Robert LaSardo
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| Born | Robert LaSardo September 20, 1963 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
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Robert LaSardo (born September 20, 1963) is an American actor.
LaSardo was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career studying at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, before going on to the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Robert also spent four years in the U.S. Navy, spending two of those years handling Navy attack dogs in the Aleutian Islands.
LaSardo has extensive chest, neck, and arm tattoos. He is an Italian American, although he is often cast as a Latino or Latin-American character, and usually as a criminal or gang member.
[edit] Selected filmography
- China Girl (1987) as Carlo Forza
- Moving (1988) as Perry
- Short Circuit 2 (1988) as Spooky
- Ich und Er (1988) as Tony
- Rooftops (1989) as Blade
- True Blood (1989) as Luis
- Renegades (1989) as Skinhead
- Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989) as 1st Mugger
- Hard to Kill (1990) as Punk
- The King of New York (1990) as Gang member
- Out for Justice (1991) as Bochi
- The Professional (1994) He played a drug dealer that Leon shoots when teaching Mathilda how to be a cleaner. However, the scene was cut from the final movie and can only be seen in the full version of the film. Unfortunately, the full version is not sold in the UK due to censorship over the portrayal of Leon's and Mathilda's relationship in the cut scenes.[citation needed]
- Jimmy Hollywood (1994) as ATM Robber
- Blood Run (1994) as Spike
- Drop Zone (1994) as Deputy Dog
- Waterworld (1995) as Smitty
- Tiger Heart (1996) as Paulo
- Strangeland (1998) as Matt Myers
- In Too Deep (1999) as Felipe Batista
- Blue Streak (1999) as twitchy suspect, knocked down Luke Wilson in police station
- Bubble Boy (2001) as a motorcyclist
- In Hell (2003) as Usup, a leader of a prison gang.
- Dirty (2005) as Roland
- Never Down (2007) as Rico, Directed by Robert Oppel and Written by Robert LaSardo
- Half Past Dead 2 (2007) as Rivera
- Death Race (2008) as Grimm
- Tortured (2008) as Mo
[edit] Television
- China Beach (1989–1990) as Cpl. Jesus 'Answer Man' Zappara (5 episodes)
- NYPD Blue (1993–2003) as Freddie Ascencion / Hector Acevedo / Kiki / Luis Hernandez (4 episodes)
- Renegade (1994–1997) as Scott Zane / Felipe / Victor (4 episodes)
- Pacific Blue (1996–2000) as Adam Beckwith (2 episodes)
- Nash Bridges (1996–2000) as Baby Boy Doe / Doyle (2 episodes)
- Murder One (1997) as Osvaldo Cesarus (2 episodes)
- Martial Law (1999) as Hector Flores (2 episodes)
- VIP (1999–2002) as New World Order Leader (3 episodes)
- Nip/Tuck (2003–2010) as Escobar Gallardo (10 episodes)
- Sex, Love & Secrets (2005) as Arturo (3 episodes)
- General Hospital (2005–2007) as Manny Ruiz (28 episodes)
- Ghost Whisperer (2005) as Julian Borgia (2 episodes)
- "Bones" (2006) as Miguel Villeda (1 episode)
- CSI: Miami (2006–2011) as Memmo Fierro a member of the Mala Noche Gang (5 episodes)
- Femme Fatales (2011) as the enjured psychopath (1 episode)
