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  | About Robert Davi
Born in
Astoria, N.Y., and raised in a blue-collar family on Long Island, Davi grew up with an appreciation for music and voice. While singing in a school locker room in eighth grade, Davi was overheard by a nun passing outside, who urged his mother to enter her son in competitions. He won statewide opera-singing contests, went to Italy to study with opera great Tito Gobbi in Florence, and, at 19, made his debut with the Long Island Lyric Opera.Davi attended Hofstra University on a drama scholarship, leaving shortly before obtaining his degree to work as a waiter (in a series of temporary posts, since he was fired several times) in New
York City. He aggressively sought acting work while studying with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg. In 1978, his career got a boost when he was cast in a leading role opposite Frank Sinatra in the NBC movie "Contract on Cherry Street." After the movie was completed, Davi remained in Los Angeles and appeared in the miniseries "From Here to Eternity," while racking up credits in such feature films as "Goonies," "Raw Deal," "Wild Thing" and "Die Hard" (a rare white-hat role as an FBI agent). In the 1990s, Davi's feature films included "Predator II," "Cops and Robbersons," "Wild Orchid II," "Son of the Pink Panther," "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" and "Showgirls."
He has four upcoming films: "Dogfighters," "For Which He Stands," "An Occasional Hell" and "Bad Pack." He appeared in the TV series "L.A. Law," "Hill Street Blues," "Wiseguy" (in an arc of episodes), and "The Gangster Chronicles," as well as the miniseries "Terrorist on Trial: United States vs. Salim Ajami."
In his leisure time, Davi enjoys a good cigar, riding his two Harley-Davidson motorcycles, watching old movies, collecting modern and classical art, sketching, writing, and working out.
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