Biography: From his portrayal of James Bond villain Franz Sanchez to the FBI's Bailey Malone in "Profiler" (1996)", Robert Davi reigns among the big and small screen's most recognized tough guys. Davi's tough exterior masks a powerful inner-sensitivity, which he calls upon for his most notorious roles. Being a stickler for research, Davi contacted Quantico and arranged to meet Bill Hagenmeyer, the real life ... show all From his portrayal of James Bond villain Franz Sanchez to the FBI's Bailey Malone in "Profiler" (1996)", Robert Davi reigns among the big and small screen's most recognized tough guys. Davi's tough exterior masks a powerful inner-sensitivity, which he calls upon for his most notorious roles. Being a stickler for research, Davi contacted Quantico and arranged to meet Bill Hagenmeyer, the real life profiler. Davi received massive critical acclaim within the industry for his provocative and smoldering portrayal of FBI profiler Bailey Malone. The show, currently in syndication, struck a chord with audiences paving the way for such shows as C.S.I, Without A Trace, Criminal Intent and many others.
Robert's portrayal in the title role of a Palestinian terrorist in the award winning mini-series "Terrorist on Trial: THe United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988) (TV)" garnered praise as one of the most significant performances of the season and caught the eye of legendary James Bond producer Albert R. Broccoli, who cast him as the Columbian drug lord and lead villain "Franz Sanchez", in the Bond Classic "License to Kill (1989)".
Robert's includes well over sixty credits with unforgettable roles that show his tremendous range as an actor. He studied with the legendary Stella Adler, who became his mentor. Also a member of the Actors Studio where he studied with Lee Strasberg.
Robert's big break came when he was cast opposite Frank Sinatra in the film "Contract on Cherry Street (1977) (TV)" and has since gone on to work in projects with Marlon Brando, Roberto Begnini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood, Benicio Del Toro, Danny Glover, and Adam Sandler to name a few.
Among his many notable film credits are, "The Die Hard (1988)", "Goonies (1985)", "Son of the Pink Panther (1993)", "License to Kill (1989)", "Raw Deal (1986)" and "Showgirls (1995)". He has worked with director giants Steven Spielberg, Richard Donner, Blake Edwards, John McTiernan, Paul Verhoeven and many others.
Robert is currently starring in the Rodney Dangerfield romantic comedy, "The 4th Tenor (2001)", as a con artist (once again a very funny and believable character) and can be seen in the Rob Schneider/Adam Sandler comedy "The Hot Chick (2002)". He recently produced and is starring in "Hitters (2002)", a film that takes a realistic look at the struggles that occur within a neighborhood mob crew. Slated to start shooting January 2003, Robert will be filming the epic "Gilgamesh" on location in India with director Roger Christian and producer Beni Atoori.
Besides working and raising his five children, Robert Davi, stays busy volunteering his time with many charities such as, 'The Dream Foundation', 'Exceptional Children’s Foundation', 'Heart Of A Child Foundation', 'The National Italian American Foundation', 'Unico', and is the national spokesperson for 'I Save America'. hide |
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| For nearly twenty years after his boxing career ended Merle Hench works for Murdoch, the capo of a San Fernando mob outfit. Merle spends his days cracking heads and collecting debts, it is not a job he enjoys. Cool, calm and collected, soft spoken even, Merle's an anachronism, a man out of place and out of time. His Boss thinks Merle has outlived his usefulness and is expendable. So they set him up to take the fall for a multi-million $ heist of a rival mob boss. A habitual gambler on a 20 year losing streak, Merle's luck turns as he survives the trap and winds up with a piece of the take and the girl. Merle might have been content to just disappear and spend his windfall with Jacqueline. But the betrayal of his loyalty for 20 years snapped something inside. Merle Hench, otherwise known as the Butcher is slow to anger yet quick to act, he's learned to live and let live to keep on going, but not this time. Everyone thought his nickname was a joke, what they didn't know was that Merle had a dark side, a secret past that earned that awful name. Merle finds himself in the cross-fire of a gang war, with all the guns aimed at him. It's an all-out race to win his freedom, win the girl and win redemption. They tried to bury him twice, but twice he got away. Underestimating Merle Hench is their biggest mistake and their final career move. Search keywords
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Categories: 2009, Action, Thriller, USA
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| Somewhat fact-based story of the lives and attempted 1962 escape of several inmates in the famous correctional facility. Young inmate Clarence Carnes masterminds a grand escape involving several inmates who have nothing to lose, serving life sentences. Search keywords
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Categories: 1980, Action, Crime, Drama, USA
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| Andrew Dice Clay takes over a hotel during a beauty pagent taking several pagent contestants hostage since one of them is a rich senator's daughter. Shannon Tweed plays the Bruce Willis part. Search keywords
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Categories: 1994, Action, Canada
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| At a July 4 barbecue, gramps tells the kids the story of Michael Malone, a documentary filmmaker and Michael Moore look-alike who hates America and wants to abolish July 4th. He refuses to celebrate with his nephew Josh, who's shipping out soon to the Middle East. That night, Michel has a vision of his hero, JFK, who predicts that three ghosts will visit Michael. Sure enough, General Patton, George Washington, and country music star Trace Adkins visit Michael show him the fruits of patriotism, just wars, and pacifism. Meanwhile, Arab terrorists want Malone to help them with a propaganda film. Is he the next Leni Riefenstahl or will he see the light? Search keywords
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Categories: 2008, Comedy, Fantasy, USA
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| A cold-blooded assassin is out for revenge against an elite corps of Special Crimes Agents headed by Eddie Cook and Vinnie Rizzo. When Cold blooded hit man Makoto escapes from prison, he and his sexy and lethal partner set out to execute the agents who sent them away. As the Special Crimes Agents are systematically gunned down, Cook and Rizzo find themselves in a deadly race to find the assassins and stop the bloodbath. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Action, Japan, Thriller, USA
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| Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) travel to Las Vages to become an exotic dancer- a showgirl. She is doing very well at the beginning, and striding step by step towards the top of the stripper's clubs in Las Vegas. But when she meets a new lead showgirl, named Cristal Conners (Gina Gershon) and they have to work and show together, the competition between those two best showgirls begin. Enthralled by the glamorous life of Las Vegas, Nomi Malone is prepared to do everything to be the leading showgirl, also if some very dirty steps must be taken from her side. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Drama, France, USA
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| Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, Kaminsky must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang. Search keywords
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Categories: 1986, Action, USA
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| Lt. Harrigan (Danny Glover) is a cop fighting the good war against drugs. But recently, the major drug lords have been killed off in a very brutal fashion. His superiors tell him to stay out of it, but Harrigan knows that something is wrong. His instincts are right when he discovers that the person behind the murders is none other than the Predator, the human-hunting alien who likes to make trophies out of his victims' skulls. But how can Harrigan stop the Predator when it can turn invisible and kill him without him knowing it? Search keywords
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Categories: 1990, Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, USA
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| The Goonies are a group of friends living in a village, the groups leader Mikey Walsh, his older brother Brand and gang members Andy, Data, Stef, Mouth, and Chunk are being evicted from their homes which are to be demolished. Setting out to find a way of saving their homes, The Goonies find a treasure map and they set off in search for the treasure of the legendary pirate One-Eyed Willy which is located beneath a abandoned restaurant. Joined by a deformed gentle giant named Sloth, The Goonies embark on a great adventure through a underground maze filled with traps and skeletons, where they are pursued by Sloth's mother, thief Momma Fratelli and his brothers Jake and Francis who are also after One-Eyed Willy's treasure and they willing to get the treasure first. Search keywords
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Categories: 1985, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, USA
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| The policeman of Nova Iorque John McClane, who was police during 11 years, has just brought the Los Angeles near in the Christmas Eva. During last six months, the wife Holly de John and his two children Lucy McClane and John McClane Júnior have been living in Los Angeles without John. In Nova Iorque, the Holly had a good job that was turned into a run, and the Holly was promoted to a powerful position in the Corporation Nakatomi. The promotion asked the Holly to move for Los Angeles to work in the public Square Nakatomi, 40 history building. John stayed in Nova Iorque because he did not think that he would decipher the Holly in Los Angeles, and that she would come tracking him behind in Nova Iorque, so John understood that there was no reason to pack up his things of the movement to Los Angeles. A driver of limousine called Argyle directs John to the public Square Nakatomi, and John heads to the 30th floor, where a party of Christmas is continuing. John enters in an argument with the Holly in the office of his collaborator that Harry Ellis inhales the drug because the Holly uses his name of single woman Gennero instead of the name McClane in his plate identificadora in his office. The holly leaves the room to give a speech. While John is alone in the office, John is lamenting that the argument had happened. Some minutes then, a group of German terrorists driven by Hans Gruber and his man of right hand Karl introduces the building and everyone takes hostage in the 30th floor. John is able to avoid the hostage to be taken because Hans and his men even do not know that John is in the building. John heads to the superior floors, which are still below the construction. Hans takes the chief Joseph Yashinobo Takagi of Holly to an office, where Hans demands that Takagi gives him the key of code of computer that there will allow to Hans and his men to begin to open the safe of the building so they can steal US$ 640,000,000 in negotiable obligations of bearer that are in the safe. Takagi refuses to cooperate with Hans, so Hans kills Takagi, and John witnesses it. Hans says that his expert of technology Theo to begin to influence getting the safe if it opened, and Theo thinks that a couple of hours will be needed to do it. John frantically tries to find a way of alerting the LAPD, carrying out that the principal telephone lines in the building were cut. As soon as the police officers really arrive, they result to be incompetent below the order of the arrogant deputy Dwayne T of the chief. Robinson, so he is up to John to rescue the hostages.
O policial de Nova Iorque John McClane, que esteve policial durante 11 anos, acaba de chegar a Los Angeles no Natal Eva. Durante seis meses passados, a esposa Holly de John e as suas duas crianças Lucy McClane e John McClane Júnior têm vivido em Los Angeles sem John. Em Nova Iorque, o Azevinho tinha um bom emprego que se transformou em uma carreira, e o Azevinho foi promovido a uma posição potente na Corporação Nakatomi. A promoção pediu que o Azevinho se movesse para Los Angeles para trabalhar na Praça pública Nakatomi, 40 edifício de história. John ficou em Nova Iorque porque ele não pensou que o Azevinho o decifraria em Los Angeles, e que ela viria rastejando-lhe atrás em Nova Iorque, portanto John compreendeu que não houve nenhuma razão de empacotar as suas coisas do movimento a Los Angeles. Um motorista de limusine denominado Argyle dirige John à Praça pública Nakatomi, e John encabeça ao 30o soalho, onde um partido de Natal está continuando. John entra em um argumento com o Azevinho no escritório do seu colaborador que inala a droga Harry Ellis porque o Azevinho usa o seu nome de solteira Gennero em vez do nome McClane na sua placa identificadora no seu escritório. O azevinho deixa a sala para dar um discurso. Enquanto John está sozinho no escritório, John está lamentando que o argumento tivesse acontecido. Alguns minutos depois, um grupo de terroristas alemães conduzidos por Hans Gruber e o seu homem de mão direita Karl introduz o edifício e toma todo o mundo refém no 30o soalho. John é capaz de evitar ser tomado o refém porque Hans e os seus homens até não sabem que John está no edifício. John encabeça aos andares superiores, que são ainda abaixo da construção. Hans toma o chefe Joseph Yashinobo Takagi de Azevinho a um escritório, onde Hans exige que Takagi lhe dê a chave de código de computador que permitirá a Hans e os seus homens começar a abrir o cofre do edifício portanto eles podem roubar US$ 640,000,000 em obrigações de portador negociáveis que estão no cofre. Takagi recusa cooperar com Hans, portanto Hans mata Takagi, e John testemunha-o. Hans diz que o seu perito de tecnologia Theo para começar a influir na obtenção do cofre se abriu, e Theo pensa que se precisará de um par de horas para fazê-lo. John freneticamente tenta encontrar um modo de alertar o LAPD, realizando que as linhas telefônicas principais no edifício foram cortadas. Uma vez que as polícias realmente chegam, eles resultam ser incompetentes abaixo da ordem do deputado arrogante Dwayne T do chefe. Robinson, portanto ele está à altura de John para resgatar os reféns. Search keywords
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Categories: 1988, Action, Crime, Thriller, USA
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| When lord of medicament Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) explays his violent revenge on the friend Felix Leiter d' Obligation (David Hedison), 007 resigns from British Secret Service and begins a fierce vendetta against the criminal of master. Obligation will not be satisfied before Sanchez is conquered and to fulfil this purpose it forms an alliance with a nice pilot (Carey Lowell) and a sexy girldfriend of Sanchez (Talisa Soto) itself. But Obligation, relegated to declare status illegal, must struggle against the agents on both sides of law as it discovers the terrifying measure of the resources of its prey. To depress Sanchez, Obligation must survive a hunt of fierce boat, a fight of full flight on the orders of a plane of control and confrontation wrapped by action in the desert of Mexico.
Quand seigneur de médicament Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) exjoue sa vengeance brutale sur l'ami Felix Leiter d'Obligation (David Hedison), 007 démissionne du Service Secret britannique et commence une vendetta féroce contre le criminel de maître. L'obligation ne sera pas satisfaite avant que Sanchez ne soit vaincu et accomplir ce but il s'allie lui-même avec un beau pilote (Carey Lowell) et le girldfriend sexy de Sanchez (Talisa Soto). Mais l'Obligation, reléguée pour déclarer le statut illégale, doit lutter contre les agents des deux côtés de la loi comme il découvre la mesure horrifiante des ressources de sa proie. Pour déprimer Sanchez, l'Obligation doit survivre à une chasse de bateau féroce, une bagarre de plein vol sur les commandes d'un avion du contrôle et une confrontation emballée de l'action dans le désert du Mexique. Search keywords
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Categories: 1989, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, UK, USA
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| The single eternal Lupo plays the comical presenter to the musical actions in its own Italian restaurant 'Serenade Coffee' in New York, but the singer of opera Gina is not entertained, she throws him of his dressing room - more she insults him, crazier the old idiot puts himself on her. To keep him far she insists that his husband must be a singer of opera, then he is easily cheated by Ierra, who it is he who beats itself in with Gina and finishes Lupo to his Italian cahoot, the musical teacher Marcello, for lessons - really he is so bad that even the dog escapes, and after they bribe the local opera to give him a tiny part, the auditorium tortured by the sound chases him for his life. He happens, but it is found and gathered by a family winegrowers, that places in him the trust and a killer voice.
El soltero eterno Lupo juega al presentador cómico a las acciones musicales en su propio restaurante italiano 'Serenata Café' en Nueva York, pero el cantante de ópera Gina no es divertido, ella le lanza de su camerino - más ella le insulta, más loco el viejo tonto se pone sobre ella. Para guardarle lejos ella insiste que su marido debiera ser un cantante de ópera, entonces él es fácilmente engañado por Ierra, quién golpea en con Gina él mismo y despacha Lupo a su cahoot italiano, el profesor musical Marcello, para lecciones - realmente él es tan malo que hasta el perro se escapa, y después de que ellos sobornan la ópera local para darle una parte diminuta, el auditorio torturado por el sonido le persigue para su vida. Él pasa, pero es encontrado y recogido por una familia winegrowers, que le da la confianza y una voz de asesino. Search keywords
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Categories: 2002, Comedy, Romance, USA
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