Martin Ferrero

Martin Ferrero
Born	(1947-09-29) September 29, 1947 Brockport, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979-2011

Martin Ferrero (born September 29, 1947) is an American stage and film actor.

Life and 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 is also remembered as a regular on the 1980s TV series Miami Vice for playing the comic relief character Izzy Moreno, an informant with a malapropism infused Cuban accent and involved in a variety of outlandish business ventures. Less well known is that he appeared in the pilot episode as assassin Trini DeSoto. He also 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, Ferrero reprised the role of Donald Gennaro in a CollegeHumor parody of Jurassic Park.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1981	Knightriders	Bontempi
1982	I Ought to Be in Pictures	Monte Del Rey
1986	Modern Girls	Music Video Director
1987	Planes, Trains & Automobiles	Second Motel Clerk
1988	High Spirits	Malcolm
1991	Oscar	Luigi Finucci
1992	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Paulie
1993	Jurassic Park	Donald Gennaro
1995	Get Shorty	Tommy Carlo
	Heat	Construction Clerk
1998	Gods and Monsters	George Cukor
2001	Air Bud: World Pup (Video)	Snerbert
	The Tailor of Panama	Teddy, the Reporter

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"
1984–1989	Miami Vice	Izzy Moreno Trini DeSoto
1985	Hill Street Blues	Alan "Rambo" Branford	Season 6, Episode 5 (Oct. 31, 1985): "Somewhere Over The Rambo"
1988	L.A. Law	Julius Goldfarb a/k/a 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" (TV series short)

1985. Hill Street Blues. Alan "Rambo" Branford. "Somewhere Over The Rambo"

External links

• Martin Ferrero at IMDb