Book Armand Assante

Armand Assante is an American actor celebrated for intense, commanding performances across film and television since the 1970s. He took home a 1997 Primetime Emmy as lead actor for his portrayal of John Gotti in the HBO film Gotti, opposite Anthony Quinn, and his career also includes a second Emmy nomination, four Golden Globe nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Assante took on the role of Odysseus in the 1997 miniseries The Odyssey, played the private detective Mike Hammer in I, the Jury (1982), and portrayed the philosopher in When Nietzsche Wept (2007). In Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007) he shared the screen with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe as crime boss Dominic Cattano. His earlier credits include Paradise Alley (1978), where he played Sylvester Stallone's brother, the Goldie Hawn comedy Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984) and Sidney Lumet's Q&A (1990), which brought a Golden Globe nomination. He also appeared in 1492 – Conquest of Paradise (1992). Assante brings old-school Hollywood gravitas and a wealth of stories to any stage.