Luca Bercovici

Acting

Luca Bercovici

Born

1957-02-22 (69)

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

70 titles

A third-generation filmmaker, Luca Bercovici was born in New York and raised in such far-flung places as London, Rome, New York and California. Mr. Bercovici attended College of the Redwoods, Santa Monica College and Loyola Marymount University. In 1979, Mr. Bercovici spent six months in Japan, working on the miniseries, Shogun (1980), as Dialogue Director, specifically working with Japanese actress, Yôko Shimada (Golden Globe Winner, Emmy Nominee). Upon returning to the United States, he launched an acting career and has starred in many feature films including American Flyers (1985), (starring Kevin Costner, directed by John Badham), Clean and Sober (1988) (starring Michael Keaton, directed…

Known for

Diagnosis: Murder poster
7.1

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

Miami Vice poster
7.4

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

Miami Vice

1984

Airwolf poster
7.6

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.

Airwolf

1984

Simon & Simon poster
6.7

A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.

Simon & Simon

1981

Silk Stalkings poster
6.2

Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.

Silk Stalkings

1991

Walker, Texas Ranger poster
7.0

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 6 titles

Night Train poster
5.6

Two Passengers and the conductor discover that a person has passed away on their Night Train cabin. They come across valuable diamonds on his person, that they decide to keep for themselves...

Night Train

2009

Stag Night poster
4.7

Four guys on a bachelor party get off the subway at a station that shut down in the 70's and, after watching a transit cop get brutally murdered, find themselves running for their lives beneath the streets of NY.

Stag Night

2008

Flatland poster
NR

In the future of 2010, three young Americans, Quentin, JT and Amy are visiting Shanghai, when they get shanghaied by mysterious Mr. Smith and taken to Flatland, a place where past and present meet, literally. The only way out for them is to agree to fight Khan for him, an evil ancient warrior who lives through his reincarnations and could destroy the world if not stopped in time. Coventry and Jagger help him, while encyclopedic Linda helps Smith in his 4,000 year quest to stop him. Smith has an alter ego, a wise Shanghai nightclub owner known as Uncle, who gives advice to those who need it.

Flatland

2002

No artwork available
NR

The set's central 13-part production documentary hails from the miniseries' previous DVD release but remains an extensive, insightful and, most importantly, candid overview of the production from start to finish, featuring a wide array of key players, chief among them author/producer James Clavell, director Jerry London, and actors Richard Chamberlain and Yoko Shimada.

The Making of Shōgun

2003

Burning Down the House poster
8.5

A down-on-his-luck film director sets fire to his home so he can collect the insurance money and fund his new movie. But crime apparently does pay, because once the rumor mill gets wind of his plans, everyone suddenly wants a slice of his new project's pie.

Burning Down the House

2001

Dirt Boy poster
8.0

Life wasn't easy for young Henry. The tragic loss of his mother the day he was born plagued his relationship with his father. Then he began hearing voices whispering in the dark like a long needed friend saying, "Do it for Daddy, show him you care!" What Henry does for daddy sets in motion the most horrific, brutal, psychological monster that Cape Cod has ever seen!

Dirt Boy

2001

1990s · 15 titles

Drop Zone poster
5.8

A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.

Drop Zone

1994

Pacific Heights poster
6.3

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

Pacific Heights

1990

K2 poster
5.7

They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the world's second highest peak. A U.S. climbing team, funded by millionaire Clairborne is determined to conquer K2.

K2

1991

Mission of Justice poster
6.6

Mayoral candidate Dr. Rachel Larkin has a dangerous plan for swift justice in the form of a band of ex-convicts, called the Peacemakers, who roam the streets to do her bidding. When a boxer friend is killed by Larkin's thugs, an outlaw cop goes undercover to get evidence, and works his way up to the inner circle of the doctor's army.

Mission of Justice

1992

Live Wire poster
5.3

Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.

Live Wire

1992

Mirror Images II poster
4.5

Shannon Whirry stars as Carrie and Terrie, a pair of twins who were separated in youth when their father murdered their mother and was in turn killed by his own bad twin daughter. Now the sweet-natured "good" sister has grown up to marry an abusive louse. Trapped in a sexless relationship, she seeks solace with a therapist (Kristine Kelly), but her problems are about to be compounded when her wicked sister arrives in town, intent on avenging herself on her double for past wrongs. Even the help of a private detective on her side may not be enough when her sister becomes allied with her own husband.

Mirror Images II

1993

Scanner Cop poster
5.7

Rookie cop Sam Staziak has a unique gift: he is a Scanner, which gives him the power to read the thoughts of others, and also to inflict great bodily harm. When a mad scientist begins using mind control to murder police officers, Sam realizes that only he and his unique gift can put an end to the mayhem.

Scanner Cop

1994

The Granny poster
6.2

Granny's family wants her dead so they can collect her insurance. While she is on her death bed, she drinks an eternal life potion and returns to the land of the living. She is on a mission to wreak havoc over her greedy relatives.

The Granny

1995

Stranger by Night poster
4.2

Detective Bobby Corcoran and his partner, Detective Larson, are on the hunt for a vicious serial killer in this tense police thriller. As the murderous villain stalks the city streets leaving carnage in his wake, Corcoran begins to experience blackouts and sudden fits of anger. As the detectives pursue the case, they uncover evidence suggesting that one of them may be responsible for the mysterious deaths.

Stranger by Night

1994

The Chain poster
4.1

When unjustly imprisoned in a South American jail, a tough cop and a renegade arms dealer must set aside their differences to escape.

The Chain

1996

Sunset Heat poster
4.1

A former drug-dealer photojournalist returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner.

Sunset Heat

1992

Inside Monkey Zetterland poster
3.6

An off beat comedy about an out of work screen writing/artist that complains about being too cool, too talented and way too gay.

Inside Monkey Zetterland

1992

The Big Squeeze poster
3.8

Benny, a hapless grifter, is thrown off a train after cheating at cards, and into the life of Tanya, a lovely bartender. Tanya has been supporting her husband, a former ballplayer, since his accident, waiting for an insurance settlement that will solve all their financial woes. But when it comes, he refuses to share it with her, claiming with newfound piety that money is the root of all evil. She then enlists the help of Benny to concoct a scheme to get her fair share of the settlement, and he finds one: a local Catholic mission needs money for repairs and Benny decides to create a miracle that will encourage husband Henry to fork over the money - which Benny and Tanya will intercept and share.

The Big Squeeze

1996

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife poster
6.1

Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital. After a long investigation, Sloan and fellow detectives Dr Bentley and Dr Parker discover her motive: Years ago, Cabot had caused a hit-and-run accident that put her daughter into coma. But how did Dr Walters manage to pass the deadly bacteria on to the senator in front of TV cameras?

Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife

1993

Angry Dogs poster
3.7

In this taut thriller, a group of parents decide to keep their children out of a life of crime by hiring a mercenary to train and discipline them. But soon their grueling training proves to be life-saving when they discover a secret about their leader.

Angry Dogs

1997

1980s · 12 titles

American Flyers poster
6.2

When Dr. Marcus Sommers realizes that he and his troubled, estranged brother David may be prone a fatal brain disease that runs in their family, he decides to make peace with his sibling, and invites him on a trip to the Rockies. There, the brothers bond over their shared enthusiasm for cycling and decide to enter a grueling bike race through the mountains. However, Marcus' health soon begins to fail, and David must compete without his brother at his side.

American Flyers

1985

Parasite poster
4.8

Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus & his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.

Parasite

1982

Frightmare poster
4.5

Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the tomb has triggered powerful black magic, and Conrad hasn't taken his final bows yet.

Frightmare

1983

The Renegades poster
6.6

In this drama, undercover investigators are recruited from the streets to prevent arms smugglers from getting their weapons to street gangs.

The Renegades

1982

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story poster
5.1

The life and tragic death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.

Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story

1981

Mortal Passions poster
3.2

A scheming woman seeks to kill her husband to collect the insurance money, and is willing to seduce anyone she can to do it - including her husband's brother.

Mortal Passions

1989

The Return of Frank Cannon poster
6.5

Private detective Frank Cannon comes out of retirement to investigate an old friend and Army Intelligence colleague's death, which has been ruled a suicide, but which smells like murder.

The Return of Frank Cannon

1980

Chicago Story poster
8.0

A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angles in this pilot to the short-lived series.

Chicago Story

1981

Space Raiders poster
4.6

A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.

Space Raiders

1983

For Love and Honor poster
9.7

A military drama set on a Texas base focuses on the ups and downs of young paratroopers, who, while they're gearing up for possible combat assignments, often find themselves entangled in love affairs.

For Love and Honor

1983

Emergency Room poster
9.0

An ER doctor divides her time between saving lives, playing hospital politics, and juggling a love affair with a fellow doctor.

Emergency Room

1983

The Ordeal of Bill Carney poster
10.0

Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons since his wife left him. Now, when word of his condition reaches her, she wants to take them away, as she feels that he is unable to care for them. And it appears that the courts agree too. So, his lawyer, also a paraplegic, begins the campaign to take his case before the Supreme Court. Will he win?

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

1981

Series credits

Diagnosis: Murder poster
7.1

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Diagnosis: Murder

1993

Miami Vice poster
7.4

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.

Miami Vice

1984

Airwolf poster
7.6

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.

Airwolf

1984

Simon & Simon poster
6.7

A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.

Simon & Simon

1981

Silk Stalkings poster
6.2

Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series. The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.

Silk Stalkings

1991

Walker, Texas Ranger poster
7.0

Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

seaQuest DSV poster
7.1

In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.

seaQuest DSV

1993

Amazing Stories poster
7.5

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

Amazing Stories

1985

FX: The Series poster
6.5

Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?

FX: The Series

1996

Flatland poster
9.0

In the not-so-distant-future of 2010, three young Americans—Amy, JT and Quentin—are visiting Shanghai, when they get shanghaied by mysterious Mr Smith and taken to Flatland, a place where past and present meet, literally. The only way out for the trio is to agree to fight Khan for him, an evil ancient warrior living through his reincarnations, and capable of destroying the world if not stopped in time.

Flatland

2002

Eyes poster
7.6

Eyes is an ABC television series starring Tim Daly as Harlan Judd. Eyes follows the firm of Judd Risk Management which uses marginally legal means to investigate individuals and crimes where law enforcement would fall short. With the help of high-tech gadgets, Harlan Judd and his employees recover money for victims as well as investigate individuals for clients but still manage to keep plenty of secrets from one another. In May 2005, having rescheduled the sixth episode twice, ABC announced that they would not be airing the remaining episodes until June at the earliest. They later announced that it would not be picked up for a second season and that the remaining episodes would remain unaired. New Zealand television station TV2 picked up this show and aired the complete series, all twelve episodes, in the second half of 2005. These episodes appeared online via BitTorrent soon after. The show was also partially aired on Singapore television station Mediacorp Channel 5, with the pilot episode and episodes #106 to #112 being skipped. Episode #111 was an exception, and was aired as the fifth episode. The show was also aired in full on France cable television station Canal Jimmy in 2006. In the beginning of 2008 the show was aired in full on Polish television station TVN 7. The series was shown on the Nine Network in Australia in 2007.

Eyes

2005

Hollywood Beat poster
5.0

Hollywood Beat is a mid-1980s American television police drama starring Jack Scalia, Jay Acovone, Edward Winter, and John Matuszak. The series aired Saturday night at 8:00 p.m Eastern time. A pair of undercover cops, Nick McCarren (Jack Scalia) and Jack Rado (Jay Acovone) cruise the filthy, neon-lit streets of Hollywood, looking for crime in all the right places as rock music blares in the background.

Hollywood Beat

1985

Lucky Chances poster
6.8

Lucky Chances is a three-part 1990 television miniseries based on Jackie Collins' novels Chances (1981) and Lucky (1985), and produced by William Peters for NBC. It stars Vincent Irizarry, Nicollette Sheridan, Shawnee Smith, Alan Rosenberg, Anne-Marie Johnson, and Phil Morris. The Santangelo family builds a casino empire in Las Vegas. After Gino's death, his daughter Lucky fights to maintain control of the business and fortune.

Lucky Chances

1990

Sons of Thunder poster
8.9

Sons of Thunder is a television show that ran from March to April 1999 on CBS. It was a spin-off of Walker, Texas Ranger.

Sons of Thunder

1999

Behind the camera

Ghoulies poster
4.9

A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

Ghoulies

1984

Ghoulies poster
4.9

A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.

Ghoulies

1984

The Granny poster
6.2

Granny's family wants her dead so they can collect her insurance. While she is on her death bed, she drinks an eternal life potion and returns to the land of the living. She is on a mission to wreak havoc over her greedy relatives.

The Granny

1995

The Granny poster
6.2

Granny's family wants her dead so they can collect her insurance. While she is on her death bed, she drinks an eternal life potion and returns to the land of the living. She is on a mission to wreak havoc over her greedy relatives.

The Granny

1995

The Chain poster
4.1

When unjustly imprisoned in a South American jail, a tough cop and a renegade arms dealer must set aside their differences to escape.

The Chain

1996

The Chain poster
4.1

When unjustly imprisoned in a South American jail, a tough cop and a renegade arms dealer must set aside their differences to escape.

The Chain

1996

Luck of the Draw poster
4.9

Jack Sweeny is a young man just trying to get a job. Turned down at another bank due to his criminal record he meets a girl, Rebecca, but also witnesses a 3 way shootout between 2 groups of criminals and the cops over a suitcase containing perfect plates for counterfeiting bank notes. Jack grabs the plates and attempts to sell them via his friend Zippo. However with at least three different groups ready to kill him for the plates, Jack finds it's just one double cross after another.

Luck of the Draw

2000

Luck of the Draw poster
4.9

Jack Sweeny is a young man just trying to get a job. Turned down at another bank due to his criminal record he meets a girl, Rebecca, but also witnesses a 3 way shootout between 2 groups of criminals and the cops over a suitcase containing perfect plates for counterfeiting bank notes. Jack grabs the plates and attempts to sell them via his friend Zippo. However with at least three different groups ready to kill him for the plates, Jack finds it's just one double cross after another.

Luck of the Draw

2000

Orca poster
6.3

Elham is a young, divorced Iranian woman. Seeking to find herself after a near-fatal beating by her husband, she finds solace and salvation in the water and soon makes her mark as a formidable endurance swimmer. In the fight of her life, Elham faces political, religious, and personal obstacles in search of her goal: the Guinness World Record for swimming the longest distance with hands bound.

Orca

2023

Hotel of the Damned poster
3.4

After a car accident and stranded in the middle of nowhere, an ex-con and his daughter find themselves in an abandoned hotel, populated by sub-human cannibalistic creatures.

Hotel of the Damned

2016

Dark Tide poster
4.2

Andi joins her husband Tim on a tropical island to help him with the capturing of poisonous sea snakes for their venom. Her flagrant sensuality attracts the attention of hired hand Dak, and when Tim becomes bitterly obsessed with his faltering job, Andi shares an intimate afternoon with the obsessed crewman, but then refuses to continue the affair, which leads the jilted lover to begin a series of escalating violent events.

Dark Tide

1994

Rockula poster
4.9

Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He's condemned for eternity to watch his one true love, Mona, be murdered by a pirate wielding a ham bone. But now? Now it's 1990, and Ralph is determined to break Mona's cycle of reincarnation. His first order of business is winning her affections, which he does by starting Rockula: a rock band that's sure to stake a claim on her heart.

Rockula

1990

Rockula poster
4.9

Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He's condemned for eternity to watch his one true love, Mona, be murdered by a pirate wielding a ham bone. But now? Now it's 1990, and Ralph is determined to break Mona's cycle of reincarnation. His first order of business is winning her affections, which he does by starting Rockula: a rock band that's sure to stake a claim on her heart.

Rockula

1990

BitterSweet poster
4.9

A young co-ed who's just been release from prison for a crime she didn't commit plots her revenge against a former lover, who was the real culprit, with the help of a policeman.

BitterSweet

1999

Convict 762 poster
2.5

A spaceship with an all female crew runs into a meteor field because of a navigational mistake. They lose a lot of their fuel and realise they cant get home on what they've got. They are forced to land on a planet which has been reformed into one of the most dangerous penal colonies in the universe in order to refuel. Once there they realise only two men are left on the planet and they are engaged in hand to hand combat. The women cant figure out which one of the men is the officer and which one has systematically slaughtered the rest of the inmates. One by one each of the women is killed. Just who is Convict 762?

Convict 762

1997

Where is Saoud? poster
NR

On a casual night out at the farmhouse, Hamood and his prankster brother Sa3oud perform a magic trick to an audience of friends. Hamood is successful in making Sa3oud disappear, but not reappear, and everyone ponders…Sa3oud wainah?A series of eerie events begins to unfold when a strange character appears at the farmhouse. The question becomes, is all of this a well-thought-out elaborate prank, or is it a series of unfortunate events?

Where is Saoud?

2026

No artwork available
NR

Mircea is a troubled Romanian writer struggling with a deadline to complete his novel. An obnoxious, loud, and possibly dangerous man, Boris, moves into the apartment across the hall with his own deadline of excess and self-destruction. Unable to work, Mircea storms across the hall to confront Boris. In confronting this madman, he may very well be confronting his own sanity all under the watchful eye of Death Herself.

A Frame of Mind

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