Bruno Kirby is terrific. He's an extremely funny guy, but he's equally adept at drama too when he gets the chance to play it. In addition to those two movies where he's Billy Crystal's on-screen best friend,
When Harry Met Sally... and
City Slickers - which are easily his most recognizeable roles, he was also quite memorable in...
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
The young Clemenza in the flashback portions. He is the neighbor who asks Vito Corleone (DeNiro) to hide the gun and brings him on the robbery of the rug, fatefully introducing him to the world of crime.
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
He's Tommy Pischedda, the limo driver who loves Frank Sinatra and doesn't get Rock & Roll at all. "I would never say this to them, but this is a fad." One of the deleted scenes involving Kirby's character has him getting drunk and stoned with the band in their hotel room, stripping down to his underwear, and singing Sinatra.
- Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
The painfully and brilliantly un-funny rival Armed Forces D.J., Lt. Hauk. "'Hauk sucks the sweat off of a dead man's balls.' I have no idea what that means, but it seems very negative to me."
- Tin Men (1987)
Mouse, one of the sideing salesman at DeVito's company. "Let me ask you something: you watch Ed Sullivan, right? Which act do you like better, the guy who spins the plates or the guy with the hand puppets?"
- Modern Romance (1981)
Assisstant editor and friend to Albert Brooks' Robert Cole. "The ludes kicked in, right?"
- The Freshman (1990)
Victor, Carmine Sabatini's nephew. His stealing Clark's suitcases on his arrival to Grand Central Station is what draws him into that world and the eloborate plot. "In retrospect, I'm not even sure it was a horse."
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
Nicky, one of Sonny Black's crew. He's the one that gets involved with drug dealing down in Florida and almost runs into Brasco/Pistone (Depp) at the motel.
- an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street", "The Gas Man"
(season three, original airdate May 5, 1995)
Great episode. Bruno plays a man who was sent to prison by Detective Frank Pembleton, and he has grown to blame him for basically everything that went wrong in his life. The entire episode he stalks Pembleton. He decides not just to outright kill him, but humiliate him as a detective, hiding the disembodied head from a murder investigation and taunting him in the Press. Much of the time is Kirby just cruising around Baltimore with his cousin, played by Richard Edson (Stranger Than Paradise, Good Morning Vietnam, Let It Ride), with very funny dialogue back-and-forth between them. One of the best episodes of the entire series.
And Patti, Crystal and Kirby are at a NY Giants football game in the
When Harry Met Sally... scene you're thinking of, where Crystal tells him about his wife Helen moving out. "The guy in the 'Nobody Fu*ks with Mister Zero' T-Shirt knew before I did?".
Jeffries, I think you're maybe mixing up Brono Kirby's d!ckhead in
Good Morning, Vietnam with the deputy he played in the misfire
We're No Angels. I wish I could forget that damn movie, but I can't. Kirby's deputy was rather kind-hearted compared to most of the lawmen and especially the 'bad' escaped felon (James Russo) moving through the film. His character is a little obsessed with Demi Moore's and he keeps asking her if she needs anything, much to the consternation of DeNiro, but I wouldn't say he's a d!ck exactly. He does seem to actually care about the single mother and her little girl.
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