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Joe Mantegna

Joe Mantegna

Age
65
Birthday
Nov. 13th, 1947
Born in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height
5' 11"

Joe Mantegna's Main TV Roles

Show Character(s)
Criminal Minds TV Show
Criminal Minds
The Starter Wife TV Show
The Starter Wife
Joan of Arcadia TV Show
Joan of Arcadia
First Monday TV Show
First Monday
Fallen Angels TV Show
Fallen Angels
Emeril Live TV Show
Emeril Live
 

Main Movie Roles

2010 - Valentine's Day
2009 - Lonely Street
2008 - Witless Protection
2008 - Redbelt
2008 - Hank and Mike
2007 - Cougar Club
2007 - The Simpsons Movie
2007 - Heckler
2007 - Naked Fear
2007 - Elvis and Anabelle
2005 - Nine Lives
2004 - Stateside
1999 - Liberty Heights
1998 - Celebrity
1998 - Airspeed
1996 - Eye For An Eye
1996 - Thinner
1996 - Up Close & Personal
1995 - Above Suspicion
1995 - Forget Paris
1994 - Airheads
1994 - Baby's Day Out
1993 - Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 - Body of Evidence
1991 - Homicide
1991 - Bugsy
1990 - Alice
1990 - The Godfather: Part III
1987 - Suspect
1987 - Critical Condition
1987 - House of Games
1986 - The Money Pit
1986 - Off Beat
1986 - Three Amigos
1980 - Xanadu

Guest TV Roles

Show Name
Characters Played
Ep Count
Fat Tony (Voiced)
26
Rube Richter (Voiced)
2
Bill Swerski
2
Himself
2
Derek Mann (Voiced)
1
Henry
1
The Sheik
1
Harry Dobbs (segment "Shelter Skelter")
1
Jack Montello (Voiced)
1
[Complete List]



BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:
  • As of May 15, 2005 has appeared on _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv) a record 16 times.
  • Formerly an actor with an Chicago's Organic Theatre Company.
  • His character in the _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv) was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance in the episode "Bart The Murderer", but it became a recurring role later on in the series' run. According to the Season 3 DVD commentary track, Mantegna liked the character and wanted to voice him again.
  • He was awarded the 1984 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for "Glengarry Glen Ross" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
  • 1969: Made his acting debut in a production of "Hair".
  • Along with 'Elizabeth Taylor (I)' (qv) and 'Mark Hamill (I)' (qv), he is one of only three actors to play both themselves and a fictional character in _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv). He played himself in the Season Three episode "Bart the Murderer" and portrayed Fat Tony in that and fourteen other episodes of the series.
  • His character on _"The Simpsons" (1989)_ (qv), Fat Tony, has been the subject of two inside jokes. One of Fat Tony's first appearances was in the episode where Bart becomes his errand boy. At the end of the episode, the events are turned into a TV movie, in which, we are told, Joe Mantegna is playing Fat Tony. On a much later episode, after a mafia stand-off is placated by the appearance of Maggie Simpson, everyone breaks down crying. Fat Tony remarks, "I haven't cried like this since I paid to see _The Godfather: Part III (1990)_ (qv).".
  • He attended Morton East High School in Cicero, IL, graduating in 1965.


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