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{{Short description|American actor (1959–1989)}}
{{More footnotes|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Michael Carmine
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1959|3|6}}
| birth_place   = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1989|10|14|1959|3|6}}
| death_place   = New York City, U.S.
| occupation    = Actor
| years_active  = 1977–1989
}}
'''Michael Carmine''' (March 6, 1959 – October 14, 1989) was an American actor.
== Early life ==
Carmine was born in [[Flatbush, Brooklyn]]. He graduated from the [[High School of Performing Arts]] at the age of sixteen, and went on to study acting at the [[California Institute of the Arts]].<ref name="Obit">{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Obituaries|date=October 25, 1989|page=83}}</ref>
== Career ==
He made his first film appearance as an extra in the disaster film ''[[Rollercoaster (1977 film)|Rollercoaster]]'' (1977) and played his first speaking part on ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'' in 1982. A small role in [[Brian De Palma]]'s ''[[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'' (1983) was followed by the role of Snake in [[Michael Mann]]'s television series ''[[Miami Vice]]'', which led to his first major role in Mann's ''[[Band of the Hand]]'' (1986), directed by [[Paul Michael Glaser]].
On stage, Carmine appeared in both [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Off-Broadway]] productions of [[Reinaldo Povod]]'s play ''Cuba and His Teddy Bear''. He also played Papo in Povod's ''La Puta Vida''.<ref name="Obit" />
Carmine went on to appear in supporting roles in the films ''[[Batteries Not Included]]'' (1987) and ''[[Leviathan (1989 film)|Leviathan]]'' (1989). In his final role, he played an AIDS patient in the drama film ''[[Longtime Companion]]'' (also 1989).{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}
== Death ==
Carmine died of AIDS on October 14, 1989. He was 30 years old.<ref>{{Cite news|date=October 18, 1989|title=Michael Carmine, 30, Stage and Film Actor|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/18/obituaries/michael-carmine-30-stage-and-film-actor.html|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220033017/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/18/obituaries/michael-carmine-30-stage-and-film-actor.html|archive-date=December 20, 2017}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lee|first=Timothy Dean|date=October 15, 2017|title=My friend Michael Carmine...|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BaP5fKLFJeJ/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BaP5fKLFJeJ |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|url-status=live|website=The AIDS Memorial}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Invasion U.S.A. (1985 film)|Invasion U.S.A.]]''
| Tonio
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Band of the Hand]]''
| Ruben
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Batteries Not Included]]''
| Carlos
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Leviathan (1989 film)|Leviathan]]''
| Tony "DeJesus" Rodero
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Longtime Companion]]''
| Alberto
| Final film role
|}
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1982
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
| Car Thief
| Episode: "Some Like It Hot-Wired"
|-
| Screaming Youth
| Episode: "The Shooter"
|-
| 1982
| ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
| Patient
| Episode: "Bombshells"
|-
| 1983
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]''
| Vato Loco
| Episode: "But It's Not My Fault"
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]''
| Rollo
| 8 episodes
|-
| 1985–1987
|''[[Miami Vice]]''
| "Snake" / Mikey
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Leg Work]]''
| Marcus
| Episode: "Peaches"
|-
| 1987–1988
| ''[[Crime Story (American TV series)|Crime Story]]''
| Louie Rivera
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]''
| Rudy Morales
| Episode: "Soldiers"
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0138483}}
* {{IBDB name|87530}}
* {{Iobdb name|13269}}
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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:AIDS-related deaths in New York (state)]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male stage actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:American actors of Puerto Rican descent]]
[[Category:Hispanic and Latino American male actors]]
[[Category:People from Flatbush, Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Male actors from Brooklyn]]