Robert Loggia
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| Born: | January 3, 1930 (age 77) New York City |
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| Occupation: | Actor |
Robert Loggia (b. January 3, 1930, New York City) is a Sicilian-American film and television actor, who specializes in character parts.
[edit] Career
After studying journalism at the University of Missouri and serving in the US Army, Loggia began a long career as a supporting player in movies, on stage and television.
He first came to prominence as a Mexican bandit named Elfego Baca in a 1958 series of Walt Disney television shows. He starred as a cat burglar turned good in a short-lived series called T.H.E. Cat.
His many television credits include appearances on The Sopranos, Columbo, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Magnum, P.I. and Oliver Stone's Wild Palms.
His film roles include An Officer and a Gentleman, Scarface, Prizzi's Honor, Independence Day and Big.
In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a crusty private detective in the thriller Jagged Edge, and he was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for his portrayal of FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV series Mancuso, FBI, a followup to the previous year's miniseries Favorite Son. Loggia also appeared as mobster Mr. Eddy in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997), a film which reunited him with Independence Day co-star Bill Pullman.
He has recently ventured into voice acting, in a recurring role on the Adult Swim animated comedy Tom Goes to the Mayor, as bent cop Ray Machowski in the video game Grand Theft Auto III, as Admiral Petrarch in FreeSpace 2, and as narrator in Scarface: The World is Yours. Loggia was featured as himself (and was lampooned) on the Family Guy episode, "Peter's Two Dads", which aired February 11, 2007.
