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Mike Starr
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Biography
Mike Starr (born July 29, 1950) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor and producer. Known for his large size at 6' 5" (196 cm), he has typically been typecast as playing thugs or henchmen. Starr was born in Flushing, Queens, New York to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father. His older brother Beau Starr is also an actor. Mike Starr is a graduate of Hofstra University. He and his family reside in Riverdale, New York.
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The Perfect Needledrop: Ten Moments That Own the Screen
From sudden silences to euphoric choruses, these are the film moments where a song doesn't just score the scene, it becomes the scene.
10 films
The Art of the Fall
From viral infamy to quiet vindication: a chain of films about bold artists whose audacity is mistaken for failure, tracing the same arc that turned Raygun from...
8 films
The Vincent Pastore Top Five
A tribute to Vincent Pastore, whose death today invites us to trace Pastore's arc from background wiseguy to recognisable character actor, without leaning on Th...
5 films
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Black Dynamite
2009 · Rafelli
The Black Dahlia
2006 · Det. Russ Millard
The Ice Harvest
2005 · Roy Gelles
Jersey Girl
2004 · Block
Knockaround Guys
2001 · Bobby Boulevard
Summer of Sam
1999 · Eddie
Snake Eyes
1998 · Walt McGahn
Blood and Wine
1996 · Mike
James and the Giant Peach
1996 · Cop
Dumb and Dumber
1994 · Joe Mentaliano
Ed Wood
1994 · Georgie Weiss
Blown Away
1994 · Francis the Barkeeper
Mad Dog and Glory
1993 · Harold
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Frankie
GoodFellas
1990 · Frenchy
Blue Steel
1990 · Superintendent
Uncle Buck
1989 · Pooter-the-Clown
Funny Farm
1988 · Crocker
Five Corners
1987 · Bartender
Radio Days
1987 · Burglar
Off Beat
1986 · James Bonnell
Cat's Eye
1985 · Ducky
The Last Dragon
1985 · Rock