Mike Starr (actor)

Mike Starr
Born	Michael Starr July 29, 1950 (1950-07-29) (age 61) Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present

Michael "Mike" Starr (born July 29, 1950) is an American actor. Starr is notable for his large size, standing 6 ft 3 1/2 in (192 cm), and has typically been typecast as thugs or henchmen.

Starr was born in Flushing, Queens, New York to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father. A graduate of Hofstra University, he and his family reside in Riverdale, New York. His older brother Beau Starr is also an actor.^[1]

He has featured in notable films such as Goodfellas, The Bodyguard, Ed Wood, Miller's Crossing, Jersey Girl, Dumb and Dumber (in a rare comedic turn), and The Ice Harvest.

Filmography

Cruising (1980) Bushido Blade (1981) The Natural (1984) The Last Dragon (1984) Cat's Eye (1985) The Protector (1985) The Money Pit (1986) Off Beat (1986) Violets Are Blue (1986) King Kong Lives (1986) Nasty Hero (1987) Radio Days (1987) Magic Sticks (1987) Who's That Girl (1987) Five Corners (1987) Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988) The Chair (1988) White Hot (1988) Funny Farm (1988) The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988) Punchline (1988) Kojak: Ariana (1989 Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989) New York Stories (1989) Lean on Me (1989) Collision Course (1989) Uncle Buck (1989) Prime Target (1989) Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) Blue Steel (1990) A Shock to the System (1990) Goodfellas (1990)

Miller's Crossing (1990) The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (1991) Billy Bathgate (1991) Freejack (1992) Mac (1992) The Bodyguard (1992) Mad Dog and Glory (1993) Night Trap (1993) Son of the Pink Panther (1993) Me and Veronica (1993) Cabin Boy (1994) The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Trial by Jury (1994) Ed Wood (1994) On Deadly Ground (1994) Dumb & Dumber (1994) The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995) A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995) Clockers (1995) Two If by Sea (1996) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Blood and Wine (1996) Just Your Luck (1996) River Made to Drown In (1997) Flipping (1997) Hoodlum (1997) The Deli [2] (1997) Lesser Prophets (1997) The Adventures of Ragtime (1998) Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998) Frogs for Snakes (1998) Snake Eyes (1998) Taxman (1999)

Murder in a Small Town (1999) Gloria (1999) Summer of Sam (1999) The Lady in Question (1999) The Cactus Kid (2000) Backflash (2001) 3 A.M. (2001) Tempted (2001) Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) Knockaround Guys (2001) The Next Big Thing (2001) Anne B. Real (2003) Under the City (2004) Jersey Girl (2004) Mickey (2004) Elvis Has Left the Building (2004) Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (2005) The Ice Harvest (2005) Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) Hot Tamale (2006) The Black Dahlia (2006) The Darkness (game) (2007) Lone Rider (2008) Osso Bucco (2008) Black Crescent Moon (2008) Black Dynamite (2009) I Hate Valentine's Day (2009) Chicago Overcoat (2009) Lonely Street (2009) Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) BuzzKill (2009) Ca$h (2010) Tangled (2010) (voice) Kill the Irishman (2011)

Television appearances

• Crime Story (1987)
• Law & Order (1991, 1995)
• Frasier (1994)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
• Home Improvement (1997)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999)
• The West Wing (2000)
• Ed (2000–2002)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003)
• Without a Trace (2003)
• Scrubs (2004)
• Joan of Arcadia (2004–2005)
• NCIS (2005)
• House, M.D. (2005)
• Stacked (2006)
• The Office (2009)
• Law & Order SVU (2010)
• The Young and the Restless (2011)
• Glee (2011)
• Days of Our Lives (2011)

In addition, Mike Starr has been featured on several episodes of Twilight Zone Radio Dramas.

References

1. ^ Mike Starr Biography (1950-)
2. ^ [1]

External links

• Mike Starr at the Internet Movie Database
• Mike Starr at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

Persondata
Name	Starr, Mike
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	1950-7-29
Place of birth	Queens, New York
Date of death
Place of death