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Joe Mantegna
Age
65
Birthday
Nov. 13th, 1947
Born in
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height
5' 11"
Joe Mantegna's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - Valentine's Day2009 - 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 |
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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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