Robert Davi

Robert Davi is one of those faces every movie fan recognizes long before they learn his name. He built a career out of menace, from Die Hard's Agent Johnson to Bond's Franz Sanchez, becoming Hollywood's go-to heavy across more than a hundred and thirty films. But what genuinely moves me is the contradiction underneath all that gravel: this is a man who sings Sinatra with real tenderness. The toughest guy in the room turns out to have the softest voice. I admire performers who refuse to be boxed in, and Davi's late-career pivot to jazz crooner feels less like a hobby than a confession of who he always was.

Name (English)

Robert Davi

Name (Japanese)

ロバート・デヴィ

Reading

ろばーと・でゔぃ

Born

June 26, 1953 (age 73)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Astoria, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / singer / jazz musician / film actor / television actor

High school

Seton Hall High School

University

Hofstra University

• Official sitehttps://www.davisingssinatra.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/robertdavi/
• Xhttps://x.com/RobertJohnDavi
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Davi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443317

Tags

• New York
• actor
• singer
• jazz musician

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.