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Robbie of 7th Heaven
Background:
“I love Los Angeles but when you are here as an actor, you
feel like a fish in water. But there is nothing like home. People are
different. I am not so recognized in LA, but at home, it's the
opposite. People are always like, 'hey, aren't you the one who plays
in ...?' It's fun.” Adam Lavorgna.
First noticed by TV viewers for his Young Artist Award-winning
role as Nicholas Scamperelli on the CBS kiddy show starring Marion
Ross, "Brooklyn Bridge" (1991-1993), Adam LaVorgna was
later familiar to teenage audiences while playing Robbie Palmer
(1999-2002), the boyfriend of Jessica Biel's character Mary Rivera
and later Beverley Mitchell's Lucy Camden, on the WB/CW family drama
series "7th Heaven."
Meanwhile, he has appeared in a string of TV movies, including
portraying “Sinatra” in a 1992 biographical TV movie of
the same name, and has guest-starred in such TV shows as "The
Cosby Mysteries," "Matlock," "Law & Order,"
"Cold Case," and "CSI: Miami."
On the big screen, he could be seen in the films "29th
Street" (1991), "Monkey Trouble" (1994), "Milk
Money" (1994), "The Beautician and the Beast" (1997),
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1998), "Outside
Providence" (1999), "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway"
(1999), "Blast" (2000), "The House Is Burning"
(2006), and "The Boy Who Cried B****: The Adolescent Years"
(2007).
On a more personal note, the 5' 11½" actor, who has a
tattoo of a cross with the name of his mother on it, dated "I'll
Be Home for Christmas" (1998) and “7th Heaven”
co-star actress Jessica Biel. They broke up in 2001.
“I like to go out, but not until midnight or so. Clubs in
Los Angeles close at two o'clock in the morning. Enough for a good
time and to dance.” Adam LaVorgna.
Basketball Buff
Childhood and Family:
An Italian descendant, Adam LaVorgna was born near New Haven in
North Branford, Connecticut, on March 1, 1981. The youngest of three
children, Adam attended high school at Avon Old Farms in Connecticut
and was enrolled at Boston College, but left the school after his
freshman year to act on “7th Heaven.”
Before and during his stint on “7th Heaven,” Adam
dated co-star actress Jessica Biel , whom he met on set of the movie
“I'll Be Home For Christmas” (1998). They broke up in
2001.
“I could not remain with the same girlfriend during a long
time. But that completely changed. I matured.” Adam LaVorgna.
Adam now lives in New York City, but still enjoys visiting his
parents back in Connecticut when he can. He also likes to visit his
family in Italy as well whenever he has the chance. When he is not
busy filming, Adam, who was part of the NBA Entertainment League in
the past, likes to play basketball with his friends.
“I am a spontaneous person. I like to do the things
randomly.” Adam LaVorgna.
Brooklyn Bridge
Career:
At the early age of three, Adam LaVorgna began appearing on
television on the CBS soap opera “As the World Turns.” At
age 10, he made his first big screen appearance in director George
Gallo's drama/comedy film "29th Street" (1991), starring
Danny Aiello and Anthony LaPaglia. That same year, he landed a
regular role as Nicholas Scamperelli on the CBS Golden Globe-winning
and Emmy-nominated kiddy show starring Marion Ross, "Brooklyn
Bridge," which ran from September 20, 1991 to April 6, 1993 and
won him a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-starring in a
Television Series.
During this time, LaVorgna was spotted as a guest in an episode of
HBO teen soap "Lifestories: Families in Crisis," ABC legal
drama "Civil Wars," and NBC sitcom "Empty Nest."
He also portrayed younger “Sinatra” (Philip Casnoff
portrayed the adult version) in a 1992 biographical TV movie of the
same name and shared the screen with Jack Scalia, Drew Barrymore, and
Alyssa Milano in the made-for-television movie "Casualties of
Love: The Long Island Lolita Story" (1993).
Following the demise of "Brooklyn Bridge," LaVorgna was
cast in the films "Monkey Trouble" (1994; starring Thora
Birch, Harvey Keitel, and Mimi Rogers), a family/comedy by Franco
Amurri, "Milk Money" (1994; with Melanie Griffith, Ed
Harris, Michael Patrick Carter, Malcolm McDowell, and Anne Heche), a
romantic comedy by Richard Benjamin, and "The Beautician and the
Beast" (1997; starring Fran Drescher and Timothy Dalton), a
romantic comedy by Ken Kwapis.
He was also seen alongside Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Jessica Biel
in Arlene Sanford's family/comedy movie "I'll Be Home for
Christmas" (1998), playing bully leader Eddie Taffet, co-starred
with Shawn Hatosy in Michael Corrente's film adaptation of Peter
Farrelly's novel, "Outside Providence" (1999), and with
Janet Paparazzo, Elijah Wood, and Janeane Garofalo in Martin Duffy's
film version of Robert Cormier's novel, "The Bumblebee Flies
Anyway" (1999).
On the small screen, LaVorgna guest-starred in an episode of NBC
mystery show "The Cosby Mysteries," NBC/ABC long-running
legal drama starring Andy Griffith, "Matlock," and NBC
police procedural/legal drama "Law & Order." He also
co-starred with Daphne Zuniga and Mae Whitman in the mystery/drama TV
movie inspired by Richard North Patterson's novels, "Degree of
Guilt" (1995).
From 1999 to 2002, LaVorgna played Robbie Palmer, the boyfriend of
Jessica Biel's character Mary Rivera and later Beverley Mitchell's
Lucy Camden, on the WB/CW family drama series "7th Heaven."
Meanwhile, he co-starred with Liesel Matthews, Blake Heron, and Tony
Denman in writer/director Martin Schenk's drama/comedy feature
"Blast" (2000).
“I like what happens to Robbie. When I appear on the show, I
had it all wrong: family, relationships, everything. Robbie has
really learned Camdens. He was the bad boy of the series, but he's
not really. He's a good kid at heart. Just like me. I have had some
trouble, but I am a good kid at heart.” Adam LaVorgna (about
his role on “7th Heaven”).
After leaving the cast of “7th Heaven” in 2002
following a dispute with the cast, LaVorgna landed roles in the films
"The House Is Burning" (2006), a drama by Holger Ernst, and
"The Boy Who Cried B****: The Adolescent Years" (2007), a
disappointing drama by Matthew Levin II. He also appeared in the
dramatic TV movie "Halley's Comet" (2005) and guest-starred
in an episode of "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," "Law
& Order: Criminal Intent," "Cold Case," and "CSI:
Miami."
Awards:
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