Bruno Kirby Add to My Celebs Age 57 (passed away Aug. 14th, 2006) Birthday Apr. 28th, 1949 Born in New York City, New York, USA Height 5' 6 1/2"

Bruno Kirby's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Fallen Angels Tony Reseck The Super Anthony Gir…

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Played 2001 - one eyed king 1999 - Stuart Little 1997 - Donnie Brasco 1996 - Sleepers 1995 - The Basketball Diaries 1992 - Hoffa 1991 - City Slickers 1990 - The Freshman 1989 - We're No Angels 1989 - When Harry Met Sally 1987 - Tin Men 1987 - Good Morning Vietnam 1985 - Flesh+Blood 1984 - This Is Spinal Tap 1984 - Birdy 1980 - Borderline 1980 - Where The Buffalo Roam 1974 - The Godfather: Part II 1973 - The Harrad Experiment 1973 - Superdad

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Native New Yorker and Italianate Bruno Kirby tended towards assertive, pushy streetwise characters and was armed with a highly distinctive scratchy tenor voice that complimented his slim eyes and droopy puss and accentuated his deadpan comedic instincts on film and TV. The well-regarded character actor was born on April 28, 1949 and christened Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu. Raised in the Hell's Kitchen section of New York City, actor Bruce Kirby was his father.

In the late 1960s, he moved with his family to California. His career began to rev up in the early 1970s with a part in the TV pilot episode of "M*A*S*H" and roles in the films The Young Graduates (1971), The Harrad Experiment (1973), Cinderella Liberty (1973) and Superdad (1973). Most notable of all, however, was his featured part as Young Clemenza alongside Robert De Niro's Young Vito Corleone in The Godfather: Part II (1974). Bruno also played Richard S. Castellano's son in the short-lived ethnic sitcom "The Super" (1972). Coincidentally, Castellano played Older Clemenza in the first Godfather movie.

On stage in the 1980s and 1990s, Bruno appeared in "On the Money" (1983) and "Geniuses" (1985)and later replaced Kevin Spacey on Broadway in "Lost in Yonkers" in 1991. In 1997 he showcased off-Broadway playing writer Alan Zweibel in "Bunny Bunny," Zweibel's tribute to comedienne Gilda Radner and their close 14-year friendship.

Bruno's close association with director Rob Reiner and comic actor Billy Crystal arguably led to the apex of his film career. In the early 1980s he chummed around with both Reiner and Crystal on a softball team along with writer/actor/director Christopher Guest (I). Bruno wound up playing Crystal's best buddy in two of Crystal's biggest box-office hits -- When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and City Slickers (1991). He also appeared in Reiner's cult hit This Is Spinal Tap (1984). Other important film roles for him included his humorless lieutenant in Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), the refined salesman named "Mouse" in Tin Men (1987) and Marlon Brando's nephew in The Freshman (1990), that more or less amusingly prodded the "Godfather" association.

Bruno was equally effective in taut, heavier stories and supported such up-and-coming stars as Leonardo DiCaprio in the dark and downbeat The Basketball Diaries (1995) and Johnny Depp in the mob family-styled drama Donnie Brasco (1997). On TV he was a regular on "It's Garry Shandling's Show." (1986), played dogged prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi in the miniseries Helter Skelter (2004) (TV), which was a reenactment of the Manson family horror, and appeared on the more recent popular shows of the day such as "Entourage." Married for the first time to actress Lynn Sellers in 2004 at age 55, his brother John is a well-known acting coach. An occasional TV director to boot, Bruno was diagnosed with leukemia shortly before his death on August 14, 2006, after having completed his part in the film Played (2006) starring Gabriel Byrne.


TRIVIA:

• Son of 'Bruce Kirby' (qv), step-son of Roz Kirby. Brother of John Kirby and step-brother of Brad Sullivan.
• In _"The Super" (1972)_ (qv), he played the son of 'Richard S. Castellano' (qv), who just the year before had played Clemenza in _The Godfather (1972)_ (qv). Kirby went on to play the young Clemenza the very next year in _The Godfather: Part II (1974)_ (qv).
• Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at _The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)_ (qv).

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