Robert Davi

Robert Davi was born on June 26, 1951,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZiKfBQAAQBAJ&dq=robert+davi&pg=PA53 |page=53 |publisher=McFarland |title=Tales from the Cult Film Trenches: Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema |author=Louis Paul |year=2008|isbn=978-0-7864-2994-3 }} in Astoria, Queens, New York, the son of Maria ({{née |Rulli}}) and Sal Davi. His mother was an Italian American whose family came from Nusco, Avellino, Campania and his father was from Torretta, Palermo, Sicily.{{cite web |url=http://www.thevoiceofitaly.rai.it/video/live-show/clip-special-live-show/robert-davi-sul-palco-di-tvoi |title=Robert Davi sul palco di #TVOI |publisher=thevoiceofitaly.rai.it|access-date=May 17, 2015 |language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721042407/http://www.thevoiceofitaly.rai.it/video/live-show/clip-special-live-show/robert-davi-sul-palco-di-tvoi/|archive-date=July 21, 2015}}

Davi spoke Italian during his childhood. He attended Seton Hall, a Roman Catholic high school in Patchogue, New York. There he studied opera vocals, and became the winner of the New York State School Music Association Solo Competition at the age of fifteen. He has two sisters, Yvonne Davi (deceased), and Michelle Queal. He graduated from Hofstra University, which he attended because of that university's strong drama department as well as its reproduction of Shakespeare's Globe Theater.{{cite web |last=Gil de Rubio |first=Dave |title=Doing It His Way |url=http://archive.longislandpress.com/2010/07/16/doing-it-his-way |year=2010 |work=LongIslandPress|access-date=March 24, 2014|archive-date=March 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324141823/http://archive.longislandpress.com/2010/07/16/doing-it-his-way/|url-status=live}} Davi studied with acting coach Stella Adler when he moved to Manhattan.{{cite web |title=Buffalo Niagara film fest centers on Niagara Falls for a change! |url=http://niagarafallsreporter.com/buffalo-niagara-film-fest-centers-niagara-falls-change/ |website=Niagara Falls Reporter |date=July 27, 2017|access-date=August 22, 2017|archive-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223254/http://niagarafallsreporter.com/buffalo-niagara-film-fest-centers-niagara-falls-change/|url-status=live}} During this time he was also a member of the Actor’s Studio,{{cite web | url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/recalling-the-romance-of-a-bygone-era/article_ad2215a3-87c1-550c-a705-d33458eba92f.html | title=Recalling the romance of a bygone era | date=December 29, 2011 }} where he studied with Lee Strasburg.

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Davi made his television film debut in Contract on Cherry Street, in which he shared the screen with Frank Sinatra. Davi later mentioned Sinatra as an early supporter. He was also the lead in "Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami", a performance that received critical praise. In 1989, he had a recurring role on the television series Wiseguy.

As for major motion pictures, he has appeared in films including The Goonies, where his role of Jake Fratelli was based upon Davi’s own artistic ideas differing from the original script. He also starred in Predator 2, Illicit Behavior, Night Trap, The Iceman, Mob Town, Buckle Up, Inside Man,{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/the-goonies-returns-theaters-cast-then-now | title='The Goonies' returns to theaters: See the cast then and now | website=Fox News | date=August 31, 2023 }} Die Hard, Showgirls, Son of the Pink Panther, and in the Bond film Licence to Kill (1989) as the villain Franz Sanchez, a South American drug lord and murderer.{{cite magazine |last=EW Staff |title=21 Most Ruthless TV/Film Drug Lords |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20724440_30002040,00.html |date=August 11, 2013 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122193912/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20724440_30002040,00.html|url-status=dead}} During the 1990s, he played the role of FBI detective Bailey Malone on the television series Profiler. He also starred in comedic films, including the 2002 movies The 4th Tenor and The Hot Chick. The year he also produced and was lead actor in the independent film The Hitters. In 2004, Davi was cast as the antagonist Acastus Kolya in the television series Stargate: Atlantis, a military leader for the enemy group the Genii.{{cite web | url=https://www.gateworld.net/news/2011/11/unreasonable-force/ | title=Unreasonable Force » GateWorld | date=November 6, 2011 }}

In 2014, Davi appeared as Goran Vata in The Expendables 3.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediamikes.com/2013/11/robert-davi-talks-about-the-goonies-and-the-expendables-3 |title='License To Kill' Villain Robert Davi Discusses His Role In 'The Expendables 3' And Reflect On 'The Goonies' |author=Lawton, Adam |publisher=Media Mikes |date=November 5, 2013|access-date=March 3, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132843/http://www.mediamikes.com/2013/11/robert-davi-talks-about-the-goonies-and-the-expendables-3/|url-status=live}} In 2015, Davi appeared in a music video for Bob Dylan's recording of "The Night They Called It a Day", from Dylan's album Shadows in the Night, a selection of songs which had been recorded by Frank Sinatra. Rolling Stone suggested that Davi's role in the video may be a nod towards Davi's having made his acting debut alongside Sinatra in the crime film Contract on Cherry Street, and Davi's release of his own album of Sinatra covers.{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-bob-dylan-navigate-a-bloody-love-triangle-in-new-video-20150302 |title=Watch Bob Dylan Navigate a Bloody Love Triangle in New Video |author=Kreps, Daniel |date=March 2, 2015|access-date=March 3, 2015 |publisher=Rolling Stone|archive-date=March 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304174511/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-bob-dylan-navigate-a-bloody-love-triangle-in-new-video-20150302|url-status=live}} In 2014 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Long Island Film and TV Foundation.{{cite web | url=https://www.politicon.com/speaker/robert-davi/ | title=Robert Davi }}

In 2015, he interpreted Gabriele Tinti's poetry giving voice to the Boxer at Rest at the Getty Museum.{{cite web |url=http://www.letteratura.rai.it/articoli/the-boxer/31025/default.aspx |title=The boxer |website=www.letteratura.rai.it/|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=November 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117122321/http://www.letteratura.rai.it/articoli/the-boxer/31025/default.aspx|url-status=live}} As of 2021, he had acted in more than 160 films and television shows.{{cite web | url=https://yellowhammernews.com/listen-actor-director-robert-davi-talks-upcoming-film-roe-v-wade/ | title=LISTEN: Actor, director Robert Davi talks upcoming film 'Roe v. Wade' | date=March 16, 2021 }}

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Davi is the owner and founder of Sun Lion Films.In 2007, Davi made his directorial debut with The Dukes, a parable regarding the mid-2000 economic crisis and its impact. The film starred Davi himself, Chazz Palminteri, and Peter Bogdanovich. The Dukes was selected for the premiere section at the Rome Film Festival, along with films by Francis Ford Coppola, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, and Sidney Lumet. Davi was the only first-time director in the premiere section.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/commentary-70-films-as-actor-120610 |title=Commentary: After 70 films as actor Robert Davi directs his first |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 7, 2008|access-date=August 13, 2016}} The film was screened internationally and won awards at Queens International Film Festival, {{Interlanguage link|WorldFest Houston|tr|3=WorldFest-Houston Uluslararası Film Festivali}}, Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festiva and the Festival international du film de comédie de l'Alpe d'Huez.{{Citation |title=The Dukes (Awards) |date=November 14, 2008 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470737/awards|access-date=August 13, 2016|archive-date=February 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222212020/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470737/awards|url-status=live}}{{Better source needed|date=September 2022|reason=IMDb is *not* a reliable source for this information (see WP:IMDB, WP:IMDB/RS and WP:IMDB-EL).}}

In 2011, David sold an original screenplay entitled The Voice

to Atmosphere Entertainment MM. The production company said of Davi’s anticipated role in the film that “The character that he will portray is so impassioned and obsessed with finding the secret to Sinatra’s voice that it brings him to the brink of insanity.”

{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-davi-mark-canton-frank-sinatra-254312/ | title=Actor Robert Davi Sells Screenplay to Producer Mark Canton (Exclusive) | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=October 28, 2011 }}

In 2017, a documentary entitled Davi’s Way, about Davi’s real life performance of Sinatra’s work, was premiered at the Buffalo Niagara Film Festival.{{cite web | url=https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/buffalo-niagara-film-festival-set-to-land-in-falls/article_7c02b0a7-d498-5069-b76c-694df2f89ccb.html | title=Buffalo Niagara Film Festival set to land in Falls | date=September 19, 2017 }}

Davi directed his third film, My Son Hunter, it was released on September 7, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/gina-carano-hunter-biden-biopic-my-son-hunter-1234877180/ |title=Gina Carano Joins Hunter Biden Biopic 'My Son Hunter' |date=November 18, 2021 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |access-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104143913/https://deadline.com/2021/11/gina-carano-hunter-biden-biopic-my-son-hunter-1234877180/ |url-status=live}} He was approached in 2021 to direct the film by documentary filmmakers Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, which focuses on the relationship between Hunter Biden and his father. {{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/robert-davi-helming-forthcoming-hunter-biden-biopic-felt-peter-finch-mad-hell | title=Robert Davi on helming forthcoming Hunter Biden biopic: 'I felt like Peter Finch — mad as hell' | website=Fox News | date=August 23, 2022 }}

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In high school, Davi was praised for his singing, and auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera after being awarded first place at the New York State School Music Association's Solo Competition, where he sang Vincent Youman's "Without A Song". He subsequently received classical training with vocal teachers Samuel Margolis and Danial Ferro of Juilliard and Tito Gobbi. Davi damaged his voice and later explained that he was a baritone with the "heart of a tenor and had pushed too hard, too early".{{cite web |last=Wolfe |first=Zachary |title=License to trill: The reinvention of Robert Davi |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/07/211461/license-trill-reinvention-robert-davi?page=all |date=July 14, 2010 |work=Capitol New York|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202224446/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/07/211461/license-trill-reinvention-robert-davi?page=all|url-status=live}}

Davi began to focus again on singing in 2011, and worked with Gary Catona as he prepared to record his first children's album.{{cite web |last=Staff |title=Robert Davi's new Christmas single "Mistletoe and Holly" to benefit The Salvation Army |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/robert-davis-new-christmas-single-mistletoe-and-holly-to-benefit-the-salvation-army-134661908.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203052607/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/robert-davis-new-christmas-single-mistletoe-and-holly-to-benefit-the-salvation-army-134661908.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2011 |date=December 2013 |work=Cision|access-date=January 23, 2014}}

With a thirty-piece orchestra, Davi recorded the album at the Capitol Records Building in Hollywood.{{cite web |last=Sterling |first=Ellen |title=No Overstatement: Singer-Actor-Writer-Director Robert Davi Is A Legend in the Making |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-sterling/no-overstatement-singer-a_b_3985284.html |date=September 24, 2013 |work=Huffington Post|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203060405/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-sterling/no-overstatement-singer-a_b_3985284.html|url-status=live}} The album was produced by Phil Ramone, engineered by Dan Wallin, and mixed by Al Schmitt. The album, Davi Sings Sinatra -- On The Road To Romance, was released on October 24, 2011, and garnered positive reviews.{{cite web |last=Truitt |first=Brian |title=Robert Davi Sings Sinatra, Sincerely |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-10-27/robert-davi-frank-sinatra/50955196/1 |date=October 27, 2011 |work=USA Today|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322125846/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-10-27/robert-davi-frank-sinatra/50955196/1|url-status=live}} Jazztimes called Davi Sings Sinatra "uniformly impressive",{{cite web |last=Loudon |first=Christopher |title=A Singer Turned Legend Turns Singer Again |url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/28748-robert-davi-sings-sinatra |date=October 24, 2011 |work=Jazztimes|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219141014/http://jazztimes.com/articles/28748-robert-davi-sings-sinatra|url-status=live}} and critic Don Heckman wrote in the Orange County Register that "there are, of course, dozens of Sinatra imitators and simulators. But what Davi does is a whole different matter. A tribute? Yes, indeed; all that and more."{{cite web |last=Heckman |first=Don |title=Don Heckman: Robert Davi sings Sinatra |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/sinatra-500229-davi-says.html |date=October 21, 2013 |work=Orange County Register|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185919/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/sinatra-500229-davi-says.html|url-status=live}} AllMusic noted that "Davi makes no attempt to copy Sinatra's vocal sound ... Rather, he is his own singer."{{cite web |last=Ruhlman |first=William |title=Davi Sings Sinatra |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/davi-sings-sinatra-on-the-road-to-romance-mw0002227167 |year=2011 |work=AllMusic|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=June 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611043609/http://www.allmusic.com/album/davi-sings-sinatra-on-the-road-to-romance-mw0002227167|url-status=live}} The album reached the Top 10 on the Billboard jazz charts.{{cite web |last=Berk |first=Dr. Nancy |title=Showbiz Analysis with Robert Davi |url=http://www.parade.com/238922/nancyberk/showbiz-analysis-with-robert-davi |date=December 5, 2013 |work=Parade|access-date=January 23, 2014|archive-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218041543/http://www.parade.com/238922/nancyberk/showbiz-analysis-with-robert-davi/|url-status=live}}

In December 2012, Davi appeared along with Roger Cicero in the French/German Arte TV program Durch die Nacht mit … The episode was shot in the Little Italy area of New York City and featured conversation between Cicero and Davi and solos of Sinatra standards by both performers. In December 2013, Davi released a Christmas single, "Mistletoe and Holly", with all proceeds benefiting The Salvation Army.

That year he performed tribute concert series for Frank Sinatra at the Venetian Showroom in Las Vegas.

name=Sun>{{cite web | url=https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2012/feb/22/pursuing-tribute-sinatra-robert-davi-no-bad-actor/ | title=In pursuing a tribute to Frank Sinatra, Robert Davi is no bad actor | date=February 22, 2012 }} During his Sinatra performances, which he has toured with, he has a selection of 300 songs to choose from depending on the audience and mood in the room.

{{cite web | url=https://www.wptv.com/entertainment/goonies-actor-robert-davi-channels-frank-sinatra-in-my-kind-of-town-tribute-show | title='Goonies' actor Robert Davi channels Frank Sinatra in 'My Kind of Town' tribute show | date=December 2023 }} He has been called one of the premiere Frank Sinatra cover acts in the United States, with the Huffington Post calling him “A legend in the making” in 2013.

{{cite web | url=https://cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/7692-ROBERT-DAVI-A-LEGEND-IN-THE-MAKING.html | title=ROBERT DAVI: "A LEGEND IN THE MAKING" - Cinema Retro }}

Davi has lent his voice to political ads, including Carly Fiorina's "Demon Sheep" attack ad, "Hot Air: The Movie", and others produced by media consultant Fred Davis.{{cite web |last1=Gilson |first1=Dave |title=Demon Sheep Ad Man Tells All |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/07/fred-davis-bill-hillsman-political-ads-demon-sheep |website=Mother Jones |access-date=September 20, 2015 |ref=mojodemonsheep|archive-date=August 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826175726/http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/07/fred-davis-bill-hillsman-political-ads-demon-sheep|url-status=live}}

Davi was chosen by the United Nations to celebrate the Transformative Power of Music at the General Assembly in New York, in June 2015 – and again for the 70th Anniversary Celebration of the UN in September 2015.{{cite web |last1=Serran |first1=Paul |title=Put-A-Name-To-That-Face-Excellence-And-Swagger-In-The-Work-Of-Movie-Icon-Robert-Davi |url=https://artvoice.com/2020/09/15/robertdavi1 |website=Artvoice |date=September 15, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2020 |ref=Artvoice|archive-date=September 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920204420/https://artvoice.com/2020/09/15/robertdavi1/|url-status=live}}

Davi was chosen to tribute Sinatra's 100th birthday for the July 4 PBS special; it was watched by 500,000 people outside the Capitol Building in DC and 15 million viewers.

Davi was the guest singer on the Italian version of the TV program The Voice.

In 2024, he will be releasing his album I’m Not Anyone.

Davi was married to Jan Borenstein from 1970 to 1980. His second marriage was to Jeri McBride from 1980 to 1990; they had one son. His next marriage was to Christine Bolster in 1990, which ended in 2019.{{cite news |title=Robert Davi's wife files for divorce |url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/robert-davi-s-wife-files-for-divorce-59109608 |date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=October 31, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Robert Davi's wife files for divorce |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/441634/Robert-Davi-s-wife-files-for-divorce/amp |date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=October 31, 2022}}{{cite news |title=Actor and Wife To Divorce After 23 Years of Marriage |url=https://www.her.ie/amp/celeb/actor-and-wife-to-divorce-after-23-years-of-marriage-72392 |date=November 7, 2013 |access-date=October 31, 2022}} They have four children together. Davi married Diana Davi in 2019, and they have a daughter.{{cn|date=March 2024}} He is a recipient of the George M. Estabrook Distinguished Service Award from the Hofstra University Alumni Association, has served on the Steering Committee for George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, and is a past recipient of the Man of the Year Award from the Los Angeles FBI.{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/capital-living/my-5-minutes-with-the-president/129863-robert-davi/ | title=Robert Davi | date=October 12, 2011 }}

Davi is a political conservative, often speaking at Republican Party gatherings.{{cite news |title=License to trill: The reinvention of Robert Davi |url=https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2010/07/license-to-trill-the-reinvention-of-robert-davi-000000 |work=Politico |date=July 14, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2017 |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118072708/https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2010/07/license-to-trill-the-reinvention-of-robert-davi-000000 |url-status=live}} He has been invited to comment on numerous political shows and backed John McCain during his presidential campaign. He narrated several film montages that aired during the 2008 Republican National Convention.{{cite web |title=Where are they now? Bond villains |url=http://www.virginmedia.com/movies/features/where-are-they-now-bond-villains.php?page=11 |year=2013 |work=Virgin Media |access-date=January 23, 2014 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201181820/http://www.virginmedia.com/movies/features/where-are-they-now-bond-villains.php?page=11 |url-status=dead}}{{YouTube|-7boz9c5A20|Robert Davi Backstage at the Republican National Convention}} Davi has spoken at numerous Conservative Political Action Conferences in Washington, D.C. He was a frequent guest on Fox News's late-night satire program Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.{{cite web |title=Robert Davi on 'Red Eye' |url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/2584428042001/robert-davi-on-red-eye/#sp=show-clips |date=August 4, 2013 |work=Fox News |access-date=January 23, 2014 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203055424/http://video.foxnews.com/v/2584428042001/robert-davi-on-red-eye/#sp=show-clips |url-status=live}} Davi endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, again in 2020, and again in 2024.{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Lee |date=March 23, 2016 |url=http://fortune.com/2016/03/23/donald-trump-actors-endorsement/ |title=Here Are All of the D-List Celebrities Endorsing Donald Trump |newspaper=Fortune |access-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219170739/https://fortune.com/2016/03/23/donald-trump-actors-endorsement/ |url-status=live}}

He has issued statements supporting fellow conservative celebrities, including Jon Voight, as well as statements advocating civility between those of different political views.

{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/robert-davi-jon-voight-albert-brooks-trump | title=Robert Davi defends Jon Voight's Trump support after Albert Brooks compares him to John Wilkes Booth | website=Fox News | date=May 28, 2019 }}

Davi has

served as the face of the charity I Save America and has been active in various children’s non-profits. He is also a goodwill ambassador for the Saint Pio Foundation.{{cite web | url=https://aleteia.org/2020/09/16/singer-who-was-cured-by-padre-pio-says-saint-guided-him-to-record-this-song/ | title=Singer cured by Padre Pio says saint guided to record song | date=September 16, 2020 }}

For his contributions to the Canadian Italian community, Davi was enshrined in Toronto's Italian Walk of Fame in 2013.{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=Julia |title=Four Inducted Into Little Italy's Italian Walk Of Fame |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/15/four-inducted-into-little-italys-italian-walk-of-fame |date=June 15, 2013 |newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=May 6, 2014|archive-date=May 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506233437/http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/15/four-inducted-into-little-italys-italian-walk-of-fame|url-status=live}}

He was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Al Torres in Showgirls (1995).{{cn|date=March 2024}}

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