Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina
Dennis Farinawas an Italian-American actor of film and television and former Chicago police officer. He was a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer. His most known film roles are those of mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run and Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty. He starred on television as Lieutenant Mike Torello on Crime Story and as NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law & Order. He also hosted and narrated a revived version of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth29 February 1944
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I was in New York on Sept. 11 doing the publicity for Big Trouble. What happened was beyond horrible, and everybody knows that. But we have to go on.
Their football is not like our football, and I was asking Vinnie to explain cricket to me and he asked me to explain American football to him.
I had a brother who was an attorney, so my first intention was to go to law school. I wound up in the police department, and I loved it.
I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?