Lenny Montana
Birthday
1926/03/13
Day of death
1992/05/12 (66 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
Lenny Passaforo
Biography
Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in Brooklyn, New York, and is best remembered for his first on-screen role as the not too bright but ever loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen time before being eliminated by the henchmen of opposing gangster Al Lettieri with a garrote and a knife; however, he caught the eye of casting agents and over the next ten years racked up roles in 16 ...Read more
Acting
(1981) ...All the Marbles
as Jerome
(1981) The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic
as Luca Brasi (uncredited)
(1975) Strike Force
as Italian Dockworker
(1980) The Big Brawl
as John
(1969) Change of Habit
as Grocer (uncredited)
(1978) Matilda
as Hood #1
(1979) The Jerk
as Con Man
(1982) Blood Song
as Skipper
(1972) The Godfather
as Luca Brasi
(1978) They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Brick
(1980) Defiance
as Whacko
(1982) Pandemonium
as Coach
(1976) Patty
as The Racketeer
(1973) The Funny Face of the Godfather
as Saro
(1979) Seven
as The Kahuna
(1981) Evilspeak
as Jake
(1980) Below the Belt
as The Geek
(1978) Fingers
as Luchino
(1977) Contract on Cherry Street
as Phil Lombardi
(1980) Magnum, P.I.
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as McCoy
(1972) Search
as ---
(1977) Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
as Luca Brasi (uncredited)