Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born April 21, 1939
Reni Santoni (April 21, 1939 – August 1, 2020) was an American film, television and voice actor. Santoni was born in New York City of French and Spanish descent. He began his career in off-Broadway theatre. His first significant film role was an uncredited appearance in the 1964 film The Pawnbroker, starring Rod Steiger, in which he played a junkie trying to sell a radio to the title character, using anti-Semitic slurs that have absolutely no effect. Santoni's first leading role was as the young actor in Carl Reiner's Enter Laughing. His other well-known film roles include Inspector "Chico" González in the 1971 classic Dirty Harry, as Ramon Herrera in the 1983 hit drama Bad Boys, and as detective Tony Gonzales in 1986 action film Cobra. Around that time, he also made guest appearances on television shows such as Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, Hawaii Five-O, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hill Street Blues and Midnight Caller. In 1973, he was a junior partner on, "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law". (Santoni and "Owen Marshall" co-star Lee Majors were born the same week in April 1939). Santoni continued to work in film and television through to the 21st century. Some of his more memorable characterizations include "Poppie," the unhygienic restaurateur on TV's Seinfeld, and "Captain Carlos Rodríguez" in Carl Reiner's comedy film Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reni Santoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TVFranklin & Bash
2011
as Judge Maurice Vincent
TVRaising the Bar
2008
MovieA Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry
2008
as Self
MovieThe Business End: Violence in Cinema
2008
as Self
MovieThe Evolution of Clint Eastwood
2008
as Self
TVFour Kings
2006
as Mr. Hernandez
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Alan Griswold
MovieGang Warz
2004
as Father Luis
TVKingpin
2003
TVAccording to Jim
2001
as Tony
MovieDr. Dolittle 2
2001
as Rat #2 (voice)
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Frank Mejia
TVBull
2000
Movie28 Days
2000
as Daniel
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Clyde Tate
MovieLate Last Night
1999
as Drunk
TVV.I.P.
1998
as Luis Montez
TVJesse
1998
as Pedro Vasquez
MovieDoctor Dolittle
1998
as Rat #1 (Voice)
MovieCan't Hardly Wait
1998
as Cop
MovieMurder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
1997
as Judge Thomas Agajanian
MoviePrivate Parts
1997
as Vallesecca
TVThe Practice
1997
as Roland Mapp
TVDangerous Minds
1996
MovieThe Late Shift
1996
as John Agoglia
TVMurder One
1995
MovieThe Brady Bunch Movie
1995
as Police Officer (uncredited)
TVDave's World
1993
as Mr. Martinez
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Don Carlos del Vega Garcia
MovieGroundhog Day
1993
as State Trooper (voice) (uncredited)
TVRenegade
1992
as Juan Carlos Prieto
MovieOnly You
1992
as Rueben the Bartender
TVDream On
1990
as Mr. Tribbiani
TVCapital News
1990
MovieCat Chaser
1989
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MovieThe Package
1989
as Chicago Police Lieutenant
TVSeinfeld
1989
as Poppie
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Sgt. Lopez
MovieRain Man
1988
as (voice)
TVMurphy's Law
1988
MovieBright Lights, Big City
1988
as Additional Voices (voice)
MovieThe Pick-up Artist
1987
as Man in Train Station
Sanchez of Bel Air
1986
MovieRadioactive Dreams
1986
as 'Red' Hairstylist
MovieCobra
1986
as Sergeant Gonzales
Joe Bash
1986
MovieSecond Serve
1986
as Dr. Roberto Granato
TV227
1985
MovieNo Greater Gift
1985
as Mario Santana
MovieSummer Rental
1985
as Announcer (voice)
MovieBrewster's Millions
1985
as Vin Rapelito
TVMoonlighting
1985
as Señor Arredondo
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Caceras
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Lt. Arturo Dominguez
TVScarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
TVManimal
1983
as Lieutenant Rivera
MovieBad Boys
1983
as Ramon Herrera
MovieDead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as Carlos Rodriguez
TVHill Street Blues
1981
MovieThey Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
as Billy Joe
MovieTarzana
1978
TVLou Grant
1977
as Jim Keenan
TVCHiPs
1977
as Cleo Baxter
MovieI Never Promised You a Rose Garden
1977
as Hobbs
TVCharlie's Angels
1976
as Holder
TVDelvecchio
1976
as George Coletta
MoviePanic on the 5:22
1974
as Emil Linz
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Perry
MovieIndict and Convict
1974
as Mike Belano
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Chip Rawlins
TVThe Rookies
1972
MovieDirty Harry
1971
as Chico
TVOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Danny Paterno
MoviePowderkeg
1971
as Ricardo Sandoval
MovieThe Student Nurses
1970
as Victor Charlie
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Ernie
TVLove, American Style
1969
MovieGuns of the Magnificent Seven
1969
as Max
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Jimmy Rego
MovieAnzio
1968
as Pvt. Movie
A Great Big Thing
1968
as Vinny Shea
MovieEnter Laughing
1967
as David Kolowitz
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Eddie Locke
TVThe Trials of O'Brien
1965
as Leonard
MovieThe Pawnbroker
1965
as Junkie Selling Radio (uncredited)
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieStrangers in the City
1962
as Scrounge
Lamp Unto My Feet
1948
as Youth
