Allen Garfield

Gender: Male
Born: 22nd November 1939 (currently 72 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: The Lot
Movies: Greetings, Hi, Mom!, Putney Swope, The Conversation, You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat, Cyborg 2, Cry Uncle!, Continental Divide, You Ruined My Life, Get Crazy, The State of Things, Mother, Jugs & Speed, Beverly Hills Cop II, Night Visitor, Club Fed, The Cotton Club, The Owl and the Pussycat, Busting, One from the Heart, Number One, Irreconcilable Differences, The Majestic, Dick Tracy, Virginia Hill: Mistress to the Mob, Desert Bloom, The Candidate, The Organization, The Patriots, Gable and Lombard, Wild Side, The Black Stallion Returns, Let It Ride, The Ninth Gate, Skateboard, Menace, Fyre, Miracle Beach, Million Dollar Rip Off, Crime of the Century, Obsession, The Brink's Job, The Front Page

Allen Garfield, born and sometimes credited as Allen Goorwitz (born November 22, 1939), is an American film and television actor.

Garfield was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Alice (née Lavroff) and Philip Goorwitz. A graduate of Weequahic High School, he was a sports reporter and Golden Gloves boxer before becoming an actor. He studied acting at The Actors Studio in New York City, studying with both Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan, and worked in stage before film. Garfield is a quirky and prolific actor who has appeared in over 100 films and television shows. He is known for playing nervous villains, corrupt businessmen and politicians. In addition he has appeared in two art films by German director Wim Wenders, Der Stand der Dinge and Bis ans Ende der Welt. Garfield has one sister, Lois.

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