Actor

1942-10-20 · United States · Male

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Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American film, television and voice actor. A character actor with an acting career spanning over 40 years, he is often found playing surly New York City types on both sides of the law, and mixes both drama and comedy roles.

As a voice actor, he is perhaps best known as the voice of Harvey Bullock in the DC Animated Universe, and often serves as a voice double for Danny DeVito, most notably as Philoctetes in the 1998 Hercules animated series and the Kingdom Hearts video game series.

Early life

Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is the son of actor Carmine Costanzo and is of Italian descent. He attended both the St. Francis Preparatory School and the St. Francis College.

Career

Costanzo's first role was in the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon playing a cop, although this was an uncredited part. This was followed by a role as a paint store customer in the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever. Other movie roles include Total Recall, Die Hard 2, Dick Tracy, City Slickers, and Down and Derby. His television appearances are varied, with him appearing in Lois & Clark, Boston Legal, Hannah Montana, Friends and Joey as the father of main character Joey Tribbiani, Days of Our Lives, The Golden Girls and numerous other series. He also starred as Commissioner Stenchler in the Sega CD game Sewer Shark.

Costanzo is also a voice actor and has done voices on shows including Hercules, The Fairly OddParents, The Zeta Project, House of Mouse, Duckman, Bonkers, and Random! Cartoons, among others. He also voiced Harvey Bullock in the DC Animated Universe, consisting of Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures and Static Shock, the theatrical release Mask of the Phantasm, and the video releases Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero and Mystery of the Batwoman. He voiced Angelo in The Sopranos: Road to Respect and Joe Barbaro and Derek Pappalardo in Mafia II.

Costanzo reprised his role as Bullock in the video game Batman: Arkham Origins.

Robert Costanzo at the Internet Broadway Database