Mike Starr

I have a real soft spot for character actors like Mike Starr. Big, gravel-voiced, born in New York City, he has spent a career playing mobsters, cops, and blue-collar tough guys, and you know his face the instant it appears: Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber, Billy Bathgate. He never needed top billing; he just walks into a scene and grounds it. That Hofstra-educated craft is exactly the kind of reliable, unshowy excellence that holds movies together. The leads get the posters, but actors like Starr are why the films actually work. He is my kind of professional.

Name (English)

Mike Starr

Name (Japanese)

マイク・スター

Reading

まいく・すたー

Born

July 29, 1950 (age 76)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor

High school

Holy Cross High School

University

Hofstra University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Starr%20(actor)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373450

Tags

• New York
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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