Lawrence Tierney

Acting

Lawrence Tierney

Born 1919-03-15 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA 70 films

Lawrence Tierney (March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002) was an American actor, known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and hardened criminals, which mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law. Commenting on the DVD release of a Tierney film in 2005, a New York Times critic observed: "The hulking Tierney was not so much an actor as a frightening force of nature." Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Tierney, licensed under CC-B…

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Filmography

70 films
Eddie Presley poster

Eddie Presley is a down on his luck ex-Elvis impersonator. With his days of fromer glory performing…

Eddie Presley

★ 4.0 1993

Red poster

Based on the true story of Louis "Red" Deutsch. A New Jersey bar-owner is plagued with prank phone…

Red

★ 5.7 1993

Midnight 2 poster

The surviving member of a devil-worshiping family uses a camcorder to videotape himself murdering y…

Midnight 2

★ 5.5 1993

Reservoir Dogs poster

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a wareh…

Reservoir Dogs

★ 8.1 1992

City of Hope poster

This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most no…

City of Hope

★ 6.7 1991

The Runestone poster

A New York detective takes the case of a bulletproof monster sprung to life from Viking legend.

The Runestone

★ 4.8 1991

Dillinger poster

Crime drama based on the real-life story of US gangster John Dillinger, who was hunted by the FBI a…

Dillinger

★ 5.6 1991

Why Me? poster

A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nu…

Why Me?

★ 5.7 1990