Francesco Quinn

He was the son of Oscar-winning actor Anthony Quinn.

• Name — Francesco Quinn • Birth Name — Francesco Daniele Quinn • Born — 22 March 1963 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Occupation — Actor, voice actor • Years Active — 1985–2011 • Died — 5 August 2011 • Place of death — Malibu, California, U.S. • Children — 2 • Father — Anthony Quinn • Relatives — * Danny Quinn (brother) • Lorenzo Quinn (brother) • Alex Higgins (uncle)

Francesco Quinn was born in Rome, Italy, the first son of Mexican-American actor Anthony Quinn and his second wife Iolanda Addolori, an Italian costume designer to whom the elder Quinn was married for 31 years. Francesco was raised in both Italy and the United States.

Quinn made his screen acting debut in Quo Vadis?, a 1985 RAI miniseries based on the novel of the same name. From 1999 to 2001, Francesco appeared on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless as Nina Webster's boyfriend, Tomas del Cerro, and was nominated for an ALMA Award (an award reserved for Latino/a performers) as Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Soap Opera for his work as Tomas Del Cerro, an aloof writer from New York. Quinn also appeared extensively in television guest-star roles in crime and thriller dramas. He was lead guest star in an episode of JAG (1995). On CBS's The Fugitive, Quinn played Victor Gutierrez, a DEA agent with an edge, and played the recurring role of Islamic terrorist Syed Ali on Fox's series 24. Other TV guest starring roles occurred in Criminal Minds, ER, CSI: Miami, The Glades, Navy NCIS, Alias, Crossing Jordan, In the Heat of the Night, Miami Vice, Red Shoe Diaries, The Handler, Soldier of Fortune, Good vs. Evil, Vengeance Unlimited, and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. Quinn also portrayed the final criminal/villain, Guillermo Beltran, in the long-running F/X series, The Shield. In 2008, Quinn joined Luke Perry and C. Thomas Howell in the western TV film A Gunfighter's Pledge. Quinn was one of the earlier working actors to branch out into contributing to video games with his role as a main character in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999). In 2010–2011, he took part in the second season of the Italian TV series Il commissario Manara.

Francesco married Julie McCann and had two children: Massimiliano and Michela Quinn. The marriage ended in divorce in 2008. Before his death he was dating Valentina Castellani. Quinn has two siblings: Danny and Lorenzo. Quinn has eight other surviving half siblings: Alex, Antonia, Catalina, Christina, Danny, Duncan, Ryan, Sean, and Valentina Quinn. His eldest sibling, Christopher, drowned in 1941, aged two. Quinn was Roman Catholic, his children Massimiliano and Michela were both baptized by Pope John Paul II.

Quinn pursued sports such as skiing, snowboarding, windsurfing, free diving, road cycling, mountain biking, and actively raced motocross and street bikes. Quinn also was an avid motorcycler, and was a spokesman for The Motorcycle Industry Council and Honda. He was fluent in English, French, Spanish and Italian. Quinn was a contestant on Ty Murray’s Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge on CMT, until he was sidelined with a broken rib after being stomped on by a Level 2 bull.

Quinn died on August 5, 2011, in Malibu, California after experiencing what was believed to be a heart attack while running up a street with his children near his home.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — Quo Vadis? — Marcus Vinicius — TV miniseries • 1987 — Miami Vice — Francesco Cruz — Episode: "God's Work" • 1990 — The — Young Santiago — TV miniseries • 1992 — Red Shoe Diaries — Tommy — Episode: "Double or Nothing" • The — Francois — Episode: "Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal" • In the Heat of the Night — Ramon Salazar — Episode: "Sanctuary" • 1996 — O. Henry's Christmas — Robby Gilliam — TV film • 1997 — Rough Riders — Sgt. Rafael Castillo — TV miniseries • Soldier of Fortune, Inc. — Ramon Boharo — Episode: "La Mano Negra" • JAG — Mustapha Ben Kessar — Episode: "Code Blue" • 1998 — Pensacola: Wings of Gold — Javier Nuñez — Episode: "Lost Shipment" • Vengeance Unlimited — Col. Oscar Ponce — Episode: "Security" • 1999–2001 — The — Tomas Del Cerro — Main cast • 2000 — G vs E — Agent Shaw — Episode: "Ambulance Chaser" • 2001 — The — Victor — Episode: "Past Perfect" • 2002 — Alias — Minos Sakkoulas — Episode: "The Confession" • JAG — Mustapha Ben Kassir, Bedouin Leader, Kabir Atef — Guest; Seasons 2 & 4, recurring role; Season 7 • Almost a Woman — Don Carlos — TV film • 2003 — 24 — Syed Ali — Recurring role; Season 2 • The — Det. Lopez — Episode: "Hardcore" • 2004 — CSI: Miami — Fidel — Episode: "Murder in a Flash" • NCIS — Gunnery Sgt. Freddy Alvarez — Episode: "One Shot, One Kill" • ER — Dr. Alfonso Ramirez — Episode: "Time of Death" • 2005 — Into the West — Capitan de Salamanca — Episode: "Wheel to the Stars" • Criminal Minds — Michael Russo — Episode: "Natural Born Killer" • 2006 — NCIS — Cpl. Luis Romero — Episode: "Once a Hero" • 2007 — Tinseltown — Arturo — TV film • 2008 — A — Sheriff — TV film • The — Guillermo Beltrán — Recurring role; Season 7 • Danny Fricke — Pablo Vicente — TV film • 2010–11 — The — Eduardo Garcia — Episodes: "Bird in the Hand", "Family Matters" • 2011 — Zen — Gilberto Nieddu — Episodes: "Vendetta", "Cabal", "Ratking" • Il commissario Manara — Fabrizio Raimondi — 8 episodes • Natalee Holloway — Ricardo Flores — TV film

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1999 — Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun — General Vega • 2008 — Quantum of Solace — Additional characters — Voices • Tom Clancy's EndWar • 2010 — Mass Effect 2

The authorities additionally record the heading Francesco Daniele Quinn. His recorded language was Italian. His recorded confession was Catholicism. He was the child of Anthony Quinn.

Quinn made his film debut in Oliver Stone's Academy Award-winning Vietnam War film Platoon (1986), playing Private "Rhah" Ramucci. During the late 1980s, he appeared in a string of Italian films, including the historical biopic Stradivari (also starring his father), the Rambo-esque action film Indio, and the war movie Casablanca Express. He appeared in many feature films including the New York Independent Film Festival winner Placebo Effect. He acted with his father in several films, including A Star For Two with Lauren Bacall. The two Quinns also had the opportunity to share the role of Santiago in the 1990 mini-series The Old Man and the Sea, son and father playing the character as a young and old man. Quinn sometimes played moody, dangerous characters, such as vampire Vlad Tepes in the 2003 direct to video alt-historical thriller Vlad, and wandering warrior Thane Le Mal in the short film The Gnostic. Like his father, Quinn also appeared in historical dramas, playing such roles as Latino Captain Salamanca in Steven Spielberg’s mini-series Into the West (2005) and a lead role in TNT's Rough Riders (1997) (TV). One of Quinn's earliest roles was as Marcus Vinicius in the 1985 mini-series Quo Vadis?, co-starring with some major film actors of the 1980s. Later examples of Quinn's work included Park, which won the audience award at 2007 CineVegas, and the short film Muertas, starring America Ferrera. In 2007, he appeared as Ruben Vega in the Academy Award-nominated short film The Tonto Woman, adapted from the Elmore Leonard short story. In 2011, he would voice Dino / Mirage in Transformers: Dark of the Moon which would be his final role before his death shortly after the film's release.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1986 — Platoon — PVT. "Rhah" Ramucci • 1988 — Priceless Beauty — Peter • Stradivari — Alessandro • 1989 — The — Mahmud II • Indio — Daniel Morell • Casablanca Express — Capt. Franchetti • 1991 — A Star for Two — Young Gabriel Todd • Murder Blues — John Reed • 1992 — Judgement — Jimmy Sollera • 1993 — Deadly Rivals — Bunny Wedman • 1994 — The — Stephen • 1995 — Top Dog — Mark Curtains • The — Ramone • 1997 — Cannes Man — Frank 'Rhino' Rhinoslavsky • 1998 — Nowhere Land — Walfredo • Deadly Ransom — Luis Mendes • Placebo Effect — Zac • 2001 — Reflections — Him • 2003 — Vlad — Vlad Tepes • 2006 — Park — Smoldering Park Worker • Cut Off — Agent Jones • 2007 — Afghan Knights — Amad • 2008 — Hell Ride — Machete • Broken Promise — Santos • 2009 — Four Single Fathers — Dom • 2010 — Rollers — Quinn • Corruption.Gov — Ron Garcia • 2011 — Transformers: Dark of the Moon — Dino / Mirage (voice) • 2012 — Roma nuda — Bernard Jovanni — Posthumous release

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2000 — The — Jean-Paul Esselen • 2006 — Man vs. Monday — Juan Carlos • 2007 — The — Warrior • Muertas — Carlos • 2008 — The — Ruben Vega