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Robert LaSardo

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Robert LaSardo
Born (1963-09-20) September 20, 1963 (age 61)
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present

Robert LaSardo is an American character actor.

Early life

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LaSardo was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and is of Italian-American and Native American descent.[citation needed] He began his career studying at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City where he became an honors student,[1] before attending the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. He spent four years in the U.S. Navy.[2] For two of those years, he handled Navy attack dogs in the Aleutian Islands LaSardo was stationed on Adak Island, in the middle of the Aleutian chain, with LaSardo saying that the weather was "atrocious", and that alcoholism and depression was rife among others serving there.[2] As part of the Navy, he would also go on to spend time in Africa, Australia, Fiji, Indonesia the Philippines and Saudi Arabia.[2]

Career

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LaSardo started his acting career in 1987 with the independent film China Girl by Abel Ferrara. He was cast in the 1990 Steven Seagal film Hard to Kill, and LaSardo claimed that Seagal took a liking to him, helping him get cast in his next project Out for Justice.[2] After several smaller roles he appeared in such TV series as The X-Files, CSI: Miami, Nip/Tuck and Femme Fatales, most often playing bad guys, in particular drug dealers or gang leaders. He also appeared in feature films as bad guys in several movies, including Waterworld and The Mule.

He has appeared often in independent horror movies, such as in The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), Autopsy, and Parlor. In 2020, he appeared in Hope for the Holidays with Sally Kirkland.[3]

In December 2021, it was reported that LaSardo has been cast in The Legend of Jack and Diane, a feature film described as a female-led revenge thriller written and directed by Bruce Bellocchi, starring Tom Sizemore, Lydia Zelmac, David Tomlinson and Carlo Mendez. The film's producers include Bellocchi, and filming began in Los Angeles on January 17, 2022.[4][5]

In 2022, it was announced that LaSardo will be starring in the horror film Camp Pleasant Lake with Jonathan Lipnicki.[6]

Personal life

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LaSardo lives with his family in California.[7]

Due to his work in the Navy, he supports USA Cares, an organization that supports families of soldiers.[8]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Film Role Notes
1987 China Girl Carlo Forza
1988 Moving Perry
Short Circuit 2 'Spooky'
Ich und Er Tony
1989 Rooftops 'Blade'
True Blood Luis
Renegades Skinhead
Penn & Teller Get Killed 1st Mugger
1990 Hard to Kill Punk
King of New York Italian Guard
1991 Out for Justice Bochi
1994 Léon: The Professional Drug Dealer Deleted scenes
Jimmy Hollywood ATM Robber
Blood Run 'Spike'
Drop Zone 'Deputy Dog'
Last Man Standing Kazz
1995 Waterworld 'Smitty'
1996 Livers Ain't Cheap Eric Fidel
Tiger Heart Paulo
1997 Double Tap Rodriguez
Gang Related DEA Agent Sarkasian
Nightwatch Pub Thug
1998 Strangeland Matt Myers
1999 In Too Deep Felipe Batista
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies Gries
Blue Streak Twitchy Suspect
2000 Mercy Streets
2001 Bubble Boy Motorcyclist
2003 In Hell Usup
2004 Latin Dragon Paco
2005 Dirty Roland
2007 Never Down Rico Also writer
Half Past Dead 2 Rivera
2008 Autopsy Scott
Death Race Hector 'The Grim Reaper' Grimm
Tortured Mo
2010 Wrath of Cain Redfoot
2012 Tomorrow You're Gone Ornay Corale
Junkie Nicky
2015 The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) Inmate #297
Jurassic City Corporal Ignacio
Parlor 'The Artist'
2016 Show Me Your Tat
Everlasting Rocky
Calico Skies Macarena
2017 Psych: The Movie 'El Proveedor'
Blood Circus Deke
2018 Silencer Lazarus
Cynthia Pete
Home Stay Diego Forza
Lake of Shadows Cruz Lopez
The Mule Emilio
2019 Attack of the Unknown Hades
The Talking Tree 'Mouse' Sanchez
2020 Sky Sharks Father Rodriguez
Home Stay Diego Forza
Bleach El Jefe
Steele Justice Hitman
2021 14 Ghosts Barin Daniels
The Pizza Joint Shorty
Narco Sub Spyder
2022 Damon's Revenge Victor
Bridge of the doom General Vasquez
The Legend of Jack and Diane Cesar
Bloodthirst Vampire Master
Death Count #6 Jose Mendez
The Hostage Arooka
Da First Huncho
Old Man Jackson Officer Romero
Free Dead or Alive Jose
Project Skyquake Scott
When George Got Murdered Derek Chauvin
The Squad: Rise of the Chicano Squad The Scientist
2024 Camp Pleasant Lake Angel

Television

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Year Film Role Notes
1989-1990 China Beach Corporal Jesus 'Answer Man' Zappara 5 episodes
1993-2003 NYPD Blue Freddie Ascención / Héctor Acevedo / Kiki / Luis Hernandez 4 episodes
1994-1997 Renegade Scott Zane / Felipe / Víctor 4 episodes
1996-2000 Pacific Blue Adam Beckwith 2 episodes
1996-2000 Nash Bridges Baby Boy Doe / Doyle 2 episodes
1997 Murder One Osvaldo Cesarus 2 episodes
1999 Martial Law Héctor Flores 2 episodes
1999-2002 V.I.P. New World Order Leader 3 episodes
2000 The X-Files 'Cissy' Alvarez Episode: "The Amazing Maleeni"
2002 The Shield Joe 'Jo-Jo' Rizal 1 episode
Fastlane Owen 'Shadow' Little 1 episode
2003 Touched by an Angel Lionel 1 episode
Boomtown Pope 1 episode
2003-2010 Nip/Tuck Escobar Gallardo 10 episodes
2004 Cold Case Jesús Torres 1 episode
2005 Sex, Love & Secrets Arturo 3 episodes
2005-2007 General Hospital Manny Ruiz, Reverend Mateo Ruiz 28 episodes
2005 Ghost Whisperer Julian Borgia 2 episodes
2006 Bones Miguel Villeda 1 episode
2007 Life S1E3 "Let Her Go"
2006-2011 CSI: Miami Memmo Fierro 5 Seasons
2007-2008 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Emilio Alvarado 1 episode
2010 Chase Eduardo 'El Lobo' Lopez S1E2 "Repo"
2011 Femme Fatales Laz Swan S1E3 "Bad Medicine"
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Luca 1 episode
2011-2012 In Plain Sight Carlos Ramirez, Witness 2 episodes
2013 Bad Samaritans Doug 5 episodes
2020 Dave Don Quixote 1 episode

Books by LaSardo

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  • 2014 Life Sentence: A true story about love, lunacy and fame, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1496125354
  • 2015 Playing With Fire, Glover Lane Press, ISBN 978-0615506920
  • 2017 Gabriel's Trial, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-0615506920

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