Robert Costanzo

Robert Costanzo
Born	Robert Jason Costanzo (1942-10-20) October 20, 1942 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other names	Robert Castanzo Robert Constanzo Robert Costanza Rob Constanza Bobby Costanzo Bob Costanza Robert P. Costanzo Bob Castanze
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present

Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American film, television and voice actor. He has an acting career spanning over forty years and is often found playing surly New York City types such as crooks, low-level workers and policemen, and mixes both drama and comedy roles. He is also a prominent voice actor and often serves as a voice double for Danny DeVito.

Early life

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of actor Carmine Constanzo.

Career

His first role was in the 1975 movie Dog Day Afternoon playing a cop, although this was an uncredited part. This was followed by a role as a paint store customer in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever. Other movie roles include Total Recall, Die Hard 2, Dick Tracy, City Slickers, and Down and Derby. His television appearances are varied, with him appearing in Boston Legal, Hannah Montana, Friends and Joey as the father of main character Joey Tribbiani, Days of Our Lives, The Golden Girls and numerous other series. He also starred as Commissioner Stenchler in the Sega CD game Sewer Shark.

He is also a cartoon voice actor and has done voices on shows including Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series, The Fairly OddParents, The Zeta Project, Disney's House of Mouse, Duckman, Bonkers, and Random! Cartoons, among others. He also did the voice of Detective Harvey Bullock in the DC animated universe, consisting of Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures and Static Shock, as well as in the theatrical release Mask of the Phantasm, and the video releases Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, and Mystery of the Batwoman. He also played a vocal role in the 2006 video game The Sopranos: Road to Respect as Angelo and in the 2010 video game Mafia II as Joe Barbaro and Frederico "Fat Derek" Pappalardo.

He played softball in Los Angeles with actors Bruno Kirby and Leo Rossi in the late 1970s.

He returned to the role of Harvey Bullock for the release of Batman: Arkham Origins in 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Dog Day Afternoon	New York Policeman	Uncredited
1977	Between the Lines	Austin's Men
	The Goodbye Girl	Liquor Store Salesman
	Saturday Night Fever	Paint Store Customer
1978	Bloodbrothers	Vic
1980	Fatso	Johnny
1982	Shoot the Moon	Leo Spinelli
1983	The Star Chamber	Sgt. Spota
	Two of a Kind	Captain Cinzari
1984	Up the Creek	Campus Guard Charlie
1986	The Lightship	Stump
	The Boss' Wife	Eddie
1990	Total Recall	Harry
	Dick Tracy	Lips' Bodyguard
	Die Hard 2	Sgt. Vito Lorenzo
	Masters of Menace	Pilot
1991	Delusion	Myron Sales
	City Slickers	Sal
1992	Unlawful Entry	Bail Bondsman
	Honeymoon in Vegas	Sidney Tomashefsky
1993	The Cemetery Club	Morty
	Relentless 3	Roy Kalewsky	Direct-to-video
	Man's Best Friend	Detective Kovacs
	Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	Detective Harvey Bullock	Voice
1994	North	Al
1995	Dream a Little Dream 2	Mr. McVie	Direct-to-video
	For Better or Worse	Ranzier
	Forget Paris	Waiter
1996	Underworld	Stan
1997	Lunker Lake	Weasel Swindell
	Wounded	Stu Sachen
1998	Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero	Detective Harvey Bullock	Voice Direct-to-video
	Hoods	Mario
	Air Bud: Golden Receiver	Coach Fanelli
	With Friends Like These...	Johnny DiMartino
1999	The 4th Floor	Exterminator
2000	The Last Producer	Moogian
	Wannabes	Mr. Letto
2002	The Rose Technique	Vince Trane	Direct-to-video
2003	Carolina	Perfect Date Contestant
	Alex & Emma	Bus Driver
	Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman	Detective Harvey Bullock	Voice Direct-to-video
2005	Down and Derby	Claude
	In the Mix	Fat Tony
2007	Urban Decay	Fetz
2008	The Flyboys	Carmine
	The Big Shot-Caller	Rudy Lessor
2010	Undisputed III: Redemption	Farnatti	Direct-to-video
2011	Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer	Mr. Birnbaum
2012	Foodfight!	Maximilius Moose	Voice
2013	Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn	Lenny Leone
2015	Last Days of Coney Island	Max	Voice Short film
2016	Stevie D	Tony Muccerino
2018	Frank and Ava	Willie
2019	Beast Mode	Chrome Mangle
	El Coyote	Giovanni Fransesco
2020	Snowbird	Bud	Short film, pre-production
TBA	Dutch	Fat Tony Cerone	Completed
TBA	Respect the Jux	Porn King	Post-production
TBA	Golden and Gone	Blind Louis	Announced

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977–82	Barney Miller	Bill Kerlin, Ed Foronjy, Vincent Thorndyke	3 episodes
1978	Rhoda	Male Student	Episode: "Rhoda Cheats"
	The Bob Newhart Show	Sal Petrone	Episode: "Crisis in Education"
	Baretta	Kresler	Episode: "Woman Trouble"
1978–79	Joe & Valerie	Vincent Pizo	6 episodes
1978–83	Alice	Lenny, Male Customer	3 episodes
1979	Lou Grant	Tannenberg	Episode: "Romance"
1979–80	The Last Resort	Murray	15 episodes
1979–81	The White Shadow	Mr. Pettrino	4 episodes
1981	Soap	Carny	1 episode
	Charlie's Angels	Mac Gossett	Episode: "Taxi Angels"
	Checking In	Hank Sabatino	4 episodes
1982	Million Dollar Infield	Artie Levitas	Television film
	It's a Living	Vinnie the Hat	Episode: "Horsing Around"
	Police Squad!	Leo	Episode: "Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)"
1982, 1986	Cagney & Lacey	Scafali, Monk	2 episodes
1982–88	St. Elsewhere	Mr. Broadwater	3 episodes
1983	Gimme a Break!	Mr. Brandt	Episode: "Glenlawn Street Blues"
	Blood Feud	Rocky	Television film
	We Got It Made	Mike	Episode: "David's Birthday"
1984	The New Mike Hammer	Ari Artel	Episode: "Seven Dead Eyes"
	Hill Street Blues	Lester Franco	3 episodes
	Hunter	Benny	Episode: "Flight on a Dead Pigeon"
	Who's the Boss?	Robaire	Episode: "Dinner for Two"
	The Vegas Strip War	Stan Markham	Television film
1984–87	Family Ties	Various	5 episodes
1984	The Ratings Game	Nunzio	Television film
1985	The Fall Guy	Duke	Episode: "Split Image"
	Street Hawk	Phil Simkins	Episode: "Follow the Yellow Gold Road"
	The Twilight Zone	Joe Rubello	Episode: "Healer/Children's Zoo/Kentucky Rye"
	Stir Crazy	Coach Lou Paterno	Episode: "The Football Story"
1986	ALF	Bert	Episode: "Baby, You Can Drive My Car"
	You Again?	Cop	Episode: "Good Neighbors"
1986–87	L.A. Law	Vinnie La Rosa	3 episodes
1986–95	Murder, She Wrote	Det. Lt. Greco, Freddie, Rudlfo Petrocelli	3 episodes
1987	Charles in Charge	Hank Holloway	Episode: "Feud for Thought"
	She's the Sheriff	Frankie Fontaine	Episode: "Mokey Business"
	Night Court	Santa	Episode: "Let It Snow"
1988	Tales from the Darkside	Vincent Dessari	Episode: "The Deal"
	Duet	Marty	Episode: "No Reservations"
	The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick	Sid	Television film
	Annie McGuire	Officer Murphy	Episode: "The Hold-Up"
	Day by Day	Max	Episode: "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"
1989	Columbo	Sgt. Russo	Episode: "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine"
	Quantum Leap	Chuck Thompson	Episode: "Camikazi Kid - June 6, 1961"
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Slade Bender	Episode: "Manhunt"
1989–90	The Tracy Ullman Show	Big Tony Manetti	2 episodes
1990	Glory Days	Lt. V.T. Krantz	6 episodes
	The Golden Girls	Coach Odlivak	Episode: "Feelings"
	Uncle Buck	Bernie	Episode: "Fire Sale"
1991	Sisters	Sidney Getz	Episode: "80%"
	Sibs	Leo	Episode: "Audie's Bad Day"
	Growing Pains	Ernie	Episode: "The Young and the Homeless"
1992	Maid for Each Other	Lt. Jardine	Television film
	On the Air	Plumber	1 episode
	Brooklyn Bridge	Mr. Cavaretti	2 episodes
	Jack's Place	Moe Jablonski	Episode: "Forever"
	Bodies of Evidence	Detective Alfie	Episode: "The Cold Light of Day"
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Clarence the Angel (voice)	Episode: "It's a Totally Happening Life"
	Civil Wars	DeRubumpre	Episode: "A Partridge in a Pair's Tree"
1992–95	Batman: The Animated Series	Detective Harvey Bullock (voice)	21 episodes
1993	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Mr. Healy	Episode: "Eleven Angry People... and Vinnie"
	Almost Home	Big Bob Petrelli	Episode: "Bowling for Daddies"
	Bonkers	Crunchy Potato Chip (voice)	Episode: "Springtime for the Iguana"
	NYPD Blue	Alfonse Giardella	6 episodes
	The Mommies	Santa #2	Episode: "Christmas"
	Empty Nest	Millard	Episode: "Read All About It"
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Bobby Rebetta	Episode: "Shaker"
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Duke	Episode: "The Philadelphia Story"
1994–95	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Louie, Gun Shop Owner	2 episodes
1995	Santo Bugito	Fingers (voice)	Episode: "Load 'O Bees"
	Friends	Joey Tribbiani, Sr.	Episode: "The One with the Boobies"
	Platypus Man	Sal	Episode: "Lou's the Boss"
1995–96	Charlie Grace	Artie Crawford	9 episodes
1996	Duckman	Additional Voices	Episode: "A Room with a Bellevue"
	Mad About You	Door Guy	Episode: "Hot & Cold"
	Partners	Max Lobster	Episode: "You Quit?"
	Townies	Mr. Rosano	Episode: "The Life of Ryan"
1997	Superman: The Animated Series	Detective Harvey Bullock (voice)	Episode: "World's Finest"
	Kenan & Kel	Mr. Maniaci	Episode: "Safe and Sorry"
	Murphy Brown	Dry Cleaner	Episode: "Oh, Danny Boy"
	The Nanny	Juror #4	Episode: "Samson, He Denied Her"
	Party of Five	Arnie Horn	Episode: "Hitting Bottom"
	Caroline in the City	Tony	Episode: "Caroline and the Ombudsman"
	Rugrats	Vinnie (voice)	Episode: "The Mattress/Looking for Jack"
	Teen Angel	Uncle Lou	Episode: "Steve & Marty & Jordan & Uncle Lou"
1997–98	The New Batman Adventures	Detective Harvey Bullock (voice)	8 episodes
1998	Police Academy	Marcus Erroneous	Episode: "Angel on My Back"
	The Tony Danza Show	Charlie Falcone	Episode: "C'gar Face"
	Early Edition	Sal	Episode: "Blackout"
	The Magical World of Walt Disney	Philoctetes "Phil" (voice)	Recurring cast
1998–99	Hercules	Philoctetes "Phil" (voice)	29 episodes
1999	DiResta	Vic DiResta	5 episodes
	Ally McBeal	George Chisholm	Episode: "Civil War"
	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	Mr. Orvetti (voice)	Episode: "The Mindkiller"
	Cousin Skeeter	Mr. Schinkenslayer	Episode: "Two Men and a Baby Pig"
2000	G vs E	Dino Corfu	Episode: "Wonderful Life"
	Falcone	Jackie Savino	Episode: "Lealta"
	Bull	Pete	Episode: "To Have and to Hold"
	Norm	Tony DiBenedetto	Episode: "Norm vs. the Sacrifice"
2000-2006	Family Guy	Biff, Louie Anderson, Danny DeVito (voices)	2 episodes
2001	Kate Brasher	Larry	Episode: "Kate"
	61*	Toots Shor	Television film
	Going to California	Al Weeks	Episode: "Hurricane Al: A Tale of Key Largo"
	Providence	Carlo	Episode: "Best Man"
	Call Me Claus	Teamster Santa	Television film
2001-2003	The Fairly OddParents	Easter Bunny (voice)	2 episodes
2002	As Told by Ginger	Chef Bob (voice)	Episode: "Fast Reputation"
	The Zeta Project	Titus Sweete (voice)	2 episodes
	Disney's House of Mouse	Philoctetes "Phil" (voice)	Episode: "Donald Wants to Fly"
	Bram & Alice	Buddy Royal	Episode: "Paul-Pot"
2003	Static Shock	Detective Harvey Bullock (voice)	Episode: "Hard as Nails"
	Mickeypalooza	Philoctetes "Phil" (voice)	Television special
	ER	Pernicious Anemia Man	Episode: "No Strings Attached"
2004	Rock Me Baby	Franco	Episode: "Look Who's Talking"
	Helter Skelter	Leno LaBianca	Television film
	NCIS	Jimmy "Jimmy Naps" Napolitano	Episode: "The Bone Yard"
	Will & Grace	Paul	2 episodes
2005	CSI: NY	Frank Meadows	Episode: "Recycling"
	Mind of Mencia	Italian Man	1 episode
	The Young and the Restless	Hotel Desk Clerk	1 episode
2006	Joey	Joseph "Joey" Tribbiani, Sr.	Episode: "Joey and the Dad"
2006–10	Days of Our Lives	Salvatore "Sal" Bandino, Motel Clerk	8 episodes
2007	Dirt	Tony	Episode: "The Thing Under the Bed"
	Boston Legal	Wayne Picker	Episode: "Duck and Cover"
2007, 2010	Hannah Montana	Al Blaine, Jersey Guy	2 episodes
2008	The Spectacular Spider-Man	Sullivan Edwards (voice)	Episode: "Intervention"
2009	Random! Cartoons	Bossman (voice)	Episode: "Flavio"
	Reno 911!	Don Bronzoni	Episode: "Dangle's Murder Mystery: Part 1"
	Castle	Sal Tenor	Episode: "A Death in the Family"
2013	Kickin' It	Harvey	Episode: "Queen of Karts"
2015	About a Boy	Dennis the Deceiver	Episode: "About a Babymoon"
2016	2 Broke Girls	Luigi	Episode: "And the Show and Don't Tell"
	Modern Family	Earl Chambers	Episode: "Halloween IV: Revenge of Rod Skyhook"
2017	9JKL	Massimo	Episode: "High Steaks"
2018	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Big Cheese (voice)	Episode: "Action News"
	Champions	Uncle Bud	8 episodes
2019	9-1-1	Jack Kramer	Episode: "Kids Today"
2020	Just Roll with It	Joey Coconuts	Episode: "The Great Coconuts Caper"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1992	Sewer Shark	Stenchler
1994	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Detective Harvey Bullock
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Philoctetes "Phil"
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Philoctetes "Phil"
2006	The Sopranos: Road to Respect	Angelo
2010	Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep	Philoctetes "Phil"
2010	Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight	Additional Voices
2010	Mafia II	Joe Barbaro, Derek Pappalardo
2013	Batman: Arkham Origins	Detective Harvey Bullock
2018	Thief of Thieves	Geoffredo Rotolo

External links

• Robert Costanzo at IMDb
• Robert Costanzo at the Internet Broadway Database