Casey Siemaszko

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Casey Siemaszko (* 17th March 1961 in Chicago as Kazimierz Siemaszko ) is an American actor of Polish origin.

Career

Siemaszko's father was a Polish resistance fighter against National Socialism who was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II and who later emigrated to the USA. Actress Nina Siemaszko is his sister.

Siemaszko graduated from the Goodman School of Drama at Depaul University in Chicago. He had one of his first acting roles in Hollywood in 1985 in Back to the Future as "3-D", one of the members of Biff Tannen's gang . The following year he also played a youthful gang member in Stand by Me - The Secret of a Summer .

He played one of the bigger roles in the drama Of Mice and People (1992) alongside John Malkovich , Gary Sinise and Sherilyn Fenn . In the comedy Pocket Money (1994) he appeared alongside Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris . In the adventure film The Phantom (1996) he starred as Morgan alongside Billy Zane , Kristy Swanson , Treat Williams and Catherine Zeta-Jones . He also played one of the bigger roles in the award-winning mini- television series The Storm of the Century from 1999. In 1996, and increasingly in 2002 and 2003, he appeared in several episodes of the television series NYPD Blue .

His voice has appeared in numerous video games such as Red Dead Revolver ( 2004 ) and Conflict: Vietnam (2004).

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personal data
SURNAME Siemaszko, Casey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siemaszko, Kazimierz (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago