Mike Starr (actor)
{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Mike Starr 2016.png
| caption = Starr in 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|7|29}}{{cite news |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 29, 2022 includes celebrities Wil Wheaton, Stephen Dorff |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-29-2022-includes-celebrities-wil-wheaton-stephen-dorff.html |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 28, 2023 |date=July 29, 2022}}
| birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1978–present
| relatives = Beau Starr
}}
Mike Starr (born July 29, 1950) is an American character actor. Tall and burly with a deep voice, Starr often performs as mobsters, police officers, blue-collar workers or tough guys. He was a regular cast member on The Young and the Restless and Ed, and made appearances in the films Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber and Billy Bathgate.
Early life
Michael Starr was born in Queens, New York, and grew up in Flushing.{{Cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/09/22/Actor-Mike-Starr-calls-himself-a-neighborhood-guy-Its/3250780206400/ |title=Actor Mike Starr calls himself a 'neighborhood guy.' It's... |last=Scott |first=Vernon |date=September 22, 1994 |work=United Press International}} He is of Irish and Polish descent. His brother is actor Beau Starr.{{cite news |title=Shooting Starrs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/172397821/ |access-date=May 15, 2025 |work=Toronto Star |date=October 19, 2003 |page=D 9 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Career
Starr has featured in notable films such as Goodfellas, Uncle Buck, The Bodyguard, Ed Wood, Miller's Crossing, Jersey Girl, Cabin Boy, Dumb and Dumber, The Last Dragon and The Ice Harvest.
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2 | 1979
| Salon Proprietor | |
| The Bushido Blade
| Chief Petty Officer "Cave" Johnson | |
| 1980
| Cruising | Patrolman Dasher | |
| 1984
| Boone | |
| rowspan=4 | 1985
| Rock | |
| Cat's Eye
| Ducky | |
| The Protector
| Hood | |
| Love, Long Distance
| Stan Cummings | |
| rowspan=4 | 1986
| Lenny | |
| Violets Are Blue
| Tony | |
| Off Beat
| James Bonnell | |
| King Kong Lives
| Cell Guard | |
| rowspan=5 | 1987
| Burglar | |
| Magic Sticks
| Debt Collector | |
| Who's That Girl
| Shipping Co-Worker | |
| Five Corners
| Bartender | |
| The Avenger
| Hackett | |
| rowspan=6 | 1988
| Hot Paint | N/A | |
| Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
| Sergeant Harry Lang | |
| Funny Farm
| Crocker | |
| The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
| Doorman | |
| Punchline
| Man with Bullhorn | |
| The Chair
| Wilson | |
| rowspan=10 | 1989
| White Hot | Chauffeur | |
| New York Stories
| Hardhat | |
| Lean on Me
| Mr. Zirella | |
| Collision Course
| Auto Worker | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn
| Security Guard | |
| Uncle Buck
| Pooter the Clown | |
| Prime Target
| Groucho | |
| Kojak: Fatal Flaw
| Hamilton | |
| Born on the Fourth of July
| Man in Bar | |
| Kojak: Ariana
| Hamilton | |
| rowspan=5 | 1990
| Superintendent | |
| A Shock to the System
| Homeless Man | |
| Goodfellas
| Frenchy | |
| Miller's Crossing
| Frankie | |
| Kojak: Flowers for Matty
| Hamilton | |
| rowspan=2 | 1991
| The 10 Million Dollar Getaway | Robert "Frenchy" McMahon | |
| Billy Bathgate
| Julie Martin | |
| rowspan=3 | 1992
| Freejack | Shaggy Man | |
| Mac
| Fireman | |
| The Bodyguard
| Tony Scipelli | |
| rowspan=5 | 1993
| Harold | |
| Night Trap
| Detective Williams | |
| Son of the Pink Panther
| Hanif | |
| Me and Veronica
| Vinnie | |
| Down on the Waterfront
| Rodney | |
| rowspan=8 | 1994
| Mulligan | |
| The Hudsucker Proxy
| Newsroom Reporter | |
| On Deadly Ground
| Big Mike | |
| Blown Away
| Francis the Barkeeper | |
| Baby's Day Out
| Jojo Ducky | |
| Trial by Jury
| Hughie Bonner | |
| Ed Wood
| |
| Dumb and Dumber
| Joe Mentalino | |
| rowspan=4 | 1995
| The Shamrock Conspiracy | Tierney | |
| A Pyromaniac's Love Story
| Sgt. Zikowski | |
| Pins and Needles
| Arnold Swanson | |
| Clockers
| Thumper | |
| rowspan=6 | 1996
| Flipping | C.J / Fat Dude | |
| Two If by Sea
| Fitzie | |
| James and the Giant Peach
| Cop | |
| Blood and Wine
| Mike | |
| Just Your Luck
| Carl | |
| Dear Diary
| Fritz | |
| rowspan=6 | 1997
| Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | |
| Hoodlum
| Albert Salke | |
| The Deli
| Johnny | |
| Lesser Prophets
| Larry | |
| A River Made to Drown In
| Frank | |
| Cusp
| Stalker | |
| rowspan=4 | 1998
| Animals with the Tollkeeper | Young Felipe | |
| Frogs for Snakes
| Crunch Gwiazda | |
| Snake Eyes
| Walt McGahn | |
| The Adventures of Ragtime
| Detective Lamaster | |
| rowspan=6 | 1999
| Mike Neals | |
| Murder in a Small Town
| Tony | |
| Gloria
| Sean | |
| Summer of Sam
| Eddie | |
| The Lady in Question
| Detective Tony Rossini | |
| New Jersey Turnpikes
| N/A | |
| 2000
| The Cactus Kid | Di Pasquale | |
| rowspan=6 | 2001
| 3 A.M. | Theo | |
| Monkeybone
| Bull the Minotaur (uncredited) | |
| Tempted
| Dot Collins | |
| Knockaround Guys
| Bobby Boulevard | |
| The Next Big Thing
| Walter Sznitken | |
| Backflash
| Tono | |
| 2003
| Janitor | |
| rowspan=4 | 2004
| Block | |
| Mickey
| Tony | |
| Elvis Has Left the Building
| Sal | |
| Under the City
| Ed Dandos | |
| rowspan=2 | 2005
| Jane Doe: The Wrong Face | Kramer | |
| The Ice Harvest
| Roy Gelles | |
| rowspan=3 | 2006
| Lou Carson | |
| Hot Tamale
| Al | |
| The Black Dahlia
| Detective Russ Millard | |
| rowspan=4 | 2008
| Dough Boys | Anthony | |
| Lone Rider
| Lloyd | |
| Osso Bucco
| Jelly Dinotto | |
| Black Crescent Moon
| Leroy Brown | |
| rowspan=5 | 2009
| JG | |
| Black Dynamite
| Rafelli | |
| I Hate Valentine's Day
| John | |
| Chicago Overcoat
| Lorenzo Galante | |
| Wrong Turn at Tahoe
| Paulie | |
| rowspan=2 | 2010
| Cash | Melvin Goldberg | |
| The Payoff
| Mr. Sweet | |
| rowspan=3 | 2011
| Leo "Lips" Moceri | |
| Walk a Mile in My Pradas
| John | |
| Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
| Officer Polansky | |
| rowspan=3 | 2012
| BuzzKill | Agent Brady | |
| Mancation
| Mr. Vanderplatt |
| Delivering the Goods
| Domenico | |
| rowspan=2 | 2013
| Buddies | N/A | |
| Ketchup and A Camera
| Russian Interviewer | |
| rowspan=5 | 2015
| Bereave | George | |
| The Girl Is in Trouble
| Fixer | |
| Welcome to Forever
| Roy Molnar | |
| The Wannabe
| Jerry | |
| Dancer and the Dame
| Poochareli | |
| rowspan=5 | 2016
| Jerry | |
| Bad Santa 2
| Jolly Santa | |
| First Jerk On Mars
| Dad | |
| Small Fish
| Barry | |
| The Girl in the Pink Motel
| Captain Peter Shaw | Short |
| rowspan=5 | 2017
| Wiretap Scars | The Chief | Short |
| Man With Van
| Bennett | |
| Highly Functional
| Ronnie Cruz | |
| Prism
| Jim | Segment: Changeless |
| Deadbeat
| Mickey | Short |
| rowspan=3 | 2018
| ThE F3aR | Nick | |
| Making a Killing
| Arthur Herring | |
| Cabaret Maxime
| Ripa | |
| rowspan=3 | 2019
| Offstage Elements | Sammy Gallo | |
| Recovery
| Dr. Taylor | |
| Zeroville
| Burly | |
| rowspan=2 | 2021
| Carl | |
| Outcry
| Neil | Short |
| rowspan=3| 2022
| Clowning | Detective Welles |
| Life's Better Protected
| The Casting Director | Short |
| Desert Dick
| Richard Farnsworth III | |
| 2023 |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1978
| Max | Episode: "Small Potatoes" |
| 1984
|Young People's Specials | Driver | Episode: "Nicky and the Nerd"³ |
| 1986
| Mike Stratus | Episode: "A Day's Wages" |
| 1987
| Al Vicente | Episode: "The Kingdom of Money" |
| 1988
| Episode: "Rude Dinner Patron" | 1 Episode |
| rowspan=4 | 1989
| Garrick | Episode: "The Visitation" |
| A Man Called Hawk
| N/A | Episode: "Passing the Bar" |
| Wiseguy
| Al Merullo | 1 Episode |
| Tattingers
| N/A | Episode: "Ex-Appeal" |
| 1990–1995
| Various roles | 3 Episodes |
| rowspan=2 | 1992
| | Voice |
| Lifestories: Families in Crisis
| Richie | Episode: "Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story" |
| 1993
| Bob | Mert Zucker | Episode: "Neighborhood Watch" |
| rowspan=4 | 1994
| David Coltrane | Episode: "A Dark and Stormy Night" |
| Ghostwriter
| Big Ralph | Episode: "What's Up with Alex?" |
| Frasier
| Billy Kriezel | Episode: "Seat of Power" |
| Hardball
| Mike Widmer | 9 Episodes |
| rowspan=4 | 1995
| Mugger | Episode: "Small Sacrifices" |
| Nowhere Man
| Bert Williams | Episode: "The Incredible Derek" |
| Brotherly Love
| Gus | Episode: "Such a Bargain" |
| NewsRadio
| Building Super | Episode: "Rat Funeral" |
| 1996–1997
| Mickey Kinnear | 12 Episodes |
| rowspan=3 | 1996
| Roy Hopkins | Episode: The Trash Man |
| High Incident
| N/A | Pilot |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun
| Frank Muller | Episode: "Angry Dick" |
| rowspan=7 | 1997
| Officer Hill | Episode: "The Flirting Game" |
| Early Edition
| Phil DeLuca | Episode: "The Jury" |
| The Pretender
| Axe | Episode: "Baby Love" |
| Millennium
| Henry Dion | Episode: "Paper Dove" |
| Grace Under Fire
| Engborg | Episode: "Grace Under Construction" |
| Players
| Twitch | Episode: "Three of a Con" |
| The Last Don
| Big Tim | 1 Episode |
| 1998–1999
| Detective Alex Portman | 2 Episodes |
| 1998
| Pete Mosely | Episode: "Maybe It's You" |
| 1999
| Tony Cicci | Episode: "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" |
| 1999
| Rick | Episode: "The New Client" |
| 2000–2002
| Ed | Kenny Sandusky | 45 Episodes |
| rowspan=2 | 2000
| Falcone | Bernard Fitzroy | 2 Episodes |
| The West Wing
| Senator Tony Marino | Episode: "The Lame Duck Congress" |
| rowspan=5 | 2003
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Detective Ted Marston | Episode: "Monster" |
| A.U.S.A.
| Bobby Paterno | Episode: "Sullivan, Rakoff, & Associate |
| Without a Trace
| Gil | Episode: "No Mas" |
| Karen Sisco
| Louis | Episode: "Dumb Bunnies" |
| The Handler
| Artie Levy | Episode: "Bruno Comes Back" |
| 2004–2005
| Big Tough Guy God | 4 Episodes |
| 2004
| Scrubs | Mr. Iverson | Episode: "My Rule of Thumb" |
| rowspan=4 | 2005
| Bully | Episode: "Tony the Tiger" |
| NCIS
| Monroe Cooper | Episode: "Black Water" |
| House
| Willie | Episode: "DNR" |
| CSI: NY
| Chief Vince Robinson | Episode: "The Dove Commission" |
| 2006
| Stacked | Victor | Episode: "Poker" |
| rowspan=3 | 2008
| Cabbie | Episode: "Nan and Lucy" |
| The Middleman
| Cop | 1 Episode |
| Life on Mars
| Nelson | Episode: "Out Here in the Fields" |
| 2009
| Angelo Grotti | Episode: "Mafia" |
| rowspan=4 | 2010
| Angry Bar Guy | 1 Episode |
| The Good Guys
| Bobby Kneecaps | Episode: "Silvio's Way" |
| Days of Our Lives
| George | 5 Episodes |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Mike O'Doole | Episode: "Rescue" |
| 2011–2012
| Angelo | 30 Episodes |
| rowspan=2 | 2011
| Glee | Usher | Episode: "New York" |
| Childrens Hospital
| Taxi Driver | 1 Episode |
| 2012–2013
| Al Trapani | 4 Episodes |
| rowspan=3 | 2012
| Angelo | 1 Episode |
| The Finder
| Benny Famosa | Episode: "Voodoo Undo" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| Dominic Bruno | Episode: "Homecoming" |
| rowspan=3 | 2013
| Psych | Max Rizzo | Season 7, Episode 7 |
| Elementary
| Russell Gertz | Episode: "Ancient History" |
| Chicago Fire
| Arthur | 5 Episodes |
| rowspan=4 | 2015
| Bobby's Father | Episode: "Body Bouncers" |
| Bones
| Frankie Cooper | Episode: "The Big Beef at the Royal Diner" |
| Public Morals
| Snowflakes | 3 episodes |
| Bilbainadas
| Networks CEO | Episode: "SuperCampeones. Parte 1" |
| rowspan=1 | 2016
| Dominic | Episode: "Kimmy Goes to Her Happy Place" |
| rowspan=2 | 2017
| Billions | Nicky Pawlowski | Episode: "Currency" |
| Dice
| Harold | Episode: "No Bullsh*t" |
| rowspan=1 | 2018
| Library Al | 7 episodes |
| rowspan=2 | 2019
| Butcher | Episode: "Adam Ruins a Plate of Nachos" |
| Ray Donovan
| O'Malley | Season 7 "Episode: "An Irish Lullaby" |
| rowspan=1 |2020
| Yard Guy | Episode: "Location, Location, Location" |
| rowspan=1 |2021
| Balthazar 'Bino' Baker | Episode: "Balthazar 'Bino' Baker (N0. 129)" |
| rowspan=1 | 2022–2023
| Kurt Walsh | 2 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0823563|Mike Starr}}
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