With a singularly nebulous background, which, by his account, included stints as a Las Vegas nightclub emcee, radio personality, and jewelry tycoon, and comparatively little acting experience, Gianni Russo won the role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather (1972) on the basis of his screen test. Since then, Russo has remained busy as an actor, mostly playing assorted wiseguys and Mafia types. He was appeared again with Marlon Brando in a small role in The Freshman (1990) in which Brando parodied his Don Corleone role to good effect. IMDb Mini Biography By Bob Sorrentino

Movies unavailable from Gianni Russo

Rope Art

Movie 2000

Mulberry St.

Self

Movie 2010

Wiseguy: Pilot

David 'Dave' Steelgrave

Movie 1987

Silverfox

Klaus Gerhardt

Movie

The Bait

Gianni Ruggeri

Movie 1973

The Four Deuces

Chip Morono - the 'Deuce of Clubs'

Movie 1975

Send No Flowers

Johnny Pisano

Movie 2013

Crossing Paths

Howard Thomas

Movie 1998

Tv series unavailable from Gianni Russo

Jake and the Fatman

Tv 1987

Wiseguy

Tv 1987

Hardball

Tv 1989

Toma

Tv 1973

The Hat Squad

Tv 1992

Prison Break

Smallhouse

Tv 2005

Strong Medicine

Tv 2000

Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television

Carlo Rizzi (uncredited)

Tv 1977

Renegade

Don Carmine Bendetti

Tv 1992