--- name: "Joe Mantegna" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-mantegna" fi1m_id: "joe-mantegna" imdb_id: "nm0001505" tmdb_id: 3266 wikidata_id: "Q276269" roles: ["Actor","Director"] born: "13 November 1947" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 73 average_as: "actor" average_over: 7 updated: "2026-10-04T19:48:42.356597+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." --- # Joe Mantegna ## Identity Joe Mantegna - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-mantegna - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** joe-mantegna - **IMDb ID:** nm0001505 - **TMDB ID:** 3266 - **Wikidata ID:** Q276269 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mantegna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3266 Actor and director. Born 13 November 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor, Director - **Born:** 13 November 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA - **Active:** 1986–2018 - **Also known as:** Joseph Anthony “Joe” Mantegna, Jr., Joseph Anthony Mantegna, Jr., 喬·曼帖那 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 8: 7 acting, 1 directing - **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 7 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 54 (1), 1990s 75 (4), 2000s 65 (2), 2010s 85 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 76 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 4, Crime 4, Drama 4, Family 2, Mystery 2, Animation 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $768m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Mantegna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3266 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*Bugsy*](https://film.one/film/bugsy.md) (76) - **Paramount+:** [*The Godfather Part III*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) (63) - **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Joe Mantegna > Joe Mantegna sounds like a man talking, not an actor reading, and he has spent forty years being cast as men who are lying while they do it. The mob boss became a habit; it was never the whole of him. Look at Joey Zasa's suit. In *The Godfather Part III* (1990) Mantegna plays a street boss who has come up in the world and wants the world to notice, and the tailoring does half the work. He does the rest with his mouth. Zasa is vain, quick and less clever than he believes, and that is the Mantegna character: the man who talks well and is still going to lose. He has played versions of him on stage, on film and, for more than thirty years, as the voice of Fat Tony on *The Simpsons*. He came up on the Chicago stage from 1969 and spent the 1970s working with David Mamet, whose dialogue is all interruption and repetition and needs actors who can make it sound like people talking rather than a score. Mantegna could, and did, originating Richard Roma in *Glengarry Glen Ross* on Broadway in 1984. The films followed, *The Money Pit* (1986) among them, then Mamet's own *House of Games* (1987) and *Things Change* (1988). Then Coppola's *The Godfather Part III*, and Barry Levinson's *Bugsy* (1991), where he plays George Raft, an actor who made his living playing gangsters, a piece of casting with a joke folded into it. What he does well is not seem to be doing anything. He does not push a line; he lets it out at the speed a person would, and the effect in a scene full of actors working hard is of someone who has wandered in from life. In *The Godfather Part III* we found ourselves waiting for Zasa to come back, in a film that badly needed something to wait for, because the vanity is so exact: the way he stands in the suit, the way he speaks as though he expects to be interrupted and has decided he will not be. Pacino is doing something larger and sadder in the same rooms, and Mantegna is wise enough not to compete. The cost was a decade of hoods and con men. Profiles at the time noticed how often the parts were the same, and the industry, having seen the Mamet hustler once, kept ordering it. *Bugsy* is a case in point: a good film, well cast, in which he is a face at the edge of the frame, and our review did not find him worth a sentence. Television gave him the other half of the character. Since 2007 he has played David Rossi in *Criminal Minds*, the authority figure his mob parts were always circling, and he has directed episodes as well. Asked about directing *Lakeboat* he said, "I just tried to stay out of the cast's way," which describes his acting too. Start with Zasa. It is a supporting part in a film we only half recommend, and it is still the clearest picture of what he can do with a suit and a grievance. ## Biography Joe Mantegna is an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on 13 November 1947, he began his career on stage in Chicago productions including the 1969 musical *Hair*. He later won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role in the original Broadway production of David Mamet’s *Glengarry Glen Ross* (1984). Mantegna has appeared in films including *Three Amigos* (1986), *The Godfather Part III* (1990) as Joey Zasa, and *Bugsy* (1991) as George Raft. On television he has played FBI Special Agent David Rossi in *Criminal Minds* since 2005 and voiced the recurring character Fat Tony in *The Simpsons* since the 1991 episode “Bart the Murderer”, reprising the role in *The Simpsons Movie* (2007). He has received Emmy Award nominations for miniseries roles in *The Last Don* (1997), *The Rat Pack* (1998) and *The Starter Wife* (2007). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, joemantegna.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) ### Performed in (7) — the average rests on these - *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, as Joe Mantegna — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md) - *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Fi1m 70, as Fat Tony (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md) - *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, as Carl Streeter — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) - *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, as Derek Mann (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) - *Bugsy* (1991), Fi1m 76, as George Raft — [page](https://film.one/film/bugsy.md) - *The Godfather Part III* (1990), Fi1m 63, as Joey Zasa — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) - *The Money Pit* (1986), Fi1m 54, as Art Shirk — [page](https://film.one/film/the-money-pit.md) ### Directed (1) - *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, as David Rossi — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) ## Complete filmography (147) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Friendly* (2024), as Cal - *Once More, Like Rain Man* (2024), as Director 1 - *As We See It* (2022), series, as Lou - *Sound the Bells: A Holiday Celebration* (2020), as Host - *Cool Cat's Crazy Dream* (2019), as Dream World Joe - *Barry* (2018), series, as Joe Mantegna — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md) - *The Bronx Bull* (2016), as Rick Rosselli - *Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders* (2016), series, as David Rossi - *Childless* (2015), as Richard - *Kill Me, Deadly* (2015), as Bugsy Siegel - *10 Cent Pistol* (2014), as Punchy - *Compulsion* (2013), as Detective Reynolds - *The War of 1812* (2011), as Narrator - *Cars 2* (2011), as Grem (voice) - *Off The Boulevard* (2011), Actor - *Top Gear* (2010), series, Actor - *Hannah Mantegna* (2010), as Hannah Mantegna - *Valentine's Day* (2010), as Angry Driver (uncredited) - *The Assistants* (2009), as Gary Greene - *The House That Jack Built* (2009), as Jack Jr. - *My Suicide* (2009), as Dr. Chandrasakar - *Lonely Street* (2009), as Jerry Finkelman - *The Starter Wife* (2008), series, as Lou Manahan - *Redbelt* (2008), as Jerry Weiss - *The Last Hit Man* (2008), as Harry Tremayne - *Justice League: The New Frontier* (2008), as Crooner (voice) - *Witless Protection* (2008), as Dr. Rondog 'Doc' Savage - *West of Brooklyn* (2008), as Gaetano D'Amico - *Hank and Mike* (2008), as Mr. Pan - *WooLife* (2008), as Joe Mantegna - *Stories USA* (2007), as Mike (segment "Club Soda") - *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), as Fat Tony (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md) - *The Starter Wife* (2007), series, as Lou Manahan - *Cougar Club* (2007), as Mr. Stack - *Naked Fear* (2007), as Tom Benike - *Elvis & Anabelle* (2007), as Charlie Moreau - *Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street* (2006), as Narrator - *Club Soda* (2006), as Mike - *Edmond* (2006), as Man in Bar - *The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays* (2006), as Bobby Gould (segment "Speed-the-Plow") - *The Kid & I* (2005), as Davis Roman - *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as David Rossi · Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) - *Nine Lives* (2005), as Richard - *The History Channel Presents: Julius Caesar's Rome* (2005), series, as Host - *American Dad!* (2005), series, as (voice) - *A Very Married Christmas* (2004), as Frank Griffin - *This Old Cub* (2004), as Narrator - *Stateside* (2004), as Gil Deloach - *Pontormo - Un amore eretico* (2004), as Pontormo - *Uncle Nino* (2003), as Robert Micelli - *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Will Girardi - *Mother Ghost* (2002), as Jerry Savior - *Women vs. Men* (2002), as Michael - *Kim Possible* (2002), series, as Jimmy Blamhammer (voice) - *First Monday* (2002), series, as Joseph Novelli - *Off Key* (2001), as Ricardo Palacios - *Bleacher Bums* (2001), Theatre Play - *Walking Shadow* (2001), as Spenser - *Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal* (2001), as Frank Garner - *The Trumpet of the Swan* (2001), as Monty (voice) - *Hotel Laguna* (2001), as Nicola Pianon - *Fall* (2001), as Agent Jim Danaher - *Thin Air* (2000), as Spenser - *Body and Soul* (2000), as Alex Dumas - *More Dogs Than Bones* (2000), as Desalvo - *Lakeboat* (2000), as Man at Gate (uncredited) · Director, Producer - *Liberty Heights* (1999), as Nate Kurtzman - *My Little Assassin* (1999), as Fidel Castro - *The Runner* (1999), as Rocco - *Small Vices* (1999), as Spenser - *Error in Judgment* (1999), as Eric - *Jerry and Tom* (1998), as Tom - *Celebrity* (1998), as Tony Gardella - *Boy Meets Girl* (1998), as Il Magnifico - *The Rat Pack* (1998), as Dean Martin - *Airspeed* (1998), as Raymond Stone - *Hoods* (1998), as Angelo Martinelli - *The Great Empire: Rome* (1998), as Narrateur - *The Last Don II* (1998), series, as Pippi De Lena - *The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit* (1998), as Gomez - *Merry Christmas, George Bailey* (1997), as Joseph / Nick - *Face Down* (1997), as Bob Signorelli - *For Hire* (1997), as Alan Webber - *A Call to Remember* (1997), as David Tobias - *The Last Don* (1997), series, as Pippi De Lena - *Albino Alligator* (1997), as A.T.F. Agent G.D. Browning - *Persons Unknown* (1996), as Jim Holland - *Thinner* (1996), as Richie Ginelli - *Underworld* (1996), as Frank Gavilan / Frank Cassady / Richard Essex - *Up Close & Personal* (1996), as Bucky Terranova - *Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial* (1996), as Mark Goodson - *Eye for an Eye* (1996), as Detective Sergeant Denillo - *National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins* (1995), as Frank Musso - *Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys* (1995), as Joey Franelli - *Above Suspicion* (1995), as Alan Rhinehart - *Forget Paris* (1995), as Andy - *For Better or Worse* (1995), as Stone - *Hope and Gloria* (1995), series, as Joe Mantegna - *Airheads* (1994), as Ian - *Baby's Day Out* (1994), as Eddie - *Duckman* (1994), series, as Rube Richter (voice) - *State of Emergency* (1994), as Dr John Novelli - *Frasier* (1993), series, as Derek Mann (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) - *Searching for Bobby Fischer* (1993), as Fred Waitzkin - *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, as Carl Streeter — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md) - *Family Prayers* (1993), as Martin Jacobs - *Body of Evidence* (1993), as Robert Garrett - *The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980* (1992), as Joey Zasa - *The Water Engine* (1992), as Lawrence Oberman - *When It Was a Game 2* (1992), as Passage Narrator (voice) - *The Comrades of Summer* (1992), as Sparky - *Bugsy* (1991), as George Raft — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/bugsy.md) - *Death on the Job* (1991), as Narrator - *Rugrats* (1991), series, as Jack Montello / Diner 2 (voice) - *Homicide* (1991), as Bob Gold - *Queens Logic* (1991), as Al - *The Godfather Part III* (1990), as Joey Zasa — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-iii.md) - *Alice* (1990), as Joe - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Fat Tony (voice), Gordus Antonius (voice), Fat Tony / Fat Tony's Former Father (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Wait Until Spring, Bandini* (1989), as Bandini - *Crack USA: County Under Siege* (1989), as Narrator - *Things Change* (1988), as Jerry - *American Experience* (1988), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Suspect* (1987), as Charlie Stella - *Weeds* (1987), as Carmine - *House of Games* (1987), as Mike - *Critical Condition* (1987), as Arthur Chambers - *¡Three Amigos!* (1986), as Harry Flugleman - *Off Beat* (1986), as Pete Peterson - *The Money Pit* (1986), as Art Shirk — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-money-pit.md) - *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, as (segment "Shelter Skelter") - *Compromising Positions* (1985), as Bruce Fleckstein - *The Outlaws* (1984), as Yuri - *Corduroy* (1984), Executive Producer, Producer - *Cannonball!* (1984), Actor - *Second Thoughts* (1983), Actor - *The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle* (1982), as customer · Production Assistant - *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor - *Bosom Buddies* (1980), series, as The Sheik - *Archie Bunker's Place* (1979), series, Actor - *Bleacher Bums* (1979), as Decker · Writer - *Elvis* (1979), as Joe Esposito - *Towing* (1978), as Chris - *Assassins* (1978), as Mullani - *Main Street Eagle* (1976), Actor - *Medusa Challenger* (1976), Actor - *Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Joe Mantegna](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-a3f9bf4baf5d.jpg) Joe Mantegna — Cpl Tia Dufour, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Joe_Mantegna_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Joe and Gia Mantegna at the Universal Hilton Hotel 21st Annual Movieguide® Awards, www.movieguide.org (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-3df8e2c7f23d.jpg) Joe and Gia Mantegna at the Universal Hilton Hotel 21st Annual Movieguide® Awards, www.movieguide.org (2013) — Movieguide®, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2013_Movieguide_Awards_IMG_0805.jpg/1280px-2013_Movieguide_Awards_IMG_0805.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Gen. Robert B. "Abe" Abrams, Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command and Actor Joe Mantegna pose for a photo on Saturday, May 21st, 2016, held in Torrance, Calif. A](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-18b6acbf2dc6.jpg) Gen. Robert B. "Abe" Abrams, Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command and Actor Joe Mantegna pose for a photo on Saturday, May 21st, 2016, held in Torrance, Calif. A — Sgt. Jiles Stephanie, U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/57th_Torrance_Armed_Forces_Day_Celebration_160521-A-CS361-003.jpg/1280px-57th_Torrance_Armed_Forces_Day_Celebration_160521-A-CS361-003.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Actors Gary Sinise, front left, and Joe Mantegna host a Memorial Day concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 26, 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-6ac05c74881a.jpg) Actors Gary Sinise, front left, and Joe Mantegna host a Memorial Day concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 26, 2013. — SSG Teddy Wade, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Actors_Gary_Sinise%2C_front_left%2C_and_Joe_Mantegna_host_a_Memorial_Day_concert_on_the_west_lawn_of_the_U.S._Capitol_in_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_May_26%2C_2013_130526-A-AO884-128.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Joe Mantegna](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-d816381fcef4.jpg) Joe Mantegna — Image via TMDB - ![Joe Mantegna](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-adfed59a1b2a.jpg) Joe Mantegna — Image via TMDB - ![Joe Mantegna](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-5689ceebab39.jpg) Joe Mantegna — Image via TMDB - ![The cast of Criminal Minds at the Paley Centre. Back row (left to right): Jayne Atkinson, Ed Bernero (producer), A. J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness. Front row: Matth (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-4eb03a5289f4.jpg) The cast of Criminal Minds at the Paley Centre. Back row (left to right): Jayne Atkinson, Ed Bernero (producer), A. J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness. Front row: Matth (2008) — etrainer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Criminal_Minds_at_Paley.jpg/1280px-Criminal_Minds_at_Paley.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![A scene from the filming of the TV show "Criminal Minds" during season 6 of its run in Simi Valley, California, USA in December 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-8ac6781237ca.jpg) A scene from the filming of the TV show "Criminal Minds" during season 6 of its run in Simi Valley, California, USA in December 2010. — danhusehttp://www.DanHusePhotography.com, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Criminal_Minds_scene_%28Season_6%29.jpg/1280px-Criminal_Minds_scene_%28Season_6%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Joe Mantegna](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-d27645a7271a.jpg) Joe Mantegna — Image via TMDB - ![Joe Mantegna](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-36cd9ce19c30.jpg) Joe Mantegna — Image via TMDB - ![Joe Mantegna](https://film.one/media/person/78787/gallery-2494142178da.jpg) Joe Mantegna — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1984: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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