Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/13/1926
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
Lenny Passaforo
Lenny Montana
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...
Known For
The Godfather
as Luca Brasi
Blood Song
as Skipper
Matilda
as Hood #1
Pandemonium
as Coach
Defiance
as Whacko
The Jerk
as Con Man
Strike Force
as Italian Dockworker
Evilspeak
as Jake
The Big Brawl
as John
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Luca Brasi (uncredited)
Seven
as The Kahuna
Change of Habit
as Grocer (uncredited)
...All the Marbles
as Jerome
Contract on Cherry Street
as Phil Lombardi
The Funny Face of the Godfather
as Saro
Fingers
as Luchino
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
as Brick
Below the Belt
as The Geek
Patty
as The Racketeer