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Jay Acovone
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Jay Acovone

Born 1955 · New York City, New York, USA · Active 1971–2019

Jay Acovone is an actor known for his work in cult films like Foxfire (1996) and The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007). In Foxfire, he contributes to the film's exploration of female empowerment and rebellion, while in The Hills Have Eyes 2, he navigates the harrowing terrain of survival horror. Acovone's performances reflect the gritty essence of 1990s and 2000s genre cinema, making him a fitting presence in the SassyFlix catalog that celebrates unconventional storytelling.

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The Hills Have Eyes 2

The Hills Have Eyes 2

2007 ★ 5.5
as Wilson

A captive woman, forced to breed mutant children, is unable to provide healthy offspring after giving birth to a stillborn and is killed by Papa Hades, leader of the inbred mutant clan living at a nuclear testing village in the New Mexico desert, designated as Sector 16. Following the events of the first film, the United States Department of Defense sent a military army to occupy the location and exterminate the remainder of the mutant clan. Colonel Lincoln Redding and a trio of scientists who are working in that area on installing a surveillance system are attacked by the mutants. Later, a group of National Guardsmen in training led by Sergeant Jeffrey "Sarge" Millstone are sent into the desert to resupply the scientists. They arrive to find the base camp abandoned after the mutants' attack. When the soldiers pick up a faint distress call, Sarge organizes a search and rescue mission through the hills. Napoleon and Amber, who stay behind at the camp, find and retrieve one of the missing scientists out of the camp's portable toilet, but he dies before he can warn them. The two are then attacked by the mutants, who destroy their transport and steal their weapons, forcing them to run into the hills to warn the others. The search party is attacked by the mutants; Mickey is pulled into a bolt-hole and killed by Stabber, and Sarge is accidentally shot dead by Spitter's friendly fire just before Napoleon and Amber reunite with the group. Spitter is killed after one of the mutants sabotages his rappelling gear as the others try to lower him down the hill. With their remaining gear stolen, they are forced to try to find another way to escape. The remaining troops soon locate Redding, mortally wounded and unhinged from the mutant's attack. He warns them of the mutants' plans to capture women for breeding and reveals an exit route through the mining caves before committing suicide. After the group kills Stabber, Missy is captured and taken into the mining caves by Chameleon, forcing the other troops to rescue her. Stump leaves the group to escape on his own before being pursued and killed by Letch while attempting to climb down the hill. Separating from Crank and Delmar, Napoleon and Amber cross paths with Chameleon, whom they manage to kill. While escaping Sniffer, they are rescued by a nonviolent mutant named Hansel; Sniffer encounters Crank and Delmar, shoots the latter with one of the group's M4's and is killed by Crank in retaliation. While Hansel leads them to the exit, Delmar dies from his wounds after arriving the mines' doorway. Napoleon joins Amber to save Missy. Crank, who is attempting to unlock the blast door, dies when accidentally triggering an explosion of a crate of dynamites that he attempts to take with him. After killing Letch, Napoleon and Amber locate Missy who was being savagely raped by Papa Hades. After distracting him, they manage to free her, but Hades soon returns and attacks them, triggering a vicious fight until the trio finally subdues and kills the mutant leader with a bayonet. As the survivors prepare to depart the mines, they are watched by an unknown mutant using their surveillance equipment.

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Filmography

97 credits
2010s 4 credits
2019
Rattlesnakes as Jamie Jarret
Movie ★ 5.0
2017
TV ★ 5.0
2016
Lethal Weapon as Elliott
TV ★ 7.3
2013
A Stranger in Paradise as The Interrogator
Movie ★ 5.4
2000s 34 credits
2009
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods as Major Charles Kawalsky
Movie ★ 7.1
2008
InAlienable as Gerhard
Movie ★ 3.1
2008
The Mentalist as Nicky Shaw
TV ★ 8.4
2007
Movie ★ 5.6
2007
Movie ★ 4.6
2007
Shadow People as Eerie Man
Movie ★ 1.0
2007
Movie ★ 7.7
2007
Movie ★ 6.5
2006
World Trade Center as Donna's Male Neighbor
Movie ★ 6.1
2006
Paved with Good Intentions as John Barrhauser
Movie ★ 10.0
2005
Sharkskin 6 as Molina
Movie ★ 9.0
2005
Movie ★ 7.0
2005
TV ★ 8.1
2005
Criminal Minds as Detective Morrison
TV ★ 8.3
2004
Movie ★ 4.9
2004
CSI: NY as Paul Gionetti
TV ★ 7.3
2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as Cop - Westside Street
Movie ★ 6.2
2003
S.W.A.T. as Lear Jet Pilot
Movie ★ 6.2
2003
Cold Case as Tom Collison (2005)
TV ★ 7.8
2003
Las Vegas as Ray Abazon
TV ★ 7.0
2003
NCIS as Frankie Dean
TV ★ 7.6
2002
Movie ★ 5.8
2002
Monk as Ray Galardi
TV ★ 8.0
2001
The Seventh Sense as Melvin Snow
Movie ★ 4.0
2001
Movie ★ 5.2
2001
The Amati Girls as Mr. Moltiani
Movie ★ 4.7
2001
24 as Tom Wegman
TV ★ 7.8
2000
Movie ★ 6.0
2000
Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For as Lt. Det. Bob Mankowski
Movie ★ 6.8
2000
Cast Away as Pilot Peter
Movie ★ 7.7
2000
TV ★ 7.1
2000
TV ★ 7.6
2000
Strong Medicine as Jimmy Gentile
TV ★ 7.4
1990s 42 credits
1999
Molly as Jack the Bartender
Movie ★ 4.1
1999
Providence as Vincent
TV ★ 6.7
1999
Providence as Aldini
TV ★ 6.7
1998
On the Line as Capt. Unander
Movie ★ 3.2
1998
Charmed as Keats
TV ★ 8.2
1997
Crash Dive as Murphy
Movie ★ 5.1
1997
Movie ★ 9.3
1997
Movie ★ 6.0
1997
Movie ★ 5.3
1997
Stargate SG-1 as Charles Kawalsky
TV ★ 8.3
1997
Stargate SG-1 as Captain Charles Kawalsky
TV ★ 8.3
1996
Independence Day as Area 51 Guard
Movie ★ 6.9
1996
Foxfire as Chuck
Movie ★ 6.0
1996
Crime of the Century as Sgt. Wallace
Movie ★ 6.8
1996
The Pretender as Det. Stan Wilkins
TV ★ 7.4
1996
The Sentinel as Gary Hendrickson
TV ★ 7.2
1995
Crosscut as Frank
Movie ★ 4.0
1995
Sliders as Dr. Tassler
TV ★ 7.6
1995
JAG as Col. Harry R. Presser
TV ★ 7.3
1995
Sliders as Ben Siegel III
TV ★ 7.6
1995
Sliders as Stu
TV ★ 7.6
1994
Movie ★ 1.0
1994
Lookin' Italian as Vinny Pallazzo
Movie ★ 6.9
1994
Friends as Fireman Charlie
TV ★ 8.4
1994
Viper as Victor Rand
TV ★ 6.2
1993
The Magician as David Katz
Movie ★ 4.8
1993
Born to Run as Richie
Movie ★ 7.8
1993
Movie ★ 5.7
1993
Conflict of Interest as Det. Bob Falcone
Movie ★ 4.5
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Clifton Moloney
TV ★ 7.1
1993
The X-Files as Detective Curtis
TV ★ 8.4
1993
The X-Files as Duffy Haskell
TV ★ 8.4
1992
Doctor Mordrid as Tony Gaudio
Movie ★ 5.2
1992
Stepfather 3 as Steve Davis
Movie ★ 5.4
1992
Quicksand: No Escape as Det. Harris
Movie ★ 5.6
1992
Nails as Capt. Evan Graham
Movie ★ 4.9
1992
Renegade as Russell
TV ★ 6.7
1992
TV ★ 5.9
1991
Out for Justice as Bobby Arms
Movie ★ 6.2
1991
TV ★ 7.1
1991
TV ★ 6.1
1980s 16 credits
1989
TV ★ 7.0
1987
Cold Steel as Cookie
Movie ★ 5.0
1987
Beauty and the Beast as Joe Maxwell
TV ★ 7.4
1987
TV ★ 6.2
1986
Women of Valor as Capt. Rader
Movie ★ 6.9
1986
Matlock as Bruce Jacobs
TV ★ 7.1
1986
Matlock as Joe Ahern
TV ★ 7.1
1985
TV ★ 6.5
1985
Hollywood Beat as Det. Jack Rado
TV ★ 5.0
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Det. Sgt. Vinnie Grillo
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Sgt. Nick Acosta
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Lieutenant Nick Acosta
TV ★ 7.5
1982
Parole as Leo
Movie ★ 7.0
1980
Cruising as Skip Lee
Movie ★ 6.6
1980
Times Square as Plainclothes Cop
Movie ★ 6.5
1970s 1 credit
1971
Columbo as Bruno Romano
TV ★ 8.1