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Francis Capra is a Actor American born on 22 april 1983 at New York City (USA)
Francis Capra (born April 22, 1983) is an American actor. Some of his best known roles are a young Calogero Anello in A Bronx Tale, Max Connor in Kazaam, and Eli "Weevil" Navarro in the TV series Veronica Mars.
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Capra attended Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School. He has upwards of 18 tattoos. He is of Italian and Dominican descent and the great-grandson of famed film director Frank Capra, according to Netflix information on the movie Black Irish.Usually with
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Veronica Mars (2014)
, 1h47Directed by Rob Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Krysten Ritter, Ryan Hansen, Tina Majorino
Roles Eli 'Weevil' Navarro
Rating66%
Nine years after the events of the show's third season, former teenage sleuth Veronica Mars has left the fictional town of Neptune, California and moved to New York City, where she is in a stable relationship with Stosh "Piz" Piznarski and has a job offer from the prestigious law firm Truman-Mann and Associates. She is contacted by her ex-boyfriend Logan Echolls, now a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, who has been accused of murdering his girlfriend Carrie Bishop, a fellow Neptune High student who became a successful but self-destructive pop star under the stage name "Bonnie DeVille". He is being bombarded for offers of representation from lawyers, and Veronica agrees to return to Neptune and help Logan find one who will best represent him. She is reunited with her father Keith Mars, Neptune's former sheriff-turned-private investigator, who shows her how corruption and classism is rife under Sheriff Dan Lamb.
Rampart (2012)
, 1h48Directed by Oren Moverman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Robin Wright
Rating57%
Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) has two ex-wives who are sisters (Anne Heche and Cynthia Nixon), and he cheated on both. Brown has a daughter from each marriage which creates conflict at home. Dave also has contentious relationships with his children. However, the film starts with his other home, which is the beat. Dave patrols streets occupied by gangs, and he creates problems for himself with increasing severity. Dave forcibly obtains a confession out of a convenience store thief. Later he is caught on tape beating someone almost to death. The beating is still playing on television when he's involved in a suspicious shooting. These incidents get Dave in trouble with an already beleaguered police department, and he faces either sanctions or forced retirement. Dave tries to talk his way out of trouble with an assistant district attorney (Sigourney Weaver). Dave realizes that his superiors are less concerned about what he has done but more concerned about the predicament he has created by getting caught.
Blood and Bone (2009)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Michael Jai White, Julian Sands, Eamonn Walker, Dante Basco, Nona Gaye, Shannon Kane
Roles Tattoo
Rating67%
Fresh out of prison, Isaiah Bone moves to Los Angeles, where underground fights are being held. One night, after watching a match involving local champion Hammerman, Bone makes a deal with promoter Pinball to get him into the fight scene for 20% of his earnings; 40% if Pinball puts his own money on the line. On that same night, Bone encounters mob boss James and his girlfriend Angela Soto. Bone enters his first underground fight and quickly defeats his opponent with only two kicks. Pinball explains to Bone that Angela was previously married, but James set up her husband Danny on a triple-homicide, sending him to jail. When James learned that she was pregnant, he had her undergo an abortion. Since then, Angela has fallen into drug addiction.
Black Irish (2007)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Guiry, Melissa Leo, Emily VanCamp Bowman, Michael Rispoli
Roles Anthony
Rating68%
Sixteen-year-old Cole McKay’s struggle for independence is put to the test as his South Boston Irish-Catholic family implodes around him. Older brother Terry is descending into a life of drugs and crime, pregnant sister Kathleen is being sent away to cover up the shame of unwed motherhood and Cole’s father, Desmond, spends his days in a fog of alcohol and self-pity, silently torturing himself over what might have been. The one thing keeping young Cole’s head above water is his love of baseball. The movie starts with Cole practicing his pitching, when he is picked up by his family to attend the funeral of Desmond's sister. A talented baseball pitcher, Cole overcomes self-doubt and family indifference to fight his way into the state championships. To get there however, he must make a life and death decision, one that will change the McKay family forever.
Dishdogz (2006)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films
Actors Luke Perry, Haylie Duff, Marshall Allman, Jane Brucker, John Cantwell, Francis Capra
Roles Cooper
Rating51%
When Kevin (Marshall Allman) looks for a way to escape his back-breaking summer job, he enlists in the kitchen at an extreme summer camp with the hopes of spending his breaks on the half-pipe. But Kevin gets more than he bargained for when he teams up with his fellow extreme skateboarder dishwashers, The Dishdogz. He'll have to be more radical than the competition and win the heart of the girl (Haylie Duff) if he's going to keep up with his new crew. But before he does, he'll have to get all his work done, if he's to avoid a thrashing from his surly boss Tony (Luke Perry), who's hiding a secret that's truly old school. In the end he learns the true meaning of skateboarding and how to never give up.
Crank (2006)
, 1h24Directed by Marc Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about computing, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Gangster films
Actors Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Carlos Sanz
Roles Warehouse Hood Leader
Rating68%
Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is a Chinese-based British hitman, working for a crime syndicate headed by Uglyman (Carlos Sanz). Chelios is contracted by Carlito to kill mafia boss Don Kim (Keone Young) as members of the Triads have been encroaching on Carlito's business. Carlito betrays Chelios by making it appear he assassinated Don Kim on his own, without his authorization. Ricky Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo), an ambitious small-time criminal uses the opportunity to conspire with Carlito against Chelios; Verona will kill Chelios so the Triads do not retaliate, and then take Chelios's place as Carlito's new hired gun. While Chelios sleeps in his apartment, Verona, his brother Alex (Jay Xcala), and several henchmen break in and inject Chelios with a Chinese synthetic drug which inhibits the flow of adrenaline, slowing the heart and eventually killing the victim. Chelios wakes to find a recording left by Verona showing what he has done.
, 1h43Directed by Yves Simoneau
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Michael Madsen, Ron Livingston, Ray Baker, Douglas Spain, Andrew Bryniarski, Clare Carey
Roles Ramon
Rating63%
The plot, about bank robbers held at bay by the Los Angeles Police Department, is based on a real incident which occurred February 28, 1997, known as the North Hollywood shootout. Homicide detective Frank McGregor (Michael Madsen) tracks a violent duo of bank robbers: Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, who were named the High Incident Bandits by the L.A.P.D.
SLC Punk (1998)
, 1h37Directed by James Merendino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Michael A. Goorjian, Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Jason Segel, Matthew Fox, Annabeth Gish
Roles Young Bob
Rating73%
The film outlines the daily lives of two punks in Salt Lake City, Utah in the fall of 1985: Stevo and his best friend, "Heroin" Bob; Stevo narrates the film. The nickname "Heroin" is ironic, as Bob is afraid of needles and actually believes that any drug (with the notable exception of alcohol and cigarettes) is inherently dangerous.
A Simple Wish (1997)
, 1h25Directed by Michael Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Witches in film, Children's films
Actors Martin Short, Mara Wilson, Robert Pastorelli, Deborah Odell, Amanda Plummer, Francis Capra
Roles Charlie Greening
Rating53%
Oliver Greening is rejected from a coveted performance in a musical version of A Tale of Two Cities for simply not being a bankable performer. After Oliver's daughter Annabel attempts to get her brother Charlie to believe that the tooth fairy exists, Murray, a clumsy fairy godmother, appears after Charlie has gone to sleep. Annabel wants to wish for her father to get the role, but Murray suddenly remembers he is late for an important engagement and promises to return to grant her wish later.
Kazaam (1996)
, 1h33Directed by Paul Michael Glaser
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Shaquille O'Neal, Francis Capra, Ally Walker, John Costelloe, Marshall Manesh, Efren Ramirez
Roles Maxwell 'Max' Connor
Rating31%
The film begins with a very big wrecking ball destroying an abandoned building. The impact knocks over a magic lamp inside of the building, causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on in.
, 1h35Directed by Dwight H. Little
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Jason James Richter, August Schellenberg, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg, Jon Tenney, Elizabeth Peña
Roles Elvis
Rating51%
It's been two years since Jesse saved and freed his orca friend, Willy. Jesse, now a teenager, has since been adopted by his foster parents, Glen and Annie Greenwood. Jesse and his adoptive parents are preparing to go on a family camping trip to the Pacific Northwest. Before they leave town, however, Dwight, Jesse's former social worker, shows up to inform them that Jesse's biological mother, who abandoned him 8 years ago when Jesse was 6, was found in New York City, but has died and left behind her other son, Jesse's 8 year-old half-brother named Elvis (Francis Capra). Elvis is morose, overly talkative, and mischievous, and he is also prone to telling lies and easily gets on Jesse's nerves. He is invited on their trip to San Juan Island so that he and Jesse might get to know one another.
A Bronx Tale (1993)
, 2h1Directed by Robert De Niro
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Mafia films, Films about racism, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Kathrine Narducci, Lillo Brancato, Tony Sirico, Taral Hicks
Roles Calogero "C" Anello (Age 9)
Rating78%
In 1960, Lorenzo Anello (Robert De Niro) is raising a family: he lives in the New York City Italian American neighborhood borough of The Bronx with his wife Rosina (Katherine Narducci), and his young son Calogero (Francis Capra), who takes a fascination with the local mobsters led by Sonny LoSpecchio (Chazz Palminteri). One day Calogero witnesses a murder committed by Sonny in defense of an assaulted friend in his neighborhood. When Calogero chooses to keep quiet when questioned by NYPD detectives, Sonny takes a liking to him and gives him the nickname "C". Sonny's men offer Lorenzo a better paying job. Lorenzo, preferring a law-abiding life as an MTA bus driver, politely declines. Sonny, however, befriends Calogero and introduces him to his crew. Calogero earns tips amounting to $600 working in the Mafia bar and throwing dice, and is admonished harshly by Lorenzo when he discovers it. Lorenzo speaks severely to Sonny, returns the money, and angrily warns him to keep away from Calogero.