Movie Stars Joe Mantegna Biography Biography (2) Movies Websites ... Forum More ... Filmbug Top 100 Showbiz News Advanced Search Movie Diction. ... Directory A-Z Joe Mantegna Joe Mantegna Joe Mantegna earned a Tony Award for his performance as Richard Roma in David Mamet 's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Glengarry Glen Ross . His additional Broadway credits include the role of Bobby Gould in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow and a role in the musical Working , in which he made his Broadway debut. In his hometown of Chicago, Mantegna also starred in the Mamet plays A Life in the Theatre and The Disappearance of the Jews , both at the Goodman Theatre. He directed Mamet's Lakeboat in Los Angeles and later made his feature film directorial debut with Lakeboat , based on Mamet's screenplay. Mantegna also conceived and co-authored the Off Broadway play Bleacher Bums , which was subsequently produced for television and earned him an Emmy Award. Mantegna made his feature film debut in Compromising Positions and has since starred in the David Mamet films House of Games Things Change and Homicide , in roles that Mamet specifically created for him, as well as in Alice Celebrity The Godfather III Bugsy Searching for Bobby Fischer Liberty Heights Forget Paris Suspect Up Close and Personal The Money Pit Weeds Baby's Day Out Airheads Queens Logic Wait Until Spring, Bandini | |
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