Lenny Montana Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Lenny Montana

Lenny Montana

Acting

Biography

Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in Brooklyn, New York, and is best remembered for his first on-screen role as the not too bright but ever loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen time before being eliminated by the henchmen of opposing gangster Al Lettieri with a garrote and a knife; however, he caught the eye of casting agents and over the next ten years racked up roles in 16 movies. Usually cast as "muscle for hire", he was equally good at playing the intimidating thug or a buffoonish hoodlum, such as in Battle Creek Brawl (1980) and The Jerk (1979). His last film appearance was in the B-thriller Blood Song (1982), which he also co-wrote. He died in May 1992 of a heart attack while in Italy.

Filmography Movies

Acting

...All the Marbles movie poster
MOVIE

...All the Marbles

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...All the Marbles
Jerome
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959 movie poster
MOVIE

The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

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The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
Luca Brasi (uncredited)
Strike Force movie poster
MOVIE

Strike Force

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Strike Force
Italian Dockworker
The Big Brawl movie poster
MOVIE

The Big Brawl

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The Big Brawl
John
Change of Habit movie poster
MOVIE

Change of Habit

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Change of Habit
Grocer (uncredited)
Matilda movie poster
MOVIE

Matilda

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Matilda
Hood #1
The Jerk movie poster
MOVIE

The Jerk

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The Jerk
Con Man
Blood Song movie poster
MOVIE

Blood Song

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Blood Song
Skipper
The Godfather movie poster
MOVIE

The Godfather

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The Godfather
Luca Brasi
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way movie poster
MOVIE

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

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They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Brick

Production

Gallery

Lenny Montana portrait