As a tribute to the iconic Seated Boxer currently on view at th Getty Center in the exhibition Power and Pathos, actor Robert Davi will read some poems on boxing by Gabriele Tinti. Gabriele will also present his “poetry films,” a series of shorts on his work read by actors such as Franco Nero, Burt Young, Michael Imperioli, and Edoardo Ballerini. Producer Robert Conticelli and director Jason Koborov will also take part in the presentation.Robert Davi is an award-winning Italian-American actor, screenwriter, director, producer and jazz vocalist. As an actor, Davi has appeared in over 100 motion pictures and his credits include cult-classics and blockbuster hits with roles as Jake Fratelli in “The Goonies,” ” Special Agent Big Johnson in “Die Hard,” and most recently, with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger among a large A-list cast in “Expendables 3” and in “LaMotta: The Bronx Bull” on the tumultuous real-life experiences of legendary boxing champion Jack LaMotta. As one of the film industry’s most recognized tough guys, Davi has also starred in TV hit shows like Profiler, Stargate Atlantis, Criminal Minds and CSI. Davi is also one of the top vocalists of our day in interpreting the Great American Songbook. His debut album Davi Sings Sinatra- On the Road to Romance produced by Phil Ramone shot to number 6 for more than several weeks on Billboard’s Jazz Charts. In response to the release, the legendary Quincy Jones stated, “As FS would say, ‘Koo, Koo.’ Wow! I have never heard anyone come this close to Sinatra’s sound – and still be himself. Many try, but Robert Davi has the voice, tone, the flavor and the swagger. What a surprise. He absolutely touched me down to my soul and brought back the essence and soul of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself.” Gabriele Tinti has published New York Shots (Allemandi&C., 2011)and The Way of the Cross (Allemandi&C., 2012), both collaborations with actor Michael Imperioli, and All Over (Mimesis Edizioni, 2013). His books have been presented in many museums, including the Queens Museum of Art and the Bronx Museum of the Arts in NYC, the Triennale in Milan, the MACRO in Rome, and the Boston Center for the Arts, and have been acquired for the collections of major international poetry centers, such as Poets House of NYC, the Poetry Center of Tucson, The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, The Poetry Collection, Buffalo, and the Poetry Library of the South Bank Centre in London. His poems have been performed by actors like Michael Imperioli, Burt Young, Alessandro Haber, and Franco Nero.