Mike Starr Biography
Born: July 29, 1950
A character actor whose beefy, imposing build (a magazine once listed him as 6'3" and 245 pounds) typecast him as thugs, hoods, and underworld heavies, performer Mike Starr was raised in the Manhattan area, as the son of a meatpacker and a five-and-dime clerk. He attended Long Island's Hofstra University on a drama scholarship, and -- after graduation -- toiled at menial jobs as a bartender and club bouncer before landing his first film role in William_Friedkin's gay-themed cop thriller Cruising (1980). Many projects ensued over the following decades, including The_Natural (1984), Uncle_Buck (1989, in a memorable bit as a drunken clown), Ed_Wood (1994), and Jersey_Girl (2004). Fans of the gangster-themed comedy Mad Dog and Glory (1993), in particular, might remember Starr -- he played Harold, the wife-beater husband who gets on David_Caruso's bad side, and physically suffers for it. In 2007, Starr essayed a rare lead in the character comedy Osso_Bucco; he played a gangster unknowingly targeted for death and due for extermination by his cousin. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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