Reni Santoni
- Acting
- April 21, 1939 · New York City, New York, USA
- August 1, 2020
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Franklin & Bash · Judge Maurice Vincent
- Raising the Bar
- A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry · Self
- The Evolution of Clint Eastwood · Self
- The Business End: Violence in Cinema · Self
- Four Kings · Mr. Hernandez
- Grey's Anatomy · Alan Griswold
- Gang Warz · Father Luis
- Kingpin
- According to Jim · Tony
- Dr. Dolittle 2 · Rat #2 (Voice)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Frank Mejia
- Bull
- 28 Days · Daniel
- Judging Amy · Clyde Tate
- Late Last Night · Drunk
- V.I.P. · Luis Montez
- Jesse · Pedro Vasquez
- Doctor Dolittle · Rat #1 (Voice)
- Can't Hardly Wait · Cop
- Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer · Judge Thomas Agajanian
- Private Parts · Vallesecca
- The Practice · Roland Mapp
- Dangerous Minds
- The Late Shift · John Agoglia
- Murder One · Thomas Agajanian
- The Brady Bunch Movie · Police Officer (uncredited)
- Dave's World · Mr. Martinez
- Walker, Texas Ranger · Don Carlos del Vega Garcia
- Groundhog Day · State Trooper (voice) (uncredited)
- Renegade · Juan Carlos Prieto
- Only You · Rueben the Bartender
- Dream On · Mr. Tribbiani
- Capital News
- Cat Chaser · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- The Package · Chicago Police Lieutenant
- Seinfeld · Poppie
- Quantum Leap · Sgt. Lopez
- Rain Man · Voice
- Murphy's Law
- Bright Lights, Big City · Additional Voices (Voice)
- The Pick-up Artist · Man in Train Station
- Sanchez of Bel Air
- Radioactive Dreams · 'Red' Hairstylist
- Cobra · Sergeant Gonzales
- Joe Bash
- Second Serve · Dr. Roberto Granato
- 227
- No Greater Gift · Mario Santana
- Summer Rental · Announcer (Voice)
- Brewster's Millions · Vin Rapelito
- Moonlighting · Señor Arredondo
- Murder, She Wrote · Lt. Caceras, Juan Ramos
- Miami Vice · Lt. Arturo Dominguez
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Manimal · Lieutenant Rivera
- Bad Boys · Ramon Herrera
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · Carlos Rodriguez
- Hill Street Blues · Danny Santana
- They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way · Billy Joe
- Tarzana
- Lou Grant · Jim Keenan
- CHiPs · Cleo Baxter
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden · Hobbs
- Charlie's Angels · Holder
- Delvecchio · George Coletta
- Panic on the 5:22 · Emil Linz
- The Rockford Files · Perry
- Indict and Convict · Mike Belano
- Barnaby Jones · Chip Rawlins, Tony Santos
- The Rookies
- Dirty Harry · Chico
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law · Danny Paterno
- Powderkeg · Ricardo Sandoval
- The Student Nurses · Victor Charlie
- The Odd Couple · Ernie
- Love, American Style
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven · Max
- Hawaii Five-O · Jimmy Rego
- Anzio · Pvt. Movie