Joe Mantegna Biography (3)
A native of Chicago, Mantegna made his feature film debut in Frank Perry's Compromising Positions. His early films include co-starring roles in Weeds, Suspect, Family Prayers, Wait Until Spring, Bandini and, for David Mamet, Things Change, Homicide and the critically acclaimed House of Games. His later film work includes Woody Allen's Alice, Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather III, Barry Levinson's Bugsy, Steven Zaillian's Searching for Bobby Fischer, Billy Crystal's Forget Paris and Jon Avnet's Up Close and Personal. He recently starred in Woody Allen's Celebrity. His upcoming films include Error in Judgment and The Runner.
On television, Mantegna recently starred in the acclaimed HBO Original Feature The Rat Pack, for which he received both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. He also starred in the CBS miniseries The Last Don, based on Mario Puzo's best-selling novel, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and its sequel, The Last Don II. He has starred in the original cable feature films Jerry and Tom, State of Emergency, Persons Unknown, A Call to Remember, Comrades of Summer, Face Down and the TNT Special Presentation of David Mamet's The Water Engine, amongst others.
Mantegna is the narrator of the Oscar-nominated documentary films, Crack U.S.A.: Country Under Siege and Death on the Job.
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