Louis Giambalvo | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1945 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–2009 |
Louis Giambalvo (born February 8, 1945) is an American actor, frequently seen on television in guest roles.
Early life and education
Giambalvo was born and raised in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, where he attended Catholic school. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and MFA from Harpur College (now Binghamton University) and was a founding member of the avant-garde Colonnades Theater Lab in Greenwich Village, along with other members Danny DeVito and Peter Scolari. In 1979, Giambalvo moved to Los Angeles to begin his film and television career.
Career
His television credits include: Barney Miller, Hart to Hart, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, The Love Boat, Remington Steele, The A-Team, Simon & Simon, Fame, Knots Landing, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: Voyager, Brooklyn South, Ally McBeal, ER, NYPD Blue (Mr. Bucci), Boston Legal, Without a Trace, CSI, Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money and Raising the Bar. He also played Al Capone on the NBC series The Gangster Chronicles. He also was in the award-winning television movie Gia, starring Angelina Jolie, playing the role of Gia Carangi's father Joseph.
Giambalvo's feature films include "Bottle Shock", "Gun Shy", "Hoffa", and the 1983 horror/science fiction film Nightmares. He is best known for his roles in such films as Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), the 1985 comedy film Real Genius as a CIA man, Major Carnagle, Jagged Edge (1985) as Mr. Fabrizzi, and 1988 film The Dead Pool as Gus Wheeler and the 1989 film Weekend at Bernie's as Vito.
Selected filmography
- Escape (1980, TV Movie) - Hank
- Reward (1980, TV Movie) - Dutch
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980, TV Movie) - Clarence Anglin
- Fly Away Home (1981, TV Movie) - Vogel
- Gangster Wars (1981) - Al Capone
- The Ambush Murders (1982, TV Movie) - Glenn Landis
- Marian Rose White (1982, TV Movie) - Eddy White
- Mae West (1982, TV Movie) - George Kane
- Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) - Witness
- Second Thoughts (1983) - Sgt. Cabrillo
- Nightmares (1983) - Jerry Cooney (segment "The Bishop of Battle")
- Deal of the Century (1983) - Freddie Muntz
- The Ratings Game (1984, TV Movie) - Goody DeSalvo
- Dirty Work (1985, TV Movie) - George Wylie
- Real Genius (1985) - Major Don Carnagle
- Jagged Edge (1985) - Fabrizi
- Bad Dreams (1988) - Ed
- Kansas (1988) - Army Sergeant
- The Dead Pool (1988) - Gus Wheeler
- Liberace: Behind the Music (1988, TV Movie) - Eddie
- Leap of Faith (1988, TV Movie) - Doctor Santini
- Crossing the Mob (1988, TV Movie)
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) - Gatlin
- Weekend at Bernie's (1989) - Vito
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) - Ray Andruitti
- Till Death Do Us Part (1992, TV Movie) - Charles Kerwin
- Those Secrets (1992, TV Movie) - Kobe
- Mastergate (1992, TV Movie) - Lance Boil
- Hoffa (1992) - RTA Representative
- Fade to Black (1993, TV Movie)
- Donato and Daughter (1993, TV Movie) - Chief Hugh Halliday
- Flashfire (1994) - Al Sherwin
- Moment of Truth: Murder or Memory? (1994, TV Movie) - Lou Panetta
- Illegal in Blue (1995) - Lt. Cavanaugh
- Always Say Goodbye (1997) - Deli Man
- Gia (1998, TV Movie) - Joe Carangi
- Gun Shy (2000) - Lonny Ward
- The Lost Child (2000,TV Movie) - Karl
- Death to Smoochy (2002) - Sonny Gordon
- Duplex (2003) - Pharmacist
- Bottle Shock (2008) - George Taber