Carmine Giovinazzo

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Carmine Giovinazzo (photo credit: Emilia Sparagna).

Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo (born on August 24, 1973) is an American actor.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Giovinazzo was born on Staten Island, New York. He comes from a family of NYPD police officers and has Italian, Norwegian, British and American ancestry.^{[citation needed]} Giovinazzo graduated from Port Richmond High School in 1991 and attended Wagner College, and grew up an athlete, pretty much playing them all on the streets of Staten Island and most seriously baseball and roller hockey. His first career choice was professional baseball, but after three years of college baseball, he fell into acting after a serious back injury. As a kid, he always made 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 NYU, SUNY and various independent films before he broke into the business. His family was very supportive; as they were happy he found another avenue for his talent after the disappointment of baseball.

[edit] Career

In 1997, he made the move to Los Angeles and connected with a manager. Not long after, he successfully landed his very first audition in LA for the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" pilot, where his character was the first on-screen victim of the show. Before his big break, Giovinazzo appeared in numerous guest-starring roles on television and in such films as Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss, For the Love of the Game, The Big Brass Ring and Black Hawk Down. He also was a lead in the short-lived UPN sitcom "Shasta McNasty". With a passion for cinematic acting, Giovinazzo continues to do films whenever he can. He co-starred with William H. Macy in "In Enemy Hands" by Lions Gate Films. He also had a starring role with Freddy Rodriguez and Peter Dobson in the independent movie "The Red Zone".

With his new television role as forensic scientist Danny Messer on "CSI: NY", he calls on his family for advice as his father and sister were both NYPD officers. His character can be 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. He appeared in the third season of the Las Vegas based CSI as a character named Thumpy G, is series regular Danny Messer on CSI: NY, and his NY character was introduced on a CSI: Miami cross-over episode.

[edit] Personal life

Giovinazzo has a tattoo on his right shoulder and plays the guitar. He is an artist (painter), and one of his paintings was featured in an episode of CSI: NY. He also writes songs and poems in his free time.