Tony Denison has one of “those faces” you’ve seen so many times before — but can’t quite place where.
Well, let me refresh your memory.
The veteran actor, who was named Time Magazine’s “Best Villain of the Decade” for his role as Ray Luca on NBC’s “Crime Story” — and for playing John Gotti (in “Getting Gotti”) and Joey Buttafuoco (in “The Amy Fisher Story”) — also won a Prism Award for his work on “The Closer,” where he co-starred for seven years opposite Kyra Sedgwick as Det. Andy Flynn.
He’s now headlining “The Closer’s” spinoff, “Major Crimes,” which premiered to over 9.5 million viewers last August on TNT and heads into its second season next year (it ended up averaging over 7 million viewers in Season One).
Denison, who’s quite a cook in real life, is also starring as a San Francisco chef in the big-screen movie “Trattoria,” co-starring John Amedori (“Gossip Girl”) and featuring celebrity chefs Elizabeth Falkner (“The Next Iron Chef”) and Traci Des Jardins (“Top Chef Masters”) also featured.
Another one of “those faces” is Starr Report favorite Jim O’Heir, who plays Jerry on “Parks and Recreation.” Jim will visit Marie Osmond on Hallmark Channel’s “Marie” next Tuesday, Nov. 27 (11 a.m.) to talk about working with series star Amy Poehler, among other topics.
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Last, but not least:
* With Jodi Applegate leaving Ch. 11 next month, who wouldn’t want to see Kaity Tong back and anchoring the station’s10 p.m. newscast? Just sayin’ . . . RIP: “The Jeffersons” star Sherman Hemsley will finally be buried today — he died last July 24 of lung cancer — after a dispute over his will. Hemsley, who was 74, will be buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas . . . “Dr. Oz” snared its best household rating of the season (2.5) for the week of Nov. 5 and averaged 3.3 million viewers . . . ABC News anchor/correspondent Bob Woodruff will be a special guest at The John A. Reisenbach Foundation’s 21st Annual Gala this Monday, Nov. 26 (at the Harmonie Club on East 60th).