Armand Assante Filmography

Shark Swarm

Actors: John Schneider, Daryl Hannah, Armand Assante, F. Murray Abraham, Roark Critchlow

Synopsis: Tourist season sets the stage for terror when a greedy developer attempts to transform a quiet California fishing town into a gaudy tourist trap, and a swarm of man-eating Great Whites begin devouring anyone who dares venture into the once-peaceful waters. Decades of dumping has turned the Pacific Read More

American Gangster

Actors: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Josh Brolin

Synopsis: Director Ridley Scott spins this yarn concerning a Harlem drug kingpin (Denzel Washington) who smuggles heroin into the country by hiding it in the bodies of U.S. soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam. There was a time when no one noticed reserved driver Frank Lucas (Washington), but when the Read More

Soul's Midnight

Actors: Armand Assante

Synopsis: A historic cult that operates in accordance to ancient rituals involving the dragon-slaying Christian martyr St. George attempts to procure the sacrifice needed to resurrect their ancient leader in this supernatural thriller starring Armand Assante. On the Eve of St. George, the cult believes that Read More

California Dreamin' (Endless)

Actors: Armand Assante, Razvan Vasilescu, Jamie Elman, Maria Dinulescu, Ion Sapdaru

Synopsis: Romanian director Cristian Nemescu's comedy California Dreamin' (AKA Nesfarsit, 2007) unfolds against the backdrop of the Kosovo War, circa 1999. A NATO train rolls through a Romanian hamlet, transporting a plethora of weapons across the country - without official documents, and equipped only with Read More

When Nietzsche Wept

Actors: Ben Cross, Armand Assante, Joanna Pacula, Michal Yanai, Jamie Elman

Synopsis: Set in the year 1882, director Pinchas Perry's adaptation of Irvin D. Yalom's fictional 1992 novel finds a depressed Friedrich Nietzsche seeking out the advice of pioneering psychoanalyst Josef Breuer for help in battling mental malaise. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Surveillance

Synopsis: A mall security guard with a perfect work record reveals himself to be a dangerous sociopath in Children of the Corn director Fritz Kiersch's jarring psychological thriller. Harley (Armand Assante) is a security guard who never misses a shift, and always seems to have his act together. But Read More

Funny Money

Actors: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Robert Loggia, Christopher McDonald

Synopsis: Leslie Greif directs this adaptation of Ray Cooney's hit British play, a throwback farce about mistaken identity. Chevy Chase plays Henry Perkins, a listless late-middle-aged executive in a wax fruit company; his wife, Carol (Penelope Ann Miller), is similarly bored, a struggling sculptor and Read More

Dead Lenny

Actors: Nicole Eggert, Steven Bauer, John Heard, Armand Assante, Joe Piscopo

Synopsis: When a mob mule carrying five million dollars in cold hard cash suddenly goes missing, the kingpin awaiting the substantial delivery discovers that he isn't the only one searching for the missing money in this quirky crime comedy starring Armand Assante, Steven Bauer, John Heard, Nicole Eggert Read More

The Killing Grounds

Actors: Armand Assante, Udo Kier, Daniel Bernhardt, Shirly Brener

Synopsis: Armand Assante and Udo Kier star in director Ivan Nichev's tale of two warring gangs of drug dealers struggling to gain the upper hand in the lucrative Berlin drug trade. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide Read More

Two for the Money

Actors: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo, Jeremy Piven, Armand Assante

Synopsis: D.J. Caruso's Two for the Money stars Matthew McConaughey as Brandon Lang, a former college quarterback whose life plans changed when he suffered a career-ending injury. Brandon turns out to have remarkable skill at picking winning football bets. Eventually, he comes to the attention of Walter Read More

Citizen Verdict

Actors: Armand Assante, Jerry Springer, Roy Scheider, Justine Mitchell, Raffaello Degruttola, Dorette Potgieter

Synopsis: Justice is turned into a game show, with life and death as the stakes, in this satirical drama. Florida governor Bull Tyler (Roy Scheider) is trying to ease the dissatisfaction of his constituents in the midst of a major crime wave by getting tough on wrongdoers, and television producer Marty Read More

Dot.Kill

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Armand Assante

Synopsis: A vicious serial killer is broadcasting his brutal slayings live on the Internet for all to see, and the only hope to put an end to his voyeuristic killing spree is a morphine-addicted detective in this thriller from Ghost Story director John Irvin. The technologically savvy madman has struck once Read More

Mirror Wars: Reflection One

Actors: Armand Assante, Malcolm McDowell, Rutger Hauer, Olga Yakovtseva, Alexander Efimov

Synopsis: The action film Mirror Wars concerns a super powerful secret fighter jet developed by the Russian government that is stolen by a group threatening to use it for their nefarious purposes. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

The Third Wish

Actors: Jenna Mattison, Sean Maguire, Armand Assante, Betty White, James Avery

Synopsis: The family friendly film The Third Wish stars Jenna Mattison as Maggie , mousy book store employee who believes she has earned three wishes from an obscure book by Charles Dickens. She does not realize that there is a powerful person pulling the strings to make her dreams come true. ~ Perry Read More

Tough Luck

Actors: Armand Assante, Norman Reedus, Dagmara Dominczyk

Synopsis: Gary Ellis' crime thriller Tough Luck stars Armand Assante as a man named Ike who hires Archie (Norman Reedus) to murder his wife. Archie begins to suspect that many of the people he has come into contact with while carrying out the job might be less than honest. Will he get away when the Read More

Consequence

Actors: Armand Assante, Rick Schroder, Lola Glaudini

Synopsis: Directed by Anthony Hickox, Consequence centers around a slighted dentist whose surgery mistake costs him his job and dental license. Figuring that hope is lost, he fakes his own death in hopes of collecting the insurance money after assuming the identity of his dead brother. Complications arise Read More

One Eyed King

Actors: William Baldwin, Armand Assante, Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis: The debut feature from television producer Robert Moresco, One Eyed King is an ensemble crime drama detailing the trials and tribulations of several characters living together in the same Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Starring Armand Assante, William Baldwin, Jim Breuer, Bruno Kirby, Chazz Palminteri Read More

Push, Nevada [TV Series]

Actors: Derek Cecil, Scarlett Chorvat, Jon Polito, Armand Assante, Conchata Ferrell

Synopsis: Network television's first "interactive" mystery-suspense series, Push, Nevada got under way somewhat in the manner of the 1945 theatrical feature Murder, He Says, with stalwart IRS agent Jim Prufrock (Derek Cecil) venturing into the hinterlands in search of a huge cache of stolen money. Prufrock Read More

Partners in Action

Actors: Armand Assante

Synopsis: Armand Assante is an ex-cop turned undercover crime fighter in this intense, high speed action film from Director Sidney J. Furie. Dejected by the failure of an undercover drug bust involving some dirty cops, Jack Cunningham (Assante) must protect the only surviving witness if there is any hopes Read More

Federal Protection

Actors: Armand Assante, Angela Featherstone, Dina Meyer

Synopsis: "Chop Chop" Frankie Carbone (Armand Assante) has made a career out of stealing cars for the mob in Chicago. An attempted assassination by a mob boss goes badly and Frankie retaliates, only to wind up in the hands of the Feds. Frankie agrees to testify against the mobsters and his life is suddenly Read More

Looking For An Echo

Actors: Armand Assante, Diane Venora, Joe Grifasi, Tom Mason, Tony Denison

Synopsis: Co-writer director Martin Davidson, who previously made a name for himself in rock-fuelled features such as The Lords of Flatbush (1974) and Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), creates this wistful melodrama about a middle-aged widower looking back with tinges of regret at his abandoned musical career. Armand Assante Read More

The Road to El Dorado

Actors: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos

Synopsis: Dreamworks SKG's second feature-length animated film blends comedy and drama in an unusual historical adventure. Two genial swindlers working as stable hands stow away with Cortez, the legendary Spanish conquistador, as he searches for El Dorado, the lost City of Gold. Luck smiles on the two con Read More

On the Beach

Actors: Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, Rachel Ward

After the Storm

Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Armand Assante, Mili Avital, Stephen Lang

Synopsis: Adapted from an Ernest Hemingway story by Hemingway's longtime friend and associate A. E. Hotchner, After the Storm spent years in development before filming of the movie version began in 2000, several years after Hotchner's death. Set in the Bahamas in 1936, the story concerns a young fisherman Read More

Last Run

Actors: Armand Assante

Synopsis: Anthony Hickox directs Armand Assante in the espionage-laced action thriller Last Run. Assante plays Frank Banner, a man who spent much of his career helping Soviet spies make their way safely away from Mother Russia. This difficult task has left him hollow and bitter, as well as a widower. His Read More

Rashi: A Light After the Dark Ages

Synopsis: This animated children's film introduces kids to the life and times of Rashi, history's most studied Biblical commentator. Besides his work as a groundbreaking scholar, Rashi was a rabbi, lawyer, and vintner. This film takes children into the life of this remarkable man. Children will hear the Read More

The Hunley

Actors: Armand Assante, Donald Sutherland, Alex Jennings, Christopher Bauer, Gerry Becker

Synopsis: The true story of the world's first submarine and its maritime usage by the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

The Odyssey

Actors: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams, Eric Roberts

Synopsis: Utilizing an exceptional international all-star cast and excellent special effects, Hallmark entertainment and American Zoetrope productions created this fun-filled adaptation of Homer's most-famous epic poem. It was originally broadcast as a four-hour miniseries on the NBC network. The story Read More

Striptease

Actors: Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Robert Patrick, Burt Reynolds

Synopsis: Based on Carl Hiaasen's satirical novel, Striptease tells the story of Erin (Demi Moore), who has just gotten a divorce from Darrell (Robert Patrick), the sleazy ex-con she foolishly married. However, the judge's memories of Darrell's days as a football hero win him custody of their daughter, and Read More

Gotti

Actors: Armand Assante, Anthony Quinn, William Forsythe, Richard Sarafian, Vincent Pastore

Synopsis: Gotti is the semi-biographical tale of John Gotti, the infamous crime boss of the Gambino mob family. This drama chronicles not only the bloody rise of Gotti, also known as the "Dapper Don", but the FBI's struggle to bring him to justice. His refusal to play by the normal "rules" of the mafia Read More

Judge Dredd

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Joan Chen

Synopsis: A violent, effects-heavy science fiction adventure, Judge Dredd depicts a nightmarish future in which overcrowded cities are terrorized by brutal gun battles and policed by "Judges," law officers who act as judge, jury, and executioner. Sylvester Stallone stars as Judge Dredd, a punishing enforcer Read More

Kidnapped

Actors: Armand Assante, Brian McCardie, Patrick Malahide, Gerry O'Brien, Michael Kitchen

Synopsis: This adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of valor and derring-do is set in the late 18th century during the time that England was ruthlessly trying to vanquish Scotland's bloody bid for independence. Young Scottish nobleman David Balfour would have inherited his family's estate had not his Read More

Blind Justice

Actors: Armand Assante, Elisabeth Shue, Robert Davi, Adam Baldwin, Danny Nucci

Synopsis: In this off-beat western, a gunfighter single-handedly takes on a band of ruthless bandits and prevents them from stealing a cache of government silver from a beleaguered little town. The gunslinger (Armand Assante) is not only remarkable for his quick draw and deadly aim, but also for the fact Read More

Life and Times of Jesus: First Christmas

Synopsis: Part of a three-tape series on the historical figure of Jesus, The First Christmas attempts to unearth the secrets of Jesus' birth. What is the relationship between this Christian story and virgin-birth myths in other cultures? Why do only two of the four gospels even mention Jesus' birth and Read More

Life and Times of Jesus: Last Days of Jesus

Synopsis: Armand Assante continues his vigilant quest into the mythos surrounding the man/messiah Jesus Christ with The Last Days of Jesus, which examines the crucifixion and the resurrection. Assante addresses the contradictions and the many difficult questions surrounding these seminal events while Read More

Life and Times of Jesus: Who Was Jesus?

Synopsis: Following the trend of re-examining the enigmatic life of Jesus, The Life and Times of Jesus series gives yet another objective view into the life of the man from Galilee. Who Was Jesus is a journey into the "real" life of Christ our Lord. Taking into account the numerous recent scientific and Read More

Trial by Jury

Actors: Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante, Gabriel Byrne, William Hurt, Kathleen Quinlan

Synopsis: Joanne Whalley-Kilmer stars as a woman corrupted by the criminal justice system in this courtroom suspense thriller. She plays a civil servant named Valerie Alston, a single mother living in New York City, who gets placed on a jury trying the case of mob boss Rusty Pirone (Armand Assante). A Read More

Fatal Instinct

Actors: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald

Synopsis: Fatal Instinct is an Airplane-style spoof of the late-'80s, early-'90s cycle of erotic crime thrillers. Setting the plot in motion is a kinky murder. Armand Assante plays the cop assigned to the case; he's also the prosecuting attorney; the "Sharon Stone" part is essayed by Sean Young. A dash of Body Heat Read More

Hoffa

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh, John C. Reilly

Synopsis: Danny DeVito tries hard to give his biopic Hoffa an epic scope, yet he just misses the mark. Starring Jack Nicholson as Jimmy Hoffa, the film traces the life, career and mysterious disappearance of the labor leader. Hoffa follows the rise of the controversial figure through his early work during Read More

The Mambo Kings

Actors: Armand Assante, Antonio Banderas, Cathy Moriarty, Maruschka Detmers, Desi Arnaz, Jr.

Synopsis: New York art dealer Arne Glimcher took his first crack at film directing with this florid, high-energy romance about two brothers who flee Cuba in the early 1950s to make it as musicians in the United States. Cynthia Cidre wrote the literate screenplay adapted from Oscar Hijuelos's Pulitzer Read More

1492: Conquest of Paradise

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Wincott, Loren Dean, Ángela Molina

Synopsis: This, the second of 1992's 500th anniversary Christopher Columbus films (the first being Warner Bros. Christopher Columbus: The Discovery), adheres to the historical facts of Columbus's (Gerard Depardieu) possessed quest to discover the New World, and his solicitation of Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver Read More

The Marrying Man

Actors: Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Robert Loggia, Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante

Synopsis: Neil Simon forgoes his typical urban East Coast kvetchers and replaces them with sunny Californian kvetchers in The Marrying Man, a film which became a beacon of gossip in 1991 due to the alleged shenanigans of stars Alec Baldwin and {$Kim Basinger), who fell in love during production. Simon based Read More

Fever

Actors: Armand Assante, Sam Neill, Marcia Gay Harden

Synopsis: In this violent made-for cable actioner, a pair of disparate rivals, one a lawyer, the other an ex-con determined to reform, team up to save the life of their lady love. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Q & A

Actors: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Lee Richardson

Synopsis: Following Serpico (1973) and Prince of the City (1981), veteran urban crime film director Sidney Lumet completed a thematic trilogy about New York City police corruption with this noir drama. When New York City cop Mike Brennan (Nick Nolte) shoots an unarmed Hispanic drug dealer in cold blood, he Read More

Eternity

Actors: Jon Voight, Armand Assante, Eileen Davidson, Wilford Brimley, Kaye Ballard

Synopsis: In this blend of fantasy and romantic comedy, a man isn't sure if he's stuck between past and present or if his imagination is simply working overtime. Edward (Jon Voight) is a prince in Medieval Europe, where his greatest rival is his brother Roni (Armand Assante). Roni wants to declare war on Read More

Animal Behavior

Actors: Karen Allen, Armand Assante, Holly Hunter, Richard Libertini, Josh Mostel

Synopsis: In this enjoyable, lighthearted "he's fallen for her" situational, a music professor finds a science department faculty member too deeply engrossed in her inter-species communication studies (she talks to chimps) to even notice him. Since he can't get her mind off her studies, he decides to work Read More

Passion and Paradise

Actors: Armand Assante, Catherine Stewart, Mariette Hartley, Kevin McCarthy, Rod Steiger, Michael Sarrazin

Synopsis: The hour-hour TV movie Passion and Paradise traces the rise and fall of real-life British playboy Alfred de Marigny (Armand Assante). Little better than a gigolo, de Marigny finds himself in the Bahamas during World War II, where he romances the daughter (Catherine Mary Stewart) of fabulously Read More

Jack the Ripper

Actors: Armand Assante, Ken Bones, Michael Gothard, Richard Morant, Michael Caine

Synopsis: TheTV movie Jack the Ripper endeavors to shed new light on one of the most notorious unsolved cases in history. The Ripper, of course, was the London serial killer who, in 1888, killed and disemboweled five prostitutes. Michael Caine stars not as the Ripper but as a Scotland-Yard inspector who is Read More

The Penitent

Actors: Raul Julia, Armand Assante, Rona Freed, Julie Carmen, Lucy Reina

Synopsis: Set in a small, deeply religious town where annually the crucifixion is literally reenacted, this melodrama centers on the tragic results of a love triangle between a troubled young wife, her husband and his handsome best friend. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hands of a Stranger

Actors: Armand Assante, Blair Brown, Beverly D'Angelo, Arliss Howard

Synopsis: Hands of a Stranger was adapted by playwright Arthur Kopit from the best-selling novel by Robert Daley. Armand Assante plays a New York City narcotics officer who aids DA Blair Brown in her investigation of a rape case in which drugs were involved. In the subsequent days, Assante becomes something Read More

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

Actors: Armand Assante, Jacqueline Bisset

Belizaire the Cajun

Actors: Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie, Will Patton

Synopsis: This inexpensive but effusively energetic film is set in Louisiana's Cajun country of the 19th century. Belizaire (Armand Assante), unofficial spokesman for his people, butts heads with local bigots who want to rid the area of Cajuns. Belizaire's former girlfriend (Gail Youngs) is now the Read More

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

Actors: Angela Lansbury, Michael Nouri, Jaclyn Smith, Ken Howard

Synopsis: This two-part TV movie was the sequel to the ratings-grabbing 1983 miniseries Rage of Angels; both were based on the best-seller by Sidney Sheldon. Jaclyn Smith returns as dynamic New York trial lawyer Jennifer Parker, while Ken Howard likewise reprises his role as Jennifer's married lover Read More

Stranger in My Bed

Synopsis: This drama is based on a true story and chronicles the struggle of a woman who loses her memory in a car crash and attempts to put her old life back together. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Deadly Business

Synopsis: This TV-movie was based on a true story of criminal culpability in the ecological crisis. Alan Arkin stars as an ex-convict hired in 1972 by smooth-talking Armand Assante, who runs a successful garbage disposal business. Even when Arkin finds out that Assante is a functionary of the mob, he Read More

Evergreen

Synopsis: Based on the novel by Belva Plain, the three-part NBC miniseries Evergreen covered a time span from 1909 to 1959. The story begins in New York's Lower East Side with the arrival of Polish-Jewish immigrant Anna (Lesley Ann Warren). At first employed as a humble seamstress, Anna is whisked into a Read More

Why Me?

Actors: Glynnis O'Connor, Armand Assante

Synopsis: Made for television, Why Me? is the true story of Air Force nurse Leola Mae Harmon (Glynnis O'Connor), whose face is all but destroyed in a head-on automobile accident. As Leola recuperates in a military hospital, her will to live is seriously tested, not only by her shattered face, but also by Read More

Unfaithfully Yours

Actors: Dudley Moore, Nastassja Kinski, Armand Assante, Albert Brooks, Cassie Yates

Synopsis: This remake of the 1948 Preston Sturges classic stars Dudley Moore as the symphony conductor who imagines ways to get back at the wife he believes is unfaithful to him. Moore plays Claude Eastman, the conductor of a prestigious sympathy, who suspects that his actress wife Daniella (Nastassja Kinski Read More

Rage of Angels

Synopsis: Another two-part TV movie from the pen of novelist Sidney Sheldon, Rage of Angels stars Jaclyn Smith as attractive lawyer Jennifer Parker. While working as assistant D.A., Parker is targeted for persecution by organized crime, but she perseveres and emerges as one of the most successful defense Read More

Love and Money

Actors: Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski, Armand Assante, King Vidor

Synopsis: James Toback wrote and directed this typically intense and idiosyncratic satiric thriller. Byron Levin (Ray Sharkey) is an investment planner who has grown tired of his job and is bored by his relationship with his girlfriend Vicky (Susan Heldfond). When Frederick Stockheinz (Klaus Kinski), an Read More

I, the Jury

Actors: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King, Geoffrey Lewis</