James Russo: movies and TV shows
James Russo has 171 credits in the archive: 154 films and 17 TV series, from 1981 to 2025. Highest rated: Once Upon a Time in America (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1981 – 2025 · busiest year: 2003 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Run | Eddie | Film | 4.0 | 72 |
| 2025 | Jimmy and Stiggs | John Redgrave | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2025 | Silent Partners | Frankie Cutts | Film | 5.0 | 72 |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Abel Naughton | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2024 | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Film | 7.0 | 71 | |
| 2024 | Chuck Zito: An American Story | Self | Film | 2.0 | 71 |
| 2024 | Undying | Ranger Jessup | Film | — | 71 |
| 2023 | Inside Man | Film | 6.1 | 70 | |
| 2023 | Among Wolves | Thomas Barclay | Film | 4.3 | 70 |
| 2023 | MobKing | Film | 5.0 | 70 | |
| 2023 | Condition of Return | Stafford | Film | 5.6 | 70 |
| 2023 | Murder Motel | Joe | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 2022 | Tulsa King | Quiet Ray Renzetti | TV | 8.3 | 69 |
| 2022 | The Allnighter | Walter | Film | 3.6 | 69 |
| 2022 | Pig Killer | Rat | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 2021 | A Soldier's Revenge | Walsh | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2021 | The Penitent Thief | Castor | Film | 5.7 | 68 |
| 2021 | Take Back | Schmidt | Film | 5.9 | 68 |
| 2021 | Cerebrum | Kirk Davis | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2020 | Gravesend | TV | 6.7 | 67 | |
| 2020 | Woe | Uncle Pete | Film | 5.4 | 67 |
| 2020 | Final Kill | Bob | Film | 4.8 | 67 |
| 2020 | 5th Borough | Det. Ricci | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 2020 | Chronicle of a Serial Killer | Peter Brown | Film | 1.6 | 67 |
| 2020 | Bullet Ride | Mr. Langdon | Film | — | 67 |
| 2019 | Badland | Fred Quaid | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2019 | The Great Alaskan Race | Wild Bill | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 2019 | Desolate | Duke Stone | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2019 | Possession Diaries | Father Brien | Film | 4.6 | 66 |
| 2018 | A Dog and Pony Show | Banker Pete Melnick | Film | 5.6 | 65 |
| 2018 | Living Among Us | Aaron | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2018 | The Broken Ones | Joe Murphy | Film | 6.0 | 65 |
| 2018 | Not a Stranger | Bob Madden | Film | 4.7 | 65 |
| 2018 | Not a Stranger | Film | 4.7 | 65 | |
| 2017 | The Actor | Agent Bradley Scott | Film | — | 64 |
| 2016 | Vigilante Diaries | Mr. Hanover | Film | 4.2 | 63 |
| 2016 | Code of Honor | Vincent Romano | Film | 4.1 | 63 |
| 2016 | The Bronx Bull | Rocky Graziano | Film | 4.3 | 63 |
| 2016 | Voiceless | Pastor Gil | Film | 1.0 | 63 |
| 2015 | Black Mass | Agent Scott Gariola | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2015 | American Justice | Agent Cobb | Film | 4.3 | 62 |
| 2014 | The Bag Man | Film | 5.3 | 61 | |
| 2014 | Perfect Sisters | Steve Bowman | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 2014 | Five Thirteen | Agent Acevedo | Film | 4.1 | 61 |
| 2014 | Strike One | Paul Fairfield | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 2013 | Chavez Cage of Glory | Tony | Film | 2.7 | 60 |
| 2013 | 7E | Sam | Film | 3.8 | 60 |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Dicky Speck | Film | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2012 | Vegas | Anthony 'Red' Cervelli | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2012 | My Own Private River | Richard Waters (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2011 | Samuel Bleak | Charles Bleak | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 2011 | Miss Bala | Jimmy | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 2011 | Yellow Rock | Max Dietrich | Film | 5.4 | 58 |
| 2011 | The One Warrior | Claudius | Film | 2.0 | 58 |
| 2011 | Born of Earth | Tom Reeser | Film | 4.5 | 58 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Frank Salvo | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 2010 | Boy Wonder | Larry Childs | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2010 | Dark Woods | Sheriff Demming | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 2010 | One in the Gun | Jimmy | Film | 2.7 | 57 |
| 2009 | Dark Blue | Robert Franzine | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Walter Dietrich | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2009 | Charlie Valentine | Rocco | Film | 4.1 | 56 |
| 2009 | Never Surrender | Jimmy | Film | 3.1 | 56 |
| 2009 | Dreams and Shadows | John Brunette | Film | 2.0 | 56 |
| 2008 | Stiletto | Engelhart | Film | 4.7 | 55 |
| 2008 | The Capture of the Green River Killer | TV | 6.2 | 55 | |
| 2008 | Little Red Devil | Mr. Trundell | Film | 3.3 | 55 |
| 2008 | Deadwater | Commander Combs | Film | 4.8 | 55 |
| 2008 | Dark World | Charlie | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 2008 | Kings of the Evening | Ramsey | Film | — | 55 |
| 2008 | Shoot First And Pray You Live | Bob McGurk | Film | 3.8 | 55 |
| 2008 | The Pink Conspiracy | Cox | Film | 2.8 | 55 |
| 2007 | Blue Lake Butcher | Sheriff Jack | Film | 3.0 | 54 |
| 2007 | On the Doll | Janitor | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 2007 | Machine | Butch | Film | 3.9 | 54 |
| 2007 | Chill | Detective Defazio | Film | 2.9 | 54 |
| 2007 | The Hit | Mr. Santucci | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2006 | Broken Trail | Captain Billy Fender | TV | 6.9 | 53 |
| 2006 | Satanic | Eddie | Film | 3.2 | 53 |
| 2006 | All In | Dr. Pennington | Film | 4.5 | 53 |
| 2006 | Blackwater Valley Exorcism | The Bishop | Film | 3.9 | 53 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | John Curtis | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2005 | Come as You Are | Benny | Film | 3.5 | 52 |
| 2005 | Confessions of a Pit Fighter | Sharkey | Film | 4.2 | 52 |
| 2005 | One Among Us | Ryan Brannigan | Film | 3.8 | 52 |
| 2004 | Target | Donovan | Film | 4.2 | 51 |
| 2004 | Fallacy | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | Warren Pemberton | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | James Karon | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 2003 | Open Range | Sheriff Poole | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2003 | Paris | Leon King | Film | 3.0 | 50 |
| 2003 | The Box | Frank Miles | Film | 4.3 | 50 |
| 2003 | The Box | Film | 4.3 | 50 | |
| 2003 | The Box | Film | 4.3 | 50 | |
| 2003 | Stealing Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 2003 | A Good Night to Die | Roy | Film | 3.1 | 50 |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Joey Salucci | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Michael Krauss | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2002 | The House Next Door | Carl Schmidt | Film | 4.6 | 49 |
| 2002 | The House Next Door | Film | 4.6 | 49 | |
| 2002 | Shattered Lies | Smiler | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 2002 | Redemption | Capt. Grill | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 2001 | Pendulum | Edward Mills | Film | 2.8 | 48 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sinclair | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 2000 | Deep Core | Darryl Simmons | Film | 4.1 | 47 |
| 2000 | The Unscarred | Mickey Vernon | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2000 | Bad Guys | John Tykor | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 2000 | Voodoo Dawn | Luc | Film | 4.9 | 47 |
| 2000 | Double Deception | Snake | Film | 4.9 | 47 |
| 2000 | Sonic Impact | Agent Nick Halton | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2000 | Paper Bullets | John Rourke | Film | 4.5 | 47 |
| 1999 | The Ninth Gate | Bernie | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1999 | Jimmy Zip | Otis Campbell | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 1999 | BitterSweet | Joe Massa | Film | 4.9 | 46 |
| 1999 | Diamonds | Damian | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1999 | Heist | Nick the Stick | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1998 | Butter | Juke Box Danny | Film | 4.5 | 45 |
| 1998 | Detour | Ziggy Rotella | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1998 | Charades | Max Targenville | Film | 4.2 | 45 |
| 1998 | My Husband's Secret Life | Film | 4.5 | 45 | |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Paulie | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1997 | The Postman | Idaho | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1997 | Dellaventura | Tommy Bats | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1997 | The Girl Gets Moe | Brannagin | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1997 | No Way Home | Tommy | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1997 | Laws of Deception | Gino Carlucci | Film | 4.0 | 44 |
| 1997 | Under Oath | Warren Erickson | Film | 4.0 | 44 |
| 1996 | American Strays | Eddie | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1996 | The Real Thing | Rupert Little | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1996 | Small Time | Jerry | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1995 | Panther | Rodgers | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1995 | The Secretary | Ted Burke | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1995 | Condition Red | Dan Cappelli | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 1995 | The Set Up | Kliff | Film | 4.2 | 42 |
| 1994 | Bad Girls | Kid Jarrett | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1993 | Trauma | Capt. Travis | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1993 | Double Deception | Jon Kane | Film | 8.5 | 40 |
| 1993 | Dangerous Game | Francis Burns | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1993 | Da Vinci's War | Mintz | Film | 4.8 | 40 |
| 1993 | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Don Feeney | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1992 | Cold Heaven | Daniel Corvin | Film | 4.4 | 39 |
| 1992 | Illicit Behavior | Bill Tanner | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 1992 | In the Shadow of a Killer | Charlie Van | Film | 4.5 | 39 |
| 1991 | My Own Private Idaho | Richard Waters | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Dan Corelli | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1991 | Intimate Stranger | Nick Ciccini | Film | 4.9 | 38 |
| 1990 | State of Grace | DeMarco (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1989 | We're No Angels | Bobby | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1989 | The Belt | Vittorio De Simone | Film | 4.5 | 36 |
| 1988 | Freeway | Frank Quinn | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 1988 | The Blue Iguana | Reno | Film | 4.2 | 35 |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Janos Korda | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1987 | China Girl | Alby | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1986 | Extremities | Joe | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Police Detective | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Frank Sacco | TV | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Bugsy | Film | 8.4 | 31 |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | Mikey Tandino | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Vince Hood | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1984 | X-Ray | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1983 | Exposed | Nick | Film | 4.8 | 30 |
| 1982 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Robber | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1982 | A Stranger Is Watching | Ronald Thompson | Film | 4.6 | 29 |
| 1982 | Vortex | Anthony Demmer | Film | 5.7 | 29 |
| 1981 | Candy Store | Joey | Film | — | 28 |
| 1981 | Candy Store | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1981 | Chicago Story | Film | 8.0 | 28 | |
| The Mob Priest | Mike Nolan | Film | — | — | |
| Merchandise | Detective Chalmers | Film | — | — | |
| Merchandise | Film | — | — | ||
| USA Motel | Film | — | — |