Chazz Palminteri (with Nick Nolte) in 'Mulholland Falls' (1996)
Chazz Palminteri (1952 - )
Screenwriter, director
Deaths in Film[]
- Innocent Blood (A French Vampire in America) (1992) [Tony]: Throat torn out by Anne Parillaud as she feeds on him. His body is later seen as she decapitates his body with a shotgun blast to stop him coming back as a vampire and to make it look like a mob hit.
- A Bronx Tale (1993) [Sonny LoSpecchio]: Shot in the back of the head by Philip Garbarino at a bar, in front of Lillo Brancato.
- Bullets over Broadway (1994) [Cheech]: Shot in the chest in a shoot-out with a couple of Joe Viterelli's thugs backstage at the theater; he dies shortly afterwards as John Cusack kneels by his side.
- Diabolique (1996) [Guy Baran]: Drowned by Isabelle Adjani or Sharon Stone after being slashed in the eye with keys and hit in the head with a rake during a struggle in a swimming pool.
- Mulholland Falls (1996) [Elleroy Coolidge]: Shot in the stomach during a struggle with Treat Williams' men on board a plane; he dies shortly after the plane lands, with Nick Nolte kneeling by his side.
- Hurlyburly (1998) [Phil]: Commits suicide by shooting himself.
- Scar City (1998) [Lt Laine Devon]: Shot dead during a shoot out with Stephen Baldwin.
- Analyze This (1999) [Primo Sidone]: Killed off-screen by an assassin; his death is mentioned when Billy Crystal informs Robert De Niro.
- Excellent Cadavers (1999) [Giovanni Falcone]: Killed in an explosion after his car is blown up by a bomb placed along the highway by mafia assassins.
- Down to Earth (2001) [King]: Plays an angel, having died sometime in the past.
- Running Scared (2006) [Detective Rydell]: Killed in an explosion in a toilet cubical when Johnny Messner remotely detonates a bomb through his cell phone.
- Clover (2020) [Tony]: Poisoned by a submarine sandwich given to him by Nicole Elizabeth Berger.
Video Game Deaths[]
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Mob of the Dead (2013) [Salvatore "Sal" DeLuca]: Devoured by zombies in prison, later revived in a cycle. However, it is later revealed that after murdering Joe Pantoliano, he was executed via electric chair alongside Ray Liotta and Michael Madsen. In an Easter egg, he can either be killed by zombies or Joe Pantoliano.
Television Deaths[]
- Boss of Bosses (2001) [Paul Castellano]: Shot to death along with Richard Foronjy after arriving at a steakhouse.
- Law & Order: Organized Crime What Happens in Puglia (2021) [Manfredi Sinatra]: Shot in the head off-screen by Dylan McDermott while having a conversation with him in a ferris wheel. Chazz’s body is later discovered by Christopher Meloni.
Notable Connections[]
- Mr. Gianna Ranaudo
Gallery[]
Chazz Palminteri in A Bronx Tale
Chazz Palminteri in Innocent Blood
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Chazz Palminteri's video game death in Mob of the Dead