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Martin Ferrero
American actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Martin Victor Ferrero (born September 29, 1947) is an American actor. His best-known roles are Izzy Moreno in Miami Vice (1984–1989) and Donald Gennaro in the 1993 film Jurassic Park.
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 appeared as a regular on the 1980s TV series Miami Vice playing the comic relief character Izzy Moreno, an informant with a Cuban accent infused with a malapropism who was involved in a variety of outlandish business ventures. He initially appeared in the pilot episode as assassin Trini DeSoto.
He 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.[1] In 2011, he reprised the role of Donald Gennaro in a CollegeHumor parody of Jurassic Park.[2]
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