Richard Portnow

Known for: Acting
Born: January 26, 1947, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Movies: 110

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Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is a prolific American character actor who played Howard Stern's father, Ben in the movie Private Parts. He has appeared on The Sopranos and many other films, video games, and television shows such as Hannah Montana and Boston Legal.

Best-Known Movies

8.4

Se7en

1995

7.4

Law Abiding Citizen

2009

7.2

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

6.8

Sister Act

1992

7.3

Good Morning, Vietnam

1987

6.1

Kindergarten Cop

1990

6.4

Café Society

2016

6.1

Twins

1988

5.8

Beethoven

1992

5.9

Oldboy

2013

Filmography

2025	Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws	Oscar Golden
2025	Sinatra! Eternity	Walter Winchell
2021	Roe v. Wade	Justice William Douglas
2019	Stakeout	Pat Reed
2018	Holly Day	Benny
2018	Frank and Ava	Walter Winchell
2018	Higher Power	Charles Margrey
2018	Andover	Shamus Trout
2017	The Gliksmans	Tim Neuman
2016	Café Society	Walt
2015	Trumbo	Louis B. Mayer
2015	Parallel	Stewart
2014	Nanny Cam	Detective Jones
2014	This Last Lonely Place	Jason Pure
2013	Oldboy	Bernie Sharkey
2013	Underdogs	John Handon II
2013	Duke	Carroll Green
2013	In the Dark	Detective Archer
2012	Hitchcock	Barney Balaban
2012	A Night of Nightmares	Cliff Tanner
2012	2 Jacks	Lorenzo
2012	Imaginary Friend	Dan
2011	The Christmas Pageant	Leo Brenner
2010	The Wish List	Lenny
2010	Killer by Nature	Walter
2009	Law Abiding Citizen	Bill Reynolds
2009	Life Is Hot in Cracktown	Guy from 4 K
2009	The Minis	Jack
2009	Under New Management	Carmello Conforte
2008	The Spirit	Donenfeld
2008	Good Time Max	Head Administrator
2008	Tinker Bell	Minister of Autumn (voice)
2007	Chasing Robert	Ed Thorton
2007	Perfect Stranger	Narron
2007	The Indian	Elliot
2006	National Lampoon's TV: The Movie	Sergeant
2006	Find Me Guilty	Max Novardis
2005	Meet the Mobsters	Jerry Kaminski
2005	Trump Unauthorized	Mayor Ed Koch
2005	Under the City	Minks
2004	Tony n' Tina's Wedding	Vinnie Black
2002	Poolhall Junkies	Toupee Jay
2001	Double Bang	Lieutenant Shatkin
2001	Zigs	Arnold Zigman
2001	Laughter on the 23rd Floor	Harry
2000	The Unscarred	Tommy Matolla
2000	The Ghost of Spoon River	Agent Cicarelli
2000	Happy Accidents	Trip
2000	Fallen Arches	Nicky Kaplan
1999	Witness Protection	Niko
1999	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	Handsome Frank
1999	The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All	Vincent Lo Russo
1999	Ballad of the Nightingale	Arnie D'Angelo
1999	Road Kill	Charboneau
1998	Lured Innocence	Jack Shelby
1998	Postal Worker	Dr. Nicolas Brink
1998	Milo	Lieutenant Parker
1998	Desert Thunder	Adm. Le Clair
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Wine Colored Tuxedo
1998	My Giant	Producer
1998	Shadow of Doubt	Marvin Helm
1997	Guy	Al
1997	Bella Mafia	Anthony Moreno
1997	Mad City	Brackett's Agent
1997	Private Parts	Ben Stern
1996	Bogus	M. Clay Thrasher
1995	Donor Unknown	Hal Cooney
1995	Se7en	Dr. Beardsley
1995	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning	Monaghan
1995	Man of the House	Joey Renda
1995	S.F.W.	Gerald Parsley
1994	Lipstick Camera	Detective Vorkopich
1994	Across the Moon	Roy
1994	Trial by Jury	Leo Greco
1994	Dragstrip Girl	Det. Dryden
1994	Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1993	The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley Believe It or Not!	Robert L. Ripley
1993	Based on an Untrue Story	Disturbing Caller
1993	Night Eyes 3	Kaplan
1993	Heart and Souls	Max Marco
1992	There Goes the Neighborhood	Marty Rollins
1992	Sister Act	Willy
1992	Beethoven	Ammunition Company Representative (uncredited)
1991	Father of the Bride	Al - the Tux Salesman
1991	For the Boys	Milt, Recording Studio
1991	Barton Fink	Detective Mastrionotti
1991	Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster	Dave Barrett
1990	Kindergarten Cop	Captain Salazar
1990	Havana	Mike MacClaney
1990	Tune in Tomorrow...	Uncle Luke
1990	Chattahoochee	Dr. Debner
1989	Meet the Hollowheads	Mr. Crabneck
1989	Peter Gunn	Spiros
1989	A Deadly Silence	D.A. Ed Jablonski
1989	Say Anything...	Agent Stewart
1989	Original Sin	Vincent
1988	Twins	Chop Shop Owner
1988	In Dangerous Company	Kellog
1987	Good Morning, Vietnam	Dan 'The Man' Levitan
1987	Hiding Out	Mr. Lessig
1987	Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam	Harry Long
1987	The Squeeze	Ruben
1987	The House of Blue Leaves	Billy Einhorn
1987	Almost Partners	Nicky
1987	Tin Men	Carly
1987	Radio Days	Sy
1987	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Agent
1986	Courage	Frankie Ce De Baca
1985	Desperately Seeking Susan	Party Guest
1983	Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer	Bartender

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