ARMAND ASSANTE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Armand Assante was born on October 4th, 1949 in New York City, New York with the birth name Armand Anthony Assante Jr. His mother, Katherine was a music instructor and his father, Armand Sr. was a painter and artist. After graduating from Cornwall Central High School he went on to study drama at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
His first screen role was in the film, "The Lord's of Flatbush" (1974) followed by some other film roles a couple years later such as, "Paradise Alley" (1978), "Private Benjamin" (1980), "The Jury" (1982) and "Belizaire the Cajon" (1986).
As his career progressed into the 90's, he was being offered more substantial roles on such films as, "The Marrying Man" (1991), "Hoffa" (1992) and "Gotti" (1996) which was a made for television movie for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor.
Along with film roles he has a number of television roles on his resume such as, "How to Survive a Marriage", "The Doctors", "ER", NCIS", "Chuck" and "Push, Nevada". Some of his more recent film roles have been in, "The Mambo Kings" (1992), "Hoffa" (1992), "Striptease" (1996), "One Eyed King" (2001), "Citizen Verdict" (2003), "Two for the Money" (2005) and "American Gangster" (2007).
Assante has married only once to Karen Assante in 1982 and they had two children together before the marriage ended in divorce in 1994. He has not re-married again and currently resides on a 225 acre farm in upstate New York.
Throughout his career he has received a number of awards such as in 1989 being nominated for an Emmy Award for his role in, "Jack the Ripper". Then in 1998 he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series for, "The Odyssey".
Although Armand remains living in New York he is still active in his career. Some of his more recent film roles have been in, "Minkow" (2011), "Goat" (2011), "Blind Pass" (2012) and soon to release in 2012, "Phantom Hunt".
Filmography
2012 Phantom Hunt
2013 Carpet Boy
2012 Blind Pass
2011 A Fine Step
2011 Goat
2011 The Return of Joe Rich
2011 Guido
2011 Jesse
2011 Minkow
2010 Chuck
2010 Human Target
2010 Shadows in Paradise
2010 Magic Man
2010 Killer by Nature
2009 The Bleeding
2009 Chicago Overcoat
2009 Smile
2009 Breaking Point
2009 The Steam Experiment
2009 The Lost
2009 La Linea - The Line
2008 Shark Swarm
2008 October Road
2008 The Man Who Came Back
2007 American Gangster
2007 NCIS
2007 Children of Wax
2007 When Nietzsche Wept
2007 California Dreamin'
2007 Mexican Sunrise
2007 Casanova's Last Stand
2006 ER
2006 Soul's Midnight
2006 Surveillance
2006 Funny Money
2006 Dead Lenny
2005 Confessions of a Pit Fighter
2005 Two for the Money
2005 Mirror Wars: Reflection One
2005 The Third Wish
2005 Dot.Kill
2005 Ennemis publics
2005 The Commuters
2003 Consequence
2003 Citizen Verdict
2003 Tough Luck
2002 Partners in Action
2002 Push, Nevada
2002 Federal Protection
2001 One Eyed King
2001 After the Storm
2001 Last Run
2000 Looking for an Echo
2000 On the Beach
2000 The Road to El Dorado
1999 The Hunley
1999 Rashi: A Light After the Dark Ages
1997 The Odyssey
1996 Gotti
1996 Striptease
1995 Kidnapped
1995 Judge Dredd
1994 Trial by Jury
1994 Blind Justice
1993 Fatal Instinct
1992 Hoffa
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992 The Mambo Kings
1991 Fever
1991 The Marrying Man
1990 Eternity
1990 Q & A
1989 Animal Behavior
1989 Passion and Paradise
1988 Jack the Ripper
1988 The Penitent
1987 Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
1987 Hands of a Stranger
1987 Stranger in My Bed
1986 Belizaire the Cajun
1986 A Deadly Business
1985 Evergreen
1984 Why Me?
1984 Unfaithfully Yours
1983 Rage of Angels
1982 I, the Jury
1982 Love & Money
1980 Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 Private Benjamin
1980 Little Darlings
1979 Mrs. Columbo
1979 Prophecy
1978 The Pirate
1978 Lady of the House
1978 Human Feelings
1978 Paradise Alley
1977 Kojak
1975-1977 The Doctors
1975 First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson
1974 How to Survive a Marriage
1974 The Lord's of Flatbush
