Award-winning American actor Armand Assante has given memorable performances in such movies as “Private Benjamin”, “The Marrying Man”, “1492: Conquest of Paradise”, “Judge Dredd” and “American Gangster” to name a few.

Assante, however, is probably most celebrated for his work on the small screen. A regular on two NBC series, “How to Survive a Marriage” (as Johnny McGee) and “The Doctors” (as Dr. Mike Powers), he scored his first triumph with his role of Richard Mansfield on the CBS miniseries “Jack the Ripper”, for which he took home nominations at the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards. He later won an Emmy Award as well as Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations for the HBO drama “Gotti”, where he brilliantly portrayed crime kingpin John Gotti. Assante was later again nominated for a Golden Globe as well as a Golden Satellite award for his portrayal of Odysseus in the miniseries adaptation of “The Odyssey”. Photo by Mike Belissimo