Robert Costanzo

Robert Costanzo Biography

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

Early life and career

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

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, 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 The Fairly Oddparents, The Zeta Project, House of Mouse, Duckman, Bonkers, and Random! Cartoons, among others. He also did the voice of Detective Harvey Bullock on 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 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.

Also credited as

Robert Castanzo
Robert Constanzo
Robert Costanza
Bobby Costanzo
Bob Costanza
Robert P. Costanzo

Notable roles

Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, and Static Shock - Detective Harvey Bullock
Hannah Montana - Al Blaine, Jersey Guy
Mafia II - Joe Barbaro, Derek Pappalardo
As Told by Ginger - Chief Bob
The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air - Duke
Friends and Joey - Joseph Tribbiani Sr.
Total Recall - Harry
Dick Tracy - Lips' bodyguard
Sewer Shark - Commissioner Stenchler
Man's Best Friend - Detective Frank Kovacs
NYPD Blue - Alfonse Giardella
Castle - Sal
Die Hard 2 - Sgt. Vito Lorenzo
Kingdom Hearts - Filoctetes (Phil)
The Fairly OddParents - Easter Bunny, Big Daddy
Honeymoon in Vegas - Sidney Tomaschefsky
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer - Herb Birnbaum
Forget Paris - Waiter
NCIS NCIS - Jimmy Napolitano

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