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name: "Leonardo Cimino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leonardo-cimino"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 November 1917"
died: "3 March 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:19.946558+00:00"
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# Leonardo Cimino

Actor. Born 4 November 1917 in Manhattan, New York, USA. Died 3 March 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 November 1917, Manhattan, New York, USA
- **Died:** 3 March 2012

## Biography

Leonardo Cimino (4 November 1917 – 3 March 2012) was an American film, television and stage actor. Born in Manhattan, New York, he began his career in the theatre and appeared in the original 1937 stage production of Marc Blitzstein's *The Cradle Will Rock*. He made his Broadway debut in 1946 in a revival of *Cyrano de Bergerac* and went on to appear in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions over several decades. He received an Obie Award for his performance in *The Brothers Karamazov* (1958) and a Joseph Jefferson Award for *The Man in the Glass Booth* (1970).

Cimino's screen roles included Abraham Bernstein in the 1983 miniseries *V*, the Baron's Doctor in *Dune* (1984), Felix in *Moonstruck* (1987), the Scary German Guy in *The Monster Squad* (1987), a cardinal in *Hudson Hawk* (1991), and an elder in *Waterworld* (1995). He also appeared in *Stardust Memories* (1980), *Amityville II: The Possession* (1982), *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007) and multiple episodes of *Law & Order*. He was married to actress Sharon Powers.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Moonstruck* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Felix — [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)

## Also known for

- *Waterworld* (1995), Elder
- *Dune* (1984), The Baron's Doctor
- *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), William
- *Hudson Hawk* (1991), Cardinal
- *V* (1983), Abraham Bernstein
- *Law & Order* (1990), Mr. Costello, Tommy Valducci
- *The Monster Squad* (1987), Scary German Guy
- *Stardust Memories* (1980), Sandy's Analyst

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