Carmine Giovinazzo
Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo (born August 24, 1973 on Staten Island , New York ) is an American actor .
biography
Carmine Giovinazzo attended Port Richmond Public High School and Wagner College . He also did athletics and plays baseball and hockey. His first career aspiration was to become a professional baseball player, but after sustaining a back injury in college, he focused on an acting career. At New York University (NYU) he made numerous short films and various independent films . In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles and hired a manager. Shortly thereafter, at his first audition, he got the role of a student in the pilot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer .
Before his breakthrough, Giovinazzo had a few guest appearances in films like Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss , For the Love of the Game, and Black Hawk Down . In 1999 he had his own sitcom called Shasta McNasty . He starred with William H. Macy in In Enemy Hands . In the independent film The Red Zone he had a leading role and played alongside Freddy Rodríguez and Peter Dobson .
From 2004 to 2013 Giovinazzo played Danny Messer in the series CSI: NY . He was the first actor to appear in all three CSI series. He was in the first episode of the 3rd season of CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators and in the backdoor pilot of the series CSI: NY in the 23rd episode of the 2nd season of CSI: Miami as Danny Messer .
He is a member of the band Ceesau.
Giovinazzo comes from a family of police officers. His father, sister, and brother-in-law were with the New York Police Department.
Since July 2010, Giovinazzo has been married to actress Vanessa Marcil , who has a son from a previous relationship with Brian Austin Green . Marcil filed for divorce in the summer of 2012, which ended in the spring of 2013.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1996: Among Brothers (No Way Home)
- 1999: The Romero Files (The Big Brass Ring)
- 1999: Love of the Game (For Love of the Game)
- 2000: The broker
- 2001: Black Hawk Down
- 2004: U-Boat (In Enemy Hands)
- 2005: The Red Zone
- 2008: This is not a test
- 2013: Duke
TV Shows
- 1997: Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer , episode 1x01)
- 1997: Pacific Blue - The Beach Police ( Pacific Blue , episode 3x08)
- 1999: Providence (episode 1x17)
- 1999: Shasta McNasty (22 episodes)
- 2002: CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators ( CSI: Crime Scene Inverstigation , episode 3x01)
- 2002: Birds of Prey (episode 1x04)
- 2003: Columbo (episode 13x05)
- 2004: The Guardian - Savior with a Heart ( The Guardian , episode 3x03)
- 2004: CSI: Miami (episode 2x23)
- 2004-2013: CSI: NY (197 episodes)
- 2014-2015: Graceland (9 episodes)
- 2015: The Player (episode 1x04)
- 2016: Criminal Minds (episode 11x15)
- 2020: Chicago Med (episode 5x16)
Web links
- Carmine Giovinazzo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Giovinazzo, Carmine |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giovinazzo, Carmine Dominick (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Staten Island , New York , USA |