Reni Santoni

Acting

Reni Santoni

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Apr 21, 1939 (86 years old)
Death date
Aug 01, 2020

Reni Santoni

Known For

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
24min
DOLBY
Movie 2008

A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry

Filmmakers, social scientists and authors take a provocative look at...

The Business End: Violence in Cinema
30min
DOLBY
Movie 2008

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in...

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood
26min
DOLBY
Movie 2008

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

Follow Eastwood's career from television star to matinee idol to...

Gang Warz
1h 37m
DOLBY
Movie 2004

Gang Warz

L.A.'s top Latino gang leader is release from jail on...

Dr. Dolittle 2
1h 27m
DOLBY
Movie 2001

Dr. Dolittle 2

A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their...

28 Days
1h 43m
DOLBY
Movie 2000

28 Days

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the...

Late Last Night
1h 30m
DOLBY
Movie 1999

Late Last Night

After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's...

Private Parts
1h 49m
DOLBY
Movie 1997

Private Parts

The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is...

The Late Shift
1h 35m
DOLBY
Movie 1996

The Late Shift

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to...

The Brady Bunch Movie
1h 29m
DOLBY
Movie 1995

The Brady Bunch Movie

The original '70s TV family is now placed in the...

Biography

Reni Santoni (April 21, 1939 – August 1, 2020) was an American film, television and voice actor. Santoni was born in New York City of French and Spanish descent. He began his career in off-Broadway theatre. His first significant film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1964 film The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger, in which he played a junkie trying to sell a radio to the title character, using anti-Semitic slurs that have absolutely no effect. Santoni's first leading role was as the young actor in Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing. His other well-known film roles include Inspector "Chico" González in the 1971 classic Dirty Harry, as Ramon Herrera in the 1983 hit drama Bad Boys, and as detective Tony Gonzales in 1986 action film Cobra. Around that time, he also made guest appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, Hawaii Five-O, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hill Street Blues and Midnight Caller. In 1973, he was a junior partner on, "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law". (Santoni and "Owen Marshall" co-star Lee Majors were born the same week in April 1939). Santoni continued to work in film and television through to the 21st century. Some of his more memorable characterizations include "Poppie," the unhygienic restaurateur on TV's Seinfeld, and "Captain Carlos Rodríguez" in Carl Reiner's comedy film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reni Santoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.