Burt Young
Burt Young (* thirtieth April 1940 as Richard Morea in New York City , New York ) is an American actor .
Life
Young was born in Queens , New York, to Italian-Americans Josephine and Michael De Louise. Young took acting classes at The Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg . His type and appearance put the stocky actor with the thinning hair on the role of the "loser guy from the lower class", Young often played the rough, edgy Italian-American from the working class. From the early 1970s he was in great demand in this role and played striking supporting characters alongside big stars in numerous film classics, including his most famous role as Rocky's brother-in-law Paulie in the film Rocky (1976), where he - in a typical for him Role - as a frustrated slaughterhouse worker appeared. In this hit film, Young was seen alongside Sylvester Stallone . Burt Young was nominated for an Oscar for his acting performance .
Young appeared in all five sequels of the Rocky saga, most recently in 2006. He played a betrayed husband in Chinatown (1974) - alongside Jack Nicholson - and a truck driver in the action film Convoy (1978, alongside Kris Kristofferson , Ali MacGraw and Ernest Borgnine ) . In the epic gangster film Once Upon a Time in America he starred alongside Robert De Niro in 1984 and in Mickey Blue Eyes in 1999 alongside Hugh Grant , James Caan and Jeanne Tripplehorn . There were also numerous guest roles in television series , including Die Sopranos , Miami Vice , Columbo , Matrjoschka and Law & Order .
Young is widowed and has a daughter (* 1969), Anne Morea. He lives in Port Washington, New York .
Filmography (selection)
- 1972: Across 110th Street
- 1973: M * A * S * H (TV series, episode 2x07 Always one step ahead )
- 1974: Chinatown
- 1974: The Gambler (The Gambler)
- 1975: The Killer Elite (The Killer Elite)
- 1976: Detective Rockford - a call is enough (TV series, episode 3x03 "Where's Daddy?")
- 1976: And tomorrow a thing will be shot (Harry and Walter Go to New York)
- 1976: Rocky
- 1978: Convoy
- 1979: Rocky II
- 1980: Blood Beach - Horror am Strand (Blood Beach)
- 1981: Cheeky bees on the mat (... All the Marbles)
- 1982: Amityville II: The Posession
- 1982: Rocky 3 - The Eye of the Tiger (Rocky III)
- 1984: Miami Vice (TV series, one episode, season: 1 episode. 10)
- 1984: Once Upon a Time in America (Once Upon a Time in America)
- 1984: The Pope of Greenwich Village (The Pope of Greenwich Village)
- 1985: Rocky IV - The Fight of the Century (Rocky IV)
- 1986: Do it again, Dad (Back to School)
- 1989: Blood Red - Die For Your Land (Blood Red)
- 1989: Last Exit to Brooklyn (Last Exit to Brooklyn)
- 1989: Beverly Hills Brat
- 1989: Adam Sandler's Love Boat (Going Overboard)
- 1990: Fear of heights (Diving In)
- 1990: Rocky V
- 1994: Columbo - Episode 64: Undercover
- 1996: Tashunga - Merciless Persecution (North Star)
- 1997: The Undertaker's Wedding
- 1997: Law & Order (TV Series: Season 7, Episode 18, To Protect Society)
- 1999: Mickey Blue Eyes
- 2002: Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia (The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
- 2004: Kids II - In the Streets of Brooklyn (Downtown: A Street Tale)
- 2005: Carlito's Way - Rise To Power
- 2005: Transamerica
- 2006: Rocky Balboa
- 2009: Law & Order: New York ( Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , TV series, episode 10x13 dementia )
- 2011: Win Win
- 2014: Rob the Mob - rob the mafia for beginners (Rob the Mob)
- 2016: Horace and Pete
- 2017: The Neighborhood
- 2018: Kevin Can Wait (TV series, episode 2x23, Brew Ha Ha)
Awards
- 1977: Nomination for an Oscar for best supporting actor (Rocky)
- Nomination for the Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actor (Rocky IV)
- Nomination for the Golden Raspberry as worst supporting actor (Rocky V)
- 2015: Atlantic City Cinefest for the Festival Prize Best Actor, Short Drama (Tom in America)
- 2014: Hoboken International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2015: Nomination for the Maverick Movie Awards (Tom in America)
- 2016: Nomination for the Jury Award at the Queens World Film Festival (Tom in America)
- 2016: Nomination for the Stinker Award for Worst Supporting Actor in Rocky Balboa
- 1978: Nomination for the Stinker Award for worst supporting actor in Convoy
- 1978: Nomination for the Stinker Award for Worst Accent in Convoy
Web links
- Burt Young in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Burt Young Biography - Yahoo! Movies ( Memento from May 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Young, Burt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | DeLouise, Gerald Tommaso (real name); DeLouise, Jerry; Harris, John (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Queens , New York City |