Reni Santoni

Known for ActingBorn 1939-04-21Died 2020-08-01New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Gang Warz

Dangerous Minds

Lamp Unto My Feet

Grey's Anatomy

Powderkeg

Seinfeld

The Business End: Violence in Cinema

Quantum Leap

Joe Bash

Indict and Convict

A Great Big Thing

Murder One

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Practice

Rain Man

Groundhog Day

The Odd Couple

Judging Amy

Hill Street Blues

The Rockford Files

Franklin & Bash

Moonlighting

Murder, She Wrote

Miami Vice

Dirty Harry

Manimal

The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

Lou Grant

Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer

Walker, Texas Ranger

Murphy's Law

Dream On

Hawaii Five-O

Bad Boys

Bull

Delvecchio

The Pawnbroker

Barnaby Jones

Renegade

227

The Trials of O'Brien

CHiPs

The Rookies

According to Jim

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Charlie's Angels

Private Parts

Brewster's Millions