Sonny Marinelli was born in New York City.He is the youngest of three sons. He credits his father's teachings of hard work and resilience as his foundation in his acting career. To learn his craft he attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. He is also a founding member of The Actors Gym Theater Company. To support himself, Sonny did a variety of jobs including working as a longshoreman, bartender and carpet cleaner. His series regular credits include CBS's "Falcone", and "That's Life". He has also recurred on "NYPD Blue", "Raising the Bar", "Blind Justice", and in the final season of HBO's hit series "Entourage". Other notable T.V. credits include "E.R", "Shark", and "The Black Donnellys". His film credits include "Boss of Bosses", "Noel", "10th and Wolf", and "Dot Kill". Sonny has leading roles in 3 films that were released in 2012; "The Fallen Faithful", "Rites of Spring", and "Rosewood Lane", directed by Victor Salva and co-starring Rose McGowan.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 2, 1967 (59)
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 16 on MovieCove · 28 credits in all
What are Sonny Marinelli's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shapeshifteras Robert Grinder in Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)
- Allyas Brian Keating in Mississippi Scholar (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet1
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Sonny Marinelli's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Sonny Marinelli's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
28 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page.
Mississippi Scholar(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Magnum P.I.(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Entourage(2015)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Scorpion(2014)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Rites of Spring(2011)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
The Rosewood Lane(2011)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
The Mentalist(2008)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Raising the Bar(2008)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
The Black Donnellys(2007)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
Shark(2006)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
10th & Wolf(2006)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Blind Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Dot.Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Noel(2004)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Entourage(2004)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Boss of Bosses(2001)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Division (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Stingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
V.I.P. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Damon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Blowfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Brooklyn South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Fast Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Jumpin' at the Boneyard(1991)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all filmsTony & Bobby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 78th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 28 titles, 27 of them dated from 1991 to 2024; peak year 2012.
Film career
Peak 2012 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2004Screen debut· Noel
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Sonny Marinelli's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 22nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 16 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 55/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 34. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Sonny Marinelli work with?
People who share at least 2 of Sonny Marinelli's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amye Gousset shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Amye GoussetShared titles: Mississippi Scholar (2024), Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Amye Gousset
- Lance E. NicholsShared titles: Mississippi Scholar (2024), Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Lance E. Nichols
- Marcus DupreeShared titles: Mississippi Scholar (2024), Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Marcus Dupree
Producers
- Michael MoscaShared titles: Mississippi Scholar (2024), Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Mosca
- Morgan CutturiniShared titles: Mississippi Scholar (2024), Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Morgan Cutturini
- P.J. LeonardShared titles: Mississippi Scholar (2024), Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)See all 2 shared titles with P.J. Leonard
