Jan 3, 1930

New York, New York, USA

Robert Loggia (born January 3, 1930) is an American Academy Award and Emmy Award nominated film and television actor who specializes in character parts.

Loggia first came to prominence as a American Lawman named Elfego Baca in a 1958 series of Walt Disney television shows. He starred as the proverbial cat-burglar-turned-good in a short-lived series called T.H.E. Cat. His many television credits include appearances on Columbo, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, The Rockford Files, Magnum, P.... ... (read more...) I., The Sopranos, and Oliver Stone's Wild Palms.

His film roles include An Officer and a Gentleman (in a bit part as Richard Gere's drunken slob of a father), Scarface, Prizzi's Honor, Independence Day and Big. In 1985, Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a crusty private detective in the thriller Jagged Edge, and he was nominated for an Emmy in 1989 for his portrayal of FBI agent Nick Mancuso in the TV series Mancuso, FBI, a follow up to the previous year's miniseries Favorite Son. Loggia also appeared as mobster Mr. Eddy in David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997), a film which reunited him with Independence Day co-star Bill Pullman.

In 1999, Loggia appeared in an television commercial that lampooned obscure celebrity endorsements. In it, a young boy inexplicably names Loggia as someone he would trust to recommend Minute Maid orange-tangerine blend; Robert Loggia instantly appears and endorses the drink, to which the boy exclaims, "WHOA, Robert Loggia!"[1] The commercial was referenced in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle, in which Loggia made a guest appearance as "Grandpa Victor"; Loggia drinks some orange juice, then spits it out and complains about the pulp.

Loggia has recently ventured into voice acting, in a recurring role on the Adult Swim animated comedy Tom Goes to the Mayor, as crooked cop Ray Machowski in the video game Grand Theft Auto III, as Admiral Petrarch in FreeSpace 2, and as the narrator of the Scarface: The World is Yours game adaptation.

In April 2007, he appeared on The Daily Show as the featured "Giant Head" on the screen wall behind Jon Stewart, declaring that Crapstore wanted their desk back.