Victor Magnotta

Victor Magnotta was born on Oct 10, 1943 in USA. Victor Magnotta's big-screen debut came with Who's That Knocking at My Door directed by Martin Scorsese in 1967, strarring Boy in Fight (as Vic Magnotta). Victor Magnotta is known for Highlander directed by Russell Mulcahy, Christopher Lambert stars as Connor MacLeod and Roxanne Hart as Brenda Wyatt. The upcoming new movie Victor Magnotta plays is The in Crowd which will be released on Feb 05, 1988.

Victor Magnotta was a personal friend of Martin Scorsese. They went to NYU together. He also wanted to be a priest but he ended up joining the Special Forces when the Vietnam broke out. After Vietnam he became a stunt man. He had bits in almost all Scorsese's films. The Taxi Driver (1976)'s "mohawk" idea came up during a dinner conversation about Magnotta's Vietnam experience with Scorsese and De Niro -- De Niro was asking questions about the Special Forces and amongst many of his war horror stories, Magnotta explained the meaning of the "mohawk" and the shaved head. De Niro had the idea to use it in the film. Victor Magnotta died performing a stunt that he did for the movie The Squeeze (1987).