Clickmen
Angel Salazar, greatest recognized to audiences for his function within the 1983 movie “Scarface,” has died at age 68.
Salazar’s consultant, Roger Paul, confirmed to Fresh News Digital that the actor handed away Sunday morning.
A reason for demise was not disclosed.
Salazar performed Chi Chi, the principle sidekick to Pacino’s Tony Montana in “Scarface,” co-starring Michelle Pfeiffer and directed by Oliver Stone.
‘SCARFACE’ TURNS 40: AL PACINO, MICHELLE PFEIFFER THEN AND NOW
Angel Salazar, greatest recognized for his function as Al Pacino’s sidekick Chi Chi in 1983’s “Scarface,” has died at 68. (Bobby Bank/Getty Images)
Cuban-born Salazar’s first movie credit score was the 1979 neo-noir movie “Boulevard Nights,” and he went on to seem in movies like “Where the Buffalo Roam” and “Punchline” with Tom Hanks. He later reunited with Pacino for “Carlito’s Way.”
Salazar has over 50 appearing credit to his title, on high of a profession as a slapstick comedian, with an look on “Showtime at the Apollo” in 1992, in addition to the 2006 documentary “The Latin Legends of Comedy.”
In 2019, he advised Mass Live that being on stage was a novel expertise.
In addition to appearing, Salazar labored as a slapstick comedian. (Bobby Bank/Getty Images)
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER
“Of course I like acting, that’s where the money is at,” Salazar advised the outlet. “But there is something special about performing in front of a small club. It’s an intimate experience.”
He additionally mentioned he was nonetheless usually acknowledged for his function in “Scarface.”
Salazar mentioned he was typically acknowledged for his function in “Scarface.” (Alamy)
LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
“There’s a line in the movie where Al Pacino asks me to get the cocaine on the ground, he says ‘Chi Chi get the llello.’ If I had a dollar for every time someone said that to me, I would be a millionaire by now,” he advised the outlet.
–
Deadline reported that Salazar had been reprising his function as Chi Chi in “The Brooklyn Premiere” from director Eric Spade Rivas, which is presently in manufacturing. Another “Scarface” co-star, Steven Bauer, can also be set to seem within the movie.
