Danny Aiello
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
Fort Apache: The Bronx (1982)
- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Paul Newman, Danny Aiello
- Taut urban policier finds Bronx cop Paul Newman in a moral quandary over fellow officer Danny Aiello (who's just thrown a Puerto Rican teenager off a…
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern…
- An all–star cast feature in Sergio Leone's violent but sobering gangland saga, following the rise and fall of four Jewish childhood pals…
Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
- Dir. Woody Allen
Feat. Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello
- Exceptional comic fantasy about a depression–era housewife (Mia Farrow) whose solace in the movies blossoms into a romance with a screen…
Moonstruck (1987)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Cher, Danny Aiello
- Superb comic drama rivals the best of Woody Allen through vignettes of family life in New York's Italian district, and the cast have never been…
Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Dir. Spike Lee
Feat. Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, Ossie Davis…
- Spike Lee's tour–de–force of racial friction and personal politics, forged his status as the most important black director in history.…
Harlem Nights (1989)
- Dir. Eddie Murphy
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx…
- An excellent comic cast can't save this mismatched black American riff on THE GODFATHER series, set amid the 1930s jazz–club underworld of…
Hudson Hawk (1990)
- Dir. Michael Lehmann
Feat. Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Sandra Bernhard…
- Good–natured adventure with Bruce Willis as a reformed cat burglar who is blackmailed to steal from the Vatican. A major box–office…
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
- Dir. Adrian Lyne
Feat. Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Pena, Danny Aiello…
- Tim Robbins plays a Vietnam vet who begins to suffer from progressively frightening hallucenations. An intense, gripping journey into the unknown…
Once Around (1991)
- Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Gena Rowlands…
- Richard Dreyfuss plays an abrasive, rich braggart who enters into an emotional tug–of–war with the family of fiancee Holly Hunter.
Mistress (1992)
- Dir. Barry Primus
Feat. Martin Landau, Robert De Niro, Danny Aiello…
- A movie movie about a struggling Hollywood writer whose ethics are violated on the hellish road to production by hack producers Martin Landau, Robert…
Ruby (1992)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Danny Aiello
- The story of the man who shot the man who shot JFK, with Danny Aiello perhaps too likeable in the title role. Worthy slant on an increasingly…
Director's Cut, The (The Pickle) (1993)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Danny Aiello, Shelley Winters, Dyan Cannon…
- Yet another film about film–making. Danny Aiello portrays the alter–ego of director Paul Masursky, a self–obsessed and aging film…
Cemetery Club, The (1993)
- Dir. Bill Duke
Feat. Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello…
- Three Jewish widows in their 60s re–enter the dating game in this light but generally well–regarded comedy. All the cast put in…
Pret-a-Porter (1994)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Sophia Loren…
- Director Altman's take on the Paris fashion industry hasn't the edgy sarcasm or the incisiveness of his THE PLAYER and SHORT CUTS, but is…
Two Days in the Valley (2 Days in the Valley) (1996)
- Dir. John Herzfeld
Feat. James Spader, Danny Aiello, Teri Hatcher…
- Devilishly hip comedy fires off rounds of tension and big laughs with oozy confidence. A ruddy collection of LA stereotypes – hitmen, hustlers…
Dinner Rush (2000)
- Dir. Bob Giraldi
Feat. Danny Aiello, Summer Phoenix, John Corbett…
- An appetizing New York ‘food movie’ sprinkled over lightly with mobster melodrama set in the bustling, upmarket Italian restaurant of the…