Robert LaSardo (born September 20, 1963) is an American

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Early life

LaSardo was born in

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, New York City, and is of Puerto Rican and Italian-American He began his career studying at the

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in New York City where he became an honors student, before attending the

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. He spent four years in the

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. For two of those years, he handled Navy attack dogs in the

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. LaSardo was stationed on

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, in the middle of the Aleutian chain, with LaSardo saying that the weather was "atrocious", and that alcoholism and depression was rife among others serving there. As part of the Navy, he would also go on to spend time in

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the

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and

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Career

LaSardo started his acting career in 1987 with the independent film '' China Girl'' by

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. He was cast in the 1990

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film '' Hard to Kill'', and LaSardo claimed that Seagal took a liking to him, helping him get cast in his next project '' Out for Justice''. After several smaller roles he appeared in such TV series as ''

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'', '' CSI: Miami'', ''

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'' and '' Femme Fatales'', most often playing bad guys, in particular drug dealers or gang leaders. He also appeared in feature films as bad guys in several movies, including ''

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'' and '' The Mule''. He has appeared often in independent horror movies, such as in '' The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2020, he appeared in '' Hope for the Holidays'' with

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. In December 2021, it was reported that LaSardo has been cast in ''The Legend of Jack and Diane'', a feature film described as a female-led revenge thriller written and directed by Bruce Bellocchi, starring

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, Lydia Zelmac, David Tomlinson and Carlo Mendez. The film's producers include Bellocchi, and filming began in Los Angeles on January 17, 2022. In 2022, it was announced that LaSardo will be starring in the horror film ''Camp Pleasant Lake'' with Jonathan Lipnicki.

Personal life

LaSardo lives with his family in California. Due to his work in the Navy, he supports USA Cares, an organization that supports families of soldiers.Actor Robert Lasardo, Releases Tattoo Poetry Book, on ladinenclub
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Filmography

Films

Television

Books by LaSardo

* 2014 ''Life Sentence: A true story about love, lunacy and fame'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, * 2015 ''Playing With Fire'', Glover Lane Press, * 2017 ''Gabriel's Trial'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,

References

External links

*
Robert LaSardo Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lasardo, Robert Living people 1963 births American male film actors American male television actors American people of Italian descent Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Male actors from Brooklyn Military personnel from New York City Military personnel from New York (state) Native American United States military personnel United States Navy sailors