---
name: "Gene Canfield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gene-canfield"
fi1m_id: "gene-canfield"
imdb_id: "nm0133932"
tmdb_id: 21382
wikidata_id: "Q22623935"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T21:06:07.213174+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."
---

# Gene Canfield

## Identity

Gene Canfield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gene-canfield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gene-canfield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0133932
- **TMDB ID:** 21382
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22623935
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22623935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133932/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21382

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1989–1996
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (1), 1990s 81 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 4, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $360m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22623935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133932/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21382

## Biography

Gene Canfield is an American actor. He is credited as Struk in the 1989 film *Sea of Love*.

Canfield has appeared in supporting roles in films including *GoodFellas* (1990) as a prison guard, *Scent of a Woman* (1992) as Manny, *Bad Lieutenant* (1992) as Detective Gene, *Carlito's Way* (1993) as a train conductor, *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994) as a waterfront hood, and *Meet Joe Black* (1998) as a construction foreman. On television he has had multiple guest roles in the *Law & Order* franchise, including *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Big Night* (1996), Fi1m 84, as Charlie — [page](https://film.one/film/big-night.md)
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), Fi1m 80, as Waterfront Hood — [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Carlito's Way* (1993), Fi1m 86, as Train Conductor — [page](https://film.one/film/carlitos-way.md)
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Fi1m 80, as Detective Gene — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), Fi1m 75, as Manny — [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *Sea of Love* (1989), Fi1m 75, as Struk — [page](https://film.one/film/sea-of-love.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Eugene Timmons
- *Bad Apple* (2004), as Katapoulos
- *Riding in Cars with Boys* (2001), as Pete
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Harland Cardenas
- *The Yards* (2000), as Queensborough Policeman
- *A Clown in Babylon* (1999), as Frank Carroll
- *Oxygen* (1999), as Joe the Cop
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Engineer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Detective Geary, John Royce · Counterfeit Unit Detective D'Allesandro
- *The Florentine* (1999), as Dombrowski
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Police Officer — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Meet Joe Black* (1998), as Construction Foreman
- *Exiled* (1998), as Detective Tony Boyer
- *Above Freezing* (1998), as Lee
- *All Over Me* (1997), as Stewart
- *Love Walked In* (1997), as Joey
- *Big Night* (1996), as Charlie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/big-night.md)
- *The Wright Verdicts* (1995), series, as McHenry
- *Bullets Over Broadway* (1994), as Waterfront Hood — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bullets-over-broadway.md)
- *Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker* (1994), as McIntosh
- *Carlito's Way* (1993), as Train Conductor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/carlitos-way.md)
- *Romeo Is Bleeding* (1993), as John
- *Scent of a Woman* (1992), as Manny — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/scent-of-a-woman.md)
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), as Detective Gene — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *My New Gun* (1992), as Detective
- *Empire City* (1992), as Richie Hogan
- *Whispers in the Dark* (1992), as Billy O'Meara
- *The Boy Who Cried Bitch* (1991), as Jim Cutler
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as McBride, Detective Nelson, Gerald Bailey, Fred Norris, Frank Salvo, Dale — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *GoodFellas* (1990), as Prison Guard in Booth — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/goodfellas.md)
- *The Ambulance* (1990), as Bouncer
- *Sea of Love* (1989), as Struk — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/sea-of-love.md)

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