Reni Santoni

Reni Santoni
Santoni as Chico Gonzalez in Dirty Harry, 1971
Born	April 21, 1939 (1939-04-21) (age 70) New York City, New York

Reni Santoni (born April 21, 1939) is an American film, television and voice actor.

Biography

Santoni was born in New York City of French and Spanish descent.^[1]

He began his career in off-Broadway theater. 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 and as Ramon Herrera in the 1983 hit drama Bad Boys. Around that time he also made guest appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hill Street Blues and Midnight Caller.

Santoni continues to work in film and television to the present day. Some of his more memorable characterizations include "Poppie", the unhygienic, incontinent, anti-abortion restaurateur on TV's Seinfeld, and "Captain Carlos Rodríguez" in Carl Reiner's comedy film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

Filmography

• Irene in Time (2009)
• Double Tap (2006)
• Gang Warz (2004)
• Kingpin (2003) (mini series)
• Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice)
• 28 Days (2000)
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Dr. Dolittle (1998) (voice)
• Private Parts (1997)
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
• Bright Lights, Big City (1988) (voice)
• The Pick-up Artist (1987)
• Cobra (1986)
• Radioactive Dreams (1985)
• Brewster's Millions (1985)
• Bad Boys (1983)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
• Anzio (1968)
• Enter Laughing (1967)
• The Pawnbroker (1964)
• Strangers in the City (1962)

References

External links

• Reni Santoni at the Internet Movie Database