# Robert LaSardo

Robert LaSardo (born September 20, 1963) is an American character actor.

## Early life

LaSardo was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and is of Italian-American and Native American descent. He began his career studying at the High School of Performing Arts in New York City where he became an honors student, before attending the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. He spent four years in the U.S. Navy. For two of those years, he handled Navy attack dogs in the Aleutian Islands. LaSardo was stationed on Adak Island, in the middle of the Aleutian chain, with LaSardo saying that the weather was "atrocious", and that alcoholism and depression was rife among others serving there. As part of the Navy, he would also go on to spend time in Africa, Australia, Fiji, Indonesia the Philippines and Saudi Arabia.

## Career

LaSardo started his acting career in 1987 with the independent film China Girl by Abel Ferrara. He was cast in the 1990 Steven Seagal film Hard to Kill, and LaSardo claimed that Seagal took a liking to him, helping him get cast in his next project Out for Justice. After several smaller roles he appeared in such TV series as The X-Files, CSI: Miami, Nip/Tuck and Femme Fatales, most often playing bad guys, in particular drug dealers or gang leaders. He also appeared in feature films as bad guys in several movies, including Waterworld and The Mule.
He has appeared often in independent horror movies, such as in The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), Autopsy, and Parlor. In 2020, he appeared in Hope for the Holidays with Sally Kirkland.
In December 2021, it was reported that LaSardo has been cast in The Legend of Jack and Diane, a feature film described as a female-led revenge thriller written and directed by Bruce Bellocchi, starring Tom Sizemore, Lydia Zelmac, David Tomlinson and Carlo Mendez. The film's producers include Bellocchi, and filming began in Los Angeles on January 17, 2022.
In 2022, it was announced that LaSardo will be starring in the horror film Camp Pleasant Lake with Jonathan Lipnicki.

## Personal life

LaSardo lives with his family in California.
Due to his work in the Navy, he supports USA Cares, an organization that supports families of soldiers.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | China Girl | Carlo Forza | |
| 1988 | Moving | Perry | |
| 1988 | Short Circuit 2 | 'Spooky' | |
| 1988 | Ich und Er | Tony | |
| 1989 | Rooftops | 'Blade' | |
| 1989 | True Blood | Luis | |
| 1989 | Renegades | Skinhead | |
| 1989 | Penn & Teller Get Killed | 1st Mugger | |
| 1990 | Hard to Kill | Punk | |
| 1990 | King of New York | Italian Guard | |
| 1991 | Out for Justice | Bochi | |
| 1994 | Léon: The Professional | Drug Dealer | Deleted scenes |
| 1994 | Jimmy Hollywood | ATM Robber | |
| 1994 | Blood Run | 'Spike' | |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | 'Deputy Dog' | |
| 1994 | Last Man Standing | Kazz | |
| 1995 | Waterworld | 'Smitty' | |
| 1996 | Livers Ain't Cheap | Eric Fidel | |
| 1996 | Tiger Heart | Paulo | |
| 1997 | Double Tap | Rodriguez |
| 1997 | Gang Related | DEA Agent Sarkasian | |
| 1997 | Nightwatch | Pub Thug | |
| 1998 | Strangeland | Matt Myers | |
| 1999 | In Too Deep | Felipe Batista | |
| 1999 | Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies | Gries | |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | Twitchy Suspect | |
| 2000 | Mercy Streets | | |
| 2001 | Bubble Boy | Motorcyclist |
| 2003 | In Hell | Usup | |
| 2004 | Latin Dragon | Paco | |
| 2005 | Dirty | Roland | |
| 2007 | Never Down | Rico | Also writer |
| 2007 | Half Past Dead 2 | Rivera | |
| 2008 | Autopsy | Scott | |
| 2008 | Death Race | Hector 'The Grim Reaper' Grimm | |
| 2008 | Tortured | Mo | |
| 2010 | Wrath of Cain | Redfoot | |
| 2012 | Tomorrow You're Gone | Ornay Corale | |
| 2012 | Junkie | Nicky | |
| 2015 | The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) | Inmate #297 | |
| 2015 | Jurassic City | Corporal Ignacio | |
| 2015 | Parlor | 'The Artist' | |
| 2016 | Show Me Your Tat | | |
| 2016 | Everlasting | Rocky | |
| 2016 | Calico Skies | Macarena | |
| 2017 | Psych: The Movie | 'El Proveedor' | |
| 2017 | Blood Circus | Deke | |
| 2018 | Silencer | Lazarus | |
| 2018 | Cynthia | Pete | |
| 2018 | Home Stay | Diego Forza | |
| 2018 | Lake of Shadows | Cruz Lopez | |
| 2018 | The Mule | Emilio | |
| 2019 | Attack of the Unknown | Hades | |
| 2019 | The Talking Tree | 'Mouse' Sanchez | |
| 2020 | Sky Sharks | Father Rodriguez | |
| 2020 | Home Stay | Diego Forza | |
| 2020 | Bleach | El Jefe | |
| 2020 | Steele Justice | Hitman | |
| 2021 | 14 Ghosts | Barin Daniels | |
| 2021 | The Pizza Joint | Shorty | |
| 2021 | Narco Sub | Spyder | |
| 2022 | Damon's Revenge | Victor | |
| 2022 | Bridge of the doom | General Vasquez | |
| 2022 | The Legend of Jack and Diane | Cesar | |
| 2022 | Bloodthirst | Vampire Master | |
| 2022 | Death Count | #6 Jose Mendez | |
| 2022 | The Hostage | Arooka | |
| 2022 | Da First | Huncho | |
| 2022 | Old Man Jackson | Officer Romero | |
| 2022 | Free Dead or Alive | Jose | |
| 2022 | Project Skyquake | Scott | |
| 2022 | When George Got Murdered | Derek Chauvin | |
| 2022 | The Squad: Rise of the Chicano Squad | The Scientist | |
| 2024 | Camp Pleasant Lake | Angel | |

### Television

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1989-1990 | China Beach | Corporal Jesus 'Answer Man' Zappara | 5 episodes |
| 1993-2003 | NYPD Blue | Freddie Ascención / Héctor Acevedo / Kiki / Luis Hernandez | 4 episodes |
| 1994-1997 | Renegade | Scott Zane / Felipe / Víctor | 4 episodes |
| 1996-2000 | Pacific Blue | Adam Beckwith | 2 episodes |
| 1996-2000 | Nash Bridges | Baby Boy Doe / Doyle | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Murder One | Osvaldo Cesarus | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Martial Law | Héctor Flores | 2 episodes |
| 1999-2002 | V.I.P. | New World Order Leader | 3 episodes |
| 2000 | The X-Files | 'Cissy' Alvarez | Episode: "The Amazing Maleeni" |
| 2002 | The Shield | Joe 'Jo-Jo' Rizal | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Fastlane | Owen 'Shadow' Little | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Touched by an Angel | Lionel | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Boomtown | Pope | 1 episode |
| 2003-2010 | Nip/Tuck | Escobar Gallardo | 10 episodes |
| 2004 | Cold Case | Jesús Torres | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Sex, Love & Secrets | Arturo | 3 episodes |
| 2005-2007 | General Hospital | Manny Ruiz, Reverend Mateo Ruiz | 28 episodes |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Julian Borgia | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Bones | Miguel Villeda | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Life | | S1E3 "Let Her Go" |
| 2006-2011 | CSI: Miami | Memmo Fierro | 5 Seasons |
| 2007-2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Emilio Alvarado | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Chase | Eduardo 'El Lobo' Lopez | S1E2 "Repo" |
| 2011 | Femme Fatales | Laz Swan | S1E3 "Bad Medicine" |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Luca | 1 episode |
| 2011-2012 | In Plain Sight | Carlos Ramirez, Witness | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Bad Samaritans | Doug | 5 episodes |
| 2020 | Dave | Don Quixote | 1 episode |

## Books by LaSardo

* 2014 Life Sentence: A true story about love, lunacy and fame, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1496125354
* 2015 Playing With Fire, Glover Lane Press, ISBN 978-0615506920
* 2017 Gabriel's Trial, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-0615506920