Lenny Venito
Born (1969-05-10) May 10, 1969
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present

Lenny Venito (born May 10, 1969) is an American actor, who has made appearances in films such as Gigli, Men in Black 3, and War of the Worlds. He also starred as Marty Weaver in the ABC comedy The Neighbors and James "Murmur" Zancone on The Sopranos.

Life and career

Venito was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He appeared in a recurring role in The Sopranos as "Murmur." He also appeared as John, an incompetent mugger, in two episodes, "Mugged" and "Wingmen", of another HBO Series, Flight of the Conchords. Venito was cast in one episode of Ugly Betty, as well as in two episodes of Bored to Death.

Venito participated in the 2008 Celebrity Poker Invitational.

Venito appeared in five episodes of NYPD Blue, most notably as Julian Pisano, a snitch with a heart of gold, a role he reprised in Blind Justice.

In 2007, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom The Knights of Prosperity as "Squatch."

From 2012 to 2014, Venito starred as Marty Weaver in the ABC comedy The Neighbors.

From 2014 to 2017, Venito voiced the recurring character Uncle Chuck on the Disney XD animated series Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero.

In 2016, Venito began co-starring in the CBS series Kevin Can Wait, portraying the role of Kevin Gable's friend Duffy.

Since 2019, he has been featured as "Uncle Cooper" in an ad campaign for Cooper Tires.

In 2022, Venito had a recurring role in Showtime's Flatbush Misdemeanors, as Franklin, Dan's Narcotics Anonymous sponsor.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1991 The Good Policeman Joe Barbarossa
1993 Money for Nothing Hrbek
1996 Layin' Low Vince
1998 Rounders Moogie
Above Freezing Kos
1999 Just the Ticket Stanley
2002 Men in Black II New York Guy
2003 Gigli Louis
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding Sal
Shark TaleGiuseppe, Great White #1 Voice
2005 Duane Hopwood Cop
The Honeymooners Lenny
War of the Worlds Manny the Mechanic
2006 The Wild Stan Voice
2007 The Brave One Mortelli
2008 Return to Sleepaway Camp Micky Video
2009 Solitary Man Todd The Building Manager
2010 How Do You Know Al
2012 Men in Black 3 Bowling Ball Head
2014 God's Pocket Little Eddie
St. Vincent Coach Mitchell
2016 Money Monster Lenny the cameraman
2018 Who's Jenna...? Dominick Grillo
2021 This Is The Night Carmine Cacioppo

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Equalizer Devin Episode: "Target of Choice"
1992 Here and Now Bo Episode: "A.J.'s Big Leap"
1995 The Cosby Mysteries Ears Episode: "Bakers Dozen"
1996 New York Undercover Officer Zanfagna Episode: "Unis"
1997–2001 NYPD Blue Julian Pisano 6 episodes
1998 Witness to the Mob Sal DiMaggio Television movie
Living in Captivity Carmine Santucci 8 episodes
2001–2004 Law & Order Detective Wade, Sonny King 2 episodes
2001–2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jake Nathan, Dominic 'Dom' Fabrigazzi Jr. 2 episodes
2002 The Mayor of Oyster Bay Television movie
The Job Ozzie Episode "Boss"
2003 Queens Supreme Mr. Riordan 2 episodes
Third Watch Episode: "Everybody Lies"
Hack Episode: "Out of the Ashes"
2004 The Practice Eddie Episode: "Adjourned/Cheers"
The Jury Detective Temson 2 episodes
2005 Blind Justice Sonny Famigletti, Julian Pisano 2 episodes
2006 Rescue Me Prison Guard 3 episodes
2006–2007 The Sopranos James "Murmur" Zancone 9 episodes
2007–2019 Law & Order: SVU John Gatto, Ray Gabardelli, Terry Donovan, Detective Monte 3 episodes
2007 The Knights of Prosperity Francis "Squatch" Squacieri 13 episodes
2007–2009 Flight of the Conchords John 2 episodes
2008 Life on Mars Nick Profaci 3 episodes
Ugly Betty Phil Episode: "Tornado Girl"
2010 Gravity Drunk #1 Episode: "Dogg Day Afternoon"
2010–2011 Bored to Death Officer Drake 3 episodes
2011 Lights Out Officer Velez 2 episodes
Curb Your Enthusiasm One armed Man Episode: "Car Periscope"
Unforgettable Detective Stan Moyer Episode: "With Honor"
2012 Person of Interest Murray Langston Episode: "Matsya Nyaya"
NYC 22 Detective Mascis 3 episodes
2012–2014 The Neighbors Marty Weaver 44 episodes
2014 The Good Wife Sheriff Gibson 2 episodes
2014–2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Uncle Chuck Voice, 8 episodes
2015 Blue Bloods Detective Louis Weems Episode: "The Poor Door"[1]
Benders Episode: "Choke"
2016 The Odd Couple Frank Episode: "All About Eavesdropping"
2016–2017 Kevin Can Wait Duffy Main role, 24 episodes
2017 Billions Slayton Episode #2.11
The Blacklist The Mailman/Tony Pagliaro 3 episodes
2018 FBI Lee Shalgos Episode: "Green Birds"
2019 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Rocco Scarpone Episode: "Sliding Van Doors"
2019 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Angie Calibresi 2 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Manhunt Hoods

References

  1. "The Poor Door". Retrieved Aug 18, 2020 via www.imdb.com.
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