Al Sapienza
Al Sapienza is an American actor who has had numerous roles in television, stage and film productions. He is best known for his role as Mikey Palmice on the HBO series ''The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster, portraying his difficulties as he tries to balance ...'' as well as for his role as Marty Spinella, a lobbyist for the teachers' union in the Netflix series ''House of Cards''. He played the role of Jake Housman in the North American premiere of the stage version of ''Dirty Dancing''. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links Official website of Al Sapienza* Year of birth missing (living people) American male film actors American people of Italian descent American male television actors Living people New York University alumni Male actors from New York City ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Hollywood Sign (film)
''The Hollywood Sign'' is a 2001 comedy/suspense drama film directed by Sönke Wortmann and written by Leon de Winter. It stars Tom Berenger, Rod Steiger and Burt Reynolds as three washed-up actors risking their lives to make a comeback, as well as Jacqueline Kim. Plot When three great, has-been actors meet at the funeral of a legendary Hollywood agent, their alcoholic reunion leads them to visit the Hollywood Sign. There they find the body of a man – leading them to uncover an in-progress scam for stealing millions from a Las Vegas casino – which originated as a movie plot written by one of the actors' ex-girlfriends – who could not get her script produced. Desperate to make a comeback, the three risk their lives for production capital ... by writing themselves into the "script." Cast * Tom Berenger as Tom Greener * Jacqueline Kim as Paula Carver * Rod Steiger as Floyd Benson * Burt Reynolds as Kage Mulligan * Al Sapienza as Rodney * Dominic Keating as Steve * Eric B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Intellectual Property (film)
''Intellectual Property'' is a 2006 film starring Christopher Masterson and Lyndsy Fonseca, with Bryan Cranston. It was written, produced, and directed by Nicholas Peterson. Awards The film won multiple awards: *Best Actor, Christopher Masterson, Oxford International Film Festival *Best Cinematography, Australian International Film Festival *Best Director, Oxford International Film Festival *Best Film, Oxford International Film Festival *Grand Jury Prize, Best Film, DC Independent Film Festival The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) is a film festival in Washington, D.C. Launched in 1999, DCIFF exhibits features, animation, shorts and documentaries from around the world, focusing on cutting-edge ideas, new visions and advances in the c ... References External links * * * American independent films 2000s thriller films 2006 films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rise To Power
Rise to Power may refer to: * ''Rise to Power'' (Kane & Abel album), 1999 * ''Rise to Power'' (Monstrosity album), 2003 * ''Rise to Power'' (Rick Ross album), 2007 * ''Rise to Power'' (Battlecross album), 2015 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Devil's Highway (film)
''Devil's Highway'' is a 2005 American horror film directed by Fabien Pruvot, written by Jennifer Farrell, and starring Shane Brolly, Robert Miano, Al Sapienza, and Natassia Malthe as passengers on a bus who are targeted by a demon. Plot summary Roger, a thief, picks up a female hitchhiker. Later, he boards a tour bus headed to Las Vegas; the woman is no longer with him. Roger goes missing at the bus' first stop, and, thereafter, another passenger disappears at each stop. The missing passengers are later revealed to be the victims of a demon that can jump from body to body, able to possess them at will. As each character's back story and secrets are revealed, they are targeted by the demon. Cast * Shane Brolly as Roger * Robert Miano as Joe * Al Sapienza as Hector * Natassia Malthe as Michelle * Sarah G. Buxton as Woman * Corbin Timbrook as Father O'Connell * Jennifer Farrell as Lisa * Dayton Knoll as Scott * Wilmer Calderon as Manuel * Natalie Alexander as Edna * Robert A ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Back In The Day (2005 Film)
''Back in the Day'' is a 2005 crime drama starring Ja Rule and Ving Rhames and directed by James Hunter. The film premiered on BET on May 13, 2005. Plot Reggie Cooper is a young man who lives with his father in order to avoid the violent gang activity that almost claimed his life when he was a teenager. However, when his recently paroled mentor, J-Bone reconnects with Reggie, and when his father is murdered, Reggie slips back into a life of crime. Reggie murders a local preacher, whose daughter later develops a relationship with him. Cast * Ja Rule as Reggie Cooper * Ving Rhames as Joseph "J-Bone" Brown * Tatyana Ali as Alicia Packer * Giancarlo Esposito as Benson Cooper * Joe Morton as Reverend James Packer * Pam Grier as Mrs. Cooper * Frank Langella as Lieutenant Bill Hudson *Lahmard Tate as Jamal * Tia Carrere as Loot * Al Sapienza as Detective Kline * Davetta Sherwood as Tasha * Kaly Cordova as Police Officer Production and reception In early 2003 Ja Rule announced that ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waterborne (film)
''Waterborne'' is a 2005 independent film directed by Ben Rekhi and starring Christopher Masterson, Ajay Naidu, Jake Muxworthy, Jon Gries, Christopher Berry, Shabana Azmi and Mageina Tovah. The plot concerns the fates of three different groups of people after a terrorist attack pollutes the water supply of Los Angeles, resulting in a severe water shortage. The score was written and performed by Dredg. It was the first feature film available for purchase on at the Google video store and won the Special Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival in 2005. Cast *Christopher Masterson ... Zach *Jake Muxworthy ... Bodi *Jon Gries ... Ritter * Christopher Berry ... Carlton (as Chris Berry) *Ajay Naidu ... Vikram Bhatti *Mageina Tovah ... Lillian *Shabana Azmi ... Heera Bhatti *Lindsay Price ... Jasmine *Clara Smyth ... Clara *Noah Segan ... Donovan *Jenna Dewan ... Devi *Sarabjit Singh Kaloti ... Gulu *Al Sapienza ... Connors *Don Swayze ... Otis *Bubba Da Skitso ... Pat *D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Megalodon (2004 Film)
''Megalodon'' is a 2004 American horror film. It takes place out on a deep-sea oil rig. When a deep sea drilling platform penetrates the sea bed in Greenland, it unleashes a prehistoric shark of enormous power and proportions known as megalodon. It is known in the UK and other territories as ''Sharkzilla''. Plot In the North Atlantic off the coast of Greenland, a highly advanced deep sea oil rig has been recently constructed by the company Nexecon Petroleum, and named "Colossus" for its immense size. This "new" type of oil rig can dig deeper and extract more oil than any other in the world. The fact that this huge rig has been built on fault lines alarms geologists, who are concerned that the delicate ocean floor fault lines in that region might be disturbed through deep drilling, with catastrophic consequences. A reporter, Christen Giddings, has been invited by the CEO of Nexecon, Peter Brazier, to the oil rig in an attempt to address the concerns of the geologists. Christen is a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cellular (film)
''Cellular'' is a 2004 American action thriller film directed by David R. Ellis. The film stars Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy with Noah Emmerich, Richard Burgi, Valerie Cruz and Jessica Biel. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan, based on a story by Larry Cohen. The film was released on September 10, 2004. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $57 million. Plot Science teacher Jessica Martin lives with her husband Craig and their son Ricky. One morning, after Jessica takes Ricky to the bus stop, intruders break into her house, slay her housekeeper, kidnap and confine her in an attic, and smash the landline. Jessica manages to use the wires of the broken phone to contact a random number. Ryan is hanging out at Santa Monica Pier with his friend Chad when he comes across his ex, Chloe, who dumped him. Hoping to get back with her, he offers to help with the fundraiser being held there; he gets Chad to hand out the fliers until he retu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Starkweather (film)
''Starkweather'' is a 2004 film directed by Byron Werner, written by Working Class Films founder and screenwriter Stephen Johnston (with scripts including ''In the Light of the Moon'' and ''Ted Bundy''), and starring Brent Taylor and Shannon Lucio. The film is based on the life of spree killer Charles Starkweather. It was filmed in September 2003 in Acton, California and Lancaster, California and filmed on 35mm. Cast * Brent Taylor as Charles Starkweather * Shannon Lucio as Caril Ann Fugate * Jerry Kroll as Sheriff Merle Karnopp * Lance Henriksen as The Mentor * Steven K. Grabowsky as The Dark Man * Rodney Ballard as Young Charles * George Lindsey, Jr. as Guy Starkweather * Keir O'Donnell as Bob Von Buch * America Young as Barbara Fugate * Justin Ipock as Bobby Colvert * Al Sapienza Al Sapienza is an American actor who has had numerous roles in television, stage and film productions. He is best known for his role as Mikey Palmice on the HBO series ''The Sopranos ''The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Endangered Species (2003 Film)
''Endangered Species'' (also released as ''Earth Alien'') is a 2003 American science fiction horror film written and directed by Kevin S. Tenney. It follows a cop, Mike "Sully" Sullivan (Eric Roberts) trying to find out who is behind a series of killings at the local gyms, eventually realising that the killer is actually an indestructible alien, who has come to make clothes out of human beings. Along the way, he teams up with Warden (Arnold Vosloo), also an alien who has come to earth to protect humanity. The supporting cast includes John Rhys-Davies. Plot The film opens with another gym killing, yet another in a killing spree by an unknown person, who only attacks local spas and gyms. Among those investigating are Mike "Sully" Sullivan (Roberts), Wyznowski (Rhys-Davies) and Yamata (James W. Quinn) at the crime scene, Sully spots a mysterious man leaving, and does not believe him to be one of the police force. They find that there was one sole survivor, a young woman who hid in h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bomb The System
''Bomb the System'' is a drama film written and directed by Adam Bhala Lough, which was released to film festivals in 2002 and American theaters in 2005. It revolves around a group of graffiti artists living in New York City who decide to make a mark on the city, and stars Mark Webber, Gano Grills, Jaclyn DeSantis, Jade Yorker, Bönz Malone, Kumar Pallana and Joey SEMZ. ''Bomb the System'' was the first major fictional feature film about the subculture of graffiti art since ''Wild Style'' was released 1982. Several well-known graffiti artists participated in the making of the film including Lee Quiñones, Cope2, Chino BYI and Keo X-Men. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by El-P. In January 2004 the film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Brief history The film was produced for US$500,000, expanded from the director's thesis project at NYU. The director, producer, cinematographer, and other key members of the crew had recently gra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |