Kirby carved out a nice little career as a true go to guy in both film and TV His final on screen appearance, as Phil Rubenstein in a 2006 episode of the hit HBO series "Entourage" , was a fitting swan song for the everyman performer.
He is best known though, for film roles in Donnie Brasco (1997) playing Nicky opposite Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. Sleepers (1996) saw him in a series of flashbacks as one of the tormented boys' father. I will never forget him in 1974's The Godfather: Part II (1974) playing a Young Clemenza, the cult classic This Is Spinal Tap (1984) as Tommy Pischedda, The Freshman (1990) as Victor Ray, and 1989's When Harry Met Sally... as Jess, best friend to Billy Crystal's character. Of course they would also team up again in the hit comedy City Slickers.
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