Actor. Born on May 13, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York. Powerful leading man and supporting player of Hollywood films. He joined the Marine Corps directly out of high school, then trained for the stage under Frank Corsaro, Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. A member of the Actors Studio, he began performing professionally in off-off-Broadway coffee houses, finally making his off-Broadway debut in 1965. He made his screen debut in 1968 in director Martin Scorsese's thesis project "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" and later played key roles in Scorsese's "Mean Streets" (1973), "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1975) and "Taxi Driver" (1976). He has fared best as tough, street-wise characters; he won acclaim for his intense, unflinching performance in a corrupt policeman in "Bad Lieutenant" (1992). In the 80s he worked frequently in Europe. Formerly married to actress Lorraine Bracco.
