Reni Santoni
Acting
Born: April 21, 1939 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: August 1, 2020 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Groundhog Day
1993
Rain Man
1988
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Dirty Harry
1971
Seinfeld
1989
Cobra
1986
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
28 Days
2000
Quantum Leap
1989
Brewster's Millions
1985
Photos (2)
Movies (38)
Groundhog Day
State Trooper (voice) (uncredited)
Rain Man
(voice)
Doctor Dolittle
Rat #1 (Voice)
Cobra
Sergeant Gonzales
Dirty Harry
Chico
Bad Boys
Ramon Herrera
Dr. Dolittle 2
Rat #2 (voice)
Brewster's Millions
Vin Rapelito
The Package
Chicago Police Lieutenant
28 Days
Daniel
Private Parts
Vallesecca
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Carlos Rodriguez
The Brady Bunch Movie
Police Officer (uncredited)
Can't Hardly Wait
Cop
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Max
Summer Rental
Announcer (voice)
The Pick-up Artist
Man in Train Station
Bright Lights, Big City
Additional Voices (voice)
Powderkeg
Ricardo Sandoval
The Pawnbroker
Junkie Selling Radio (uncredited)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Hobbs
Anzio
Pvt. Movie
The Late Shift
John Agoglia
Cat Chaser
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Student Nurses
Victor Charlie
Only You
Rueben the Bartender
Enter Laughing
David Kolowitz
Second Serve
Dr. Roberto Granato
Radioactive Dreams
'Red' Hairstylist
Indict and Convict
Mike Belano
Late Last Night
Drunk
No Greater Gift
Mario Santana
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
Judge Thomas Agajanian
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Billy Joe
Gang Warz
Father Luis
Strangers in the City
Scrounge
Panic on the 5:22
Emil Linz
Tarzana
1978
TV Shows (48)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Frank Mejia · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Alan Griswold · 1 eps
Seinfeld
Poppie · 5 eps
Miami Vice
Lt. Arturo Dominguez · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Caceras · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Juan Ramos · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Jimmy Rego · 1 eps
Quantum Leap
Sgt. Lopez · 2 eps
The Practice
Roland Mapp · 2 eps
Hill Street Blues
2 eps
Hill Street Blues
Danny Santana · 2 eps
Judging Amy
Clyde Tate · 1 eps
The Rockford Files
Perry · 2 eps
V.I.P.
Luis Montez · 1 eps
Love, American Style
1 eps
Charlie's Angels
Holder · 1 eps
Moonlighting
Señor Arredondo · 1 eps
According to Jim
Tony · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Don Carlos del Vega Garcia · 1 eps
Franklin & Bash
Judge Maurice Vincent · 1 eps
Renegade
Juan Carlos Prieto · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Chip Rawlins · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Tony Santos · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Eddie Locke · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Harry Scheller · 1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
Lou Grant
Jim Keenan · 1 eps
The Odd Couple
Ernie · 1 eps
Murder One
2 eps
Murder One
Judge Thomas Agajanian · 3 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Dream On
Mr. Tribbiani · 1 eps
227
1 eps
Dave's World
Mr. Martinez · 1 eps
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Danny Paterno · 69 eps
Raising the Bar
1 eps
CHiPs
Cleo Baxter · 1 eps
Jesse
Pedro Vasquez · 1 eps
Bull
1 eps
Dangerous Minds
1 eps
Manimal
Lieutenant Rivera · 8 eps
Delvecchio
George Coletta · 1 eps
Four Kings
Mr. Hernandez · 1 eps
Kingpin
1 eps
The Trials of O'Brien
Leonard · 1 eps
Murphy's Law
1 eps
Capital News
1 eps
Joe Bash
1 eps
