Young Americans

Background:

Boyishly handsome, brown-haired and blue-eyed actor Mark Famiglietti hit the big time as Deering High's resident heartthrob Nick Hammer (1998-2000) on NBC’s Saturday morning teen sitcom “Hang Time” and as Scout Calhoun (2000), the roommate/best friend of Rodney Scott's character and a privileged senator's son who falls for a blue collar girl (played by Kate Bosworth) on The WB's teen drama “Young Americans.” On the big screen, the 5' 9'' tall player has appeared in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and the newly-released Premonition (2007). He will play a role in the upcoming indie film Nobel Son, alongside Alan Rickman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito and Bill Pullman.


Popular Kid

Childhood and Family:

Born in Providence, Rhode Island on September 26, 1979, Mark Armand Famiglietti spent his childhood in Clinton, Connecticut. He is the son of a pharmaceutical executive and an office manager. His pets are two Beta Fish named "California Roll" and "Spicy Tuna." He has a cousin called Betsy, who was a counselor at Camp Nellie Huckins in Freedom, New Hampshire.

In high school, Mark was a popular kid. He was the class president in his junior and senior years, captain of the baseball team, a member of the band and chorus and co-announcer of school football and basketball games. In his free time, he enjoys playing the bass clarinet.

Mark spent one semester in college at New York University (NYU), New York, New York, as a drama major. He also studied with the Atlantic Theatre Company at the same time. He left NYU after landing a role as heartthrob Nick Hammer on the Saturday morning teen series “Hang Time.” However, Mark, who loves the stock market, aims to go back to school someday to study economics or marketing. He currently enjoys writing and has penned several screenplays.

The owner of British Sports Car 73 MGB stays fit by working out daily and running 35-40 miles a week.

“Most people do other things so they can pay bills and act. I act so that I can write screenplays.” Mark Famiglietti (on writing screenplays).


Hang Time

Career:

A popular kid in high school, Mark Famiglietti began to hone his acting and singing skills after landing a part in his school's production of the hit 1950 musical “Guys & Dolls.” He subsequently received meatier roles in local theater productions of Broadway musical satire “Bye, Bye Birdie” and Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway play “The Music Man,” as well as a number of school plays including the Tony-winning musical comedy “Kiss Me, Kate” and the critically-acclaimed musical comedy “Once Upon a Mattress.” He later won the Goodspeed Guild Musical Theatre Award for his performance in Goodspeed's “An Evening with Max Showalter and Friends.”

While studying drama at New York University, Famiglietti studied with the Atlantic Theatre Company and began attending auditions. During his second semester, he was cast as Deering High's resident heartthrob Nick Hammer on NBC’s Saturday morning teen sitcom “Hang Time,” which forced him to put college on hold. Famiglietti stayed on the show during its fourth and fifth season, from 1998 to 2000.

During his “Hang Time” stint, Famiglietti guest starred in an episode of the WB’s teen sitcom “Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane” and CBS' popular, Emmy-winning crime drama series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” He also had a supporting role as friendly bartender Corky in the ABC drama-comedy movie A Tale of Two Bunnies (2000), starring Marilu Henner and Rhea Perlman.

“I tested for another WB show (Safe Harbor), but I didn't get it. I was all bummed out. Then my agent said, 'Here's a script (for Young Americans). 'They gave me the wrong audition material, but I went to the audition anyway. I really didn't feel like being there, but I did very well, and they said, 'Don't go anywhere. Don't cut your hair. Don't do anything.' I tested again and got it." Mark Famiglietti (on the casting of “Young Americans”).

The new millennium also saw Famiglietti starred as Scout Calhoun, the roommate and best friend of Rodney Scott's character and a privileged senator's son who falls for a blue collar girl (played by Kate Bosworth) on The WB's teen drama “Young Americans,” a “semi-spinoff” of “Dawson's Creek.” Unfortunately, the show went on hiatus in the summer of 2000 only after airing 8 episodes.

“He's rich but not hung up on it. He's kind of a romantic. He rides around with a girl on his handlebars. Scout's the 'all-American boy'. He's an overachiever. I was also an overachiever in high school.” Mark Famiglietti (on his character Scout Calhoun in “Young Americans”).

The next years, Famiglietti was cast as Mike Mulvaney Jr. in the Emmy-nominated TV-movie version of Joyce Carol Oates' novel, We Were the Mulvaneys (2002; starring Beau Bridges and Blythe Danner), and Mark Hoeger's romantic comedy Full Ride (2002; with Meredith Monroe, Riley Smith and Bob Cady). He also had a recurring role as Jarod on Fox’s action/crime-drama series “Fastlane” and was cast opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the blockbuster movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). In the sequel to The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) that also features Nick Stahl, Claire Danes and Kristanna Loken, Famiglietti played the fiance of Claire Dane's character.

“Well, my character Scott, in T3, is a young guy who is just happy with the way things are in life. He has a good job and he is looking forward to his life with Kate. Probably looking forward to living the quintessential American Dream. It was a lot of fun to play. Although my girlfriend gets tired of it, when we get in a squabble and put on ‘the face’ she's like ‘Mark stop, don't do your Terminator face!” Mark Famiglietti (on his character in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)).

In 2005, Famiglietti was cast as Tim Smits (2005-2006) in the short-lived ABC drama series starring Tim Daly, “Eyes.” Meanwhile, he was spotted as a guest in an episode of CBS’s police procedural series “CSI: NY” and “Cold Case.” He also played an assistant district attorney in CBS pilot “Conviction,” a show set to be aired in September 2005 but was eventually cancelled.

Recently, on March 16, 2007, Famiglietti’s latest film, Premonition, was released. In the psychological thriller, helmed by Mennan Yapo, Famiglietti shares the screen with Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon and Nia Long. Additionally, Famiglietti will soon complete his next film, Nobel Son, Randall Miller's drama-comedy indie film about a dysfunctional family starring Alan Rickman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito and Bill Pullman. The movie is expected to be released in April 28, 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

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