Raimundo "Ray" Tempio is a fictional character

Fictional character

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, portrayed by Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...

, in the movie Abel Ferrara

Abel Ferrara

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's The Funeral

The Funeral (1996 film)

The Funeral is a 1996 American crime-drama film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini, Vincent Gallo, Benicio del Toro and Gretchen Mol....

, written and created by Nicholas St. John.

Ray Tempio portrayed as a cold and calcutaing Italian-American gangster. He has two brothers, Cesarino "Chez" (Chris Penn) and Giovanni "Johnny" (Vincent Gallo). Johnny is a Communist

Communism

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 and he's murdered one day. Tempio family thinks he's murdered by gangster Gaspare Spoglia (Benicio del Toro). Ray is married man, his wife is Jeanette "Jean", which opposes the campaign of retribution and the violence it will bring about the revenge by Tempio family.

Christopher Walken, which portrayed character, also worked with Chris Penn

Chris Penn

Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn was an American film and television actor known for his roles in such films as The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, Rush Hour, True Romance, All the Right Moves and Pale Rider.-Early life:Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest son of Leo Penn,...

in the movie At Close Range, which he also portrays a gangster. Walken worked with Benicio del Toro twice except this film: Basquiat and Excess Baggage.