Joe Spano
Joe Spano (born July 7, 1946 in San Francisco , California ) is an American actor. He became famous for his Emmy- nominated role in the US television series Hill Street Police Station and as FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell in Navy CIS .
Life
Joe Spano was born in San Francisco, California, to Virginia Jean (nee Carpenter) and Vincent Dante Spano, a physicist. He attended Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco and graduated from the University of California , Berkeley. Spano can mostly be seen in guest roles in various television series and in smaller film roles. His larger series roles include the role of Detective Henry Goldblume in the television series Hill Street Police Station from 1981 to 1987 . In 1989 he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor for his role as John Saringo in the drama series The Night Hawk . Since 2003 he has played the recurring role of FBI agent Tobias Fornell in the crime series Navy CIS .
He adopted two girls with his wife, Joan, a therapist.
Filmography (selection)
- 1973: American Graffiti
- 1980: Hard times for Guardian Angels (Fighting Back)
- 1981–1987: Hill Street Police Station ( Hill Street Blues , TV series, 143 episodes)
- 1990: The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (TV movie)
- 1995: Apollo 13
- 1995–1996: Murder One (TV series, 15 episodes)
- 1996: Twilight (Primal Fear)
- 1997: The X-Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI ( The X-Files , TV series, episodes 4x17, 4x18)
- 1998: JAG - On behalf of honor ( JAG , TV series, episode 3x22 The Hell of Montecassino )
- 1998: From the Earth to the Moon ( From the Earth to the Moon , miniseries)
- 1998: Nash Bridges (TV series, episode 4x11)
- 2001: Providence (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2002–2003: New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue , TV series, 16 episodes)
- since 2003: Navy CIS ( NCIS , TV series)
- 2004: Los Angeles Police Report ( LA Dragnet , TV series, episode 2x09)
- 2006: Standoff (TV series, episode 1x02)
- 2006: The Closer (TV series, episode 2x02)
- 2006: Crossing Jordan - pathologist with profile ( Crossing Jordan , TV series, episode 5x15)
- 2006: The Hollywood Conspiracy (Hollywoodland)
- 2007: The Perfect Crime (Fracture)
- 2008: Frost / Nixon
- 2010: In Plain Sight ( In Plain Sight , TV series, episode 3x13)
- 2012: The Mentalist (TV series, episode 4x15)
Web links
- Joe Spano in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- official website (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Spano, Joe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco , California , United States |