Actor / Director Profile

Tall, lanky, intense and bug-eyed Italian-American actor Robert Glaudini made his film debut in the 1971 comedy "Lady Liberty." Glaudini starred in two offbeat experimental features for underground independent filmmaker Jon Jost: he's seedy private investigator Frank Goya in "Angel City" and the titular scuzzy drug dealer in "Chameleon." Robert gave a solid and engaging performance as edgy hero Paul Dean in the enjoyably cruddy futuristic 3-D sci-fi/horror schlocker "Parasite." Glaudini was effectively nasty as evil magician DelGatto in "The Alchemist." Robert's other memorable cinematic roles are scientist Dr. Wolf in the quirky science fiction sleeper "Wavelength," sleazy wrestling promoter Dr. Tweed in "Grunt! The Wrestling Movie," FBI agent Nash in the powerful "Mississippi Burning," and creepy high school janitor Shultz in the fun teen slasher romp "Cutting Class." Glaudini did guest spots on the TV shows "Hunter" and "Crime Story." Outside of his film and television work, Robert has had a long and distinguished stage career as both an actor and playwright. Glaudini has been a member of the New York stage ensemble LAByrinth Theater Company since 2004. He has written the plays "The Poison Tree," "Dutch Heart of Man," and "Jack Goes Boating" (the latter was an acclaimed off-Broadway hit). Robert Glaudini is the father of actress Lola Glaudini; he portrayed her dad on several episodes of the TV series "NYPD Blue." He lives in New York City.