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Michael Carmine in Miami Vice (1984)

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Michael Carmine

Overview

  • Born
    March 6, 1959 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Died
    October 14, 1989 · New York City, New York, USA (heart attack due to AIDS complications)

Biography

  • Carmine's stage credits included productions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Henry Street Settlement and La Mama ETC theaters, but he was best known for his work in Reinaldo Povad's "La Puta" and "Cuba and His Teddy Bear," the last successful New York Shakespeare Festival production whose cast included Robert Deniro and Ralph Macchio. Carmine also performed in episodes of TV's "Hill Street Blues", "MASH", "Miami Vice", and "Crime Story", as well as in some feature films. His films include: Scarface (1983); Invasion U.S.A.;, Turk 182! (1985); Band of The Hand (1986); Batteries Not Included (1987); Leviathan (1989); Longtime Companion (1990). He died tragically of heart failure. He was only thirty-years old.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Michaelginty@hotmail.com
  • Michael Carmime, a born-and-bred New Yorker, graduated from the "Fame"-d High School of the Performing Arts at the age of sixteen and went on to study his craft at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) in Valencia. He made his first appearance before the cameras as an extra in "Rollercoaster" and received his first speaking part on "Hill Street Blues" playing Ramos, which became a recurring role. A small part in Brian De Palma's "Scarface" was followed by the role of Snake in Michael Mann's television series "Miami Vice," which led to is first major role in Mann's "Band of the Hand," directed by Paul Michael Glaser.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

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  • He died of AIDS soon after his last film, "Longtime Companion," was completed. In that film he played someone dying of AIDS. As was not unusual at the time, his official obituary did not mention that his heart failure was due to the effects of AIDS.

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