Biografia

Contrary to some popular belief, he was born in New York City. He comes from a creative, arts-involved family. His Irish-American mother, Katherine (Healy), was a music teacher and poet, and his Italian-American father, Armand Anthony Assante, Sr., was a painter and artist.

Christopher Reeve was scheduled to play the lead role in Avventure nei mari del nord (1995); Armand replaced him following Reeve's paralyzing horse-riding accident.

Lives on a 225 acre farm in upstate New York.

Living in upstate New York, he has been separated from wife Karen since 1994 and has two daughters, Anya and Alessandra.

Has twice played Sylvester Stallone's brother in Taverna paradiso (1978) and Dredd - La legge sono io (1995).

I go out there and make a fool of myself. It's inevitable.

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity.

I've got the best deal on earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

[on the recession] I've never seen a time when the financial end of film was so fragile. Projects come and go on the capacity of whether people have the financial ability, even for the lowest budget projects. It shows what has happened since 2008.