Carmine Giovinazzo
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| birthname = Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1973|8|24}}
| birthplace = [[Port Richmond]], [[Staten Island]]
| othername = Carmine D. Giovinazzo
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'''Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo''' (born [[August 24]], [[1973]]) is an American [[actor]].
==Biography==
===Early life===
Giovinazzo was born and raised on [[Staten Island]], the son of Nancy and Dominick, who was a police officer.<ref>http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Carmine-Giovinazzo.html</ref> He comes from a family of cops and has Italian (originally from [[Naples]]), Norwegian, Native American and English ancestry.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} Growing up in the streets of Staten Island, Giovinazzo was an avid athlete; though he played many different sports, [[baseball]] and [[roller hockey]] were his preferences. He graduated from [[Port Richmond High School]] in 1991 and attended [[Wagner College]]. He had hoped to become a professional baseball player, but a serious back injury dashed his career plans, so, with the support of his family, he turned to acting. As a child, Giovinazzo participated in making short films, but remembers no particular time when he had the idea to start acting. "Before I knew it, I was running around [[Manhattan]] with a headshot and taking classes at HB Studios." He did several short films at [[New York University|NYU]] and [[State University of New York|SUNY]], plus a few independent films before he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career further.
===Career===
[[Image:Carminebuffy.jpg|thumb|left|215px|Carmine's first Hollywood role, in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' pilot "[[Welcome to the Hellmouth]]."]]
In 1997, Giovinazzo moved to [[Los Angeles]]. Not long after, he successfully landed his very first Hollywood role in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' pilot, in which his character was the show's first on-screen victim. Afterwards, he appeared in numerous guest-starring roles on television and in film, including ''[[Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss]]'', ''[[For Love of the Game (film)|For Love of the Game]]'', ''[[The Big Brass Ring]]'' and ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''. He was also cast as one of the stars of the short-lived UPN sitcom ''[[Shasta McNasty]]''. Other films in which he had starring roles include [[Lions Gate Films]]' ''[[In Enemy Hands (film)|In Enemy Hands]]'' with [[William H. Macy]], and ''Players'', with [[Freddy Rodriguez]] and [[Peter Dobson]].
Giovinazzo is currently cast as [[forensic]] scientist [[Danny Messer]] on the hit TV series ''[[CSI: NY]]''. He often calls on his family for advice, as his father and sister were both [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] officers. Danny is described as "passionate, with an urge to question all that is corrupt… a kid from the streets who studied and made good for himself." Giovinazzo is the first actor to appear in all three ''CSI'' series; his ''CSI: NY'' character was introduced in the ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' episode "MIA/NYC Nonstop" (along with the other cast members of ''CSI: NY'') and he guest-starred in the third season of the original [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]-based ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' as a street racer named Thumpy G in the episode "[[Revenge is Best Served Cold]]".
===Personal life===
Giovinazzo has a [[tattoo]] on his right shoulder. He plays the [[guitar]] and writes songs and poems in his spare time. He is also a painter, mostly in oils, and one of his paintings appeared in the "[[Tri-Borough]]" episode of ''CSI: NY''. He dated ''Las Vegas'' star [[Vanessa Marcil]] from 1998-1999. He is currently lead vocalist in his band 'Ceesau'.
He is a cousin of [[Buddy Giovinazzo]], [[Rick Giovinazzo]],<ref>http://www.filmreference.com/film/11/Rick-Giovinazzo.html</ref> and [[Larry Romano]], who played Danny Messer's brother, Louie Messer, in the ''CSI: NY'' episode "[[Run Silent, Run Deep]]".
==Filmography==
* ''[[Conception]]'' ([[1996]])
* ''[[No Way Home]]'' ([[1996]])
* ''[[Locomotive]]'' ([[1997]])
* ''[[Fallen Arches]]'' ([[1998]])
* ''[[Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss]]'' ([[1998]])
* ''[[The Big Brass Ring]]'' ([[1999]])
* ''[[For Love of the Game (film)|For Love of the Game]]'' ([[1999]])
* ''[[Shasta McNasty]]'' ([[1999]])
* ''[[Terror Tract]]'' (segment "Nightmare") ([[2000]])
* ''[[The Learning Curve]]'' ([[2001]])
* ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'' ([[2001]])
* ''[[Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie]]'' ([[2002]]) (TV)
* ''[[Pledge of Allegiance]]'' ([[2002]])
* ''[[Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' ([[2002]])
* ''[[Columbo]]: Columbo Likes the Nightlife'' ([[2003]]) (TV)
* ''[[In Enemy Hands (film)|In Enemy Hands]]'' ([[2004]])
* ''[[CSI: NY]]'' ([[2004]]-)
* ''[[This Is Not a Test]]'' ([[2007]])
== References ==
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==External links==
*{{imdb person|0320547}}
*[http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/bio/carmine_giovinazzo/bio.php Carmine Giovinazzo Bio at CBS - CSI: NY]
*[http://csinywiki.cbs.com/page/Carmine+Giovinazzo CSI:NY Wiki] Carmine Giovinazzo Bio at CBS-CSI Wiki
*[http://www.ceesau.com Carmine Giovinazzo's band Ceesau]
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