Acting credits
23
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Lenny Montana
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 19Series: 4Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 106811
IMDb ID: nm0598926
Known for: Acting
Born: March 13, 1926
Died: May 12, 1992
Age: 66
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1969 - 1982
Years active: 14
Average TMDB rating: 6.35
Wikidata: Q1352034
Also known as
Lenny Passaforo
Other jobs
Screenplay (1)
Biography
Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in Brooklyn, New York, and is best remembered for his first on-screen role as the not too bright but ever loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen time before being eliminated by the henchmen of opposing gangster Al Lettieri with a garrote and a knife; however, he caught the eye of casting agents and over the next ten years racked up roles in 16 movies. Usually cast as "muscle for hire", he was equally good at playing the intimidating thug or a buffoonish hoodlum, such as in Battle Creek Brawl (1980) and The Jerk (1979). His last film appearance was in the B-thriller Blood Song (1982), which he also co-wrote. He died in May 1992 of a heart attack while in Italy.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Lenny Montana.
4.8
Blood Song
as Skipper
1982 Movie
4.5
Pandemonium
as Coach
1982 Movie
5.3
Evilspeak
as Jake
1981 Movie
8.9
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Luca Brasi (uncredited)
1981 Movie
6.2
...All the Marbles
as Jerome
1981 Movie
6.0
Below the Belt
as The Geek
1980 Movie
5.9
The Big Brawl
as John
1980 Movie
6.3
Defiance
as Whacko
1980 Movie
6.9
The Jerk
as Con Man
1979 Movie
5.7
Seven
as The Kahuna
1979 Movie
4.1
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Brick
1978 Movie
5.2
Matilda
as Hood #1
1978 Movie
6.3
Fingers
as Luchino
1978 Movie
6.3
Contract on Cherry Street
as Phil Lombardi
1977 Movie
Patty
as The Racketeer
1976 Movie
5.6
Strike Force
as Italian Dockworker
1975 Movie
2.0
The Funny Face of the Godfather
as Saro
1973 Movie
8.7
The Godfather
as Luca Brasi
1972 Movie
5.3
Change of Habit
as Grocer (uncredited)
1969 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Lenny Montana.
