Lenny Montana
Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in Brooklyn, New York, and is best remembered for his first on-screen role as the not too bright but ever loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen time before being eliminated by the henchmen of opposing gangster Al Lettieri with a garrote and a...
Tall and solidly built, this Italian-American professional wrestler turned actor was born Lenny Passaforo in Brooklyn, New York, and is best remembered for his first on-screen role as the not too bright but ever loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi in The Godfather (1972). Montana didn't get a lot of screen time before being eliminated by the henchmen of opposing gangster Al Lettieri with a garrote and a...
Known For
Cast Credits
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
as Luca Brasi (uncredited)
Blood Song
as Skipper
Pandemonium
as Coach
Evilspeak
as Jake
...All the Marbles
as Jerome
Below the Belt
as The Geek
The Big Brawl
as John
Defiance
as Whacko
The Jerk
as Con Man
Seven
as The Kahuna
Matilda
as Hood #1
Fingers
as Luchino
Contract on Cherry Street
as Phil Lombardi
Patty
as The Racketeer
Strike Force
as Italian Dockworker
The Godfather
as Luca Brasi
Change of Habit
as Grocer (uncredited)
Patty
as The Racketeer
Crew Credits
Blood Song
Producer