Robert Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, New York on June 26, 1953. He is basically an American character actor. He got a lot of popularity for his performance in the form of a villain namely Franz Sanchez in the movie namely Licence to Kill of James Bond. He did also opted for the roles like Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard as well as wicked, singing Fratelli brother namely Jake in The Goonies. His height is 6 feet 2.5 inches.
His parents were Maria (nee Rullo) and Sal Davi. Maria was an Italian American and on the other hand Sal was an inhabitant of Southern Italy. He did his studies from Seton Hall, which was a Catholic high school based in Patchogue, New York. Robert Davi completed his graduation from Hofstra University, which was the similar alma mater as James Bond villain Christopher Walken. Davi got attracted to Hofstra due to the Shakespearean 'round' theatre possessed by the school.
He did the role of Task Force director namely Bailey Malone belonging to FBI in NBC's Profiler. Robert Davi did also opted for various roles in the form of the erstwhile Genii military leader called as Commander Acastus Kolya, on Stargate Atlantis. He is regarded as the only actor who made appearance in the three of largest franchises of MGM namely The Pink Panther, James Bond as well as Stargate.
Further, Robert Davi also voiced the Covenant Elite that was called as Spec-Ops Command Leader Half-Jaw in the year 2004 in the game Halo 2. He also went ahead and did the recording of a radio spot in support of California Proposition 73 in the year 2005. He turned up as the director of his initial feature film, which was a doo H wop/heist movie, namely The Dukes.
Robert Davi landed up with huge recognition for this movie in the fall of 2007 at the film festivals. The movie had the co-stars as Peter Bogdanovich as well as Chazz Palminteri. It also came up with the introduction of a film newcomer namely Greg London. His other works are comprised of Spring Break '83, An American Carol, Scarface: The World Is Yours, Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss and many more.
Robert Davi
