David Caruso

David Caruso
David Caruso as Horatio Caine, November 2004
Born	David Stephen Caruso January 7, 1956 (1956-01-07) (age 55) Forest Hills, Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor Producer
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Cheri Maugans (March 30, 1979–February 21, 1984) Rachel Ticotin (1984–1987)

David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American film and television actor and producer, best known for his role of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami. Aside from that the role that gained him initial significant recognition was the role of Det. John Kelly on the initially controversial ABC Crime drama NYPD Blue.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 1980s 2.2 1990s 2.3 2000s 3 Bobble Head David Caruso 4 Personal life 5 Selected filmography 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Caruso was born in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, New York,^[1] the son of Joan, a librarian, and Charles Caruso, a magazine and newspaper editor.^[2] He is of Irish and Italian (Sicilian) descent^[3] and was raised as a Roman Catholic.^[4] Caruso attended Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School, in Forest Hills. He later attended Archbishop Molloy High School in nearby Briarwood, graduating in 1974.^[5]

Career

1980s

His first film appearance was in the 1980 film Getting Wasted as "Danny". Caruso then spent most of the next decade in film supporting roles, appearing in such films as First Blood, An Officer and a Gentleman, Blue City, Thief of Hearts, and China Girl. Caruso also appeared in Twins and Hudson Hawk (1991). Caruso specifically cites his role as "the cadet who nearly drowned" in Officer and a Gentleman as what got him noticed.^[6]

In television he had a recurring role as Tommy Mann, the gang leader of "The Shamrocks", on Hill Street Blues in the early 1980s. He also had a two-episode appearance on the television series Crime Story which ran from 1986 to 1988 on NBC.

1990s

Caruso had supporting roles in the crime films King of New York (1990) and Mad Dog and Glory (1992). While filming 1991's Hudson Hawk, Caruso employed Method acting, refusing to talk to anyone on set because his character, Kit-Kat, was mute having had his tongue bitten off.^[7]

Caruso's first significant role was in 1993 as Detective John Kelly on the series NYPD Blue, for which Caruso won a Golden Globe Award. In addition, TV Guide named Caruso as one of the six new stars to watch in the 1993-94 season.

He made news by leaving the highly rated show the following year (only four episodes into the second season) to pursue a career in film, but he was unable to establish himself as a leading-man despite starring in the crime thriller Kiss of Death, which was critically well-received but did not perform well financially. He also appeared in Jade (1995), which flopped critically and at the box office. In 1997, Caruso returned to television as the star of the short-lived CBS law drama series, Michael Hayes, in which he played a New York City-based federal prosecutor. It ran for one season.

2000s

Caruso returned to film with a supporting role as Russell Crowe's mercenary associate in the movie Proof of Life in 2000. In 2001, he had a lead role in the horror film, Session 9.

Since 2002, he has starred as Lt. Horatio Caine in the popular CSI spin-off series CSI: Miami. He was the first actor in the franchise to appear as the same character on all three CSI programs. On CSI: Miami, Caruso is known for frequently using one-liners which are highly appropriate to the present situation, and are usually at the beginning of the episode. Many of these include him putting on his trademark sunglasses mid-sentence, then walking off-screen just as the main theme starts (finishing move). Caruso's sunglasses and one-liners are often ridiculed on The Soup by host Joel McHale. On an episode of the Late Show with David Letterman that aired on March 8, 2007, comedian Jim Carrey professed to being a fan of the show and went on to satirically impersonate Caruso. Carrey asked for an “intense close-up” from the camera, spoke in a deep voice and put sunglasses on. David later said in an interview with CBS that he was impressed with the impersonation.^[8] In the twentieth episode of the fifth season of House, "Simple Explanation", Dr. House says to Dr. Cameron "Did you deduce that by taking off your sunglasses to the strains of a Who song?".

Bobble Head David Caruso

In early 2007, David Caruso’s team of affiliates created the iconic Horatio Caine Bobble Head doll. Standing approximately 6 inches tall and filled with candy, the doll caricatures the famous CSI star’s pale complexion, red hair and sunglasses. Since its release, the bobble head quickly became a ‘must have’ accessory on the set of CSI Miami, and has grown to be a favourite talisman amongst David Caruso fans. During a set visit in October 2009, a group of enthusiastic fans, who had traveled to the set from Toronto, Canada were given a bobble head as a thank you gift for making the near 2,200 mile trip to California. Now named “Bobble Head David Caruso” (aka B-HED), the figure has traveled to several cities within the US (LA, Boston, Las Vegas, Chicago, Buffalo, Miami), Australia (Melbourne), Cuba (Holguin), The Bahamas, St Maarten, St Thomas and Canada (Toronto, Banff, Niagara Falls). B-HED has gained momentum with its own media/fan following and has gained significant exposure via his social networking sites.

Personal life

Caruso has a daughter, Greta (born June 1, 1984), with his second wife, Rachel Ticotin. In 1994, (according to court record) ex-girlfriend Paris Papiro filed a palimony suit. Caruso paid an undisclosed sum in early 1995. He and former girlfriend Liza Marquez have two children together: a son, Marquez Anthony (born September 15, 2005), and daughter, Paloma Raquel (born October 16, 2007). In April 2009, Marquez filed papers suing Caruso for fraud, breach of their settlement agreement and emotional distress.^[9] He currently lives in Los Angeles and Miami with his girlfriend, Amina Islam.

In March 2009, an Austrian woman was placed in custody in Tyrol, Austria, on charges of stalking Caruso; she had twice failed to appear in court to answer the charges before fleeing to Mexico; following her deportation from Mexico, Austrian officials took her into custody to await trial on the stalking charges.^[10]

Selected filmography

• Without Warning (1980) as Tom
• An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) as Topper Daniels
• First Blood (1982) as Deputy Mitch
• Hill Street Blues (1981–1983) as Tommy Mann (the leader of The Shamrocks gang)
• TJ Hooker (1983; episode "Requiem for a Cop" as Jennings)
• Thief of Hearts (1984) as Buddy Calamara
• Blue City (1986) as Joey Rayford
• China Girl (1987) as Mercury
• Twins (1988) as Al Greco
• King of New York (1990) as Dennis Gilley
• Hudson Hawk (1991) as Kit Kat
• Mad Dog and Glory (1992) as Mike
• NYPD Blue (1993–1994) as Det. John Kelly
• Kiss of Death (1995) as Jimmy Kilmartin
• Jade (1995) as David Corelli
• Michael Hayes (1997) as Michael Hayes
• Body Count (1997) as Hobbs
• Proof of Life (2000) as Dino
• Session 9 (2001) as Phil
• Black Point (2001) as John Hawkins
• CSI: Miami (2002–Present) as Lt. Horatio Caine

References

Without Warning (1980) (Sci-Fi Horror) (USA) or The Warning (UK)( 1980 )-as Tom, Released on Guild Home Video 1982, also starring Jack Palance,Martin Landou, price for this video at the time was £120 trade price (WOW), I know because I worked in a Video store at the time, Mr Des Wigfall

External links

• David Caruso at the Internet Movie Database
• David Caruso at the Notable Names Database
• David Caruso at TV.com
• David Caruso Bio at CBS - CSI: Miami
• David Caruso Television
• Caruso Art
• Lexicon Digital Communications

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Kyle MacLachlan (1990) · Scott Bakula (1991) · Sam Waterston (1992) · David Caruso (1993) · Dennis Franz (1994) · Jimmy Smits (1995) · David Duchovny (1996) · Anthony Edwards (1997) · Dylan McDermott (1998) · James Gandolfini (1999) · Martin Sheen (2000) · Kiefer Sutherland (2001) · Michael Chiklis (2002) · Anthony LaPaglia (2003) · Ian McShane (2004) · Hugh Laurie (2005) · Hugh Laurie (2006) · Jon Hamm (2007) · Gabriel Byrne (2008) · Michael C. Hall (2009)  · (1969–1989) · (1990–2009)