Brian De Palma
Birthday: September 11, 1940
Birth Place: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Brian De Palma. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

The Untouchables: Capone Rising	(2008)
Toyer	(2007)
[ Colin Firth ]
The Black Dahlia	(2006)
[ Josh Hartnett ][ Aaron Eckhart ][ Mike Starr ][ Joey Slotnick ][ Gregg Henry ]
Femme Fatale	(2002)
[ Antonio Banderas ][ John Stamos ][ John Amos ][ Peter Coyote ][ Gregg Henry ]
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000	(2001)
[ Jonathan Demme ]
Mission to Mars	(2000)
[ Tim Robbins ][ Jerry O'Connell ][ Don Cheadle ][ Gary Sinise ][ Ken Kirzinger ]
Snake Eyes	(1998)
[ Nicolas Cage ][ Gary Sinise ][ John Heard ][ Mike Starr ]
Mission: Impossible	(1996)
[ Tom Cruise ][ Jean Reno ][ Emilio Estevez ][ Jon Voight ][ Ving Rhames ]
Carlito's Way	(1993)
[ Al Pacino ][ Viggo Mortensen ][ Sean Penn ][ John Leguizamo ][ Marc Anthony ]
Raising Cain	(1992)
[ John Lithgow ][ Steven Bauer ][ Gregg Henry ][ Tom Bower ]
The Bonfire of the Vanities	(1990)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Bruce Willis ][ Morgan Freeman ][ F. Murray Abraham ][ Richard Belzer ]
Casualties of War	(1989)
[ Sean Penn ][ Michael J. Fox ][ John Leguizamo ][ Ving Rhames ][ John C. Reilly ]
Bruce Springsteen: Video Anthology 1978-1988	(1989)
The Untouchables	(1987)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Sean Connery ][ Kevin Costner ][ Andy Garcia ][ David Mamet ]
Wise Guys	(1986)
[ Harvey Keitel ][ Danny DeVito ][ Dan Hedaya ][ Frank Vincent ][ Bruce Springsteen ]
Body Double	(1984)
[ Steven Bauer ][ Dennis Franz ][ Rob Paulsen ][ Gregg Henry ][ Craig Wasson ]
Scarface	(1983)
[ Al Pacino ][ F. Murray Abraham ][ Steven Bauer ][ Robert Loggia ][ Richard Belzer ]
Blow Out	(1981)
[ John Travolta ][ John Lithgow ][ Dennis Franz ]
Dressed to Kill	(1980)
[ Michael Caine ][ Dennis Franz ][ Keith Gordon ][ Mark Margolis ][ Ed Quinn ]
Home Movies	(1980)
[ Kirk Douglas ][ Keith Gordon ]
The Fury	(1978)
[ Kirk Douglas ][ John Williams ][ John Cassavetes ][ Charles Durning ][ Dennis Franz ]
Carrie	(1976)
[ John Travolta ][ Stephen King ][ William Katt ]
Obsession	(1976)
[ John Lithgow ][ Cliff Robertson ]
Phantom of the Paradise	(1974)
Sisters	(1973)
[ Charles Durning ]
Get to Know Your Rabbit	(1972)
[ Orson Welles ][ John Astin ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Hi, Mom!	(1970)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Charles Durning ]
Dionysus	(1970)
The Wedding Party	(1969)
[ Robert De Niro ]
Greetings	(1968)
[ Robert De Niro ]
Murder à la Mod	(1968)
The Responsive Eye	(1966)
Show Me a Strong Town and I'll Show You a Strong Bank	(1966)
Bridge That Gap	(1965)
Jennifer	(1964)
Woton's Wake	(1962)
660124: The Story of an IBM Card	(1961)
Icarus	(1960)

Trivia

• Won top prize in regional Science Fair in high school. Project was "An Analog Computer to Solve Differential Equations." Cf. computer nerd in "Dressed to Kill"
• He directed Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing In The Dark" music video.
• De Palma graduated from Friends' Central School, a small quaker school outside of Philadelphia
• De Palma bases his most famous cinematic predilection, voyeurism, on a specific childhood incident. When he was a child, his parents split up, his mother accusing his father of infidelity. The young De Palma spent several days stalking his dad with recording equipment, hoping to find evidence to confirm his mother's suspicions.
• Uncle of actor Cameron De Palma
• In the 1970s, De Palma helped a close friend on a film project. He helped audition and interview actors. When the film was shot, DePalma did some uncredited writing on an opening "scrawl", a device the friend thought of at the last minute to help explain events in the film, so the audience would not be confused. The friend was George Lucas and the film was Star Wars (1977).
• First child with 'Hurd, Gale Anne' , Lolita, born September 19, 1991.
• Second daughter, Piper De Palma, born October 21 1996 in Palo Alto, California.
• Brother of photographer Bart DePalma
• Italian-American.
• Is a Bruce Springsteen fan
• Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 262-267. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
• Wrote the role of the hooker in "Dressed To Kill" specifically with his then wife Nancy Allen in mind.
• Frequentely stars Sean Penn in his movies (Casualties of War, Carlito's Way)
• Has never contributed an audio commentary track to his DVDs.
• Step-father of The OC actress Willa Holland

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