Henry Silva

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Henry Silva (born September 15, 1928 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent. His distinctive, hard facial features made him a popular cast for villains, primarily in action films.

Life

After Silva left school at 13 to take acting classes, he was discovered in the mid-1950s and made his first appearances on Broadway . In this early phase of his filmmaking, Silva already played alongside such renowned actors as Marlon Brando , Frank Sinatra , Janet Leigh and Gregory Peck .

In 1963 he finally got a Hollywood lead role in the film Revenge of Johnny Cool . Lured by offers from Italy, Silva and his family moved to Europe at the end of the 1960s. There he worked mainly in Italian police films, known for their uncompromising portrayal of violence, and found the role of his life in the role of the determined villain going over corpses.

At the end of the 1970s, after his retreat to the USA , his range of roles expanded again; he played the evil henchman Kane in the science fiction film Buck Rogers or a big game hunter in The Horror Alligator . From the 1980s through the late 1990s, he mainly starred in lesser-known American and Italian low-budget films ; Exceptions were the films Cusack - Der Schweigsame and Nico , in which he was the opponent of the action stars Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal , and the comic book adaptation Dick Tracy . He also dubbed the villain Bane in the animated series Batman: The Animated Series .

Silva was most recently seen in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai and in a cameo in Ocean's Eleven , a remake of the 1960 film Frankie and his cronies , in which Silva had also participated.

In addition to English, Silva is also fluent in Spanish and Italian. He lives in the San Fernando Valley , Los Angeles , is married with two sons.

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SURNAME Silva, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City, New York, United States