Bobby Cannavale

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Bobby Cannavale

Born Robert M. Cannavale
May 3, 1971 (1971-05-03) (age 37)
Union City, New Jersey, USA
Years active 1997-present
Spouse(s) Jenny Lumet (1994-2003)

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.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Cannavale was born in Union City, New Jersey to an Italian American father and a Cuban American mother.[1][2] 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.

[edit] 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 as a gay drug dealer named Alonzo Torquemada who became sexually infatuated with fellow inmate Miguel Alvarez played by Third Watch co-star Kirk Acevedo.

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 (as a closeted homosexual fireman) (2002), Shall We Dance? (as a closeted homosexual) (2004) and Romance & Cigarettes (2005), and guest starred in Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Oz, Law & Order - and its spin-off series Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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."

In 2008, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as Dennis in Mauritius.[3]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] References

  1. ^ USATODAY.com - Cannavale's sexy screen career gets a leg up in 'Dance'
  2. ^ Latin Heat Online
  3. ^ Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series

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