Creator / Armand Assante

Dredd: You killed innocent people—!
Rico: A means to an end.
Dredd: You started a massacre!
Rico: I caused a revolution!
Dredd: YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!
Rico: LAAAAAW!

Armand Anthony Assante, Jr. (born October 4, 1949 in New York City, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor.

With his intimidating stare and raspy voice, he often plays hammy or intense villains although he does possess plenty of range.

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Roles

• 1979 Prophecy as John Hawks
• 1980 Private Benjamin as Henri Alan Tremont
• 1987 Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story as Napoléon Bonaparte
• 1990 Q & A as Robert Texador
• 1992 The Mambo Kings as Cesar
• 1992 Hoffa as Carl "Dally" D'Allesandro
• 1993 Fatal Instinct as Ned Ravine
• 1995 Judge Dredd as Rico
• 1996 Gotti (1996) as John Gotti
• 1996 Striptease as Lt. Al Garcia
• 1997 The Odyssey as Odysseus
• 2000 The Road to El Dorado as Tzekal-Kan
• 2005 Two For The Money as C.M. Novian
• 2007 American Gangster as Dominic Cottano
• 2007 NCIS as La Grenouille
• 2008 The Man Who Came Back as Amos
• 2009 The Bleeding as Det. Jake Plummer
• 2010 Chuck as Premier Alejandro Goya
• 2015 Law & Order: SVU as Nicolas Amaro (guest star)

Tropes in his works

• Dyeing for Your Art: He gained nearly 50 lbs to play John Gotti.
• Large Ham: Has a habit of devouring scenery whole.
• Plays Great Ethnics: Due to his ambigious ethnicity, he's played a variety of nationalities. He's actually of mixed Italian/Irish ancestry.

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