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Francesco Daniele Quinn (Born 22 March 1962) is an American actor. The son of Oscar winner Anthony Quinn, Francesco is perhaps best known in the breakout role as the underground drug lord Rhah in Oliver Stone’s Academy Award-winning Platoon (1986).<p>Francesco Quinn was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Anthony Quinn and second wife Iolanda Quinn, a noted costume designer to whom Anthony Quinn would remain married for thirty-one years.<p>Following in the footsteps of his father, who had appeared in more than 200 pictures, Francesco Quinn has displayed both acting range and a specialization in moody, dangerous characters with an edge; some of the more recent examples being “Dracula” himself in the alt-historical thriller Vlad, and wandering warrior Thane Le Mal in the short film The Gnostic.<p>Straight historical drama has been one of the younger Quinn’s strengths, playing roles such as that of Latino Captain Salamanca in Steven Spielberg’s mini-series Into the West (2005) and a lead role in TNT...
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