Mike Starr
Acting • Born 1950-07-29
Biography
Mike Starr (born July 29, 1950) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor and producer. Known for his large size at 6' 5" (196 cm), he has typically been typecast as playing thugs or henchmen. Starr was born in Flushing, Queens, New York to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father. His older brother Beau Starr is also an actor. Mike Starr is a graduate of Hofstra University. He and his family reside in Riverdale, New York.
Filmography
195 credits
Miller's Crossing
Movie • 1990
Frankie
Ed Wood
Movie • 1994
Georgie Weiss
The Bodyguard
Movie • 1992
Tony Scipelli
GoodFellas
Movie • 1990
Frenchy
Hot Tamale
Movie • 2006
Al
Terrible Joe Moran
Movie • 1984
Thug #1
The Cleaner
Movie • 2021
Carl
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Movie • 1995
Sgt. Zikowski
River Made to Drown In
Movie • 1997
Frank
Mad Dog and Glory
Movie • 1993
Harold
Lonely Street
Movie • 2009
JG
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Movie • 2006
Chief Lou Carson
Exorcising 'Cruising'
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
The History of 'Cruising'
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Blood and Wine
Movie • 1996
Mike
Dumb and Dumber
Movie • 1994
Joe Mentaliano
Snake Eyes
Movie • 1998
Walt McGahn
Cabin Boy
Movie • 1994
Mulligan
Jersey Girl
Movie • 2004
Block
Ca$h
Movie • 2010
Melvin Goldberg
The Black Dahlia
Movie • 2006
Det. Russ Millard
Lesser Prophets
Movie • 1997
Larry
Funny Farm
Movie • 1988
Crocker
Chicago Overcoat
Movie • 2009
Lorenzo Galante
Gloria
Movie • 1999
Sean
Son of the Pink Panther
Movie • 1993
Hanif
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Movie • 1989
Security Guard
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Movie • 1988
Doorman
Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Movie • 2005
Kramer
Scarlett
Movie • 2021
Gino
Off Beat
Movie • 1986
James Bonnell
Kill the Irishman
Movie • 2011
Leo "Lips" Moceri
New York Stories
Movie • 1989
Hardhat
Walk a Mile in My Pradas
Movie • 2011
John
Frogs for Snakes
Movie • 1998
Crunch Gwiazda
Til Death Do Us Part
Movie • 2023
Father
Backflash
Movie • 2002
Tono
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Movie • 1988
Sergeant Harry Lang
The Shamrock Conspiracy
Movie • 1995
Tierney
Flipping
Movie • 1997
C.J., Fat Dude at 2-2 Card Club
Evil Stalks This House
Movie • 1981
Tom
Hit and Run
Movie • 1982
Copa Doorman
Buzzkill
Movie • 2012
Agent Brady
The Bushido Blade
Movie • 1981
Bos'n Cave Johnson
Under the City
Movie • 2005
Ed Dandos
The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Movie • 1991
Robert "Frenchy" McMahon
Black Crescent Moon
Movie • 2008
Leroy Brown
Violets are Blue
Movie • 1986
Tony
Five Corners
Movie • 1987
Bartender
Down on the Waterfront
Movie • 1994
Sweetwater
Movie • 2023
Eddie Gottlieb
The Last Dragon
Movie • 1985
Rock
Mancation
Movie • 2012
Mr. Vanderplatt
Murder in a Small Town
Movie • 1999
Tony
Tempted
Movie • 2001
Dot Collins
Osso Bucco
Movie • 2008
Jelly Dinotto
Uncle Buck
Movie • 1989
Pooter-the-Clown
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Movie • 1997
Mahmud Abouhalima
Life's Better Protected
Movie • 2022
The Casting Director
A Shock to the System
Movie • 1990
Bum #3
Black Dynamite
Movie • 2009
Rafelli
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Movie • 2022
Self
The Ice Harvest
Movie • 2005
Roy Gelles
Nasty Hero
Movie • 1987
Hackett
Common Ground
Movie • 1990
Terry Cattson
Zeroville
Movie • 2019
Burly
Night Trap
Movie • 1993
Det. Williams
Dancer and the Dame
Movie • 2015
Poochareli
Cusp
Movie
Stalker
Bereave
Movie • 2015
George
On Deadly Ground
Movie • 1994
Big Mike
The Wannabe
Movie • 2015
Jerry
Lean On Me
Movie • 1989
Mr. Zirella
Cat's Eye
Movie • 1985
Ducky
The Crusades
Movie • 2023
Mr. Podkowa
Hot Paint
Movie • 1988
Kojak: Ariana
Movie • 1989
Hamilton
The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie • 1994
Newsroom Reporter
Born on the Fourth of July
Movie • 1989
Man #1 - Arthur's Bar
The Deli
Movie • 1997
Johnny
Elvis Has Left the Building
Movie • 2004
Sal
Two If by Sea
Movie • 1996
Fitzie
Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Movie • 2009
Paulie
Baby's Day Out
Movie • 1994
Jojo Ducky (uncredited)
3 A.M.
Movie • 2001
Theo
New York Street Games
Movie • 2010
Self
Dough Boys
Movie • 2008
Anthony
Cruising
Movie • 1980
Patrolman Desher
The Bronx Bull
Movie • 2016
Jerry
The Lady in Question
Movie • 1999
Det. Tony Rossini
I Hate Valentine's Day
Movie • 2009
John
Delivering the Goods
Movie • 2012
Domenico
Hoodlum
Movie • 1997
Albert Salke
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Movie • 2012
Officer Polansky
Knockaround Guys
Movie • 2001
Bobby Boulevard
The Chair
Movie • 1988
Wilson
Clockers
Movie • 1995
Thumper
Squeeze Play
Movie • 1979
Salon Proprietor (uncredited)
Billy Bathgate
Movie • 1991
Julie Martin
Making a Killing
Movie • 2018
Arthur Herring
Summer of Sam
Movie • 1999
Eddie
Just Your Luck
Movie • 1996
Carl
The Natural
Movie • 1984
Boone
James and the Giant Peach
Movie • 1996
Cop
Prism
Movie • 2017
Jim (Chapter 2: Changeless)
Blue Steel
Movie • 1990
Superintendent
Recovery
Movie • 2019
Dr. Taylor
Mac
Movie • 1992
Fireman
King Kong Lives
Movie • 1986
Cell Guard #2
Punchline
Movie • 1988
Man with Bullhorn
The Money Pit
Movie • 1986
Lenny
Dear Diary
Movie • 1996
Fritz
Cabaret Maxime
Movie • 2018
Ripa
The Protector
Movie • 1985
Hood #2
Bad Santa 2
Movie • 2016
Jolly Santa
Trial by Jury
Movie • 1994
Hughie Bonner
Blown Away
Movie • 1994
Francis the Barkeeper
Still Dumb After All These Years
Movie • 2006
Self
Radio Days
Movie • 1987
Burglar
Collision Course
Movie • 1989
Auto Worker Bowling Alley #3
Offstage Elements
Movie • 2019
Sammy Gallo
Clowning
Movie • 2022
Detective Welles
Prime Target
Movie • 1989
First Groucho
The Next Big Thing
Movie • 2001
Walter Sznitken
Me and Veronica
Movie • 1993
Vinnie
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Movie • 1990
Det. Hamilton
Stone Pillow
Movie • 1985
Man in Alley (uncredited)
Dumb and Dumber - Making Of
Movie • 2004
Self
Mickey
Movie • 2004
Tony
Animals with the Tollkeeper
Movie • 1998
Young Felipe
The History of 'Cruising'
Movie • 2007
The Natural: The Best There Ever Was
Movie • 2016
Self
Who's That Girl
Movie • 1987
Shipping Co-Worker
Magic Sticks
Movie • 1987
Magic Sticks
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Pollard
A Man Called Hawk
TV • 1989
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Officer Hill
Joan of Arcadia
TV • 2003
Big Tough Guy God
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Axe
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Phil Deluca
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Max
The Office
TV • 2005
Grotti
Ed
TV • 2000
Kenny Sandusky
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
Vince Robinson
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Gil
Frasier
TV • 1993
Billy Kriezel
NewsRadio
TV • 1995
Building Super
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Garrick
Millennium
TV • 1996
Henry Dion
NCIS
TV • 2003
Monroe Cooper
Brotherly Love
TV • 1995
Gus
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Mugger (uncredited)
Wiseguy
TV • 1987
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Ted Marston
The Handler
TV • 2003
Artie Levy
EZ Streets
TV • 1996
Mickey Kinnear
Bull
TV • 2000
The Blacklist
TV • 2013
Balthazar "Bino" Baker
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Tony Halliwell - Truck Driver
The Middleman
TV • 2008
Cop
Listen Up!
TV • 2004
Bully
The Good Guys
TV • 2010
Bobby Kneecaps
The Finder
TV • 2012
Benny Famosa
Elementary
TV • 2012
Russell Gertz
Chicago Fire
TV • 2012
Arthur
Psych
TV • 2006
Max Rizzo
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Senator Tony Marino
House
TV • 2004
Willie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Mike O'Doole
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
Taxi Driver
Nowhere Man
TV • 1995
Bert Williams
Dice
TV • 2016
Harold
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Dominic Bruno
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Steven Breck
A.U.S.A.
TV • 2003
Bobby Paterno
Life on Mars
TV • 2008
Nelson
The John Larroquette Show
TV • 1993
David Coltrane
Brother's Keeper
TV • 1998
Rick
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Tony Cicci
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV • 1996
Frank Muller
Glee
TV • 2009
Usher
Ray Donovan
TV • 2013
O'Malley
Bones
TV • 2005
Frankie Cooper
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV • 2015
Dominic
Bob
TV • 1992
Hardball
TV • 1994
Mike Widmer
Best Friends Forever
TV • 2012
Angelo
Deadly Games
TV • 1995
Roy Hopkins
East New York
TV • 2022
Kurt Walsh
Shameless
TV • 2011
Yard Guy
The Last Don
TV • 1997
Big Tim
The Last Don
TV • 1997
Rustler
L.A. Doctors
TV • 1998
Pete Mosely
Martial Law
TV • 1998
Det. Alex Portman
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Mr. Iverson