Dennis Farina

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dennis Farina (born February 29, 1944) is an American actor of film and television and former police officer. He is a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer. His most known film roles are those of mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run and Bones Barboni in Get Shorty. His most recent television role was as Det. Joe Fontana on Law & Order. Farina was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Italian American parents Yolanda, a homemaker, and Joseph Farina, a Sicilian doctor. He was raised in a large family and has three brothers and three sisters.