---
name: "Gene Ruffini"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gene-ruffini"
fi1m_id: "gene-ruffini"
imdb_id: "nm0749298"
tmdb_id: 39599
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:26:04.159431+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 Ruffini

## Identity

Gene Ruffini

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gene-ruffini
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gene-ruffini
- **IMDb ID:** nm0749298
- **TMDB ID:** 39599
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749298/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39599

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1995–1999
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749298/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39599

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai*](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gene Ruffini is an American actor. He is credited as Old Consigliere in the 1999 film *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai*.

His other film roles include Vinny Forlano in *Casino* (1995), Frankie Zello in *Analyze This* (1999), Izzy in *Extreme Measures* (1996), and DeNorscio, Sr. in *Find Me Guilty* (2006). He has appeared in episodes of the television series *Law & Order* (1997–2004) and *The Sopranos* (2006).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Old Consigliere — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)
- *Casino* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Vinny Forlano — [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Fetch* (2009), Actor
- *Off Jackson Avenue* (2008), as Uncle Jack
- *Shooting Vegetarians* (2005), as Other Butcher
- *Four Deadly Reasons* (2002), as Mr. Quimby
- *Jump Tomorrow* (2001), as Great Uncle
- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), as Old Consigliere — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)
- *Bobby G. Can't Swim* (1999), as Alex
- *Analyze This* (1999), as Frankie Zello
- *Money Kings* (1998), as Maitre d'
- *Henry Fool* (1998), as Officer Buñuel
- *Extreme Measures* (1996), as Izzy
- *Casino* (1995), as Vinny Forlano — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md)
- *Little Odessa* (1994), as Janitor
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Owen Forbes, Super, Gambler, Bum — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Dear Mr. Wonderful* (1982), as Jimmy

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