 His big break (but small role) came in the 1982 classic comedy film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", as a convenience store robber.In 1984, he appeared in "Beverly Hills Cop" as Mikey Tandino, a friend of Axel Foley who is murdered.That same year he starred in "The Cotton Club" and played small-time hood Bugsy in Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America".