James Carpinello
James Carpinello | |
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 Carpinello with his wife, Amy Acker, at the premiere of Serenity in 2005 | |
| Born | James Anthony Carpinello August 13, 1975 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
James Anthony Carpinello (born August 13, 1975)[citation needed] is an American actor who came to national attention with his appearances in Tori Spelling's VH1 sitcom So Notorious. He also portrayed Stacee Jaxx in the Broadway production of the musical Rock of Ages.
Career[edit]
Broadway[edit]
Carpinello first appeared on Broadway in the 1999 musical Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero.[1] The musical is based on the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever in which the role of Manero was played by John Travolta.
He was next cast as Link Larkin in the Broadway musical version of Hairspray, but left the show prior to its first pre-Broadway performances in Seattle in order to shoot the film The Great Raid in 2002. He was replaced by Matthew Morrison.
For his third Broadway outing, Carpinello was cast in the Broadway musical Xanadu.[2] Like Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu is based on a film of the same title—1980s Xanadu, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Michael Beck as Sonny, the leading male role, in which Carpinello was cast. When Carpinello broke his leg in three places[3] while roller skating during a rehearsal on June 12, 2007, he was forced to leave the production just two weeks before its scheduled June 26, 2007 opening at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Cheyenne Jackson assumed the role of Sonny as of June 22, 2007, and the musical's opening was rescheduled for July 10, 2007.[4][5]
Carpinello next starred as rocker Stacee Jaxx in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.[6]
Television[edit]
Carpinello has appeared on episodes of the CBS series The Good Wife as Detective Anthony Burton.
He guest starred on the season 4 premiere of the USA Network series In Plain Sight. He played former soldier Joey in "Mission Creep", the third episode of CBS crime drama series Person of Interest, and reprised that role as the series neared the end of its run in June 2016. He was a regular on the short-lived Fox medical/crime drama The Mob Doctor.
Personal life[edit]
He is of Italian, German, Irish and Danish descent, the son of Anthony J. Carpinello, a former Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and Sharon E. Kelly, a mental health official.[7] On April 25, 2003, Carpinello married actress Amy Acker. They have two children, a son, born in 2005, and a daughter, born in 2006.[8]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Punisher | Bobby Saint and John Saint | |
| 2005 | The Great Raid | Cpl. Aliteri | |
| 2012 | Christmas Is Ruined | Agent Spaulding | Short film |
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Johnny Stompanato | |
| 2014 | Let's Kill Ward's Wife | Ronnie | |
| 2017 | The Dunning Man | Connor Ryan | |
| 2019 | Midway | Captain William H. Brockman Jr. |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Felicity | Randy | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | So Notorious | Pete | 9 episodes |
| 2006 | The Closer | Larry Cole | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | Detective Anthony Burton | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | CSI: Miami | Dominic Giordano | Episode: "See No Evil" |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Joe Gilbert | Episode: "Pop" |
| 2011 | NCIS | Smitty Brown | Episode: "False Witness" |
| 2011 | In Plain Sight | Riley | Episode: "The Art of the Steal" |
| 2011, 2016 | Person of Interest | Joey Durban | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Body of Proof | Sal Rubenstone | Episode: "Occupational Hazards" |
| 2012–2013 | The Mob Doctor | Franco Leoni | 12 episodes |
| 2013 | Castle | Frank Henson | Episode: "Like Father, Like Daughter" |
| 2014 | Blue Bloods | Russell Price | Episode: "Loose Lips" |
| 2016–2017 | Gotham | Mario Falcone | 8 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | The Blacklist | Henry Prescott | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | The Gifted | Max | 3 episodes |
| The Enemy Within | Anthony Cabrera | 6 episodes | |
| What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage | Glenn | Episode: "Elevator" | |
| 2022 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Paul Greco | Episode: "Breakwater" |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Stupid Kids | Jim Stark | |
| 1999–2000 | Saturday Night Fever | Tony Manero | |
| 2007–2008 | Xanadu | Sonny | |
| 2009 | Rock of Ages | Stacee Jaxx | |
| 2024 | Little Shop of Horrors | Orin Scrivello |
References[edit]
- ^ "Saturday Night Fever". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
- ^ "Xanadu". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
- ^ James Carpinello rocks, www.broadwaystars.com
- ^ Cheyenne Jackson Skates Into Xanadu as Delayed Musical's New Sonny Broadway.com, June 14, 2007. Retrieved on July 21, 2007.
- ^ Xanadu Sets New 7/10 Opening Date Broadway.com, June 18, 2007. Retrieved on July 21, 2007.
- ^ Andrew Gans (February 18, 2009), "Maroulis, Spanger and Carpinello to Star in Broadway's Rock of Ages", Playbill. Retrieved on December 6, 2015.
- ^ "Stayin' Alive – Vol. 52 No. 21". November 29, 1999.
- ^ "Alias's Amy Acker, Husband Have a Girl". People. September 7, 2006.
External links[edit]
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1975 births
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Actors from Albany, New York
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- American people of Danish descent
- American people of German descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Italian descent
- Living people
- Male actors from New York (state)