Bobby Cannavale

Cannavale was born on May 3, 1970, in Union City, New Jersey,{{cite news |last=Beale |first=Lewis |date=2004-10-24 |title=All the Right Moves |work=The Statesman Journal |page=USA Weekend 16 |quote=...Cannivale, 33, is a New York-area native (born across the Hudson River from Manhattan in Union City, N.J.)...}} where he grew up, the son of Isabel and Salvatore "Sal" Cannavale. His father is of Italian descent, while his mother is Cuban and moved to the U.S. in 1960.{{cite episode |series=Fresh Air |station=WHYY-FM | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302215250/https://www.npr.org/2013/01/09/167470435/bobby-cannavale-at-home-on-broadway | archive-date=2013-03-02| last1=Davies | last2=Cannavale | first1=Dave | first2=Bobby | format=Audio, transcript, and interview highlights |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/01/09/167470435/bobby-cannavale-at-home-on-broadway |title=Bobby Cannavale, At Home On Broadway |network=NPR |air-date=2013-01-09 |access-date=2020-02-23}}Witchel, Alex (March 29, 2013) [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/magazine/bobby-cannavale-broadways-hottest-outsider.html Bobby Cannavale, Broadway's Hottest Outsider]. The New York Times He was raised Catholic and attended St. Michael's Catholic School, where he participated in a number of extracurricular activities, including being an altar boy and member of the chorus.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/theater/theaterspecial/10cannavale.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209045152/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/theater/theaterspecial/10cannavale.html | date=June 10, 2008 |title=Questions For... Bobby Cannavale |newspaper=The New York Times | archive-date=December 9, 2008}}

When he was eight, Cannavale secured the plum role of the lisping boy, Winthrop, in his school's production of The Music Man and later played a gangster in Guys and Dolls, which cemented his love for performing. Cannavale's parents divorced when he was 14 and his mother moved the family to Puerto Rico. After two years in the American territory, they settled in Margate, Florida. From 1983 to 1986, Cannavale attended Coconut Creek High School,D'Arminio, Aubry Anne. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090501175544/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/240595/Bobby-Cannavale/biography Bobby Cannavale: Full Biography]. All Movie Guide via nytimes.com. Retrieved June 4, 2012.{{cite news|url=https://www.classmates.com/blog/celebrity/bobby-cannavale/|title=Bobby Cannavale|work=Classmates|access-date=August 27, 2021}} but during his senior year, he was expelled "for being a cutup." He then returned to New Jersey to live with his grandmother, in order to be closer to New York to launch his acting career and went to summer school to earn a diploma from Union Hill High School.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-10-13-cannavale_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |title=Cannavale's sexy screen career gets a leg up in 'Dance' |first1=William |last1=Keck |date=October 13, 2004 |access-date=April 26, 2010}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20081209023613/http://www.latinheat.com/print.php?nid=182&origen=1 EMMY WATCH: Bobby Cannavale]. Latin Heat Online (08-03-2005)Rappaport, Melissa. [https://archive.hudsonreporter.com/2009/10/04/a-look-inside/ "A look inside"], The Hudson Reporter, October 4, 2009. Accessed November 26, 2019. "School Business Administrator Anthony Dragona said the event brought in nearly 450 guests that included celebrities such as NFL Hall of Famer and NY Giant Harry Carson, who shared a few words about the importance of an education in his life; Union Hill graduate Bobby Cannavale, an actor; and Tito Puente Jr."

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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. He also appeared in the film The Station Agent as a man who befriends a little person removed from society. From 2004 to 2006, he had a recurring guest role on Will & Grace as Vince D'Angelo, the boyfriend (and eventual husband) of Will Truman (Eric McCormack). However, in the reboot, they are revealed not to be married. For this role, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005. He has also appeared in the films The Guru (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004), Romance & Cigarettes (2005) and Snakes on a Plane, 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. He appeared in The Take (2007) as Agent Steve Perelli, alongside John Leguizamo and Tyrese Gibson.

Cannavale serves as the voice of Corado R. Ciarlo, known as "Babe", in the Ken Burns 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. He also read the audiobook versions of Richard Price's 2008 novel Lush Life and Ed Falco's 2012 novel The Family Corleone. On August 25, 2008, ABC ordered his pilot Cupid, a remake of the 1998 program which had starred Jeremy Piven and Paula Marshall, to series. In the new version of the series, Cannavale starred opposite Sarah Paulson with script development overseen by original series creator Rob Thomas. ABC debuted Cupid on March 31, 2009, but cancelled the series after less than two months, on May 19, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/progcal/progcal.aspx?Date=03%2f24%2f2009 |title=ABC Medianet |publisher=ABC Medianet |date=30 September 2012 |access-date=2012-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308091412/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/progcal/progcal.aspx?Date=03%2f24%2f2009 |archive-date=2012-03-08 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news | last=Bauder | first=David | date=May 19, 2009 | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2009236699_apustvabcnewseason.html | title=New TV lineup: ABC turns to familiar comic faces for new season | work=The Seattle Times | access-date=June 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523102354/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2009236699_apustvabcnewseason.html | archive-date=May 23, 2009 | url-status=dead}}

In 2008, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as Dennis in the Broadway play, Mauritius.{{cite news |title=2008 Tony Awards Red Carpet |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/2008-tony-awards-red-carpet/2/ |work=CBS News |date=June 15, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/2008_tony_nominations.txt |title=Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards |website=The Tony Awards |access-date=2012-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209014400/http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/2008_tony_nominations.txt |archive-date=2008-12-09}} In 2009, CBS announced Cannavale would reprise his role of Det. Eddie Saccardo on the television show, Cold Case, for three episodes, starting with the third episode of Season 7.{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Mitovich |title=Exclusive: Bobby Cannavale Is Back on the Case |url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Exclusive-Bobby-Cannavale-1007192.aspx |magazine=TV Guide |date=25 June 2009 |access-date=2009-06-25}} Cannavale was in the film The Other Guys (2010), and played the role of Terry Delfino in the film Win Win (2011). He later starred in the Broadway play The Motherfucker with the Hat alongside Chris Rock and Annabella Sciorra. On May 3, 2011 (his 41st birthday), he was nominated for a Tony Award for his leading role in that production.{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Kenneth |last2=Gans |first2=Andrew |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150483-2011-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Book-of-Mormon-Earns-14-Nominations | title=2011 Tony Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Earns 14 Nominations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507235105/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150483-2011-Tony-Nominations-Announced-Book-of-Mormon-Earns-14-Nominations |archive-date=2011-05-07 |journal=Playbill |access-date=May 3, 2011}}

In 2012 and 2013, he guest-starred in the fourth and fifth seasons of Showtime's Nurse Jackie, for which he was nominated twice again for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012 and 2013,{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2012/Outstanding%20Guest%20Actor%20In%20A%20Comedy%20Series |title=Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2012 – Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series |publisher=Emmys.com |access-date=2012-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021185235/http://www.emmys.com/nominations/2012/Outstanding%20Guest%20Actor%20In%20A%20Comedy%20Series |archive-date=2012-10-21 |url-status=dead }} as well as joining the cast of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, portraying the psychopathic Sicilian gangster Gyp Rosetti in the third season. His performance on Boardwalk Empire won critical acclaim, earning him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2013. That same year he also played Lewis, a vengeful clown on Modern Family during the third season, for which he was nominated for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series at the 2nd Critics' Choice Television Awards in 2012.{{cite journal |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title=Critics' Choice TV Awards Noms: 'Community' At Top Of List |url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/ |journal=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=June 19, 2012 |date=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927055141/http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/community-mad-man-and-parks-rec-lead-critics%E2%80%99-choice-tv-awards-nominations/ |archive-date=September 27, 2013}} TV Guide, in its "Cheers & Jeers 2012" issue, praised Cannavale for this "trifecta of great performances", commenting, "This guy is so good at playing bad, it's scary."Fretts, Bruce; Holbrook, Damian; Roush, Matt. "Cheers & Jeers 2012" TV Guide. December 24, 2012. p 18. He played what Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com called a "heroically moving" lead role in Danny Collins in 2015.

Since 2015, Cannavale has been involved with voice-over work for Playing On Air, a non-profit organization that "records short plays [for public radio and podcast] written by top playwrights and performed by outstanding actors."{{cite journal |url=http://broadwaydirect.com/feature/playing-on-air-top-talent |title="Playing On Air" Delivers Short Plays with Top Talent on Demand |last=Mogol |first=Allen |date=23 February 2015 |journal=Broadway Direct |access-date=2016-08-04 |archive-date=2017-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711053025/http://broadwaydirect.com/feature/playing-on-air-top-talent |url-status=dead }} He has starred in three short plays, including Crazy Eights by David Lindsay-Abaire, co-starring Rosie Perez and John Leguizamo; Mere Mortals by David Ives; and 2 Dads by David Auburn.{{cite journal |url=https://playingonair.org/2014/12/08/bobby-cannavale/ |title=Bobby Cannavale |date=2014-12-08 |journal=Playing on Air |access-date=2016-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808222557/https://playingonair.org/2014/12/08/bobby-cannavale/ |archive-date=2016-08-08 |url-status=dead}}{{cite journal |url=https://playingonair.org/2015/07/27/new-podcast-crazy-eights-by-david-lindsay-abaire/ |title=New Podcast! CRAZY EIGHTS by David Lindsay-Abaire |date=2015-07-27 |website=Playing On Air |access-date=2016-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808220536/https://playingonair.org/2015/07/27/new-podcast-crazy-eights-by-david-lindsay-abaire/|archive-date=2016-08-08 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=https://playingonair.org/2016/03/20/new-podcast-mere-mortals-by-david-ives/|title=New Podcast! Mere Mortals by David Ives |date=2016-03-20 |website=Playing On Air |access-date=2016-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808230418/https://playingonair.org/2016/03/20/new-podcast-mere-mortals-by-david-ives/|archive-date=2016-08-08 |url-status=dead}}

In January 2020, Cannavale appeared with his real-life partner Rose Byrne in the play Medea, written and directed by Simon Stone.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/theater/medea-review.html|title='Medea' Review: Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, Torched by Love|author=Brantley, Ben|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 30, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2021|archivedate=January 31, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131123928/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/theater/medea-review.html}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/rose-byrne-bobby-cannavale-medea.html|author=McHenry, Jackson|title=Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale Are Lovers Playing Fighters Onstage In Medea, an avant-garde take on the Greek tragedy.|publisher=Vulture|date=January 22, 2020|accessdate=June 29, 2021|archivedate=January 22, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122180430/https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/rose-byrne-bobby-cannavale-medea.html}}

In 2021, Cannavale played Tony Hogburn in the Nicole Kidman led Hulu miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers (based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty), which also featured Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Samara Weaving, and Asher Keddie.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bobby-cannavale-boards-hulus-nine-perfect-strangers-1306164|title=Bobby Cannavale Boards Hulu's 'Nine Perfect Strangers'|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Rick|last=Porter|date=August 6, 2020|access-date=August 6, 2020}}{{Cite web|last=Lawler|first=Kelly|title=Review: Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy can't save Hulu's messy 'Nine Perfect Strangers'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/08/18/nine-perfect-strangers-review-nicole-kidman-melissa-mccarthy-hulu-mess/8147672002/|access-date=2021-08-23|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}

In 2022, Cannavale was seen portraying Dean Braddock in the 2022 Netflix series, The Watcher.

From 1994 to 2003,{{cite news| url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/10/23/bobby-cannevale/| title=Bobby and Jacob Cannavale Support Theater| work=People| date=October 23, 2008| access-date=February 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910031147/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2008/10/23/bobby-cannevale/| archive-date=September 10, 2015| url-status=dead}} Cannavale was married to actress/screenwriter Jenny Lumet – director Sidney Lumet's daughter and performer Lena Horne's granddaughter – with whom he has a son,{{cite news| url = http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/07/the-write-answer/ |last=King |first=Susan |date=November 7, 2008 |title=Ditching acting, director's daughter finds role as writer |work=Knoxville News Sentinel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010225955/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/07/the-write-answer/ |archive-date=October 10, 2012}} actor Jake Cannavale. Cannavale and Jake were cast as father and son in season four of Nurse Jackie.

From 2004 to 2007, he was in a relationship with Annabella Sciorra.{{Cite web |date=2007-10-27 |title=Annabella Sciorra Splits From Bobby Cannavale - Starpulse News Blog |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027083446/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/25/annabella_sciorra_splits_from_bobby_carn |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=web.archive.org}}

Cannavale has been in a relationship with Australian actress Rose Byrne since 2012.{{cite news |url=http://people.com/movies/rose-byrne-talks-dating-bobby-cannavale/ |title=Rose Byrne Reveals the Best Thing About Dating Bobby Cannavale |first=Aili |last=Nahas |date=June 4, 2015 |work=People |access-date=December 11, 2017}} Their first son was born in 2016, and a second son in 2017.Cannavale in {{cite web| url=http://www.etonline.com/bobby-cannavale-reveals-his-newborn-sons-name-sweet-family-inspiration-behind-it-exclusive-92441 |title=Bobby Cannavale Reveals His Newborn Son's Name & the Sweet Family Inspiration Behind It (Exclusive) |first=Elizabeth |last=Stanton |date=December 10, 2017 |work=Entertainment Tonight |access-date=December 11, 2017 |quote=Rafa [is the new child's name] ... and now I have a 22-month-old and I have a 4-week-old...}}

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