Early life

Giuntoli was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Mary and David Giuntoli. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. He was raised in Huntleigh, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. He admits to not being very athletic as a child. In an Access Hollywood interview Giuntoli stated "I was like three feet shorter than I am now until I was a sophomore in high school. But I had the same sized head and ass as I do now. I was an awkward little fellow. In high school I started gravitating a little toward acting." After graduating from St. Louis University High School in 1998, he attended Indiana University Bloomington, earning a bachelor's degree in International Business and Finance in 2002.

Giuntoli returned to St. Louis after college. However his heart was in being an entertainer instead of a career in finance, something his family realized early on as he always enjoyed making people laugh from a young age. Reconnecting with his high school theater teacher, he began taking acting lessons locally.

Career

His first career break came in 2003 when he was discovered by talent scouts for MTV and cast in the networks reality series Road Rules: South Pacific. The three-month adventure in the South Pacific, and a subsequent appearance on the seventh season of Real World/Road Rules Challenge provided the resources to pay off his college debt and further cemented his decision to pursue acting as a full-time career.

In 2007, he moved to Los Angeles to further pursue an acting career. There he studied under director and acting teacher Chris Fields before joining the Echo Theater Company. A long series of guest appearances on various TV series and TV movies followed, including Nip/Tuck, Veronica Mars, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, Privileged, Without a Trace, and Cold Case among others. Giuntoli was also in consideration for the title role of the relaunched Superman movie Man of Steel, but was eventually beaten out by English actor Henry Cavill. His biggest role in TV to date is the series Grimm, which premièred in October, 2011. In addition to his work on Grimm, Giuntoli was seen in 2012 in the motion picture Caroline and Jackie in a supporting role.

Personal life

Giuntoli currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon, where Grimm is filmed. He often rides his bicycle to the set. During a 2012 break in Grimm production, Giuntoli visited an elephant orphanage in Kenya, adopting one of the animals. Giuntoli is dating co-star Bitsie Tulloch.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Weather Girl	James	Minor role
2009	ComedyPOPS		Short film
2010	Camera Obscura	Walter	Short film
2010	Turn The Beat Around	Michael
2011	6 Month Rule	Jared	Minor role
2012	Caroline and Jackie	Ryan
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	Scott Wickland
2016	Buddymoon	David	exclusive producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Road Rules: South Pacific	Himself	Regular cast member
	Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet	Himself	Contestant/Winner
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Rick	Episode: "The Walk-in"
	Veronica Mars	Sneed Batmen Guy	Episode: "Un-American Graffiti"
2008	Nip/Tuck	Evan	Episode: "August Walden"
	Grey's Anatomy	Todd	Episode: "The Becoming"
	Finish Line	Turner	Television film
	Privileged	Jacob Cassidy	5 episodes
	Eli Stone	Scott Colby	Episodes: "Waiting for That Day", "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"
	The Unit	Major Paul Grand	Episode: "Misled and Misguided"
	Without a Trace	Seth	Episode: "Push Comes to Shove"
	Cold Case	Dean London '60	Episode: "Wings"
2009	Crash	Brad	Episode: "The Pain Won't Stop"
	U.S. Attorney	Andrew Moore	unsold pilot
2010	The Quinn-tuplets	Martin Quinn	unsold pilot
	The Deep End	Jason Carpenter	Episodes: "An Innocent Man", "White Lies, Black Ties"
	Hot in Cleveland	Tyler	Episode: "Who's Your Mama?"
	Private Practice	Daniel	Episode: "In or Out"
2011	Love Bites	Jordan	Episode: "Firsts"
2011-present	Grimm	Detective Nick Burkhardt	Main role
2013	Key & Peele	Mack

[ Source: Wikipedia ]