Henry Silva
Henry Silva ( born September 15, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City ) is an American actor Puerto Rican origin. He was a popular occupation for villains, mainly in action movies through its distinctive, hard face.
Life
After Silva had left the school at age 13 to study acting, he was discovered in the mid-1950s and had his first appearances on Broadway. In this early phase of his filmmaking Silva has played along side such renowned actors like Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh and Gregory Peck.
In 1963, he finally received a Hollywood lead role in the film The Revenge of Johnny Cool. Lured by offers from Italy, Silva moved to Europe with his family late 60s. There he worked mainly in Italian police films, known for its uncompromising depiction of violence, and found in the role of single-minded, over corpses previous villains on the role of his life.
The late 70s, after his retirement in the United States, his role expanded spectrum again; he starred in the science fiction film Buck Rogers the evil henchman Kane or The Horror alligator a big-game hunter. From the 80s until the late 90s, he played mainly in less well-known American and Italian low -budget films; Exceptions were the films Cusack - The Silent and Nico, in which he was each of the opponents of action stars Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal, as well as the comic book movie Dick Tracy. He also synchronized in the animated series Batman: The Animated Series the villain Bane.
Last Silva is in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai and was seen in a cameo in Ocean's Eleven, a remake of the film Frankie and his cronies from 1960, in which Silva had also been involved.
Silva dominated both English and the languages of Spanish and Italian fluently. He lives in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, is married and has two sons.