RECENT CREDITS
Saving Grace (TV)  Jul. 7, 2009
Perestroika (FILM)  Mar. 20, 2009
Shark Swarm (TV)  May. 25, 2008
BloodMonkey (TV)  Jan. 27, 2008
The Bridge Of San Luis Rey (FILM)  Jun. 10, 2005


HIGHLIGHTS
2007 Juggled lead roles as Shylock in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and Barabas in Christopher Marlowe's "The Jew of Malta" at the Theatre for a New Audience
2001 Cast as an eccentric owner of a home that turns out to be haunted in "13 Ghosts"
2001 Played Irving Mansfield in the stage play "Paper Doll"; premiered in Pittsburgh; production moved to Broadway in 2002
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Perestroika  2009 -Professor Gross
Actor
Film


Shark Swarm  2008 -Professor Girdler
Actor
TV


BloodMonkey  2008 -Professor Hamilton
Actor
TV


Saving Grace  2007 -Cast
Actor
TV
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The Bridge Of San Luis Rey  2005 -The Viceroy of Peru
Actor
Film


Narrator
TV


Joshua  2002 -Father Tardone
Actor
Film


Thirteen Ghosts  2001 -Uncle Cyrus Kriticos
Actor
Film


Finding Forrester  2000 -Professor Robert Crawford
Actor
Film


Esther  2000 -Mordecai
Actor
TV


The Darkling  2000 -Bruno Rubin
Actor
TV


Betty Buckley  1999 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Excellent Cadavers  1999 -Tommasso Buscetta
Actor
TV


Muppets From Space  1999 -Noah
Actor
Film


Noah's Ark  1999 -Lot
Actor
TV


Exploring the High Frontier  1999 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Star Trek: Insurrection  1998 -Ru'afo
Actor
Film


Baby Face Nelson  1998 -Al Capone
Actor
Film


Color of Justice  1997 -Jim Sullivan
Actor
TV


Mimic  1997 -Doctor Gates
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Puma: Lion of the Andes  1996 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Mighty Aphrodite  1995 -Greek Chorus Leader
Actor
Film


The Way West  1995
Voice
TV


Nile: River of Gods  1995 -Narration
Narrator
TV


The Great White Shark  1995 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Dillinger and Capone  1995 -Capone
Actor
Film


Nostradamus  1994 -Dr Scalinger
Actor
Film


Surviving the Game  1994 -Wolf Sr
Actor
Film


Last Action Hero  1993 -John Practice
Actor
Film


By the Sword  1993 -Max Suba
Actor
Film


Journey to the Center of the Earth  1993 -Professor Harlech
Actor
TV


National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1  1993 -Harold Leacher
Actor
Film


L' Elisir d'Amore  1992 -Host
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
Film


Prisoners of the Brain  1991 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Hawaii: Strangers in Paradise  1991 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Semiramide  1991 -Host
Actor
TV


Mobsters  1991 -Arnold Rothstein
Actor
Film


The Magic Flute  1991 -Host
Actor
TV


A Season of Giants  1991 -Pope Julius II
Actor
TV


Cadence  1991 -Garcia
Actor
Film


The Bonfire of the Vanities  1990 -(uncredited) District Attorney Abe Weiss
Actor
Film


The Little Match Girl  1990 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Vaclav Havel's Largo Desolato  1990 -Professor Leopold Nettles
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Aida  1989 -Host
Actor
TV


Russicum  1989 -Father Carafa
Actor
Film


An Innocent Man  1989 -Virgil Cane
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Bluebeard's Castle  1989 -Host
Actor
TV


Personal Choice  1989 -Dr. Harry Bertram
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Slipstream  1989 -Cornelius
Actor
Film


The Blessings of Liberty  1987 -Patrick Henry
Actor
TV


The Name of the Rose  1986 -Bernardo Gui
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Dream West  1986 -Abraham Lincoln
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Amadeus  1984 -Antonio Salieri
Actor
Film


Scarface  1983 -Omar
Actor
Film


Marco Polo  1982 -Jacopo
Actor
TV


A.E.S. Hudson Street  1978 -Dr Tony Menzies
Actor
TV


Sex and the Married Woman  1977 -Duke Skaggs
Actor
TV


All the President's Men  1976 -1st Arresting Officer
Actor
Film


The Ritz  1976 -Chris
Actor
Film


The Sunshine Boys  1975 -Mechanic
Actor
Film


How to Survive a Marriage  1974 -Joshua Browne
Actor
TV


Nightside  1973 -Acky
Actor
TV


Nova   -Narration
Narrator
TV


The American Experience   -Narration
Narrator
TV


Barbarossa   -Siniscalco Barozzi
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Come le formiche   -Cast
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Jamila   -Older Seit
Actor
Film


Money   -Will Scarlet
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


La Nuit du serail   -Abdul Hamid
Actor
Film


Vacation in Hell   -Belisario
Actor
Film


The Rose of the Names   -Himself
Actor
Film


The Stone Merchant   -Shahid
Actor
Film


Performance Pieces   -Performance Artist
Actor
Film


Papa Rua Alguem 5555   -Paul Minsky
Actor
Film


The Final Inquiry   -Nathan
Actor
Film


The Knights of the Quest   -Delfinello da Coverzano
Actor
Film


Sweet Killing   -Mr Zargo
Actor
Film


The Betrothed   -L'Innominato
Actor
Film


The Big Fix   -Eppis
Actor
Film




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Highlights

2007 Juggled lead roles as Shylock in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and Barabas in Christopher Marlowe's "The Jew of Malta" at the Theatre for a New Audience
2001 Cast as an eccentric owner of a home that turns out to be haunted in "13 Ghosts"
2001 Played Irving Mansfield in the stage play "Paper Doll"; premiered in Pittsburgh; production moved to Broadway in 2002
2000 Portrayed a venal, close-minded high school teacher in "Finding Forrester"
1999 Co-starred opposite Joyce Van Patten in the stage play "It's My Party (And I'll Die If I Want To)"
1997 Returned to Broadway as co-star of the musical "Triumph of Love"
1995 Was leader of Greek Chorus in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite"
1994 Replaced Ron Leibman as Roy Cohn in "Angels in America" on Broadway
1991 Played Arnold Rothstein in "Mobsters"
1988 Co-starred in Mike Nichols' staging of "Waiting for Godot"
1984 Had breakthrough screen role as Salieri in Milos Forman's "Amadeus"; won Best Actor Oscar
1971 Screen acting debut, "They Might Be Giants"
1966 Off-Broadway debut, "The Fantasticks"
1965 Professional theatrical debut in L.A. production of "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit"


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