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- Name: RICHARD MOREA
- English name: RICHARD MOREA
- Native name: ---
- Alias: ['BURT YOUNG']
- Award: ---
Description: Burly, talented character actor who has remained consistently busy playing "rough at the edge" type characters, often on the wrong side of the law. young was born on april 30 1940 in new york city, the son of a high school shop teacher. he is of italian descent. young received his dramatic arts training under legendary acting coachlee strasbergat the actors studio.young first gathered notice playing tough thugs in such films asthe gang that couldn't shoot straight(1971),across 110th street(1972),chinatown(1974) andthe gambler(1974). fiery directorsam peckinpahcast young as the getaway driver / assassin, "mac", inthe killer elite(1975), and young came to the attention of newcomersylvester stallone, who cast him as future brother-in-law 'paulie' in the 1976 sleeper hitrocky(1976). the talented young was nominated for an oscar, and has gone on to reprise the role in all five "rocky" sequels to date! peckinpah re-hired him to play renegade trucker "pigpen" in the moderately successfulconvoy(1978) (watch for "pigpen's" mack truck where the writing on the door states "paulie hauling"!).young has also appeared in numerous other major productions, includingonce upon a time in america(1984),the pope of greenwich village(1984),last exit to brooklyn(1989),mickey blue eyes(1999) andthe adventures of pluto nash(2002).
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