Carmine Giovinazzo 663914 225543197 2008-07-14T06:19:15Z 70.20.122.167 /* Career */ removed a sentence to fix redundancy {{Infobox actor | name = Carmine Giovinazzo | image = Giovinazzo, Carmine (USAF).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Carmine Giovinazzo (centre), 2005 | birthname = Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo | birthdate = {{birth date and age|1973|8|24}} | birthplace = [[Port Richmond]], [[Staten Island]] | othername = Carmine D. Giovinazzo | homepage = | academyawards = | emmyawards = | spouse = }} '''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 == {{reflist}} ==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] {{DEFAULTSORT:Giovinazzo, Carmine}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:Italian-Americans]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Staten Island]] [[cs:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[de:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[es:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[fr:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[it:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[nl:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[ja:カーマイン・ジョヴィナッツォ]] [[no:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[pl:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[pt:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[fi:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[sv:Carmine Giovinazzo]] [[tr:Carmine Giovinazzo]]