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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 14, 1952
Died
June 11, 1993
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Ray Sharkey
0.6 Popularity
Biography
Raymond Sharkey Jr. (November 14, 1952 – June 11, 1993) was an American stage, film and television actor. His most notable film role was Vincent Vacarri in the 1980 film The Idolmaker, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his role as Sonny Steelgrave in the television series Wiseguy.
Known For
4.5
Vinnie Fountain
Cop & ½
1993
5.0
Det. Victor Tomasino
In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992
5.6
Richard
Zebrahead
1992
3.1
Stoneface
Round Trip to Heaven
1992
3.8
Gabe Ricci
Chrome Soldiers
1992
5.4
Kyle Valsone
Dead On: Relentless II
1992
🎬
6.0
The Man in the Family
1991
3.4
Warden Hayes
Caged Fear
1991
3.0
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
4.1
Capra
The Rain Killer
1990
Credits
Cop & ½
as Vinnie Fountain
1993
4.5
In the Line of Duty: Street War
as Det. Victor Tomasino
1992
5.0
Zebrahead
as Richard
1992
5.6
Round Trip to Heaven
as Stoneface
1992
3.1
Chrome Soldiers
as Gabe Ricci
1992
3.8
Dead On: Relentless II
as Kyle Valsone
1992
5.4
🎬
The Man in the Family
1991
6.0
Caged Fear
as Warden Hayes
1991
3.4
The Cops Are Robbers
1990
3.0
The Rain Killer
as Capra
1990
4.1
The Take
as Dennis
1990
0.0
🎬
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
as Silva
1990
6.0
The Neon Empire
as Junior Molov
1989
5.5
The Neon Empire
as Junior Molov
1989
0.0
Wired
as Angel Velasquez
1989
3.4
Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
as Frank
1989
5.3
The Revenge of Al Capone
as Scarface
1989
5.8
Act of Piracy
as Jack Wilcox
1988
3.3
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.2
Wiseguy
1987
6.5
Wiseguy: Pilot
as Sonny Steelgrave
1987
0.0
P.I. Private Investigations
as Ryan
1987
4.8
No Mercy
as Angles Ryan
1986
5.8
Crime Story
as US Atty. Harry Breitel
1986
8.0
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
as Grand Vizier
1986
5.8
Wise Guys
as Marco
1986
5.4
92 Grosvenor Street
1985
0.0
The Equalizer
as Geoffery Dryden
1985
7.1
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
6.8
Hellhole
as Silk
1985
4.8
Body Rock
as Terrence
1984
3.3
Miami Vice
as Bobby Profile
1984
7.5
Du-beat-e-o
as duBEAT-e-o
1984
1.0
The Hitchhiker
as Eric Coleman
1983
6.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Grand Vizier
1982
8.1
Some Kind of Hero
as Sgt. Vinnie DiAngelo
1982
5.5
Regina Roma
as Carry
1982
0.0
The Ordeal of Bill Carney
as Bill Carney
1981
0.0
Love & Money
as Byron Levin
1981
4.6
The Idolmaker
as Vincent 'Vinnie' Vacarri
1980
5.4
Willie & Phil
as Phil D'Amico
1980
4.1
Heart Beat
as Ira (based on Allen Ginsberg)
1980
5.5
Paradise Alley
as Legs
1978
5.8
Who'll Stop the Rain
as Smitty
1978
6.5
Stunts
as Paul Salerno
1977
4.9
Hot Tomorrows
as Louis
1977
6.0
Trackdown
as Flash
1976
4.8
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Barney Miller
as David Salas
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Hold-Up Man
1975
7.3
The Jeffersons
as Robert Phelps
1975
7.3
Kojak
as Gallagher (uncredited)
1973
7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.0
All in the Family
as Man At Clinic (uncredited)
1971
7.8