Sam Coppola
Acting
Biography
Sam Coppola was born on July 31, 1935 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Saturday Night Fever (1977), Fatal Attraction (1987) and Jacob's Ladder (1990). He was married to Helen Shinnick. He died on February 5, 2012 in Leonia, New Jersey.
Born: July 31, 1935
Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions
Detectives Cagney and Lacey come face-to-face with their true feelings about capital punishment when they're assigned to the city's first capital murder case in 10 years.
Wonderland
Focuses on the daily life in a mental institution, from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients.
The Sopranos
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
The Wire
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
The Practice
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
Due South
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
The Good Wife
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Serpico
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Filmography
as Vinnie
as Larry Petterson
as Merrick
as Max
as Barry
as Old Codger #1
as Judge Timothy Haring
as Abe Rosencranz
as Gus
as Bobby Gold
as Former Mayor 'Young Tony'
as Neal Dornan
as Carlo Ricci
as Paul Castellano
as Dr. Felch
as Bill
as Uncle Sammy
as Dr. Reis
as Mr. Bishop
as Carl Malzone
as Jan Kaplovitz
as Mr. Kott, Money Truck Driver
as Cabrini
as Mel Nardino
as Bartender Lindey
as Sid Kramer
as Carmine Galante
as Albie Carbone
as Detective Michaelson
as Taxi Driver
as Jannelli
as Federal Judge Vance
as Bartender
as PBA Representative
as Dave
as Det. Brophy
as Dave
as Principal
as Neil
as Fuselli
as Leo Barnes
as Schoyer
as John
as Otto
as Aldo
as Harry
as Fusco
as Detective Johnson
as Detective (uncredited)
as Chick
as Cop (uncredited)
as Cop #1
as Private Detective