Cast & creator
Armand Assante
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NCIS
Armand Anthony Assante (born October 4, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film Gotti, Nietzsche in When Nietzsche Wept and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 1982's I, the Jury.
Also known as: Armand Anthony Assante, Armand Anthony Assante Jr.
122
film credits
23
television credits
143
1962–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (145)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Nicolas Amaro
1999
NCIS
René 'La Grenouille'
2003
ER
Richard Elliot
1994
American Playhouse
Belizaire Breaux
1982
Chuck
Premier Alejandro Fulgencio Goya
2007
Kojak
Tom Ryan
1973
The Deuce
Mr. Martino
2017
Human Target
Joubert
2010
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Sal Dash
2018
American Gangster
Dominic Cattano
2007
The Odyssey
Odysseus
1997How to Survive a Marriage
Johnny McGee
1974
Judge Dredd
Rico
1995
The Road to El Dorado
Tzekel-Kan (voice)
2000
October Road
2007
Mrs. Columbo
1979
Striptease
Lt. Al Garcia
1996
Dead Man Down
Lon Gordon
2013
Love at First Sight
Charles Harris
1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Sanchez
1992
Two for the Money
Novian
2005
Jack the Ripper
Richard Mansfield
1988
Fatal Instinct
Ned Ravine
1993
Paradise Alley
Lenny Carboni
1978
Private Benjamin
Henrí Trémont
1980
The Pirate
Ahmed
1977
Hoffa
Carol D'Allesandro
1992
Q & A
Bobby Texador
1990
Rage of Angels
Michael Moretti
1983
Push, Nevada
2002
Evergreen
Joseph Friedman
1985
Gotti
John Gotti
1996
The Lords of Flatbush
Wedding Guest
1974
Little Darlings
Gary
1980
The Marrying Man
Bugsy Siegel
1991
On the Beach
Cmdr. Dwight Towers
2000
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story
Napoleon Bonaparte
1987
Salvage Marines
Kelkis Morturi
2022
The Line
Padre Antonio
2009
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s
Self
2009
Love & Money
Lorenzo Prado
1981
The Mambo Kings
Cesar Castillo
1992
Trial by Jury
Rusty Pirone
1994
Prophecy
John Hawks
1979
Confessions of a Pit Fighter
Argento
2005
On the Beach
Cmdr. Dwight Towers
2000
Breaking Point
Marty Berlin
2009
Unfaithfully Yours
Maxmillian Stein
1984
I, the Jury
Mike Hammer
1982
The Match
Commander
2021
Hands of a Stranger
Joe Hearn
1987
The Man Who Came Back
Amos
2008
When Nietzsche Wept
Nietzsche
2007
Don Q
Don Q
2024Don Q
Producer
2024
Shark Swarm
Hamilton Lux
2008
Blind Justice
Canaan
1994
Beyond the Game
Mr. Leone
2014
The Neighborhood
Tucci
2017
Mister Mayfair: The Spyce of Life
Max Mayfair
2021
Sicilian Vampire
Vince
2015
Darc
Lafique
2018
Funny Money
Genero
2006
Last Run
Frank Banner
2001
The Red Maple Leaf
FBI Agent Joseph Cortez
2017
Eternity
Romi / Sean
1990
Passion and Paradise
Alfred de Marigny
1989
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn
Joseph Baldano Sr.
2013
Jesse
Dominick
2011
Con Man
Jack Saxon
2018Guido
Lorenzo De Costa
2014
The Steam Experiment
Detective Mancini
2009
Leaves of the Tree
Joe Buffa
2016
You Can't Have It
The Man
2017
The Return of Joe Rich
Uncle Dom
2011
The Brave
Frank Pedulla
2019
Fever
Ray
1991
Ley primera
2017
Smile
Tollinger
2009
Mexican Sunrise
Salvidar
2007
Looking for an Echo
Vince 'Vinnie' Pirelli
2000
Chicago Overcoat
Stefano D'Agnostino
2009
Kids vs Monsters
Damian
2015
Mirror Wars: Reflection One
Henry York
2005
One Eyed King
Holly
2001
260 days
Oficir JNA
2025
The Night Never Sleeps
Inspector Romanelli
2012Stallone's Law: The Making of 'Judge Dredd'
Himself
1995
Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
Yitzchak, the Inkman (voice)
2005
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Riccardo Scicolone
1980
The Hunley
Lt. George Dixon
1999
Shadows in Paradise
Cpt. John 'Ghost' Santos
2010
Stranger in My Bed
Hal Slater
1987
Federal Protection
Frank Carbone / Howard Akers
2002
After the Storm
Jean-Pierre
2001The Book of Leah
Adam Siegal
Dot.Kill
Det. Charlie Daines
2005Dot.Kill
Executive Producer
2005
Magic Man
Taper
2009
Kidnapped
Alan Breck Stewart
1995
Casanova's Last Stand
Sebastian Marr
2007
A Deadly Business
Charles Macaluso
1986
The Man Who Unlocked the Universe
Ulugh Beg
2017
The Bleeding
Jake Plummer
2009
Joe's War
Doctor Galante
2017
The Third Wish
Benefactor
2005
A Fine Step
Alejandro Bolivar
2014
Oak
Abe
2025
The Killing Grounds
Kemal Aslan
2007
Sugar
Ernie
2022
Belizaire the Cajun
Belizaire Breaux
1986
Killer by Nature
Eugene Branch
2010
Partners in Action
Jack Cunningham
2002
Tough Luck
Ike
2004
Citizen Verdict
Sam Patterson
2003
Lady of the House
Ernest de Paulo
1978
The Wanderers: The Quest of The Demon Hunter
Louis
2018
California Dreamin'
Captain Jones
2007
Mister Mayfair: Shooting Paul
Max
2021Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
The Inkman (voice)
1999
Blowtorch
Canarsie
2016
Mister Mayfair: Serena's Game
Max
2021
Diamond Cartel
Mussa
2015
Consequence
Sam Tyler / Max Tyler / Sam Burns
2003
See You in Montevideo
Hotchkins
2014
The General
Andreas
2019
The Penitent
Juan Mateo
1988
Hunting the Phantom
Charles Ingrim
2014
Surveillance
Harley
2006
Animal Behavior
Mark Mathias
1989Human Feelings
Johnny Turner
1978
Forever as the End – Fate
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Dead Lenny
Tony Thick
2007
Why Me?
Dr. James Stallings
1984
Charlie Mantle
Inspector Bennett
2014
Assumed Killer
Aaron Banfield
2013
The Lost
Kevin
2009
Soul's Midnight
Simon
2006
Stressed to Kill
Paul Jordan
2016Land of Mercy
Gongba Tulku (voice)
Revival
Jean Perbost
The Streets of Little Italy: 100 Years of San Gennaro
Narrator (voice)
Power of Silence
Narrator
2016Ice Age Survivors
Narrator
2001