---
title: 'Joe Spinell'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film actor'
  - 'television actor'
  - 'character actor'
  - 'writer'
  - 'actor'
born: '1936-10-28'
died: '1989-01-13'
birthplace: 'Manhattan'
deathplace: 'Queens'
films_in_library: 35
reviews_of_their_work: 1
fandom_rating: '9.00/10 across 1 reviews'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-spinell'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Spinell'
wikidata: 'Q960676'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Joe Spinell

film actor, television actor, character actor, writer, actor.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2012 · [Maniac](https://cinepixo.com/movies/maniac-2012) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Married to the Mob](https://cinepixo.com/movies/married-to-the-mob-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [The Undertaker](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-undertaker-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [The Pick-up Artist](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-pick-up-artist-1987) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [Deadly Illusion](https://cinepixo.com/movies/deadly-illusion-1987) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [The Whoopee Boys](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-whoopee-boys-1986) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [Eureka](https://cinepixo.com/movies/eureka-1983) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [Losin' It](https://cinepixo.com/movies/losin-it-1983) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Night Shift](https://cinepixo.com/movies/night-shift-1982) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Monsignor](https://cinepixo.com/movies/monsignor-1982) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Vigilante](https://cinepixo.com/movies/vigilante-1982) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Forbidden Zone](https://cinepixo.com/movies/forbidden-zone-1982) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [The Last Horror Film](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-horror-film-1982) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [National Lampoon's Movie Madness](https://cinepixo.com/movies/national-lampoons-movie-madness-1982) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Nighthawks](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nighthawks-1981) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Melvin and Howard](https://cinepixo.com/movies/melvin-and-howard-1980) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Maniac](https://cinepixo.com/movies/maniac-1980) — actor, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [The First Deadly Sin](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-first-deadly-sin-1980) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [The Ninth Configuration](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ninth-configuration-1980) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [The Little Dragons](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-little-dragons-1980) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Rocky II](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rocky-ii-1979) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Last Embrace](https://cinepixo.com/movies/last-embrace-1979) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Winter Kills](https://cinepixo.com/movies/winter-kills-1979) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [Paradise Alley](https://cinepixo.com/movies/paradise-alley-1978) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [Starcrash](https://cinepixo.com/movies/starcrash-1978) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [Sorcerer](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sorcerer-1977) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Taxi Driver](https://cinepixo.com/movies/taxi-driver-1976) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Rocky](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rocky-1976) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Stay Hungry](https://cinepixo.com/movies/stay-hungry-1976) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Next Stop, Greenwich Village](https://cinepixo.com/movies/next-stop-greenwich-village-1976) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [Farewell, My Lovely](https://cinepixo.com/movies/farewell-my-lovely-1975) — as Nick · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [Rancho Deluxe](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rancho-deluxe-1975) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [The Seven-Ups](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-seven-ups-1973) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [Cops and Robbers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/cops-and-robbers-1973) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1972 · [The Godfather](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-godfather-1972) — as Willi Cicci · **9.0/10** from 1 review

Across everything reviewed here their work averages **9.00/10** — the plain mean of every published rating, nothing imported.

## Criticism on CinePixo

- **9.0/10** — [Power in a Whisper, Blood in the Wallpaper](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/power-in-a-whisper-blood-in-the-wallpaper) on *The Godfather* by Dorothy Kwan, 2026-07-10

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-spinell
Biographical facts from Wikipedia/Wikidata where linked above. Ratings and reviews are the work of this site's members.