Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale

Born: May 3, 1970
Age: 54
Birthplace: Union City, New Jersey, U.S.
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Biography

Robert "Bobby" Cannavale (/ˌkænəˈvɑːli/; ; born May 3, 1970) is an American actor known for his leading role as Bobby Caffey in the first two seasons of the crime drama series Third Watch. Cannavale also had a recurring role on the NBC comedy series Will & Grace as Officer Vincent "Vince" D'Angelo, Will Truman's long-term boyfriend, and portrayed Gyp Rosetti during the third season of the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire, for which he won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In 2016, he began starring in the HBO drama series Vinyl, produced by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger.

Cannavale has appeared in The Station Agent (2003), Shall We Dance? (2004), Snakes on a Plane (2006), The Other Guys (2010), Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine (2013), Chef (2014), the remake of Annie (2014), Paul Feig's Spy (2015), and Marvel Studios' Ant-Man (2015).

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Early life

Cannavale was born and raised in Union City, New Jersey, the son of Isabel and Sal Cannavale. His father is of Italian descent, while his mother is Cuban and moved to the U.S. in 1960. He was raised Catholic and attended St. Michael's Catholic School, where he participated in a number of extracurricular activities, including being an altar boy and member of the chorus. When he was eight, Cannavale secured the plum role of the lisping boy, Winthrop, in his school's production of The Music Man, and later played a gangster in Guys and Dolls, which cemented his love for performing. Cannavale's parents divorced when he was 13 and his mother moved the family to Puerto Rico. After two years in the American territory, they settled in Margate, Florida. Cannavale returned to New Jersey after barely eking out a high school diploma in the late 1980s from Coconut Creek High School, in order to be closer to New York, to launch his acting career.

Career

Cannavale began his acting career in the theater - with no acting training - and gained early film roles in Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) and The Bone Collector (1999), Cannavale became well-known when he starred as Bobby Caffey for two seasons on Third Watch. Following this, in 2001, he starred with Alan Arkin in 100 Centre Street - which was written and directed by Sidney Lumet, his then-father-in-law.

In 2002, he joined the cast of Ally McBeal for the last five episodes, but the show was then cancelled. Following this, he starred with Yancey Arias and Sheryl Lee in the miniseries Kingpin. In 2003, Cannavale briefly appeared on the last two episodes of Oz. He also appeared in the film The Station Agent as a man who befriends a little person removed from society. From 2004 to 2006, he had a recurring guest role on Will & Grace as Vince D'Angelo, the boyfriend (and eventual husband) of Will Truman (Eric McCormack). For this role, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005. He has also appeared in the films Snakes on a Plane, The Guru (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004) and Romance & Cigarettes (2005), and guest starred in Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Oz, Law & Order - and its spin-off series Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He appeared in The Take (2007) alongside John Leguizamo and Tyrese Gibson, as Agent Steve Perelli.

Cannavale serves as the voice of Corado R. Ciarlo, known as "Babe", in the Ken Burns PBS film series The War (the story of World War II) from the perspective of the men who fought in combat and their loved ones at home. He also read the audiobook versions of Richard Price's 2008 novel Lush Life and Ed Falco's 2012 novel The Family Corleone. On August 25, 2008, ABC ordered his pilot Cupid, a remake of the 1998 program which had starred Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall, to series. In the new version of the series, Cannavale starred opposite Sarah Paulson with script development overseen by original series creator Rob Thomas. ABC debuted Cupid on March 31, 2009, but it was cancelled on May 19, 2009.

In 2008, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as Dennis in the Broadway play, Mauritius. In 2009, CBS announced Cannavale would reprise his role of Det. Eddie Saccardo on the television show, Cold Case, for three episodes, starting with the third episode of Season 7. Cannavale was also in the film Win Win in 2011, as Terry Delfino. He later starred in the Broadway play The Motherfucker With the Hat alongside Chris Rock and Annabella Sciorra. On May 3, 2011 (his 41st birthday), he was nominated for a Tony Award for his leading role in that production.

In 2012 and 2013, he guest starred in the fourth and fifth season of Showtime's Nurse Jackie, for which he was nominated twice again for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012 and 2013, as well as joining the cast of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, portraying the psychopathic Sicilian gangster Gyp Rosetti in the third season. His performance on Boardwalk Empire won critical acclaim, earning him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2013. That same year he also played Lewis, a vengeful clown on Modern Family during the third season, for which he was nominated for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series at the 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards in 2012. TV Guide, in its "Cheers & Jeers 2012" issue, praised Cannavale for this "trifecta of great performances", commenting, "This guy is so good at playing bad, it's scary." He played what Matt Zoller Seitz of rogerebert.com called a "heroically moving" lead role in Danny Collins in 2015.

Personal life

From 1994 to 2003, Cannavale was married to actress/screenwriter Jenny Lumet — director Sidney Lumet's daughter and performer Lena Horne's granddaughter — with whom he has a son, actor Jake Cannavale. Cannavale and his child were cast as father and son in season four of Nurse Jackie.

Since fall 2012, Cannavale has been dating actress Rose Byrne. Cannavale and Byrne's first child, Rocco Robin Cannavale, was born February 1, 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 I'm Not Rappaport Parking Lot Customer
1996 Night Falls on Manhattan Vigoda Assistant #1
1999 Gloria Jack
1999 The Bone Collector Steve
2000 3 A.M. Jose
2002 Washington Heights Angel
2002 The Guru Randy
2003 Shortcut to Happiness Cop
2003 The Station Agent Joe Oramas Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2004 Fresh Cut Grass Billy Pecchio
2004 Haven Lieutenant
2004 Shall We Dance? Chic
2004 The Breakup Artist Neighbor
2005 Happy Endings Javier Duran
2005 Romance & Cigarettes Chetty Jr. / 'Fryburg'
2006 The Night Listener Jess
2006 Fast Food Nation Mike
2006 Snakes on a Plane Special Agent Hank Harris
2006 10 Items or Less Bobby
2007 The Ten Marty McBride
2007 Dedication Don Meyers
2008 The Take Agent Steve Perelli
2008 Diminished Capacity Lee Vivyan
2008 The Promotion Dr. Timms
2008 100 Feet Shanks
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Commander James Kent
2009 The Merry Gentleman Michael
2009 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Subject #40
2009 Louis C.K.'s Last Chance Porn Producer Short film
2010 F—K Bobby Short film
2010 The Other Guys Jimmy
2010 Apples Nino Short film
2010 Weakness Joshua
2011 Win Win Terry Delfino Nominated—ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actor
2011 Roadie Randy Stevens
2013 Movie 43 Superman Segment: "Super Hero Speed Dating"
2013 Parker Jake Fernandez
2013 Lovelace Butchie Peraino
2013 Blue Jasmine Chili Nominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2014 Chef Tony
2014 Adult Beginners Danny
2014 Annie Guy
2015 Danny Collins Tom Donnelly
2015 Spy Sergio De Luca
2015 Ant-Man Paxton
2015 Daddy's Home Dr. Emilio Francisco
2017 Boundaries Leonard Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 When Trumpets Fade Capt. Thomas Zenek Television film
1999-2001 Third Watch Roberto Caffey 38 episodes
2000 Sex and the City Adam Ball Episode: "Easy Come, Easy Go"
2001-2002 100 Centre Street Jeremiah "J. J." Jellinek 5 episodes
2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kyle Novacek Episode: "Monogamy"
2002 Ally McBeal Wilson Jade 5 episodes
2002, 2007 Law & Order Randy Porter / J.P. Lange 2 episodes
2003 Kingpin Chato Cadena 6 episodes
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Julian Bello Episode: "The Gift"
2003 Oz Alonzo Torquemada 2 episodes
2004 Six Feet Under Javier 3 episodes
2004-2006 Will & Grace Vince D'Angelo 15 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2005 N.Y.-70 Det. Niko Corso Pilot
2005 The Exonerated Jesse Television film
2005 Recipe for a Perfect Christmas Alex Stermadapolous Television film
2006 Untitled Paul Reiser Project Danny Pilot
2007 The Knights of Prosperity Enrico Cortez 2 episodes
2007 M.O.N.Y. Joe Capanelli Pilot
2008-2009 Cold Case Eddie Saccardo 7 episodes
2008 Lipstick Jungle Chris 'Parks' Parker Episode: "Chapter Seven: Carpe Threesome"
2009 Cupid Trevor Pierce 7 episodes
2010 American Dad! Detective Chaz Miglachio (voice) Episode: "Cops & Roger"
2010 Louie Chris 2 episodes
2010 Marry Me Adam 2 episodes
2010-2011 Blue Bloods New York County District Attorney Charles Rosselini 3 episodes
2012 Modern Family Lewis Episode: "Send Out the Clowns"
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series
2012 Boardwalk Empire Gyp Rosetti 12 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2012-2013 Nurse Jackie Dr. Mike Cruz 12 episodes
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2014 Robot Chicken Bone Age Warrior (voice) Episode: "Super Guitario Center"
2016-present Vinyl Richie Finestra

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told Steve Williamstown Theatre Festival
2003 Fucking A The Mayor Public Theatre
2005 Hurlyburly Phil Acorn Theater
2007 Mauritius Dennis Biltmore Theatre
Nominated—Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
2010 Trust Morton Second Stage Theatre
2011 The Motherfucker with the Hat Jackie Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
Nominated—Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance
Nominated—Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
2012 Glengarry Glen Ross Richard Roma Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
2013 The Big Knife Charlie Castle Roundabout Theatre
Charities

Bobby Cannavale supports the following charitable cause: ALS (amyrotrophic lateral sclerosis).

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