---
name: "Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-mad-dog-russo"
fi1m_id: "chris-mad-dog-russo"
imdb_id: "nm0751591"
tmdb_id: 2182977
wikidata_id: "Q5107951"
roles: []
born: "18 October 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-27T08:22:40.780870+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo

## Identity

Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-mad-dog-russo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-mad-dog-russo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0751591
- **TMDB ID:** 2182977
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5107951
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Russo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5107951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2182977

Actor. Born 18 October 1959 in Syosset, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 October 1959, Syosset, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Christopher Michael Russo, Christopher Russo
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (1), 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Comedy 1, Documentary 1, Drama 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $35m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Russo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5107951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751591/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2182977

## Biography

Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo, also credited as Christopher Michael Russo or Christopher Russo, is an American sports radio personality and occasional actor. Born on 18 October 1959 in Syosset, New York, he is best known for co-hosting the Mike and the Mad Dog programme on WFAN in New York from 1989 to 2008, which was also simulcast on the YES Network.

Russo joined SiriusXM Radio in 2008, where he hosts Mad Dog Unleashed on his Mad Dog Sports Radio channel. He hosted High Heat on MLB Network from 2014 until 2024 and has appeared frequently on ESPN's First Take. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2022.

Russo has made occasional film and television appearances, including as himself in the documentary *Dawson City: Frozen Time* (2017), providing a voice in *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), and voicing a character in *Caught Stealing* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2)

- *Caught Stealing* (2025), Fi1m 68, as Mad Dog — [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Fi1m 80, as Radio Announcer #1 (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Dawson City: Frozen Time* (2017), Fi1m 77, as Himself — [page](https://film.one/film/dawson-city-frozen-time.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Caught Stealing* (2025), as Mad Dog — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), as Radio Announcer #1 (voice) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)

## Gallery

- ![Sports Radio legend! April 2016](https://film.one/media/person/312697/gallery-00d87e974c6e.jpg) Sports Radio legend! April 2016 — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Christopher_%22MadDog%22_Russo_%2826780368036%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Christopher_%22MadDog%22_Russo_%2826780368036%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo](https://film.one/media/person/312697/gallery-d3b9effd79c9.jpg) Chris 'Mad Dog' Russo — Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Chris_Russo_Jan_2019.jpg/1280px-Chris_Russo_Jan_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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