Frank VincentFilmography

Lucky Man

Actors: Frank Vincent, Vincent Pastore, Joe Spataro, John Ales, Gary Pastorre

City Teacher

Stiffs

Actors: Danny Aiello, Jon Polito, Louis Vanaria, Frank Bongiorno, Lesley Ann Warren

Synopsis: Filmmaking duo Frank and Joe Ciota follow up 1997's The North End and 2001's Ciao America with this black comedy about an Italian-American funeral home struggling to remain afloat as an influx of young, healthy bodies into the neighborhood finds business slowing. Ragucci's the nation's oldest Read More

Last Request

Actors: Danny Aiello, T.R. Knight, Sabrina Lloyd

Synopsis: T.R. Knight, Danny Aiello, Vincent Pastore, and Gilbert Gottfried star in writer/director John DeBellis' bittersweet romantic comedy about a dying father who implores one of his sons to have a baby boy and carry on the family name. Pop (Aiello) is dying, but before he punches out he wants to make Read More

A Tale of Two Pizzas

Actors: Vincent Pastore, Frank Vincent, Robin Paul

Synopsis: Two warring families are brought together by love and pizza in this romantic comedy. Vito Rossi (Vincent Pastore) and Frank Bianco (Frank Vincent) are two men who used to work together in the same pizza parlor in Yonkers, NY, but when their mentor Emilio (Louis Guss) retired, he decided to give Read More

Remedy

Synopsis: Christian Maelen served as both star and director in this offbeat independent crime drama. Will Bentley (Maelen) leads a charmed life -- he has inherited a fortune from his parents, he has a beautiful girlfriend, Michelle (Candice Coke), and his career as an artist is starting to take off. But Read More

Shark Tale

Actors: Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Martin Scorsese

Synopsis: Oceanic wise guys meet up with a small fish who has a big attitude in this computer-animated comedy. Don Lino (voice of Robert De Niro) is the patriarch of a family of sharks who lord over a bustling aquatic community based along a massive underwater reef. Don Lino has two sons, Frankie (voice of Michael Imperioli Read More

Coalition

Actors: Raekwon, Michael Wright, Chuck Zito, Frank Vincent, Stephanie Finochio, Oli "Power" Grant

Synopsis: Bear witness to the systematic shakedown of New York City's lucrative construction business by non-union, minority laborers and see just how both sides of the law scramble to stay one step ahead of the game in director Joseph Ariola's tense look at the controversial SBM (Survival of the Black Man) Read More

Wiseguys On Texas Hold 'Em

Synopsis: Wiseguys on Texas Hold 'Em features actors playing the popular brand of poker with helpful hints provided along the way by champion poker player Robert Varkonyi. In addition to Willie Garson and Fisher Stevens, and players include three cast members of The Sopranos - Frank Vincent, Vinny Vella Read More

This Thing of Ours

Actors: Frank Vincent, Vincent Pastore, James Caan

Synopsis: Grandnephew of the famous mobster known as Tony Pro, Danny Provenzano is the co-writer, director, and star of the independent crime drama This Thing of Ours (the title is a literal translation of the crime organization La Cosa Nostra). Provenzano plays young mobster Nick Santini, who wishes to Read More

Snipes

Actors: Sam Jones III, Zoe Saldana, Nelly, Dean Winters, Rashaan Nall

Synopsis: Music video director Richard Murray makes his feature debut with this hip-hop crime thriller about an ambitious kid caught in the shady underworld of the recording industry. Sam Jones III (Erik Triggs) is a wannabe rap artist working menial jobs at Ill Wax Records by day and sneaking into the Read More

Smokin' Stogies

Synopsis: Smokin' Stogies stars Joseph Marino as Vinnie Marscone, a mobster who, on orders from his boss (Tony Sirico), is sent from New York to Miami to locate a missing million dollar shipment of Cuban cigars. Vinnie believes that the local mobsters in Florida are supposed to help him, but he begins to Read More

Gun Shy

Actors: Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, José Zuñiga, Richard Schiff

Synopsis: In this action-laced comedy, a cop on the verge of a nervous breakdown finds love at the least convenient time. Charlie Mayo (Liam Neeson) is an undercover agent with the DEA who was nearly killed when a sting set up to nail a gang of drug dealers went horribly wrong. The accident left Charlie Read More

NYPD Blue: Roll Out the Barrel

Synopsis: A barrel containing the dismembered body of a woman is found in a house formerly owned by mobster Pete Mangrini (Al Sapienza). In their efforts to prove that the body is that of Mangrini's long-missing wife, thereby pinning a murder rap on the mob boss, Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) and Jones (Henry Simmons Read More

NYPD Blue: Little Abner

Synopsis: Fancy (James McDaniel) and Jones (Henry Simmons) try to help Jones' former boss Lt. Abner (James Pickens Jr.), who is in a deep depression -- but their efforts are too little, too late. When the partner of nightclub owner Dave Lorenz (Peter Jurasik) is murdered, Lorenz points a finger at a jailed Read More

Money Kings

Actors: Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Colm Meaney, Frank Vincent, Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Synopsis: Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Tyne Daly star in this gritty crime drama. Falk plays the owner of a local bar who has taken bets for a Mafia gambling ring for years, watching out for his customers and never letting them get in too far over their heads. But that Read More

Under Hellgate Bridge

Actors: Michael Rodrick, Jonathan LaPaglia, Frank Vincent, Jordan Bayne, Brian Vincent

Synopsis: Soap icon Michael Rodrick stars in this gritty urban drama about love, jealousy, and crime set in Queens, New York. After returning to the old neighborhood from a two year stint in jail, Ryan (Rodrick) discovers that his girlfriend has started dating mobster Vincent (Jonathan LaPaglia). Soon a Read More

Entropy

Actors: Stephen Dorff, Judith Godrëche, Kelly MacDonald, Lauren Holly, Jon Tenney

Synopsis: A filmmaker tries to sort out the scattered emotional baggage of his love life in Entropy. Jake Walsh (Stephen Dorff) is a film director who attends a fashion show with some friends and meets a French model named Stella (Judith Godreche). The attraction between the two is immediate, and after a Read More

Law & Order: Juvenile

Synopsis: A newspaper columnist is murdered, thereby reopening a 20-year-old homicide case. Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) track down the central character in the original case, who was a juvenile at the time. This leads to a tricky dilemma for the D.A.'s office -- a dilemma Read More

Ten Benny

Actors: James E. Moriarty, Sybil Temchen

Synopsis: This urban drama set in a working-class New Jersey suburb, chronicles the complex relationship between three young men, Ray, Mike and Butchie who have been lifelong friends. One day in the past, when they were children, the boys witnessed the public arrest of Ray's father for illicit gambling. Ray Read More

Witness to the Mob

Actors: Nicholas Turturro, Tom Sizemore, Debi Mazar, Abe Vigoda, Philip Baker Hall

Synopsis: The key figure in this two-part TV mob miniseries is Mafia snitch Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (Nicholas Turturro). Gravano ratted on John Gotti (Tom Sizemore), who manipulated the 1985 murder of mob boss Paul Castellano (Abe Vigoda). Gravano is seen rising in the mob ranks through various Read More

Undercurrent

Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Brenda Strong, Frank Vincent

Synopsis: A man needing some easy money finds danger instead in this sexy thriller. Mike Aguayo (Lorenzo Lamas) is a former police detective who has moved to Puerto Rico, where he runs a night club. But business is bad, and Mike is hounded by creditors; in desperate need of some quick money, he accepts an Read More

Cop Land

Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg

Synopsis: The second film from writer/director James Mangold, the corruption drama Cop Land stars Sylvester Stallone as Freddy Heflin, the much-denigrated sheriff of tiny Garrison, NJ, a community which -- thanks to a technicality -- is populated almost entirely by members of the New York City Police Read More

The Deli

Actors: Michael Imperioli, Judith Malina, Debi Mazar, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, David Johansen

Synopsis: In this comedy, a hard-luck gambler learns a new commandment: Honor Thy Mother's Lottery Winnings. Johnny Amico (Mike Starr) runs a delicatessen in New York City; regarded as a nice guy by his friends and regular customers, he has a weakness for gambling and is usually in debt. Johnny is Read More

The North End

Actors: Frank Vincent, Tony Darrow, Matthew Del Negro, Lina Sivio, Mark Hartmann

Synopsis: Two friends unwittingly reflect the divided nature of a changing community in this independent drama. Mac McCain (Mark Hartmann) and Freddie Fabucci (Matthew Del Negro) are two old buddies who share an apartment in Boston's Italian-American North End community, which is divided between yuppies Read More

Made Men

Actors: Don Close, James Biberi, Cara Buono, Thomas Calabro, Frank Vincent

Synopsis: Don Close made his feature directorial debut with this drama about a trio of working-class Italian-Americans in Queens. The tale begins with childhood misadventures and then leaps ahead to show their adult lives two decades later -- with one unemployed (Andy Fiscella), another (Close) driving an Read More

She's the One

Actors: Jennifer Aniston, Maxine Bahns, Edward Burns, Cameron Diaz, John Mahoney

Synopsis: This is the second film by actor/director Ed Burns, his first being The Brothers McMullen. The two Fitzpatrick brothers, Mickey (Ed Burns) and Francis (Mike McGlone), would appear to have little in common, as the older is a rather volatile cab driver, the younger is a very settled stockbroker. Read More

Grind

Actors: Adrienne Shelly, Billy Crudup, Paul Schulze, Frank Vincent, Saul Stein

Synopsis: A young man trying to break out of his blue collar life in New Jersey finds himself snared by a web of crime and deceit in this independent drama. Just released after an 18-month stretch in prison, 20-year-old Eddie Dolan (Billy Crudup) has few prospects and nowhere to go, so he appears on the Read More

West New York

Actors: Gloria Darpino, Frank Vincent

Synopsis: An ex-cop finds himself on the outs with both sides of the law in this drama. Tom Coletti (Frank Vincent) is a former police officer whose addiction to alcohol cost him his career and his marriage. Hoping to regain his self-respect and the love of his daughter Diane (Gloria Darpino), Tom gets a Read More

Casino

Actors: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King

Synopsis: The inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in Martin Scorsese's story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and times of three characters: "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), a bookmaking wizard; Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci), a Mafia underboss and longtime best friend Read More

Men Lie

Actors: Doug DeLuca, Ellia Thompson, Frank Vincent, Garry Blackwood, Catherine Landherr

Synopsis: The subject of this urban comedy could be "Two-timing men, and the women that despise them" as it presents the scathing opinions of women observing an adulterous misogynist in action. The adulterer in question is Scott who swears fealty to his beloved fiance, but then goes out and chases anything Read More

Hand Gun

Actors: Treat Williams, Seymour Cassel, Paul Schulze, Toby Huss, Angel Caban

Synopsis: Two estranged brothers discover that family secrets can have a high value on the wrong side of the law in this crime drama. Jack McCallister (Seymour Cassel) is an aging career criminal whose luck is about to give out; Jack and his henchmen are ambushed by police in the midst of a major robbery Read More

Federal Hill

Actors: Nicholas Turturro, Anthony de Sando, Michael Raynor, Robert Turano, Jason Andrews

Synopsis: A group of friends from a rough, predominantly Italian-American neighborhood consider their future in surroundings dominated by petty crime in this drama. Nicky (Anthony DeSando) and his pals grew up together in the Federal Hill section of Providence, Rhode Island, where Nicky makes ends meet by Read More

Jungle Fever

Actors: Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Anthony Quinn, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee

Synopsis: Spike Lee defines "jungle fever" as sexual attraction between members of two races. In his film Jungle Fever, he examines the repercussions of an interracial affair upon two very distinct communities. Wesley Snipes is Flipper, a happily married and successful architect, and Annabella Sciorra is Read More

Mortal Thoughts

Actors: Demi Moore, Glenne Headly, Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, John Pankow

Synopsis: Mortal Thoughts is a low-key thriller revolving around the relationship between two best friends who are involved in the death of one of their husbands. The movie unfolds as the events leading to a confession are shown in flashback. Joyce (Glenne Headly) is married to the abusive, unfaithful James Read More

In the Line of Duty: Mob Justice

Actors: Tony Danza, Dan Lauria, Ted Levine, Frank Vincent, Joe Lisi

Synopsis: In this crime drama, G-men team up with syndicate hit-men to capture the drug dealer who killed one of the best agents in the Drug Enforcement Agency. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mob Justice

Synopsis: The fact-based TV movie Dead and Alive bears a remarkable resemblance to the plot and structure of the 1931 Fritz Lang classic M. A cocaine-addicted cop killer (Tony Danza) is on the loose, managing to elude the authorities at every juncture. The killer has known mob connections, so the police put Read More

Law & Order: Aria

Synopsis: A young aspiring actress is killed by a lethal drug overdose. At first glance, it seems the girl was driven to her death by her mother, the proverbial "stage mom from hell." But as the detectives and the D.A.'s office pursue the investigation, it becomes painfully clear that both mother and Read More

GoodFellas

Actors: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish Read More

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Actors: Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: Hubert Selby's controversial 1964 cult novel Last Exit To Brooklyn is adapted to the big screen by director Ulrich Edel in this drama. The story is set in the early 1950s in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blighted waterfront town of boarded-up storefronts and striking factory workers. Harry Black (Stephen Lang Read More

Street Hunter

Actors: Steve James, Reb Brown, John Leguizamo, Valarie Pettiford, Frank Vincent

Synopsis: Steve James stars in this martial-arts adventure. This time he plays former maverick NYC cop and Vietnam vet Logan Blade who currently works as a bounty hunter in pursuit of the potentially dangerous Angel, who is trying to get all of the Big Apple's gangs to unite and become a vicious death Read More

Do the Right Thing

Actors: Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Richard Edson, John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Bill Nunn, Ossie Davis

Synopsis: Director Spike Lee dives head-first into a maelstrom of racial and social ills, using as his springboard the hottest day of the year on one block in Brooklyn, NY. Three businesses dominate the block: a storefront radio station, where a smooth-talkin' deejay (Samuel L. Jackson) spins the platters Read More

Lou, Pat & Joe D

Actors: Kim Delgado, Richard Habersham

Synopsis: This independently produced black-and-white feature records the evolution of the central relationship in the protagonist's life. Pat is a white boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1930s, and his best buddy is Jake, who is black. As they grow older, various events of their lives punch holes into Read More

Wise Guys

Actors: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel, Ray Sharkey, Dan Hedaya

Synopsis: The "wise guys" referred to in the title, Harry Valentini (Danny DeVito) and Moe Dickstein (Joe Piscopo), turn out to be not so wise after all in this crime-oriented comedy. Harry and Moe run the risk of certain death when they steal money from a Mafia don (Dan Hedaya) and then try to multiply Read More

No Surrender

Actors: Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage, J.G. Devlin, James Ellis, Tom Georgeson

Synopsis: A moribund nightclub on the fringes of Liverpool's sprawl is the primary setting for this frenetic, dark, and confusing comedy done in a heavy regional "dialect" by director Peter Smith. Set on New Year's Eve, the film chronicles the rivalry between elderly Irish Catholic and Protestant attendees Read More

Made in Argentina

Actors: Luis Brandoni, Marta Bianchi, Leonor Manso, Patricio Contreras, Alberto Busaid

Synopsis: This 1986 film portrays a couple from Argentina who move to New York City for political reasons, but later wish to journey back to their home. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

The Pope of Greenwich Village

Actors: Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan

Synopsis: Set on the streets of New York's Little Italy, this dramatic series of character studies chronicles the lives and relationships between a disparate pair of Italian American cousins. Both of them want to leave the poverty of ghetto life, but each takes a dramatically different route when one of Read More

Baby It's You

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Vincent Spano, Joanna Merlin, Jack Davidson, Nick Ferrari

Synopsis: In the early 1960s, two very different New Jersey high schoolers share their first love in this bittersweet romantic drama, an early feature by writer/director John Sayles. Jill Rosen (Rosanna Arquette) is a sweet, overachieving Jewish girl heading for college to become an actor; "Sheik" Read More

Ruby's Dream

Actors: Joe Pesci, Karen Ludwig, Evan Handler, Ivy Ray Browning, Frank Vincent

Synopsis: This off-kilter German film attempts to tell a purely American story as filtered through European sensibilities. Joe Pesci plays Ruby Dennis, a Jewish bowling alley/nightclub manager in New Jersey. Despite his tacky surroundings, Ruby convinces himself that he's just about to hit the big time in Read More

Raging Bull

Actors: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's brutal character study incisively portrays the true rise and fall and redemption of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who thrives on his ability (and desire) to take a beating. Opening with the spectacle of the over-the-hill La Motta (Robert De Niro Read More

Family Enforcer

Actors: Joe Cortese

Synopsis: Joe Pesci makes one of his earliest screen appearances in Family Enforcer. The main character, played by Joseph Cortese, is a New Jersey street kid who becomes mixed up with gangsters. After getting in over his head, the boy wants out, but this is not to be. Family Enforcer was also released as Death Collector Read More