Actor, writer and director Chazz Palminteri wrote his own ticket to the top with his one-man stage play “A... (Learn more)
Top Projects: Kojak (USA), The Usual Suspects, Analyze This (View All)
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Chazz Palminteri’s Milestones
| After high school worked as a nightclub singer | |
| Made directorial debut with "Oooph!" (lensed 2001) for Showtime | |
| Worked as a doorman at the New York nightclub, The Limelight; met his future producer Peter Gatien, owner of The Limelight in the mid-1980s | |
| Worked in Off-Broadway productions | |
| 1986 | Moved to L.A. |
| 1986 | TV acting debut in an episode of "Hill Street Blues" |
| 1988 | First production of "A Bronx Tale", a one-man show that ran at the West Coast Ensemble theater; produced by Peter Gatien |
| 1988 | Wrote first stage version of "A Bronx Tale" |
| 1989 | Feature acting debut, "An Even Break" |
| 1989 | Moved the show to New York, where it ran for four months at Playhouse 91 |
| 1989 | TV-movie debut, "Peter Gunn" |
| 1993 | First film in a lead role, also screenwriting debut, "A Bronx Tale" |
| 1995 | First romantic lead, "The Perez Family" |
| 1997 | Underwent surgery to remove cancerous tumor from his neck |
| 1998 | Appeared in the ensemble drama "Hurlyburly" |
| 1999 | Directed an episode of HBO's "Oz" |
| 1999 | Starred as a zealous prosecutor in the HBO original movie "Excellent Cadavers" |
| 1999 | Supported Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro in "Analyze This" |
| 2001 | Headlined the TNT original drama "Boss of Bosses", playing real-life mobster Paul Castellano |
| 2003 | Cast in the feature "Poolhall Junkies" |
| 2005 | Cast opposite Ving Rhames in the USA series "Kojack" a remake of the original 70's series, which starred Telly Savalas |
| 2005 | Played a mob boss opposite Usher in Ron Underwood's crime drama "In The Mix" |
| 2006 | Co-wrote the screenplay for "10th and Wolf," which is based on the real life events of Joseph Pistone aka Donnie Brasco |
| 2006 | Played a detective in Wayne Kramer's "Running Scared" |
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