Bobby Cannavale

Infobox Actor
name = Bobby Cannavale

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birthdate = birth date and age|1971|05|03
location = Union City, New Jersey, USA
birthname = Robert M. Cannavale
yearsactive = 1997-present
spouse = Jenny Lumet (1994-2003)
emmyawards =Guest Actor - Comedy Series
2005 "Will & Grace"

Robert M. “Bobby” Cannavale (born May 3, 1971) is an American Emmy Award-winning actor noted for his role as a paramedic on "Third Watch".

Biography

Personal life

Cannavale was born in Union City, New Jersey to an Italian American father and a Cuban American mother. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-10-13-cannavale_x.htm USATODAY.com - Cannavale's sexy screen career gets a leg up in 'Dance' ] ] [ [http://www.latinheat.com/print.php?nid=182&origen=1 Latin Heat Online ] ] He was married to Jenny Lumet -- Sidney Lumet's daughter and Lena Horne's granddaughter -- from 1994 to 2003. He also dated actress Annabella Sciorra.

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"From 2004 to 2006, he had a recurring guest role on "Will & Grace" as Vince D'Angelo, the first long-term boyfriend for Will (Eric McCormack) on the show. For this role he won his first Emmy Award as "Best Guest Star in a Comedy Series". 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 ' and '.

Cannavale serves as the voice of Corado R. Ciarlo known as "Babe," in the Ken Burns's 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.

Cannavale also read the audiobook version of Richard Price's novel "Lush Life".

On August 25 ABC ordered his pilot "Cupid" to series. It is is a remake of the show 1998 program starring Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall, and it will co-star Sarah Paulson. Original series creator Rob Thomas is currently overseeing script development. ABC will most likely air it late 2008 or early 2009. [http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38071]

In 2008, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as Dennis in Mauritius. [ [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/2008_tony_nominations.txt Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards ] ]

Filmography

* "I'm Not Rappaport" (1996)... Parking lot customer
* "Night Falls on Manhattan" (1997)... Vigoda Assistant #1
* "When Trumpets Fade" (1998) (TV)... Captain Zernek
* "Third Watch" (1999) (TV series)... Roberto "Bobby" Caffey (1999-2001)
* "The Bone Collector" (1999)... Steve, Amelia's boyfriend
* "Gloria" (1999)... Jack Jesús Nuñez
* "3 A.M." (2001)... Jose
* "100 Centre Street" (2001) (TV series)... Jeremiah "J.J." Jellinek
* "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (2001)
* "The Guru" (2002)... Randy
* "Washington Heights" (2002)... Angel
* "Kingpin" (2003) (mini series)... Chato Cadena
* "The Station Agent" (2003)... Joe Oramas
* "The Breakup Artist" (2004)... Neighbor
* "Shall We Dance" (2004)... Chic
* "Haven" (2004)... Lieutenant
* "Fresh Cut Grass" (2004)
* "Recipe for a Perfect Christmas" (2005)
* "Romance & Cigarettes" (2005)... Fryburg
* "The Exonerated" (2005) (TV)... Jesse, Sunny's husband
* "Happy Endings" (2005)... Javier
* "Fast Food Nation" (2006)
* "Snakes on a Plane" (2006...Hank Harris
* "The Night Listener" (2006)
* "10 Items or Less" (2006)
* "100 Feet" (2008)
* "The Promotion" (2008)

References

External links

*imdb|0134072