Dennis Farina

Dennis Farina was an ItalianAmerican actor of film and television and former Chicago police officer. He was a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer. His most known film roles are those of mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run and Ray Bones Barboni in Get Shorty. He starred on television as Lieutenant Mike Torello on Crime Story and as NYPD Detective Joe Fontana on Law amp Order. He also hosted and narrated a revived version of Unsolved Mysteries. His last major television role was in HBOs Luck, which premiered on January 29, 2012.

Farina was born in Chicago, Illinois, to SicilianAmerican parents Joseph Farina, a doctor, and his wife Yolanda Donati. His father was from Villalba, Sicily. He had three brothers and three sisters.

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