Bobby CannavaleBirth Place: Union City, New Jersey, USA Date of Birth: May 3, 1971 Heritage: Italian-Cuban Famous for: His role as Bobby Caffey on Third Watch (1999) Contact Bobby Cannavale | 
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The Station Agent
Background: “I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird. I mean, that's really cool but it's strange to think you could get an award for acting. I always thought that was strange.” Bobby Cannavale American actor of television, film and stage Bobby Cannavale first came to the attention of public as one of the original stars of the NBC hit but now defunct series “Third Watch,” where he picked up an ALMA nomination for his portrayal of paramedic Bobby Caffrey (1999-2001). The Union City, New Jersey born performer went on to gain notice for his scene stealing role of a hot dog vendor in the favorite indie film “The Station Agent” (2003), from which he took home a Chlotrudis Award and a Screen Actors Guild nomination, as well as for his Emmy Award winning guest turn as Will's boyfriend in the NBC sitcom “Will & Grace” (15 episodes, 2004-2006). The alum of NY's Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute received a Tony nomination for playing Dennis in his Broadway debut, “Mauritius” (2007), and in 2011 he nabbed his second Tony nomination as well as a Drama Desk Award for his starring role in “The Motherf**ker With the Hat.” Recently playing Dr. Cruz in the Edie Falco series “Nurse Jackie,” Cannavale will co-star in the upcoming films “Lovelace” (2012) and “Red Band” (2013), for which he will reunite with “Shall We Dance?” co-star Richard Gere. Cannavale has one son with his former wife Jenny Lumet, to whom he was married from 1994 to 2003. He was romantically involved with actress Annabella Sciorra from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, he began a relationship with “Mauritius” co-star, Alison Pill, but they broke up later. He then dated Tony Award winner Sutton Foster from May 2011 until they split up in April 2012. Roberto Cannavale Childhood and Family: Bobby Cannavale was born Roberto M. Cannavale on May 3, 1971, in Union City, New Jersey, to an Italian American father and a Cuban American mother. He was educated at St. Michael's Catholic School, where he participated in almost every extracurricular activities. When he was 13 years old, his parents divorced and Bobby moved with his mother to Puerto Rico. After two years in Latin America, they returned to the United States and settled in Coconut Creek, Florida, in which Bobby became a member of Coconut Creek High School's drama troupe. After graduating from high school in late 1980s, he moved back to New Jersey to live with his grandmother. Bobby studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York. In 1994, Bobby was married to writer and former actress Jenny Lumet, daughter of Sidney Lumet and granddaughter of Lena Horne. He met Jenny when he was acting on stage. Recalling the meeting, he said, “I was doing a theater show and when I bowed for the curtain call, I spotted (her) in the audience. I was playing a character who had AIDS, and when the play was over, I ran out to find her but I forgot to take the lesions off my face," he remembers. He introduced himself to her and recommended that she "stick around. There's a party afterwards and ... I want to talk to you.' We got married six months later.” Bobby and Jenny welcomed a son, Jacob Cannavale, in 1995. The couple divorced in 2003. Third Watch Career: Bobby Cannavale began performing in a church theater company as a child in search of refuge from his bad neighborhood. When he was eight, Cannavale landed the plum role of “the lisping boy” in his school's production of “The Music Man” and a part in “Guys and Dolls.” From then on, he knew that he wanted to become an actor. After graduating from high school, Cannavale joined Manhattan's prestigious Circle Repertory Theater. He began as a cleaning service and then served as a reader for several plays before eventually recruited as the understudy of Mark Linn-Baker in Georges Feydeau's French farce “A Flea in Her Ear” (1998). After replacing Baker for two weeks, Cannavale secured a leading role in the Williamstown staging of Paul Rudnick's comedy “The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told” (1998). He was spotted by television powerhouse John Wells while doing one of the shows and was soon cast in the role of Joe in the short lived series“Trinity” (NBC, 1998-1999), opposite Alicia Coppola and Dennis Boutsikaris. He made his television movie debut in the John Irvin directed drama/war “When Trumpets Fade” (1998), starring Ron Eldard, Zak Orth and Frank Whaley. There he played Capt. Thomas Zenek. Cannavale, who had made his early feature film appearances in Sidney Lumet's “Night Falls on Manhattan” and Herb Gardner's “I'm Not Rappaport” (both 1996), landed a supporting role in his father-in-law's remake of “Gloria,” which starred Sharon Stone as the title character, and appeared as Angelina Jolie's boyfriend in the thriller film “The Bone Collector” (1999), Philip Noyce's adaptation of the Jeffery Deaver novel of the same name. However, he did not experience a big break until he landed the main role of FDNY paramedic Bobby Caffrey in the crime/drama series “Third Watch,” which debuted on NBC on September 23, 1999. Delivering a fine acting, Cannavale received an ALMA nomination for Emerging Actor in a Drama Series in 2000, but he decided to quit the show in the late of its second season because of lack of character usage and development. His last episode, “Unfinished Business,” aired on February 26, 2001. In 2000, Cannavale made a notable guest appearance as Adam Ball in an episode of the HBO hit comedy/drama series “Sex and the City” called “Easy Come, Easy Go.” He followed it up with a supporting role on the crime/mystery movie “3 A.M.” (2001), which marked the directorial debut of Spike Lee's protégé Lee Davis. After his departure from “Third Watch,” the actor returned to the small screen by joining the cast of the Lumet directed legal drama series “100 Centre Street” in its second and final season (2001-2002). There he was cast as ADA Jeremiah “J.J.” Jellinek. In 2002, he joined the cast of “Ally McBeal” for the last five episodes but the show was then canceled. The year also found him making a guest appearance in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” as well as taking the roles of Angel and Randy on the films “Washington Heights” and “The Guru,” respectively. “The part was written for me by Tom McCarthy. For almost ten years we were really good friends and, when he started writing it, he called me and asked me little things like, you know, 'Give me the name of a Cuban dish. Tell me about the culture.' But I would say, one sort of thing we had in common is I'm very talky and inquisitive and sort of relentless that way. For me, the work part of it was trying to identify with this guy's loneliness. I was really impressed with how, sort of on the surface, he didn't seem like a lonely person at all. That's what I loved about it.” Bobby Cannavale (on his character from “The Station Agent”) In 2003, Cannavale was cast as the fast-talking, but constantly lonesome Joe Oramas on the independent comedy/drama film “The Station Agent,” opposite Peter Dinklage and Patricia Clarkson. Written and helmed by actor friend Tom McCarthy, the film earned mostly positive reviews from critics, and won a number of awards and nominations. For his work on the film, Cannavale picked up a Chlotrudis for Best Supporting Actor, a Screen Actors Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and a Phoenix Film Critics Society nomination for Best Ensemble Cast. Meanwhile, on the small screen, Cannavale starred as Chato Cadena in the television miniseries “Kingpin” (NBC, 2003), opposite Yancey Arias, Sheryl Lee, Brian Benben, Angela Alvarado Rosa, Shay Roundtree and Rubén Carbajal, appeared as a gay drug dealer named Alonzo Torquemada in two episodes of the HBO prison series “Oz” (2003) and guest starred in “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” (2003, as Julian Bello). In March 2004, Cannavale began his recurring role as Vince D'Angelo, Will's first long-term boyfriend on the NBC sitcom “Will & Grace,” starring Eric McCormack and Debra Missing. The role brought him an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005. 2004 proved to be a busy year for the actor. He appeared with Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Love Hewitt in the comedy/drama film “Shortcut to Happiness,” which was directed by Baldwin, portrayed Billy Pecchio in the Matthew Coppola film “Fresh Cut Grass” and co-starred with Bill Paxton, Agnes Bruckner and Orlando Bloom in “Haven,” a crime/drama written and helmed by Frank E. Flowers. Besides, he played Richard Gere's gay classmate in the Peter Chelsom directed “Shall We Dance ?” and appeared in the award winning comedy/romance film “The Breakup Artist,” starring Joseph Lyle Taylor, Paula Devicq and Ron Mongeluzzo. On TV, apart from his engagement on “Will & Grace,” Cannavale had a three episode arc in HBO's “Six Feet Under” (as Javier). Cannavale continued his busy schedule by working in such films as “N.Y.-70” (2005, TV), “Happy Endings” (2005, starred Lisa Kudrow, Tom Arnold, Steve Coogan and Maggie Gyllenhaal), “The Exonerated” (2005, TV), “Romance & Cigarettes” (2005, written and directed by John Turturro), “Recipe for a Perfect Christmas” (2005, TV), “The Night Listener” (2006, opposite Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin and Sandra Oh), “Fast Food Nation” (2006, helmed by Richard Linklater), “Snakes on a Plane” (2006, opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Julianna Margulies), “10 Items or Less” (2006, starred Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega), “M.O.N.Y.” (2007, TV), “The Ten” (2007, starred Tom Wilkinson, Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore), “Dedication” (2007) and “The Take” (2007, with John Leguizamo, Tyrese Gibson, and Rosie Perez). He provided the voice of Babe Ciarlo in Ken Burns' PBS film series “The War” (2007). The actor also appeared as Enrico Cortez in two episodes of “The Knights of Prosperity” and as J.P. Lange in an episode of “Law & Order” (both 2007). Cannavale made his Broadway debut in a production of “Mauritius,” which opened on October 4, 2007 at the Biltmore Theatre and closed November 25, 2007. Written by Pulitzer Prize for Drama-nominee Theresa Rebeck, the play brought him a Tony nomination in 2008 in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his performance as Dennis. Co-stars in the play included F. Murray Abraham (as Sterling), Dylan Baker (as Phillip), Katie Finneran (as Mary) and Alison Pill (as Jackie). He followed it up with a role in Naked Angels off-Broadway premiere of Frank Pugliese's “The Talk” (2008). Cannavale also appeared in four features in 2008: “Diminished Capacity,” “The Merry Gentleman,” “The Promotion” and “100 Feet,” as well as in an episode of “Lipstick Jungle.” Cannavale played the recurring role of Eddie Saccardo in the CBS drama series “Cold Case” around 2008-2009, but he did not return to series television as a regular until he was cast as Trevor Pierce in on the ABC short lived comedy/drama series “Cupid,” opposite Sarah Paulson, Rick Gomez and Camille Guaty. The show ran from March 31 to June 16, 2009. He played Cmdr. James Kent in the action/comedy film “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (2009), directed by Steve Carr, and had a featured role in John Krasinski's comedy/drama film “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” (2009). Next up for Cannavale, he had roles in the films “The Other Guys” (2010, opposite Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell), “Weakness” (2010), “Win Win” (2011), where he was nominated for an ALMA Award in the category of Favorite Movie Actor for his portrayal of Terry Delfino, and “Roadie” (2011, played the titular character's high school nemesis). He also appeared in episodes of “American Dad!” (2010, voiced Detective Chaz Miglachio), “Louie” (2010), “Mary Me” (2010) and “Blue Bloods” (2010-2011). The actor returned to Broadway in 2011 when he co-starred with Chris Rock and Annabella Sciorra in Stephen Adly Guirgis' “The Motherf**ker With the Hat,” from which he nabbed a second Tony nomination as well as a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play. Recently, in 2012, Cannavale joined the cast of the Golden Globe Award nominating comedy/drama series “Nurse Jackie” (Showtime, 2009-?), starring Edie Falco. There he plays Dr. Cruz. He co-starred as Mr. Pomerantz in the made for television movie “Nick the Doorman” (2012), which was directed and co-written by Nicholas Turturro, and appeared in an episode of “Modern Family” (as Lewis). Cannavale will play the supporting role of Butchie Peraino in the upcoming biopic film “Lovelace” (2012), based on the life of pornographic film star and later spokesperson for an anti-pornography movement Linda Lovelace. The film will star Amanda Seyfried as Linda and James Franco as Hugh Hefner. He is also set to co-star with Emma Stone, Stephen Merchant and Richard Gere in the forthcoming comedy “Red Band,” which is scheduled for January 25, 2013 release. Awards: Drama Desk: Outstanding Actor in a Play, “The Motherf**ker With the Hat,” 2011 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, “Will & Grace,” 2005 Chlotrudis: Best Supporting Actor, “The Station Agent,” 2004 |
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Bobby Cannavale
Bobby Cannavale
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