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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 8, 1946
Died
February 6, 2022
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Frankie Pesce
- Franck Pesce
- Frank J. Pesce
Frank Pesce
0.6 Popularity
Biography
Frank Pesce (December 8, 1946 – February 6, 2022) was an American film and television actor. Born in New York City, Pesce was the son of two working-class Italian parents. Pesce started his film career as an extra in The Godfather Part II, and got his first credited role in 1976, in an episode of the television series Police Story. He guest-starred a large number of well-known TV-series, including Knight Rider, Kojak and Matlock, and was a busy character actor in films, notably appearing in Rocky, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop and Flashdance. He wrote the script of the film 29th Street, based on his own autobiographical experiences. He made his last appearance in 2015, in Creed.
Known For
6.4
Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
7.4
Mickey's Gym Doorman
Creed
2015
6.2
Fight Watcher
The Expendables 3
2014
5.3
Frank's Henchman
Reach Me
2014
6.1
Journalist #4
Grudge Match
2013
6.0
Self
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
2013
6.1
Riker's Prison Guard
Tower Heist
2011
5.1
Virgil Jackman
Citizen Jane
2009
5.0
FAA Official Russo
Final Approach
2008
5.9
Rocco Galletta
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
2005
Credits
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018
6.4
Creed
as Mickey's Gym Doorman
2015
7.4
The Expendables 3
as Fight Watcher
2014
6.2
Reach Me
as Frank's Henchman
2014
5.3
Grudge Match
as Journalist #4
2013
6.1
The Outsider: The Cinema of Antonio Margheriti
as Self
2013
6.0
Tower Heist
as Riker's Prison Guard
2011
6.1
Citizen Jane
as Virgil Jackman
2009
5.1
Final Approach
as FAA Official Russo
2008
5.0
Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part
as Rocco Galletta
2005
5.9
The Whole Ten Yards
as Policeman #1
2004
5.7
On the Edge
as Bo
2002
2.3
The Joe Spinell Story
as Self
2001
5.1
Double Take
as Vito
2001
5.5
Black and White
as Joey
1999
4.6
The Tony Danza Show
as Guy
1997
4.7
Night Vision
as Mike Mahoney
1997
5.2
Donnie Brasco
as Wiseguy
1997
7.5
Uncle Sam
as Barker
1996
4.8
Original Gangstas
as Detective Waits
1996
5.6
The Cottonwood
1996
0.0
The Single Guy
as Cabbie
1995
5.0
Trapped in Paradise
as Caesar Spinoz
1994
5.6
Seduce Me: Pamela Principle 2
as Ralph
1994
3.9
Ice
as Mobster
1994
4.0
Another Midnight Run
as Vito
1994
6.5
Mirror Images II
as Clerk
1993
3.9
South Beach
1993
2.8
Blindsided
as Detective
1993
3.0
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
as Rehab Patient
1993
5.7
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
as Tribble
1992
5.2
The Pamela Principle
as Eddie Breeding
1992
3.9
In the Shadow of a Killer
as Torelli
1992
1.0
29th Street
as Vito Pesce
1991
7.0
Steel and Lace
as Patroni
1991
4.8
Maniac Cop 2
as Strip Club M.C.
1990
5.9
Bar Girls
as Joe
1990
0.0
Relentless
as Marra
1989
5.3
Lock Up
as Johnson
1989
6.8
Hit List
as Quigley
1989
6.0
The Cover Girl and the Cop
as Assistant Director
1989
3.0
Cameron's Closet
as Ed Wallace
1988
4.7
Midnight Run
as Carmine
1988
7.2
Maniac Cop
as Watchman
1988
6.1
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Carlotta
1987
6.5
The Messenger
as Man 1
1986
4.7
Hollywood Harry
as Peter the Producer
1986
2.0
Top Gun
as Bartender
1986
7.1
Matlock
as Bailiff
1986
7.1
Beverly Hills Cop
as Cigarette Buyer
1984
7.2
Miami Vice
as Benny
1984
7.5
Airwolf
as Ray
1984
7.6
Blue Thunder
as Guard / Gunner
1984
6.9
Emergency Room
as Dusted Man
1983
0.0
Eureka
as Stefano
1983
5.3
Flashdance
as Mawby's Regular
1983
6.5
The Big Score
as J.C.
1983
5.0
Vigilante
as Blueboy
1983
6.2
Knight Rider
as Director
1982
7.5
Young Doctors in Love
as The Gangsters - Rocco
1982
5.2
The Greatest American Hero
as Bartender
1981
7.2
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
6.8
Maniac
as T.V. Reporter (voice)
1980
6.4
Defiance
as Herbie
1980
6.3
American Gigolo
as Suspect #4
1980
6.2
Killer Fish
as Warren
1979
4.6
Tilt
as Rock Manager (Carrots)
1979
5.0
Paradise Alley
as Skinny the Hand
1978
5.8
Sorcerer
as Married Man (uncredited)
1977
7.4
Rocky
as Spectator (uncredited)
1976
7.8
Kojak
as Jerry Gerson
1973
7.0
Kojak
as Spencer
1973
7.0