...as "Cheech"
Mike Starr (born July 29, 1950 in Queens, New York) is the actor who played Tony Cicci in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang". An extremely prolific actor, Starr has made over 100 film and television appearances, often playing gangster types such as his Tony Cicci character.
He has appeared in many other television shows inluding The Equalizer (with Robert Lansing and Keith Szarabajka), Law & Order, Frasier (starring Kelsey Grammer), The West Wing, Scrubs, House, M.D., and CSI: NY. He also starred on such series as EZ Streets and Ed, and he currently has a recurring role as "Big Tough Guy God" on Joan of Arcadia, starring Michael Welch and Becky Wahlstrom.
Starr also has an extensive list of films to his credit. He made his film debut with a small role in the 1980 crime thriller Crusing, starring fellow Trek guest actors Paul Sorvino and Richard Cox. He went on to appear in such popular movies as The Natural (1984), Radio Days (1987, with Robert Joy, Kenneth Mars, and Wallace Shawn), Lean on Me (1989, with Star Trek: Voyager star Ethan Phillips as well as Tony Todd), Born in the Fourth of July (1989, with Reg E. Cathey, Bob Gunton, Ed Lauter, Mark Moses, Richard Poe, Goodfellas (1990, with Paul Sorvino), Miller's Crossing (1990), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994, with Roy Brocksmith, Bill Cobbs, Christopher Darga, and Noble Willingham), Ed Wood (1994, with Daniel Riordan and Biff Yeager), Dumb & Dumber (1994, with Teri Garr and Charles Rocket), and Jersey Girl (2004, with Stephen Root).
External links
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- Mike Starr at Wikipedia