Bobby Cannavale

Bobby Cannavale
Cannavale in 2009
Born	Robert Cannavale May 3, 1970 Union City, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse(s)	Jenny Lumet (m. 1994; div. 2003)
Partner(s)	Rose Byrne (2012–present)
Children	2, including Jake Cannavale

Robert "Bobby" Cannavale (/ˌkænəˈvɑːli/; Italian: [kannaˈvaːle]; born May 3, 1970)^[1] is an American actor known for his leading role as Bobby Caffey in the first two seasons of the crime drama series Third Watch. Cannavale also had a recurring role on the NBC comedy series Will & Grace as Will Truman's long-term boyfriend Officer Vincent "Vince" D'Angelo, for which he won the 2005 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, and portrayed Gyp Rosetti during the third season of the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire, for which he won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. In 2016, he starred in the HBO drama series Vinyl, produced by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger.

For his roles in Mauritius and The Motherfucker with the Hat, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, respectively. Cannavale has appeared in The Station Agent (2003), Shall We Dance? (2004), Snakes on a Plane (2006), The Other Guys (2010), Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine (2013), Chef (2014), the remake of Annie (2014), Paul Feig's Spy (2015), and Marvel Studios' Ant-Man (2015).

Early life

Cannavale was born and raised in Union City, New Jersey, the son of Isabel and Sal Cannavale. His father is of Italian descent, while his mother is Cuban and moved to the U.S. in 1960.^[2][3] 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. 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 13 and his mother moved the family to Puerto Rico. After two years in the American territory, they settled in Margate, Florida. Cannavale returned to New Jersey after barely eking out a high school diploma in the late 1980s from Coconut Creek High School, in order to be closer to New York, to launch his acting career.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Career

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). 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 Snakes on a Plane, The Guru (2002), Shall We Dance? (2004) and Romance & Cigarettes (2005), 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) alongside John Leguizamo and Tyrese Gibson, as Agent Steve Perelli.

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,^[9] but it was cancelled on May 19, 2009.^[10]

In 2008, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as Dennis in the Broadway play, Mauritius.^[11] 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.^[12] Cannavale was also in the film Win Win in 2011, as Terry Delfino. 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.^[13]

In 2012 and 2013, he guest starred in the fourth and fifth season 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,^[14] 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.^[15] 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."^[16] 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.”^[17] 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.^[18][19][20]

Personal life

From 1994 to 2003,^[21] 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,^[22] actor Jake Cannavale.^[21] Cannavale and his child were cast as father and son in season four of Nurse Jackie.

Since fall 2012, Cannavale has been dating actress Rose Byrne.^[23] Cannavale and Byrne's first child, Rocco Robin Cannavale,^[24] was born February 1, 2016.^[24][25]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	I'm Not Rappaport	Parking Lot Customer
1996	Night Falls on Manhattan	Vigoda Assistant #1
1999	Gloria	Jack Jesus Nunez
1999	The Bone Collector	Detective Steve
2000	3 A.M.	Jose
2002	Washington Heights	Angel
2002	The Guru	Randy
2003	Shortcut to Happiness	Cop
2003	The Station Agent	Joe Oramas	Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2004	Fresh Cut Grass	Billy Pecchio
2004	Haven	Lieutenant
2004	Shall We Dance?	Chic
2004	The Breakup Artist	Neighbor
2005	Happy Endings	Javier Duran
2005	Romance & Cigarettes	Chetty Jr. / "Fryburg"
2006	The Night Listener	Jess
2006	Fast Food Nation	Mike
2006	Snakes on a Plane	Special Agent Hank Harris
2006	10 Items or Less	Bobby
2007	The Ten	Marty McBride
2007	Dedication	Don Meyers
2008	The Take	Agent Steve Perelli
2008	Diminished Capacity	Lee Vivyan
2008	The Promotion	Dr. Mark Timms
2008	100 Feet	Lou Shanks
2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Commander James Kent
2009	The Merry Gentleman	Michael Elkhart
2009	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Subject #40
2009	Louis C.K.'s Last Chance	Porn Producer	Short film
2010	F—K	Bobby	Short film
2010	The Other Guys	Jimmy
2010	Apples	Nino	Short film
2010	Weakness	Joshua Polansky
2011	Win Win	Terry Delfino	Nominated – ALMA Award for Favorite Movie Actor
2011	Roadie	Randy Stevens
2013	Movie 43	Superman	Segment: "Super Hero Speed Dating"
2013	Parker	Jake Fernandez
2013	Lovelace	Butchie Peraino
2013	Blue Jasmine	Chili	Nominated – Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2014	Chef	Tony
2014	Adult Beginners	Danny
2014	Annie	Guy Danlily
2015	Danny Collins	Tom Donnelly
2015	Spy	Sergio De Luca
2015	Ant-Man	Jim Paxton
2015	Daddy's Home	Dr. Emilio Francisco
2016	The Fundamentals of Caring	Cash
2017	Boundaries	Leonard	In post-production
2017	The Nut Job 2	Frankie
2017	Going Places	Petey

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	When Trumpets Fade	Capt. Thomas Zenek	Television film
1999–2001	Third Watch	Roberto Caffey	38 episodes
2000	Sex and the City	Adam Ball	Episode: "Easy Come, Easy Go"
2001–02	100 Centre Street	Jeremiah Jellinek	5 episodes
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kyle Novacek	Episode: "Monogamy"
2002	Ally McBeal	Wilson Jade	5 episodes
2002	Law & Order	Randy Porter	Episode: "Hitman"
2003	Kingpin	Chato Cadena	6 episodes
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Julian Bello	Episode: "The Gift"
2003	Oz	Alonzo Torquemada	2 episodes
2004	Six Feet Under	Javier	3 episodes
2004–06	Will & Grace	Vince D'Angelo	15 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (2005)
2005	N.Y.-70	Det. Niko Corso	Pilot
2005	The Exonerated	Jesse Tafero	Television film
2005	Recipe for a Perfect Christmas	Alex Stermadapolous	Television film
2007	The Knights of Prosperity	Enrico Cortez	2 episodes
2007	Law & Order	J.P. Lange	Episode: "Murder Book"
2007	M.O.N.Y.	Joe Capanelli	Pilot
2008–09	Cold Case	Eddie Saccardo	7 episodes
2008	Lipstick Jungle	Chris "Parks" Parker	Episode: "Chapter Seven: Carpe Threesome"
2009	Cupid	Trevor Pierce	7 episodes
2010	American Dad!	Detective Chaz Miglachio (voice)	Episode: "Cops and Roger"
2010	Louie	Chris	2 episodes
2010	Marry Me	Adam	2 episodes
2010–11	Blue Bloods	Charles Rosselini	3 episodes
2012	Modern Family	Lewis	Episode: "Send Out the Clowns" Nominated – Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series (2012)
2012	Boardwalk Empire	Gyp Rosetti	12 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2013) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2012)
2012–13	Nurse Jackie	Dr. Mike Cruz	12 episodes Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (2012–13) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2013)
2014	Robot Chicken	Bone Age Warrior (voice)	Episode: "Super Guitario Center"
2016	Vinyl	Richie Finestra	10 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told	Steve	Williamstown Theatre Festival
2003	Fucking A	The Mayor	Public Theatre
2005	Hurlyburly	Phil	Acorn Theater
2007	Mauritius	Dennis	Biltmore Theatre Nominated – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
2010	Trust	Morton	Second Stage Theatre
2011	The Motherfucker with the Hat	Jackie	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play Nominated – Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Nominated – Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance Nominated – Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
2012	Glengarry Glen Ross	Richard Roma	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
2013	The Big Knife	Charlie Castle	Roundabout Theatre

References

1. "This day in history". NewsTelegram.com. May 3, 2007
2. Fresh Air from WHYY (2013-01-09). "Bobby Cannavale, At Home On Broadway". NPR. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
3. Witchel, Alex (March 29, 2013) Bobby Cannavale, Broadway's Hottest Outsider. New York Times
4. "Questions For... Bobby Cannavale". The New York Times. June 10, 2008.
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6. Keck, William (October 13, 2004). "Cannavale's sexy screen career gets a leg up in 'Dance'". USA Today. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
7. EMMY WATCH: Bobby Cannavale. Latin Heat Online (08-03-2005 )
8. Rappaport, Melissa (October 4, 2009). "A look inside" The Union City Reporter. pp. 1, 18
9. "ABC Medianet". ABC Medianet. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
10. Bauder, David (May 19, 2009). "New TV lineup: ABC turns to familiar comic faces for new season ". The Seattle Times.
11. "Nominations for the 2008 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards". Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
12. Matt Mitovich (25 June 2009). "Exclusive: Bobby Cannavale Is Back on the Case". TV Guide Online. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
13. Jones, Kenneth and Gans, Andrew."2011 Tony Nominations Announced; Book of Mormon Earns 14 Nominations" playbill.com, May 3, 2011
14. "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2012 – Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
15. Andreeva, Nellie (June 5, 2012). "Critics' Choice TV Awards Noms: 'Community' At Top Of List". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
16. Fretts, Bruce; Holbrook, Damian; Roush, Matt. "Cheers & Jeers 2012" TV Guide. December 24, 2012. p 18.
17. Mogol, Allen (2015-02-23). "Broadway Direct". broadwaydirect.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
18. PlayingOnAir (2014-12-08). "Bobby Cannavale". Playing On Air. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
19. PlayingOnAir (2015-07-27). "New Podcast! CRAZY EIGHTS by David Lindsay-Abaire". Playing On Air. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
20. PlayingOnAir (2016-03-20). "New Podcast! Mere Mortals by David Ives". Playing On Air. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
21. "Bobby and Jacob Cannavale Support Theater". People. October 23, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
22. King, Susan (November 7, 2008). "Ditching acting, director's daughter finds role as writer". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
23. Prince George: Jennifer Garner, Rose Byrne Have Royal Baby Fever. Uk.eonline.com (2013-07-26). Retrieved on 2014-02-15.
24. Cannavale in Bobby Cannavale Interview. Live! With Kelly and Michael official YouTube channel. February 11, 2016. Event occurs at 01:27. Retrieved February 12, 2016. "We had little Rocco last Monday, 10 days [ago] ... Rocco Robin. So, Rose's dad's name is Robin, and Rocco, I just always liked the name….
25. "Oops! Bobby Cannavale Might Have Revealed the Sex of His Baby with Rose Byrne". People. February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.

External links

• Bobby Cannavale at the Internet Movie Database