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Born | Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo August 24, 1973 Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York |
Other names | Carmine D. Giovinazzo |
Spouse | Vanessa Marcil (2010–present) |
Carmine Dominick Giovinazzo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkarmine dʒoviˈnattso]; American english pronunciation: ʤɪ-oʊ-vɪ-ˈnɑ-zoʊ or jee-oh-vi-'nah-zoh; born August 24, 1973) is an American actor and singer, best known for his role as Detective Danny Messer in CSI: NY.
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Giovinazzo was born and raised on Staten Island, the son of Nancy and Dominick, who was a police officer.[1] He comes from a family of policemen and has Italian, British, Native American, and Norwegian ancestry.[2] Growing up on 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.[3] 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.[4]
In 1997, Giovinazzo moved to Los Angeles. Not long after, he successfully landed his first Hollywood role in the 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, The Big Brass Ring, and 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 In Enemy Hands with William H. Macy, and Players with Freddy Rodriguez and Peter Dobson. He played Tony Galper, the victim in "Columbo Likes the Nightlife", the final episode of the TV series Columbo.
Giovinazzo is currently cast as forensic scientist Danny Messer on the hit TV series CSI: NY. 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-based CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as a street racer named Thumpy G in the episode "Revenge is Best Served Cold". Giovinazzo penned the sixth season vampire-themed episode "Sanguine Love",[5] joining series leads Melina Kanakaredes and Gary Sinise, who have also written episodes for the series.
Giovinazzo plays the guitar and writes songs and poems in his spare time.[4] He is also a painter, mostly in oils, and one of his paintings appeared in the "Tri-Borough" episode of CSI: NY.[6] He is currently a lead vocalist in his band "Ceesau". They released one album in 2008, Era of the Exposed, with five songs.[7] The song "Tear To Spare", written by Giovinazzo, was played in the CSI: NY sixth season episode "Sanguine Love".[8]
He is a cousin of Vincent Giovinazzo, Buddy Giovinazzo, Michael "Big Mean Schkeen" Giovinazzo, Rick Giovinazzo,[9] and Larry Romano.
Giovinazzo married actress Vanessa Marcil on July 11, 2010 in a private ceremony in New York City with family and closest friends.[10] In June 2011 they announced they were expecting,[11] but on December 6, 2011, Giovinazzo announced via Twitter that Vanessa had suffered a miscarriage.Her second that year.[12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Conception | Billy | Film short |
1996 | No Way Home | Frankie Hamm | Film |
1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Boy | Episode 1.01 "Welcome to the Hellmouth" |
1997 | Pacific Blue | Cody Fisher | Episode 3.08 "Matters of the Heart" |
1998 | Fallen Arches | Frankie Romano | Film |
1998 | Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss | Gundy | Film |
1999 | The Big Brass Ring | Young Billy | Film |
1999 | Providence | Kit | Episode 1.17 "Heaven Can Wait" |
1999 | For Love of the Game | Ken Strout | Film |
1999 | Shasta McNasty | Scott | All 22 episodes |
2000 | Terror Tract | Frank Sarno | Film ("Nightmare" segment) |
2001 | The Learning Curve | Paul Cleveland | Film |
2001 | Black Hawk Down | Goodale | Film |
2002 | Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie | T-Bone | TV movie |
2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Thumpy G | Episode 3.01 "Revenge is Best Served Cold" |
2003 | Columbo | Tony Galper | Episode 13.05 "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" |
2004 | In Enemy Hands | Buck Cooper | Film |
2004 | CSI: Miami | Danny Messer | Episode 2.23 "MIA/NYC NonStop" |
2004–present | CSI: NY | Danny Messer | All 171 episodes (so far) |
2008 | This Is Not a Test | Trey | Film |
2012 | Duke | Dare | Film (post-production) |