Martin Ferrero
Martin Victor Ferrero (born September 29, 1947) is an American actor. His best-known roles are Izzy Moreno in Miami Vice (1984–1989) and Donald Gennaro in the 1993 film Jurassic Park.
Also recorded as Martin Victor Ferrero
Martin Ferrero
- Name
- Martin Ferrero
- Birth Name
- Martin Victor Ferrero
- Born
- 29 September 1947
- Birthplace
- Brockport, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- San Jose State University · Westmont High School · Brockport High School
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Martin Ferrero • Birth Name — Martin Victor Ferrero • Born — 29 September 1947 • Birthplace — Brockport, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1979–present
Career
Career
Ferrero was born in Brockport, New York. He joined the California Actors Theater in Los Gatos, California. In 1979, he moved to Los Angeles and began to act in Hollywood. He is widely remembered for his role as the ill-fated lawyer Donald Gennaro in Jurassic Park (1993). He appeared as a regular on the 1980s TV series Miami Vice playing the comic relief character Izzy Moreno, an informant with a Cuban accent infused with a malapropism who was involved in a variety of outlandish business ventures. He initially appeared in the pilot episode as assassin Trini DeSoto. He guest-starred on an episode of Cheers ("Rescue Me", season 3), playing the role of an Italian waiter. In addition, he has appeared in Get Shorty (1995), Gods and Monsters (1998), and The Tailor of Panama (2001). As of 2008, Ferrero is a member of the Antaeus Company, a Los Angeles classical theater ensemble. In 2011, he reprised the role of Donald Gennaro in a CollegeHumor (now Dropout) parody of Jurassic Park.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1979 — The Ropers — Salesman — Episode: "Puppy Love" • Soap — Waiter — Episode: "Episode #3.6" • 1981 — M*A*S*H — Wounded man in jeep — Episode: "That's Show Biz" • 1982 — Mork & Mindy — The Salesman — Episode "I Don't Remember Mama" (#4.15) • 1983 — Diff'rent Strokes — Coach — Episode "The Goat" • 1984 — Alice — Bart — Episode "Romancing Mr. Stone" • 1985 — Hill Street Blues — Alan "Rambo" Branford — Episode: "Somewhere Over The Rambo" • Cheers — Waiter — Episode: "Rescue Me" • 1986 — Moonlighting — Peter Macy — Episode: "Yours, Very Deadly" • 1984–1989 — Miami Vice — Izzy Moreno/Trini DeSoto — 18 episodes/1 episode • 1988 — L.A. Law — Julius Goldfarb / The Salamander — Episode: "Leapin' Lizards" • 1990 — Shannon's Deal — Lou Gondolf • 1996 — Nash Bridges — Vincenzo 'Vince' Diamond — Episode: "Javelin Catcher" • 1997 — The Practice — Sam Feldberg — Episode: "Save the Mule" • 1998 — The X-Files — Shooter — Episode: "The End" • 2000 — Ali: An American Hero — Angelo Dundee — (TV movie) • 2011 — CollegeHumor Originals — Donald Gennaro — Episode: "Jurassic Park Character's Awful Realization" • 2017 — Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Himself Donald Gennaro — Episode: David Muir, Pedro Pascal, Music from Mariah Carey
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1947
Martin Ferrero was born on 29 September 1947.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1981 — The Incredible Shrinking Woman — Guard • Knightriders — Bontempi • 1982 — I Ought to Be in Pictures — Monte Del Rey • 1986 — Gung Ho — Crandall • Band of the Hand — Hardware Clerk — Uncredited • Modern Girls — Music Video Director • 1987 — Planes, Trains and Automobiles — Second Motel Clerk • 1988 — High Spirits — Malcolm • 1991 — Oscar — Luigi Finucci • 1992 — Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot — Paulie • 1993 — Reckless Kelly — Ernie the Fan • Jurassic Park — Donald Gennaro • 1995 — Get Shorty — Tommy Carlo • Heat — Construction Clerk • 1998 — Gods and Monsters — George Cukor • The Naked Man — Sammy • 2001 — Air Bud: World Pup — Snerbert — Voice • The Tailor of Panama — Teddy, the Reporter
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