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Character player of the 1970s and 80s, usually in comic roles; outstanding as the manic host of an old-time TV variety show in the hilarious "My Favorite Year" (1982). Bologna writes for theater and TV with his wife, Renee Taylor; the duo co-adapted (from their own plays) "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970) and the 1989 feature, "It Had to Be You", which they co-directed. Taylor and Bologna also co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in "Love Is All There Is" (1995), a feature inspired by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" about two feuding families whose children fall in love....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Opposite Day - ( Jack Benson / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Renee Running - ( Director / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Ice Age: The Meltdown - ( Voice of Mr. Start / 2006 / Released / )
The Boynton Beach Club - ( Harry / 2006 / Released / )
Returning Mickey Stern - ( Mickey Stern / 2003 / Released / )
Blink of An Eye - ( Renfro / 2002 / Released / )
Big Daddy - ( Mr Koufax / 1999 / Released / )
Heaven Before I Die - ( / 1997 / Released / )
Love Is All There Is - ( Director / 1996 / Released / )
Love Is All There Is - ( Screenplay / 1996 / Released / )
Love Is All There Is - ( Mike / 1996 / Released / )
Jersey Girl - ( Bennie Mastallone / 1993 / Released / )
Deadly Rivals - ( Anthony Canberra / 1992 / Released / )
Alligator II: The Mutation - ( / 1990 / Released / )
Coupe de Ville - ( Uncle Phil / 1990 / Released / MPG )
It Had to Be You - ( Director / 1989 / Released / )
It Had to Be You - ( Screenplay / 1989 / Released / )
It Had to Be You - ( Vito Pignoli / 1989 / Released / )
It Had to Be You - ( Play as Source Material / 1989 / Released / )
Transylvania 6-5000 - ( Dr Malavaqua / 1985 / Released / )
Blame It on Rio - ( Victor Lyons / 1984 / Released / 20th Century Fox Studios )
The Woman in Red - ( Joe / 1984 / Released / Orion Pictures )
My Favorite Year - ( King Kaiser / 1982 / Released / )
Chapter Two - ( Leo Schneider / 1979 / Released / )
The Big Bus - ( Dan Torrance / 1976 / Released / )
Mixed Company - ( Pete / 1974 / Released / )
Cops and Robbers - ( Joe / 1973 / Released / )
Lovers and Other Strangers - ( Screenplay / 1971 / Released / )
Lovers and Other Strangers - ( Play as Source Material / 1971 / Released / )
Made For Each Other - ( Screenplay / 1971 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
Made For Each Other - ( Gig / 1971 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
TV Credits
Fathers and Sons ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Everwood ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
According to Jim ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Shot Heard 'Round the World ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
The Chris Isaak Show ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
The Simple Life ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
Temporarily Yours ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
The Don's Analyst ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Arli$$ ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Gail Sheehy's New Passages ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Smoke Alarm: The Unfiltered Truth About Cigarettes ( 1996 / Released ): Voice
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Citizen Cohn ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
The Danger of Love ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
An Inconvenient Woman ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Top of the Heap ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Thanksgiving Day ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Prime Target ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Not Quite Human ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Rags to Riches ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
A Time to Triumph ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Sins ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
The Barbour Report ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Copacabana ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Bedrooms ( 1984 / Released ): Director / Writer / Actor
The Joe Piscopo Special ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Lovers and Other Strangers ( 1983 / Released ): Play as Source Material / Producer / Writer
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
A Cry For Love ( 1980 / Released ): Screenplay
Torn Between Two Lovers ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Good Penny ( 1977 / Released ): Director / Producer / Writer
A Lucille Ball Special: What Now, Catherine Curtis? ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Woman of the Year ( 1976 / Released ): Screenplay / Actor
A Lucille Ball Special Starring Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason ( 1975 / Released ): Writer
Paradise ( 1974 / Released ): Writer / Actor
Calucci's Department ( 1973 / Released ): Producer
Honor Thy Father ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
Marlo Thomas in Acts of Love -- and Other Comedies ( 1973 / Released ): Writer
Burke's Law ( Released ): Actor
Caroline in the City ( Released ): Actor
Cosby ( Released ): Actor
L.A. Law ( Released ): Actor
Married... With Children ( Released ): Actor
Martial Law ( Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
The Nanny ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Character player of the 1970s and 80s, usually in comic roles; outstanding as the manic host of an old-time TV variety show in the hilarious "My Favorite Year" (1982). Bologna writes for theater and TV with his wife, Renee Taylor; the duo co-adapted (from their own plays) "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970) and the 1989 feature, "It Had to Be You", which they co-directed. Taylor and Bologna also co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in "Love Is All There Is" (1995), a feature inspired by Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" about two feuding families whose children fall in love. The feature was shown out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

Profession(s):
Actor, screenwriter, playwright
Sometimes Credited As:
Joe Bologna
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Family
grandson:Juliano Bologna (born c. 1995)
son:Gabriel Bologna (mother, Renee Taylor; married actor Lisbet Stensland in July 1990 (niece of the late Inger Stevens))
wife:Renee Taylor (married on August 6, 1965)

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Education
Brown University Providence, Rhode Island art history
Awards (Back to top)
Emmy Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music "Acts of Love - And Other Comedies" 1972 - 1973

Milestones (Back to top)
2001 Directed wife in "An Evening With Golda Meir"
2001 Co-wrote and co-starred in the Broadway play "If You Ever Leave Me, I'm Going With You"
1999 Played Adam Sandler's father in "Big Daddy"
1982 Won acclaim for his performance as a Sid Caesar-like TV comic in "My Favorite Year"
1971 Film acting debut in "Made For Each Other"
1970 Screenwriting debut, "Lovers and Other Strangers"

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