Frank Vincent

Biography: New Jersey-born character actor Frank Vincent is best known for playing threatening thugs and gangsters, but he actually started out working with Joe Pesci as a comedy duo during the early '70s. Before that, Pesci and Vincent had worked together in a honky tonk band, the Aristocrats, in which Pesci sang lead and Vincent played the drums. The duo broke up in 1975, but not before landing supporting roles as gangsters in the low-budget crime drama Death Collector. Afterward, Vincent disappeared from the entertainment industry until 1978, when he again encountered Pesci, who helped him land the part of Salvi, the gangster whom Pesci badly beats in Martin Scorsese's epic biography Raging Bull (1980). The former duo subsequently teamed in Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982), Scorsese's GoodFellas (1990), where Pesci gave Vincent a fatal beating, and in Casino, where the worm turned and Vincent got to kill Pesci. Vincent found fairly steady employment playing small supporting roles in films ofNew Jersey-born character actor Frank Vincent is best known for playing threatening thugs and gangsters, but he actually started out working with Joe Pesci as a comedy duo during the early '70s. Before that, Pesci and Vincent had worked together in a honky tonk band, the Aristocrats, in which Pesci sang lead and Vincent played the drums. The duo broke up in 1975, but not before landing supporting roles as gangsters in the low-budget crime drama Death Collector. Afterward, Vincent disappeared from the entertainment industry until 1978, when he again encountered Pesci, who helped him land the part of Salvi, the gangster whom Pesci badly beats in Martin Scorsese's epic biography Raging Bull (1980). The former duo subsequently teamed in Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982), Scorsese's GoodFellas (1990), where Pesci gave Vincent a fatal beating, and in Casino, where the worm turned and Vincent got to kill Pesci. Vincent found fairly steady employment playing small supporting roles in films of widely varying quality through the early '90s. After appearing in Alan Rudolph's Mortal Thoughts and Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991), Vincent began getting larger screen roles. Expand

Frank Vincent's Scores

Average career score: 62
Highest Metascore: 92 Goodfellas
Lowest Metascore: 32 Snipes
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 3 out of 11
11 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
36 A Tale of Two Pizzas Oct 7, 2005 Frank Bianco / Frank Bianco tbd
36 This Thing of Ours Jul 18, 2003 Danny Santini / Danny Santini 7.8
32 Snipes Sep 20, 2002 Johnnie Marandino 7.5
tbd Under Hellgate Bridge May 11, 2001 Big Sal / Big Sal tbd
64 Cop Land Aug 15, 1997 PDA President Lassaro / PDA President Lassaro tbd
53 She's the One Aug 23, 1996 Ron / Ron tbd
73 Casino Nov 22, 1995 Frank Marino / Frank Marino tbd
78 Jungle Fever Jun 7, 1991 Mike Tucci / Mike Tucci 6.4
65 Mortal Thoughts Apr 19, 1991 Dominic Marino tbd
92 Goodfellas Sep 1, 1990 Billy Batts / Billy Batts tbd
62 Wise Guys Apr 18, 1986 Louie Fontucci tbd
90 Raging Bull Nov 14, 1980 Salvy / Salvy tbd