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ARMAND ASSANTE
He was born on October 4, 1949, in New York, USA.
Graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
His first screen appearance was as a wedding guest in The Lords of Flatbush (1974) with Henry Winkler and Sylvester Stallone, then after several appearances in TV soap operas he returned to the big screen with Sylvester Stallone in Paradise Alley (1978).
He played a rich Frenchman who seduced Goldie Hawn's heroine in Private Benjamin (1980), portrayed tough detective Mike Hammer in Me, Trial by Jury (1982) and was great as Napoleon in Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987).
In the '90s Assante gained momentum and appeared in stronger roles, such as playing a drug lord in Sidney Lumet's "Questions and Answers" (1990), created a sensational duet with Antonio Banderas in "Kings of Mambo," was very effective in the drama "Hoffa" (1992). Assante reappeared on screen with Sylvester Stallone in the adaptation of the futuristic comic book series "Judge Dredd" (1995), starred with Demi Moore in "Stripes" (1996), and brilliantly played the lead role in Andrei Konchalovsky's acclaimed film Odyssey.
He shoots not only in the U.S., if he likes the script, he did not mind to come to Russia (where he has already played in the film "Mirror Wars: Episode One"), and in Romania ...
His last films with his participation are "The Third Wish", where he played a small role of the main character's father, but the film itself is a kind fairy tale, complete with the music from "The Nutcracker", and "Surveillance", where he plays a maniac guard, fanatically devoted to his job, keeping all the employees in the "iron gauntlets", but at the same time being under surveillance himself ...
