Film Career
He is frequently cast in "tough guy" roles such as criminals or law enforcement officers. He has appeared in many films such as the deformed mobster Flattop in Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty, and as crime racket leaders such as Richie Madano in the 1991 Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice. He also portrayed organized crime figure Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the HBO telefilm Gotti. He portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy his last year on death row. The film was released in 2010.He also appeared in Raising Arizona.
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