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Al Sapienza is a Actor and Associate Producer American born on 31 july 1962 at New York City (USA)
Al Sapienza (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, who has had numerous roles in television, stage and film productions. He is most well known for his role as Mikey Palmice on the HBO series The Sopranos as well as Marty Spinella, a lobbyist for the teachers' union in the Netflix series House of Cards. He played the role of Dr. Jake Housman in the North American premiere of the stage version of Dirty Dancing.
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Al Sapienza (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, who has had numerous roles in television, stage and film productions. He is most well known for his role as Mikey Palmice on the HBO series The Sopranos as well as Marty Spinella, a lobbyist for the teachers' union in the Netflix series House of Cards. He played the role of Dr. Jake Housman in the North American premiere of the stage version of Dirty Dancing.
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Capone (2020)
Directed by Josh Trank
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Mob film, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Films about psychiatry, Gangster films
Actors Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Noel Roeim Fisher, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathrine Narducci
Roles Ralphie
Rating47%
À la fin des années 1930, Al Capone est libéré sous caution après huit ans de prison pour fraude fiscale. Atteint de neurosyphilis, le gangster est très mal en point, physiquement et mentalement, malgré sa quarantaine passée. Il sombre en pleine démence, également hanté par son passé.
7 Splinters in Time (2018)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Al Sapienza, Austin Pendleton, Edoardo Ballerini, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Akiva Schaffer, Greg Bennick
Roles Timms
Rating35%
A detective investigates a murder, only to find that the victim is... himself. Soon, he discovers multiple versions of himself, not all of them friendly.
Black Water (2018)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Kristopher Van Varenberg, Al Sapienza, John Posey, Patrick Kilpatrick
Roles Edward Rhodes
Rating47%
Quand l’agent spécial Scott Wheeler se réveille, il est blessé et menotté à une chaise. Impossible pour lui de se rappeler qui sont ses geôliers ni comment il a atterri dans cette pièce. Après avoir subi un premier interrogatoire musclé, Wheeler a maintenant la certitude qu’il ne quittera jamais cet endroit vivant. Alors qu’il échafaude un plan d’évasion pour sauver sa peau, Marco, son compagnon de cellule, lui apprend qu’ils sont détenus dans un site secret et lourdement protégé : un sous-marin nucléaire en immersion à 1 500 mètres de profondeur.
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
, 1h47Directed by D.J. Caruso
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Vin Diesel, Deepika Padukone, Ruby Rose, Nina Dobrev, Samuel L. Jackson, Donnie Yen
Roles CIA Director
Rating52%
Après avoir été laissé pour mort à la suite d'un accident, Xander Cage revient aux affaires et doit à nouveau travailler avec l'agent Gibbons, dans le but de mettre la main sur la Boîte de Pandore, un objet très dangereux qui permet de faire tomber des satellites partout où l'on veut sur la Terre. Pour cette mission, Xander sera accompagné de nouvelles recrues.
The Big Short (2015)
, 2h10Directed by Adam McKay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo, Karen Gillan
Roles Option One CEO
Rating77%
En 2005, à Wall Street, au milieu des grandes banques, des médias et du gouvernement aveugles, quatre outsiders découvrent la bulle immobilière et l'opacité de son financement. Par l'analyse et l'enquête sur le terrain ils rejettent l'idéologie et l'optimisme écrasants de leur milieu. Ils sont les seuls à se positionner dans le sens de la débâcle qui leur apparaît certaine.
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tom Selleck, William Devane, Gloria Reuben, Luke Perry, Leslie Hope, Al Sapienza
Roles Bruce Davies
Rating71%
Police Chief Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) accepts a position as an unpaid consultant with the Boston Police force, working for Lt. Sydney Greenstreet (Leslie Hope) who gives him case files on several murders. After reviewing the files, Stone takes special interest in one case that involves the fourth victim of a brutal serial killer who slashed and disemboweled his victims while they were still alive. The jailed killer, a man named Richard and known as the "Boston Ripper" (Luke Perry), admits to the first three murders with pride, but maintains he did not commit the fourth murder. After interviewing the killer, Stone concludes that he's a "sick son of a bitch", but does not believe he killed the fourth victim, Mavis Davies.
Godzilla (2014)
, 2h3Directed by Gareth Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La fin du monde, Kaiju films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, La préhistoire, Films about religion, Transport films, Films set in the future, Animaux préhistoriques, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Godzilla films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, Juliette Binoche, Richard T. Jones
Roles Huddleston
Rating63%
In 1954, a nuclear bomb is detonated at the moment a giant creature emerges from the ocean. In 1999, Project Monarch scientists Ishiro Serizawa and Vivienne Graham investigate a colossal skeleton unearthed in a collapsed mine in the Philippines. They find two spores; one dormant and one hatched that made a trail into the sea. In Japan, the Janjira Nuclear Power Plant experiences unusual seismic activity and Supervisor Joe Brody sends his wife Sandra and a team of technicians into the reactor. A tremor breaches the reactor, leaving Sandra and her team unable to escape while the plant collapses.
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
, 2h4Directed by Craig Gillespie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Baseball films, Cricket films, Children's films
Actors Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Alan Arkin, Lake Bell, Bar Paly, Suraj Sharma
Roles Pete
Rating69%
J. B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) is a big time sports agent who, along with his partner Ash Vasudevan (Aasif Mandvi) recently formed their own company. Unfortunately, all of J.B.'s clients have retired, and he is unable to reel in star football player Popo Vanuatu (Rey Maualuga). Desperate to find new clients, J.B. realizes India, with over one billion people, has real potential for untapped baseball talent. He approaches investor Mr. Chang with his proposal - a talent contest staged in India called "Million Dollar Arm." Contestants score points by demonstrating they can pitch a baseball with speed and accuracy. Along with the prize money, two winners will be flown to the U.S. and receive coaching to become legitimate baseball prospects within two years. Chang commits to providing the funding, on the condition the prospects are ready within only one year. With no alternative, J.B. reluctantly assures Chang the winners will be ready for a major league try-out within one year.
Taken 3 (2014)
, 1h49Directed by Olivier Megaton
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Forest Whitaker, Jon Gries, Dougray Scott
Roles Johnson
Rating60%
Former covert operative Bryan Mills visits his daughter, Kim, who has just discovered she's pregnant, at her L.A. apartment to deliver an early birthday gift. After an awkward visit, he invites his ex-wife, Lenore, to dinner. Although she refused the invitation, she shows up at his apartment revealing her distress over marital problems with her current husband, Stuart, and indicates her desire to be with Bryan, who feels the same way, but says they need to refrain until her marriage is resolved. Later, Stuart visits Bryan and asks him to stay away from Lenore as they attempt to reconcile. Bryan reluctantly agrees.
Late Phases (2014)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Nick Damici, Tina Louise, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest, Erin Cummings, Karen Lynn Gorney
Roles Officer Bennett
Rating60%
Ambrose McKinley; a fiercely independent, yet blind Vietnam War veteran and his seeing eye dog German Shepherd are moved into a retirement community at the edge of a forest. Willful and adamant that he can live on his own, he and his son Will are clearly not on the best of terms. He meets three neighbor women; Gloria, Anna and Victoria, who; while at first admiring Ambrose, are quickly put off by his attitude toward them. He meets his neighbor Delores, who shares the duplex with him. That night, during a full moon, something breaks into Delores' kitchen and brutally slashes her to death. Ambrose hears the commotion and is also attacked by a massive werewolf. His dog comes to his defense as Ambrose struggles to find his gun, he manages to deter the creature, but his dog is mortally wounded. The next day, the police find him cradling his dog, and despite the destruction and his claims of the attack, it is shrugged off as a home invasion.
The Story of Luke (2013)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Lou Taylor Pucci, Seth Green, Cary Elwes, Al Sapienza, Kristin Bauer, Kenneth Welsh
Roles David
Rating70%
Abandoned as a child by his mother because of his autism, Luke was raised by his grandparents who offered him a loving but sheltered upbringing. When his grandmother suddenly dies, Luke, now 25, and his senile grandpa Jonas are forced to move in with "the relatives": uncle Paul, aunt Cindy and cousins Brad and Megan. The adjustment is difficult for everybody and grandpa Jonas is soon moved to a nursing home, not before leaving Luke with his final coherent words: “Get a job. Find a girl. Live your own life. Be a man!” Although his dysfunctional relatives don't know what to do with him, Luke now has a mission.
Please Kill Mr. Know It All (2013)
, 1h27Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Lara Jean Chorostecki, Jefferson Brown, Al Sapienza, Boyd Banks, Colin Mochrie, Pedro Miguel Arce
Roles Mob Boss
Rating47%
Cynical Sally lives a life free of excitement and romance and that's just the way she likes it. Although she'd like to be a novelist, she makes ends meet by ghost writing a local advice column under the pseudonym Mr. Know It All. After a celebrity endorsement turns her column into an overnight success, the newspaper requests a photo of the author from Sally's agent and best friend, Patti. Unfortunately, Patti has been lying to the newspaper, claiming that a man has been writing the column all along. Sally submits a sketch of Albert, a handsome stranger she spotted in a movie theater.
9 Full Moons (2013)
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Amy Seimetz, Donal Logue, Dale Dickey, Harry Dean Stanton, James Duval, Twink Caplan
Roles Dr. Phelps
Rating52%
Frankie is a hard-drinking woman fresh out of a bad marriage. She wanders East Los Angeles looking for castoff furniture and clothing, which she sometimes sells for spending money. Otherwise, she hangs out with local musicians as an opportunity to meet people.
Torture Chamber (2013)
Genres Horror
Actors Vincent Pastore, Lynn Lowry, Carmen LoPorto, Raine Brown, Al Sapienza
Roles Police Officer Ricci
Rating29%
13-year-old burn victim Jimmy Morgan (Carmen LoPorto) isn't happy. When he starts exhibiting strange powers, he begins to use them on all of the people that he believes has looked down upon him or did him wrong. His brother Mark (Richard D. Busser) tries desperately to use his skills as a Catholic priest to save Jimmy, but is wildly unsuccessful. Not only does Jimmy manage to escape, but he also transforms the town's children into a bloodthirsty army that drags its prey to an abandoned castle. There Jimmy and the children torture their captives in extremely disturbing and horrific ways.
Separation (2013)
, 1h21Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Sarah Manninen, Peter Stebbings, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Al Sapienza, Rob DeLeeux
Roles Elliot
Rating48%
Liz (Sarah Manninen) and Jack (Peter Stebbings) are a seemingly average couple that have moved into a new house in the hopes of rekindling their failing marriage. This effort is made more difficult by their troubled daughter Angie (Arcadia Kendal) and an unhappy mother-in-law (Barbara Gordon) that's determined to find fault in everything the couple does. When the family hears about a potential serial killer in the neighborhood, things begin to grow tense and they begin to suspect everyone around them- especially their strange neighbor Geoffrey (Dmitry Chepovetsky).