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Frank Adonis is a Actor American born on 27 october 1935 at Brooklyn (USA)
Frank Adonis (born October 27, 1935), sometimes credited as Frank Martin, is an American film and television actor.
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Birth name Frank Testaverde Scioscia
Nationality USA
Birth 27 october 1935 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 26 december 2018 (at 83 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 27 october 1935 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 26 december 2018 (at 83 years)
Biography
As of July 2008, Adonis had recently moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.Usually with
Filmography of Frank Adonis (21 films)
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The Trouble with Cali (2012)
Directed by Paul Sorvino
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Laurence Leboeuf, Glynnis O'Connor, Chris Meyer, Paul Sorvino, Ricky Ullman, RZA
Roles Uncle Vito
Rating54%
Find Me Guilty (2006)
, 2h5Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Richard Portnow, Alex Rocco, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra
Roles Phil Radda
Rating69%
It's the late 1980s and low-level mobster Jackie DiNorscio (Vin Diesel) has just been shot by his junkie cousin Tony Compagna (Raúl Esparza), but refuses to press charges against him to police. Jackie soon gets arrested and is sentenced to thirty years on an unrelated drug bust.
High Times Potluck (2003)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Frank Adonis, Theo Kogan, Charles Malik Whitfield, Jason Mewes, Sylvia Miles, Jackie Martling
Roles Frank
Rating49%
Black and White (1999)
, 1h38Directed by James Toback
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Gaby Hoffmann, Jared Leto, Stacy Edwards, Method Man, Joe Pantoliano
Roles Frank
Rating49%
Rich Bower (Power) is a mover and shaker in the world of rap music (he's involved with a number of other licit and illicit business ventures as well), and his apartment is a favored meeting place for musicians, hangers-on, and hipsters who want to seem cool, including a clique of white kids who want to be on the inside of what they consider the coolest scene of the day. Sam (Shields), a filmmaker, is making a documentary about Rich and his circle, with the help of her husband Terry (Downey), a closeted homosexual who doesn't feel at home in this milieu.
, 1h56Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Gangster films
Actors Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Henry Silva, Tricia Vessey, Victor Argo, Isaac de Bankolé
Roles Valerio's Bodyguard
Rating74%
Ghost Dog (Whitaker) sees himself as a retainer of Louie (John Tormey), a local mobster, who saved Ghost Dog's life years ago. While living as a hired hitman for the Italian Mafia, he adheres to the code of the samurai, and interprets and applies the wisdom of the Hagakure in his contracts for the mob.
The Juror (1996)
, 1h58Directed by Brian Gibson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, James Gandolfini, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lindsay Crouse, Anne Heche
Roles DeCicco
Rating56%
Annie Laird (Demi Moore) is a sculptor who lives in New York with her son Oliver (Joseph Gordon-Levitt); she works a day job as a data entry clerk. Annie is selected to be a juror in the trial of mob boss Louie Boffano (Tony Lo Bianco), who is accused of ordering the murder of Salvatore Riggio.
Casino (1995)
, 2h58Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Action, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Transport films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Frank Vincent, Pasquale Cajano
Roles Rocky
Rating81%
In 1973, Sam "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro) is a sports handicapper and Mafia associate who is sent to Las Vegas to run the Teamsters Union-funded Tangiers Casino on behalf of the Chicago Outfit. He hires old friend Billy Sherbert (Don Rickles) as his manager. In between, Ace and his friend, mob enforcer and caporegime Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro (Joe Pesci), narrate how the mob bosses control the Teamsters Union, which gives out money for casinos that they own, such as The Tangiers, and how they also drive off rival crews and get rid of cheaters. Ace becomes the Tangiers' de facto boss by taking advantage of lax gaming laws allowing him to work at the casino while his gaming license is still pending. He doubles the casino's profits, which are skimmed by the Mob before the records are reported to income tax agencies. The bosses are impressed with Ace's work and send Nicky to protect Ace and the whole business, along with Nicky's brother Dominick, Nicky's friend and subordinate Frank Marino (Frank Vincent), and the rest of Nicky's soldiers in his crew. Nicky, however, becomes more of a liability than an asset; his criminal activities- which he makes nearly no effort to conceal- and his violent and vicious temper quickly gets him banned by the gaming board from every casino, and his name is placed in the Black Book. In retaliation, Nicky gathers his own crew, opens a jewelry store and restaurant, begins running unsanctioned shakedowns and burglaries, and soon after is considered the mob boss of Vegas.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
, 1h26Directed by Tom Shadyac
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jim Carrey, Courteney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Loc, Noble Willingham, Udo Kier
Roles Vinnie
Rating68%
Ace Ventura is a private investigator living in Miami, Florida, who specializes in retrieval of tame or captive animals. Despite the success of his methods, he does not receive many assignments and therefore cannot pay rent or repair his battered 1970s Chevrolet Monte Carlo; furthermore, his eccentricities make him the laughing stock of the Miami-Dade Police Department.
True Romance (1993)
, 2h1Directed by Tony Scott
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Road movies, Gangster films
Actors Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt
Roles Frankie
Rating78%
Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) watches a Sonny Chiba triple feature at a Detroit movie theater on his birthday where he meets Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette). They go to a diner and flirt with each other. At Clarence's apartment they have sex. She confesses that she is a call girl hired by Clarence's boss as his birthday present. Each claims to have fallen in love and they marry and express their commitment with one another by getting tattoos. An apparition of Elvis Presley (Val Kilmer) tells Clarence that killing her pimp will make the world a better place.
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
, 1h36Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Paul Calderon, Zoë Lund, Bianca Hunter, Vincent Laresca
Roles Large
Rating70%
In The Bronx, the Lieutenant drops his two sons off at Catholic school. After they leave the car, and before he drives to work, the Lieutenant takes a few small bumps of cocaine. His first case is a double murder. He wanders away from the scene to get some coffee, and across the street, he watches a petty thief rifling through the trunks of parked cars, which the Lieutenant ignores. He approaches a group of drug dealers, who run off as he approaches. The Lieutenant follows one dealer into an apartment building and up the stairs. The dealer waits for him in the hallway, and the Lieutenant gives him a bag of drugs from a crime scene. The Lieutenant quickly smokes some crack, and then sets aside a portion of the drugs for himself. The thief promises to give him the money he makes from selling the drugs in a few days. At an apartment, the Lieutenant gets drunk and engages in a threesome with two women. Meanwhile, a nun is raped in a church by two young hoodlums.
GoodFellas (1990)
, 2h26Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Mob film, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about films, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Sivero
Roles Anthony Stabile
Rating85%
Henry Hill says, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster", referring to his idolizing the Lucchese crime family gangsters in his blue-collar, predominantly Italian-American neighborhood in East New York, Brooklyn. Wanting to be part of something significant, Henry quits school and goes to work for them. He is able to make a living for himself and learns the two most important lessons in life: "Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut", the advice given to him after being acquitted of criminal charges early in his career.
King of New York (1990)
, 1h46Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo, Janet Julian
Roles Paul Calgari
Rating68%
Frank White, a drug lord, is riding into New York in a limousine after being released from Sing Sing. Emilio El Zapa, a Colombian drug dealer, is shot to death, and the killers leave a newspaper headline announcing Frank's release. El Zapa's partner, King Tito, is in a hotel room with Jimmy Jump and Test Tube, who are negotiating the purchase of cocaine. Jimmy and Test Tube shoot Tito and his bodyguards and steal the cocaine.
Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
, 1h41Directed by Paul Morrissey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Sasha Mitchell, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Adonis, Sylvia Miles, Talisa Soto, Rick Aviles
Roles Vinaca
Rating59%
In the film, the protagonist, Spike Fumo (Mitchell), is a young Italian-American man who lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and aspires to be a boxer. However, he falls in love with a girl who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. As he is forced to leave, he moves to Red Hook, Brooklyn, a predominantly Puerto Rican section of New York City, where he falls in love with a girl from that neighborhood, as well.
Wall Street (1987)
, 2h1Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Lauren Tom, Franklin Cover
Roles Charlie
Rating72%
In 1985, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) is working as a junior stockbroker at Jackson Steinem & Co. He wants to work with his hero, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a legendary Wall Street player. After calling Gekko's office 59 days in a row trying to land an appointment, Bud visits Gekko on his birthday with a box of Gekko's favorite, contraband Cuban cigars. Impressed at his sheer boldness, Gekko grants Bud an interview. Bud pitches him stocks, but Gekko is unimpressed. Desperate, Bud provides him some inside information about Bluestar Airlines, which Bud learned in a casual conversation from his father, Carl (Martin Sheen), the union leader for the company's workers. Intrigued, Gekko tells Bud he will think about it, but also that he "[looks] at a hundred deals a day," but "[chooses] one." A dejected Bud returns to his office. However, Gekko places an order for Bluestar stock and becomes one of Bud's clients. Gekko gives Bud some capital to manage, but the other stocks Bud selects lose money.
Wolfen (1981)
, 1h55Directed by Michael Wadleigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O'Neill
Roles Scola
Rating62%
Former NYPD Captain Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) is brought back to the force and assigned to solve a bizarre string of violent murders after high-profile magnate Christopher Van der Veer (Max M. Brown), his wife (Anne Marie Pohtamo), and his bodyguard are slain in Battery Park. Executive Security, Van der Veer's client, prefers to blame the murders on terrorists; but knowing that the victim's bodyguard was a 300-pound Haitian with voodoo ties makes Wilson skeptical. At the crime scene, Wilson meets with Warren (Dick O'Neill), his superior. With pressure to solve the case coming down from both the Police Commissioner and the Mayor, Warren partners Wilson with criminal psychologist Rebecca Neff (Diane Venora). Meanwhile, a homeless man goes exploring an abandoned church in Charlotte Street, South Bronx, which was going to be demolished by Van der Veer along with the rest of the ruined buildings in the area, to be able to build apartment complexes. He is suddenly attacked and torn to pieces by an unseen monstrous being. Wilson and Neff arrive to investigate his murder. While investigating the abandoned church, sounds of crying lure Neff up the bell tower. Wilson follows her but doesn't hear the crying; however, once Neff is separated from him, he hears a wolf howl. He goes up after Neff and drags her forcibly to safety. Later, during the night, a bridge worker is apparently murdered by the same creature.