Joe Mantegna

format_quote There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

format_quote But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

format_quote I mean, I don't work with a system as an actor in the sense of method as much as it's a compilation of everything I've done and learned all my life.

stars  1969: Made his acting debut in a production of "Hair".

stars  His wife Arlene owns Taste Chicago, a restaurant in Burbank, CA.

stars  Along with Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Hamill, he is one of only three actors to play both themselves and a fictional character in "The Simpsons" (1989). He played himself in the Season Three episode "Bart the Murderer" and portrayed Fat Tony in that and fourteen other episodes of the series.

stars  Was Robert B. Parker's personal pick to play Spenser in "Spenser: For Hire" (1985) (before Robert Urich was cast in the role).

stars  His daughter, Mia, is autistic.