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Daniel Franzese
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Daniel Franzese

Born 1978 · Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Active 1970–2026

Born in 1978 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Daniel Franzese emerged as a notable figure in cult cinema through his role in I Spit on Your Grave (2010). In this film, he delivers a compelling performance that underscores the emotional turmoil of the characters involved. His background in theater and television has equipped him with a unique ability to navigate the intense narratives typical of exploitation films. Franzese's work contributes to the ongoing conversation about resilience and revenge in the genre, making him a significant presence in the SassyFlix catalog.

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I Spit on Your Grave

I Spit on Your Grave

2010 ★ 6.5
as Stanley

Novelist Jennifer Hills travels from New York City to Louisiana to work on her next book in privacy. The gas attendant, Johnny, gives her directions to her rented cabin when she gets lost. He embarrasses himself trying to flirt with her. When the cabin's plumbing becomes clogged, it is fixed by Matthew, a stuttering plumber with a mental disability. She rewards him with an abrupt kiss of gratitude. Matthew tells Johnny and his friends Andy and Stanley about his visit. Johnny, whose ego was bruised after the gas station incident, decides that Jennifer is snobbish and needs to be "taught a lesson". That night, the four men sneak into the cabin and taunt and assault her, although Matthew refuses to participate. She escapes into the woods and bumps into Sheriff Storch and Earl, the owner of the cabin. Storch takes Jennifer back to the cabin, but when he finds her drugs and alcohol, he casts doubts on her story. Johnny, Matthew, Andy, and Stanley return; all five men gang-rape her, including an initially reluctant Matthew. Stanley records everything with his video camera. Afterward, just as Storch is about to shoot her, Jennifer falls into the river to escape. Jennifer begins to stalk her rapists in order to learn details of their lives. Stanley tells Andy and Johnny that his camera has been stolen, along with the videotape of their assault. Storch intercepts a videotape sent to his wife and confronts the men to find out who sent it. Johnny and Andy suspect Matthew. When they go hunting, Storch kills Earl, saying that he is taking care of "loose ends". Matthew returns to the cabin and meets Jennifer. He attempts to apologize to her, but she tells him that it is not enough and strangles him. She captures Stanley in a bear trap, ties him to a tree, smears fish guts on his face and then leaves his camera to record crows pecking out his eyes, which she pinned open with fish hooks. She then drowns Andy and burns his face off in a lye bathtub. Next, she ties Johnny to the rafters of an abandoned house and uses pliers to pull out his teeth and a pair of garden shears to emasculate him, leaving him to bleed to death. While torturing them, she repeats to all of the men the taunts they had used on her. Jennifer visits Storch's wife, posing as their daughter Chastity's new teacher. She takes the daughter to the park and, when Storch tracks her there, she knocks him unconscious. When he wakes up, Jennifer stuffs his shotgun into his anus and reminds him that she was just as innocent as his own daughter. She attaches one end of a string to the trigger and the other end to the wrist of the unconscious Matthew, who is seated in front of Storch. When Matthew wakes up, he sees the bound sheriff and tries to move, triggering the shotgun, which fires a round through Storch's anus and mouth before hitting Matthew in the chest, killing both men. Sitting outside, Jennifer hears the gunshot and smiles.

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Filmography

49 credits
2020s 8 credits
2026
Stop! That! Train! as Disheveled Man
Movie
2025
Movie ★ 10.0
2024
TV ★ 5.3
2024
TV
2020
Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race as Donna Bellissima - Contestant
TV ★ 5.8
2020
The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood as Self - Special Guest
TV ★ 4.0
2010s 19 credits
2019
Movie ★ 1.0
2018
Movie ★ 3.9
2018
Besties as Boris
TV ★ 2.0
2017
Carrie Ca$h as Tommy
Movie
2017
GLOW as Cute Guy
TV ★ 7.3
2017
TV ★ 4.8
2017
S.W.A.T. as Harwell
TV ★ 8.0
2016
Movie ★ 4.1
2016
Movie ★ 7.1
2016
Recovery Road as Vern Testaverde
TV ★ 6.4
2016
Conviction as Jackson Morrison
TV ★ 6.8
2015
Hypnotized as Tony
Movie ★ 5.0
2014
Looking as Eddie
TV ★ 7.4
2013
Movie ★ 7.0
2013
RuPaul Drives... as Self - Guest
TV ★ 5.0
2012
Foodfight! as Twinkleton (voice)
Movie ★ 2.0
2011
On the Inside as Paul Warren
Movie ★ 5.3
2010
Movie ★ 6.5
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Guest Judge
TV ★ 6.0
2000s 21 credits
2009
Kill Theory as Freddy
Movie ★ 5.3
2009
The Missing Person as Agent Craig
Movie ★ 5.8
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
TV ★ 7.5
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
TV ★ 7.5
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Audience Member
TV ★ 7.5
2009
Party Down as Ziggy Chorofsky
TV ★ 7.5
2008
Killer Pad as Doug
Movie ★ 3.8
2008
Bar Starz as Big Mikey
Movie ★ 3.3
2007
Burn Notice as Dougie
TV ★ 7.5
2006
Cruel World as Claude Markham
Movie ★ 4.5
2006
Whirlygirl as Big Clive
Movie ★ 5.3
2005
Movie ★ 5.7
2005
War of the Worlds as National Guardsman
Movie ★ 6.5
2004
Mean Girls as Damian
Movie ★ 7.2
2004
Stateside as Danny Tripodi
Movie ★ 5.1
2004
Soleado as Bar friend
Movie ★ 9.0
2003
Party Monster as The Rat
Movie ★ 5.8
2003
TV ★ 6.1
2002
Movie ★ 4.4
2001
Bully as Cousin Derek
Movie ★ 6.7
2000
TV ★ 7.6
1970s 1 credit
1970
Scene of the Crime as Emergency Doctor
TV ★ 6.2