid in Indiana, only to find out that this contract isn't going to be easy at all.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Thom Eberhardt
Stars: Caroline Elliott | Stuart Margolin | Robert Townsend | Noel Fisher | Josh Zuckerman
As: Ricardo Palacios
A trio of opera singers are reunited by a wedding ten years after their stormy breakup.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Manuel Gómez Pereira
Stars: Danny Aiello | Joe Mantegna | George Hamilton | Anna Galiena | Ariadna Gil
As: Spenser
Spenser attends a play at his girlfriend's insistence to meet a director who is allegedly being stalked. During the performance, the lead actor in a hale of fake arrows is suddenly killed by a real arrow from a crossbow. This launches Spencer into an investigation of everyone involved with the theatrical company and leads him up against a Chinese mobster, who warns Spencer to quit questioning his wife, one ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Po-Chih Leong
Stars: Eric Roberts | Ernie Hudson | Tamlyn Tomita | Joe Mantegna | Marcia Gay Harden
As: Frank Garner
Rock superstar Slade Craven has decided to hang up his rock & roll shoes and has planned something very special for his final show -- instead of a typical concert in some sports arena, he'll play a set aboard a 747 jumbo jet, flying from Los Angeles to Toronto, with the gig broadcast live to millions of fans over the Internet. But what Craven didn't count on is the presence of a deranged fan with a gun who ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jorge Montesi
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Rutger Hauer | Craig Sheffer | Gabrielle Anwar | John Mann
As: Monty
The adventures of a young Trumpeter swan who cannot speak. With the help of a human boy and the love of his family and friends, Louie discovers his own unique talents which help him find his place in the world.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Richard Rich | Terry L. Noss
Stars: Jason Alexander | Carol Burnett | Mary Steenburgen | Reese Witherspoon | Seth Green
As: Nicola Pianon
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Dennis Berry
Stars: Sergio Castellitto | Joe Mantegna | Henry Cavill | Emmanuelle Seigner | Charles Aznavour
As: Agent Jim Danaher
A professional thief turns state's evidence on his Mafia boss and enters into the witness protection program.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Daniel Baldwin
Stars: Michael Madsen | Joe Mantegna | Chad McQueen | Karl Pruner
As: Spenser
Frank Belson didn't ask too many questions about the past of his new wife Lisa St. Claire, even after she suddenly and mysteriously disappeared one night. He brings in Spenser to help locate her, who begins to piece together her complete life story while submerged in the Latino shadow world of the town of Proctor.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Robert Mandel
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Miguel Sandoval | Jon Seda | Marcia Gay Harden | Luis Guzmán
As: Alex Dumas
Charlie Davis, an ambitious small-town boxer with dreams of making it as a professional, travels to Reno with his unwavering friend Tiny. On his climb to the top, he loses himself and the people he cares for most.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Sam Henry Kass
Stars: Jennifer Beals | Michael Chiklis | Joe Mantegna | Ray Mancini | Rod Steiger
As: Desalvo
A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Michael Browning
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | Joe Mantegna | Peter Coyote | Mercedes Ruehl
As: Nate Kurtzman
Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Adrien Brody | Joe Mantegna | Orlando Jones | Bebe Neuwirth | Ben Foster
As: Fidel Castro
1981: Marita Lorenz checks into an Havana hotel and, in a flashback, remembers 22 years' before. At 19, visiting Cuba from New York, she comes to the attention of Fidel Castro, the country's rebel president. He invites her to be his secretary and to be part of the making of the new Cuba. She accepts, but soon learns he already has a capable secretary; Marita's duties lie ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Jack Bender
Stars: Jill Clayburgh | Robert Davi | Joe Mantegna | Gabrielle Anwar | Scott Paulin
As: Rocco
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Ron Moler
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine | Joe Mantegna | John Goodman | Courteney Cox | Ron Eldard
As: Eric
Eric's (Joe Mantegna) art gallery is losing money, and even though his psychiatrist wife wants to help, she can't do much to cheer him up. When a young, sexy woman named Toni (Sung Hi Lee) accepts a sales position at the gallery, she instantly brings it back to life, jump-starting Eric's troubled marriage in the process. But the marital problems soon come back, prompting accusations that Eric is having ...
Directed by: Scott P. Levy
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Paul Dooley | Kate Jackson | Joanna Pacula | Sung-Hi Lee
As: Raymond Stone
When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other passengers are incapacitated, and Nicole is left on her own to keep the plane in the air, guided by an air traffic controller. Can the irresponsible and panic-stricken ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Robert Tinnell
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Russell Yuen | Elisha Cuthbert | Lynne Adams | Bronwen Booth
As: Alan Webber
Chicago cabbie Mitch Lawrence is a man whose dreams are starting to fade. His only shining light is his loving and pregnant wife. When one of his clients, author Lou Webber offers him money to eliminate a drug dealer who is stalking him, Mitch refuses. Days later, Mitch is diagnosed with inoperable stomach cancer. He reconsiders Lou's offer, and for the sake of his wife and baby, eliminates the threat. But ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jean Pellerin
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Rob Lowe
As: Tom
Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Saul Rubinek
Stars: Ted Danson | Sam Rockwell | Joe Mantegna | Maury Chaykin | Charles Durning
As: Il Magnifico
Set in Toronto's Little Italy, Boy Meets Girl stars Sean Astin as Mike, a cynical writer who pens copy for a romance magazine, and Emily Hampshire as Angelina, who has just arrived in Canada from Italy to marry a man she unfortunately doesn't care for. Mike's next door neighbor is an eccentric wallpaper hanger who writes poetry in his spare time. Somehow, one of the paperer's love verses ends up in ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Jerry Ciccoritti
Stars: Sean Astin | Joe Mantegna | Kate Nelligan | Emily Hampshire | Kevin McDonald
As: Tony Gardella
The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio | Joe Mantegna | Charlize Theron | Kenneth Branagh | Judy Davis
As: Dean Martin
After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of his partnership with Jerry Lewis; Sinatra's career is at its peak; Sammy Davis, Jr., is making a comeback after a near fatal car crash, and standup comic Joey Bishop is ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Stars: Angus Macfadyen | Ray Liotta | Joe Mantegna | Don Cheadle | William Petersen
As: Angelo Martinelli
A 50-year-old mobster struggles to carry out his father's order to execute a rival's 9-year-old child.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Mark Malone
Stars: Jennifer Tilly | Joe Mantegna | Kevin Pollak | Jay Brazeau | Vincent Berry
As: Gomez
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Edward James Olmos | Esai Morales | Clifton Collins Jr.
As: Bob Signorelli
When blonde bombshell Meredith Lake breezes into his office, New York private eye Bob Signorelli can't resist giving her "personal" attention. But their one-night stand becomes a deadly liaison when they are linked to a homicide; and a night of steamy passion snowballs into a marathon of madness and murder...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Thom Eberhardt
Stars: Peter Riegert | Joe Mantegna | Cameron Thor | Adam Ant | Kelli Maroney
As: David Tobias
Paula Tobias, a Holocaust survivor who has suffered the ultimate personal tragedy of losing her spouse and children during the Nazi occupation of World War II. Now re-married and living in America during the late 1960's with husband David, they build a new life together with sons Ben and Jake. One evening, Paula receives a phone call which assures her that her son, Alec, is actually alive and ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Jack Bender
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Blythe Danner | Kevin Zegers | Joe Spano | David Lascher
As: Frank Gavilan / Frank Cassady / Richard Essex
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe Mantegna), one of the mobsters involved in a series of Father's Day killings. But Johnny isn't certain Frank is responsible for his father's injuries and seeks help from a sex therapist (Annabella Sciorra) to make sure ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Roger Christian
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Abe Vigoda | Denis Leary | Annabella Sciorra | Larry Bishop
As: Jim Holland
When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland has a one night stand with Amanda after getting in her way roller-blading. That introduction turns out to be a well thought out plan by Amanda and her sister Molly, to obtain security codes. The girls and their cohorts rob his client and stash the loot. All the while, detective Jim has been following them and he grabs the money for himself. Then his ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: George Hickenlooper
Stars: Xander Berkeley | Kelly Lynch | Joe Mantegna | Naomi Watts | J.T. Walsh
As: Richie Ginelli
A fat Lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old gypsy man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the gypsy to lift the curse. Time is running out for the desperate lawyer as he draws closer to his own death, and grows ever thinner.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Tom Holland
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Robert John Burke | Michael Constantine | Lucinda Jenney | Bethany Joy Lenz
As: A.T.F. Agent G.D. Browning
Three petty thieves who the police believe to be major criminals are chased into a basement bar where they take five hostages including all the bar employees. The rest of the movie deals with the cops lurking outside the bar while the trio try to get hold of the situation inside.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Kevin Spacey
Stars: William Fichtner | Viggo Mortensen | Gary Sinise | Matt Dillon | Faye Dunaway
As: Bucky Terranova
Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes her mentor. Tally’s career takes a meteoric rise and she and Warren fall in love. The romance that results is as intense and revealing as television news ...
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Stars: Stockard Channing | Robert Redford | Joe Mantegna | Michelle Pfeiffer | Kate Nelligan
As: Detective Sergeant Denillo
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Stars: Ed Harris | Sally Field | Kiefer Sutherland | Beverly D'Angelo | Charlayne Woodard
Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures.
Runtime: 300 min.
Directed by: Frank Martin
Stars: Jason Alexander | Dan Aykroyd | Lloyd Bridges | Raquel Welch | Robert Culp
As: Frank Musso
America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories: Greed (Joe Mantegna), Anger (Andrew Clay) and Lust (Denis Leary).
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Denis Leary | David Jablin
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Denis Leary | Annabella Sciorra | Andrew Dice Clay | Cassidy Rae
As: Joey Franelli
Three teenage boys inadvertently find themselves holding the adult world hostage in this in this wild comedy caper. When Slug, Mickey and Frank flee to a secret hideout to avoid their angry parents, they find an atomic bomb! Instead of turning it in, they call the President and demand that he... cancels school!
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Charles Gale
Stars: Martin Sheen | Joe Mantegna | Rod Steiger | Joanna Pacula
As: Andy
Mickey Gordon is a basketball referee who travels to France to bury his father. Ellen Andrews is an American living in Paris who works for the airline he flies on. They meet and fall in love, but their relationship goes through many difficult patches. The story is told in flashback by their friends at a restaurant waiting for them to arrive.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Billy Crystal
Stars: Billy Crystal | Joe Mantegna | Cynthia Stevenson | Richard Masur | Debra Winger
As: Stone
A romantic comedy about Michael (Jason Alexander TV's "Seinfeld"), a loser whose recent girlfriend dumped him and to make matters worse, he discovers that his recently married brother Reggie (James Woods "John Q," "Scary Movie 2") is planning to knock over the credit union where their own mother (Bea Arthur TV's "The Golden Girls") works.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Jason Alexander
Stars: Jay Mohr | Jason Alexander | Joe Mantegna | James Woods | Lolita Davidovich
As: Alan Rhinehart
Dempsey Cain is an honored cop, a loving husband and father, and mentor to his handsome younger brother. Then a drug dealer's bullet paralyzes him for life and Dempsey's world is shattered. Suddenly, his wife and brother seem to care less about him than for each other, and a million-dollar insurance.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: William H. Macy | Kim Cattrall | Joe Mantegna | Christopher Reeve | Edward Kerr
As: Ian
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Michael Lehmann
Stars: Steve Buscemi | Judd Nelson | Brendan Fraser | Adam Sandler | Chris Farley
As: Eddie
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more; he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, he lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents; especially the three enterprising kidnapers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnaping Baby Bink, they have a harder time ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Patrick Read Johnson
Stars: Joe Pantoliano | Cynthia Nixon | Joe Mantegna | Brian Haley | Lara Flynn Boyle
As: Dr John Novelli
Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Lynn Whitfield | Paul Dooley | Melinda Dillon
As: Fred Waitzkin
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Steven Zaillian
Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Ben Kingsley | Joe Mantegna | Joan Allen | Max Pomeranc
As: Martin Jacobs
This coming of age story set in the 1960s takes a look at the effects of a couple's break-up on a sensitive, thirteen year old Jewish boy in the 1960s.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Scott M. Rosenfelt
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Anne Archer | Paul Reiser | Conchata Ferrell | Patti LuPone
As: Robert Garrett
Sizzingly sexy Madonna leads a star-filled cast in this erotic thriller as a woman accused of killing a wealthy, elderly man through her insatiable sexual prowess.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Uli Edel
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Jürgen Prochnow | Julianne Moore | Anne Archer | Madonna
As: Sparky
To teach a team of Russian wanna-be baseball players the finer points of the all-American game is no easy task, but for a grudgingly resentful, recently fired baseball manager from the States, the task is formidable. In fact, there are many times when he considers chucking the whole thing and going back home and forgetting baseball entirely. But he perseveres... to the point where he finally believes ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace
Stars: Mark Rolston | Michael Lerner | Joe Mantegna | John Fleck | Natalya Negoda
As: George Raft
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known ...
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Elliott Gould | Ben Kingsley | Annette Bening | Harvey Keitel | Warren Beatty
As: Bobby Gold
Bobby Gold is a career cop who is reassigned from a hunt for a cop killer to the investigation of the murder of an old Jewish woman in Baltimore, and in the process finds himself exploring his own sense of identity.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: William H. Macy | Ving Rhames | Rebecca Pidgeon | Joe Mantegna | J.J. Johnston
As: Al
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Steve Rash
Stars: John Malkovich | Kevin Bacon | Joe Mantegna | Jamie Lee Curtis | Linda Fiorentino
As: Joe
Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for the handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults Dr. Yang, an oriental herbalist who realizes that her problems are not related to her back, but in her mind and heart. Dr. Yang's magical herbs give Alice wondrous powers, taking her out of well-established rut.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: William Hurt | Joe Mantegna | Blythe Danner | Mia Farrow | Alec Baldwin
As: Joey Zasa
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Runtime: 162 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Diane Keaton | Eli Wallach | Talia Shire | Al Pacino | Andy García
As: Himself
A documentary on the making of the three Godfather films, with interviews and recollections from the film makers and cast. This feature also includes the original screen tests of some of the actors for "The Godfather" film, and some candid moments on the set of "The Godfather: Part III."
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Jeff Werner
Stars: James Caan | Marlon Brando | Francis Ford Coppola | John Cazale | Mario Puzo
Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer father wastes the little money he has in the Imperial Poolhall and his time with the rich American widow, Hildegarde. Even though his beautiful and pious mother lets his father get away with that, even if his little brother wets the bed. Arturo loves ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Dominique Deruddere
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Faye Dunaway | Ornella Muti | Burt Young | Michael Bacall
As: Narrator
Documentary which aired in 1989 as part of the HBO documentary series "American Undercover". It was filmed in West Palm Beach, Florida over the course of eight weeks and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The documentary shows a cross section of abusers who have fallen under the deadly spell of the most addictive and affordable drug in America. Interviews ...
Runtime: 42 min.
Directed by: Bill Guttentag | Vince DiPersio
Stars: Joe Mantegna
As: Jerry
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Don Ameche | J.J. Johnston | Robert Prosky | Ricky Jay
As: Charlie Stella
When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger (Dennis Quaid), a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair ...
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Peter Yates
Stars: Liam Neeson | Joe Mantegna | Cher | John Mahoney | Dennis Quaid
As: Carmine
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without paroll, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: John D. Hancock
Stars: Mark Rolston | Ernie Hudson | Nick Nolte | John Toles-Bey | Rita Taggart
As: Mike
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Lindsay Crouse | Mike Nussbaum | Ricky Jay | J.T. Walsh
As: Arthur Chambers
Eddie is a con artist. But this time he's framed and comes before a judge. By claiming insanity, he hopes to get off the hook. He manages end up in a hospital for a mental examination. That night, a storm breaks out over New York, and the electricity to the hospital is broken. In the ensuing chaos that follows, Eddie is taken for a doctor. Suddenly he is in charge of a whole hospital!
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Rubén Blades | Rachel Ticotin | Richard Pryor | Maria Cardinale
As: Harry Flugleman
Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Martin Short | Chevy Chase | Philip Gordon | Steve Martin | Patrice Martinez
As: Pete Peterson
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Michael Dinner
Stars: John Turturro | Joe Mantegna | Judge Reinhold | Meg Tilly | Cleavant Derricks
As: Art Shirk
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buys what looks like the home of their dreams – only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything – including the kitchen sink – disappears into the 'Money Pit'.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Stars: Tom Hanks | Joe Mantegna | Alexander Godunov | Maureen Stapleton | Shelley Long
As: Decker
Bleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field. The characters are a bunch of Chicago Cubs fans, watching a game in progress on a summer afternoon.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Keith Szarabajka | Joe Mantegna | Carolyn Purdy-Gordon | Dennis Franz | Roberta Custer
As: Chris
An unscrupulous towing company picks up perfectly fine cars and impounds them. It's up to two bar maids to try and stop them.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Maura Smith
Stars: Joe Mantegna | J.J. Johnston | Bobby Di Cicco | Jennifer Ashley | Sue Lyon