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Gregory Sierra is a Actor American born on 25 january 1941 at New York City (USA)
Gregory Sierra (born January 25, 1941) is an American actor known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amenguale on Barney Miller and as Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred G. Sanford on Sanford and Son (portrayed by Redd Foxx).
He also guest-starred as a Jewish radical in an unusually dramatic episode of All in the Family, working with the Hebrew Defense Association, an organization whose goal it was to stop antisemitism in the neighborhood. In the plot, he volunteers in helping to chase away neo-Nazi thugs presiding in the neighborhood who spray-painted a swastika on the Bunkers' front door. He is later killed by a car bomb planted by the neo-Nazis. The actor later went on to star as Dr. Tony Menzies on the unsuccessful sitcom A.E.S. Hudson Street.
His film credits include Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Getting Straight (1970), Red Sky at Morning (1971), Pocket Money (1972), The Wrath of God (1972), Papillon (1973), The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Mean Dog Blues (1978), The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) and The Trouble with Spies (1987). He also appeared in made-for-TV movies such as The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977), Evening in Byzantium (1978), and The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983), and guest starred on many television series, including Mod Squad, Alias Smith and Jones, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Greatest American Hero, Soap, Miami Vice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The X-Files, Murder, She Wrote and Hill Street Blues.
Sierra was cast as South American anti-Communist revolutionary "El Puerco" — whose friends simply call him "El" — on the serial spoof Soap, figuring prominently in the series' unresolved final episode in 1981. In 1984, he briefly became a main cast member of the then-new TV drama Miami Vice where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez; he asked to be written out of the series after just four episodes. More recently he had regular roles on the TV shows Zorro and Son, Something is Out There, and Common Law.
In 1992, Sierra played drug dealer Felix Barbossa in the Bill Duke-directed Deep Cover, which also starred Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum, and appeared as an Iraqi patrol boat captain in the comedy Hot Shots! Part Deux in 1993. He also played a man named Villanazul in the low-budget 1998 movie The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. He also appeared as Corbin Entek in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Second Skin".
Sierra is of Puerto Rican descent. He has performed with the National Shakespeare Conservatory in the New York Shakespeare Festival. He lives in Laguna Woods, California.
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Gregory Sierra
He also guest-starred as a Jewish radical in an unusually dramatic episode of All in the Family, working with the Hebrew Defense Association, an organization whose goal it was to stop antisemitism in the neighborhood. In the plot, he volunteers in helping to chase away neo-Nazi thugs presiding in the neighborhood who spray-painted a swastika on the Bunkers' front door. He is later killed by a car bomb planted by the neo-Nazis. The actor later went on to star as Dr. Tony Menzies on the unsuccessful sitcom A.E.S. Hudson Street.
His film credits include Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Getting Straight (1970), Red Sky at Morning (1971), Pocket Money (1972), The Wrath of God (1972), Papillon (1973), The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Mean Dog Blues (1978), The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) and The Trouble with Spies (1987). He also appeared in made-for-TV movies such as The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977), Evening in Byzantium (1978), and The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983), and guest starred on many television series, including Mod Squad, Alias Smith and Jones, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Greatest American Hero, Soap, Miami Vice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The X-Files, Murder, She Wrote and Hill Street Blues.
Sierra was cast as South American anti-Communist revolutionary "El Puerco" — whose friends simply call him "El" — on the serial spoof Soap, figuring prominently in the series' unresolved final episode in 1981. In 1984, he briefly became a main cast member of the then-new TV drama Miami Vice where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez; he asked to be written out of the series after just four episodes. More recently he had regular roles on the TV shows Zorro and Son, Something is Out There, and Common Law.
In 1992, Sierra played drug dealer Felix Barbossa in the Bill Duke-directed Deep Cover, which also starred Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum, and appeared as an Iraqi patrol boat captain in the comedy Hot Shots! Part Deux in 1993. He also played a man named Villanazul in the low-budget 1998 movie The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. He also appeared as Corbin Entek in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Second Skin".
Sierra is of Puerto Rican descent. He has performed with the National Shakespeare Conservatory in the New York Shakespeare Festival. He lives in Laguna Woods, California.
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The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
, 2h2Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich, Norman Foster, Lilli Palmer, Robert Random, Joseph McBride
Roles Jack Simon
Rating66%
Un vieux réalisateur, J.J. Hannaford, mélange de John Ford et d'Ernest Hemingway fait son retour à Hollywood après plusieurs années d'exil en Europe. Il est en train de finir un nouveau film avec lequel il veut mettre au défi, sur le terrain, « toute la palette du jeune cinéma américain, depuis les cinéphiles mélancoliques jusqu'à Andy Warhol ». Une fête est organisée en son honneur dans son ranch par tout le gratin hollywoodien à l'occasion de son soixante-dixième anniversaire. Cette soirée se terminera par la mort du réalisateur au volant de la voiture de sport qu'il voulait offrir à son acteur favori, sans que l'on sache s'il s'agit d'un accident ou d'un suicide.
Vic (2006)
, 30minutesDirected by Sage Stallone
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Clu Gulager, Tom Gulager, Miriam Byrd Nethery, Sage Stallone, Gregory Sierra, Carol Lynley
Rating76%
Clu Gulager plays a “down-on-his-luck” actor who gets a mysterious phone call. Haunted by memories of his former glory days, Vic struggles for a Hollywood comeback.
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
, 1h23Directed by Jim Abrahams
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, Christina Applegate, Louis Mandylor, Jay Mohr, Jason Fuchs
Roles Bonifacio
Rating54%
Like The Godfather Part II, the narrative of Mafia! consists of a series of flashbacks interwoven with the main plot. Tony is the son of a prominent Mafia don, Vincenzo Armani Windbreaker Cortino. As the film opens, Tony introduces the main thread when he exits a Vegas casino and walks to his car, accompanied by a voiceover explaining his philosophy of life. When he starts the car, it explodes.
Vampires (1998)
, 1h48Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Western
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Vampires in film, Road movies
Actors James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell, Tim Guinee
Roles Father Giovanni
Rating61%
A team of Vatican sponsored mercenaries led by Jack Crow (Woods) rids an abandoned house of vampires in the middle of New Mexico.
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
, 1h17Directed by Stuart Gordon, Mel Smith
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clifton Collins, Jr., Joe Mantegna, Esai Morales, Gregory Sierra, Edward James Olmos, Lisa Vidal
Roles Villanazul
Rating62%
A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
, 1h48Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Charles Dutton, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Andrew Divoff, Gregory Sierra
Roles Captain Nunez
Rating58%
Former LAPD detective Andre Shame is a private investigator who owns A Low Down Dirty Shame Investigations. He runs it with Peaches, whom he arrested six years before and has romantic feelings for him. Despite the high-risk jobs, Shame is unable to keep the firm afloat, and may be forced to close.
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
, 1h26Directed by Jim Abrahams
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film, Politique, Children's films
Actors Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer
Roles The Captain
Rating65%
One night, an American special forces team invades Saddam Hussein's (Haleva) palace and a nearby prison camp to rescue captured soldiers from Operation Desert Storm and to eliminate Saddam, but they find the Iraqis prepared for them, and the entire rescue team is captured. This failed operation turns out to be the latest in a series of rescue attempts which were foiled by the Iraqis, and consequently the advisors of President Benson (Admiral Benson in the previous film, played by Bridges) suspect sabotage in their own ranks. Colonel Denton Walters (Crenna) suggests to gain the aid of war hero Topper Harley (Sheen) for the next mission, but Topper has retired from the Navy and become a Buddhist in a small Thai village. Walters and Michelle Huddleston (Bakke), CIA, arrive and try to persuade him to come out of retirement in order to rescue the imprisoned soldiers and the previous rescue parties.
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
, 1h29Directed by Randal Kleiser
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Children's films
Actors Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Robert Oliveri, Keri Russell, Daniel et Joshua Shalikar, John Shea
Roles Terence Wheeler
Rating49%
Five years after the events after the previous film, inventor Wayne Szalinski is now the head researcher at Sterling Labs in Las Vegas, working on a ray that can enlarge objects. His research is hindered by Charles Hendrickson, jealous that Wayne had been put in charge of the research department and threatens to sabotage him to take his place.
Deep Cover (1992)
, 1h47Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Laurence Fishburne, Charles Martin Smith, Victoria Dillard, Gregory Sierra, Glynn Turman
Roles Felix Barbosa
Rating69%
In Cleveland, 1972, Russell Stevens Jr. is the son of a drug addicted, alcoholic man (Glynn Turman). His father tells his son never to be like him. Stevens then witnesses his father getting killed while robbing a liquor store. He swears that he will never end up the way he has.
The Trouble with Spies (1987)
, 1h31Directed by Burt Kennedy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Donald Sutherland, Ned Beatty, Ruth Gordon, Lucy Gutteridge, Michael Hordern, Suzanne Danielle
Roles Captain Sanchez
Rating44%
When secret agent George Trent goes missing, spy agency chief Angus sends inept colleague Appleton Porter to the isle of Ibiza to find out why.
Let's Get Harry (1986)
, 1h42Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Jere Burns, Michael Schoeffling, Gary Busey, Rick Rossovich, Terry Camilleri, Elpidia Carrillo
Roles Alphonso
Rating52%
The film opens with an American engineer named Harry Burck (Mark Harmon) being kidnapped by rebels in Colombia. Harry is there to help open a new water pipeline for his company and gets caught up in the action when a diplomat who is on hand for the pipe's unveiling is also kidnapped. Word reaches back to Harry's brother Corey (Michael Schoeffling) and his friends Bob (Thomas F. Wilson), cocaine addict Spence (Glenn Frey) and Kurt (Rick Rossovich), who were all awaiting his return home to Illinois. The men, who all work together at the same factory, learn that Harry was kidnapped by a drug lord named Carlos Ochobar. Corey and Bob travel to Washington, DC only to learn that the U.S. government is not going to mount any rescue attempt for Harry. We learn that the men (and everyone in the town) hold Harry in high regard. Kurt reminds his friends that they all owe Harry something, so he says their only choice is to rescue him themselves. Despite some resistance and skepticism from Kurt and Spence, all the men eventually agree to go. Before heading to Colombia, they enlist the financial help of a local car salesman named Jack (Gary Busey), who insists on going along, and the military expertise of a decorated no-nonsense mercenary named Norman Shrike (Robert Duvall).
, 3hOrigin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors James MacArthur, Desi Arnaz Jr., Leslie Nielsen, Richard Gilliland, Eve Plumb, Barbara Rush
Roles Diego Ramirez
Rating54%
Engineer Cal Miller's unauthorized attempt to close off the dangerously unstable Madison Bridge is foiled by the police pursuit of a robbery suspect. The chase ends in a multi-car accident in the middle of the bridge, which begins falling apart during the confusion. Miller organizes a rescue operation for the handful of bystanders who find themselves stranded with the armed suspect and a wounded policeman on a short stretch of crumbling pavement high atop a single collapsing pylon.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
, 1h48Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire, Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Stuart Wilson, Britt Ekland, Elke Sommer
Roles Count Montparnasse
Rating52%
King Rudolf IV (Sellers) dies in a balloon accident upon the celebration of his seventieth birthday. In order to secure the throne, General Sapt and his nephew Fritz travel to London, where the King's son, Rudolf V (Sellers), resides and lives through the day in London's pleasure establishments; but the King's demented half-brother Michael (Kemp), thinking that he is the better claimant, sends an assassin after them. Hansom cab driver Sydney (or Sidney) Frewin (Sellers), the new King's half-brother from an affair with a British actress, rescues Rudolf from an assassination attempt. Once his resemblance to the King is noticed, Frewin is hired by the general ostensibly as the King's coachman, but actually to play the role of decoy. The ruse is quickly uncovered, however, when during an attack by Michael's men the royal guardsmen address Frewin as their new king, and the two look-alikes get acquainted.
Mean Dog Blues (1978)
, 1h48Directed by Mel Stuart
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Gregg Henry, Kay Lenz, Scatman Crothers, Tina Louise, Gregory Sierra, Felton Perry
Roles Jesus Gonzalez
Rating60%
A friend driving under the influence seriously injures a child. Paul Ramsey, a singer, offers to take the rap in court, only to be double-crossed and sentenced to five years in prison.
Evening in Byzantium (1978)
, 4hDirected by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Glenn Ford, Eddie Albert, Edward James Olmos, Vince Edwards, Shirley Jones, Erin Gray
Roles Fabricio
Rating69%
Famous motion picture producer and writer Jesse Craig (Glenn Ford) attends a film festival on the French Riviera. He has not been actively making films for a few years and some in the film industry think he has retired, but he comes to the Riviera with a new screenplay to show it to his friend and film/literary agent Brian Murphy (Eddie Albert) who is attending the festival. The screenplay is a cautionary tale about terrorists attacking major cities in the United States using hijacked commercial airliners containing nuclear bombs as the attack vehicles. No one knows the content of the script or its author who Craig claims is a new writer by the name of Malcolm Hart.