Joe Manganiello
| Joe Manganiello | |
|---|---|
 Manganiello in July 2015 | |
| Born |
Joseph Michael Manganiello December 28, 1976 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, director, producer, author |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sofía Vergara (m. 2015) |
Joseph Michael "Joe" Manganiello (/ˌmæŋɡəˈnɛloʊ/ MANG-gə-NEL-oh; Italian pronunciation: [maŋɡaˈnjɛllo]; born December 28, 1976) is an American actor, director, producer, and author. He played Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and had various recurring roles in television on ER, How I Met Your Mother, and One Tree Hill, before landing his breakout role as werewolf Alcide Herveaux on the HBO television series True Blood. In 2011, he was voted "Favorite Pop-Culture Werewolf of All Time" by the readers of Entertainment Weekly, and one of Men's Health's "100 Fittest Men of All Time".[1] He is set to portray the supervillain Deathstroke in the upcoming Batman movie directed by Ben Affleck (who will also play the titular role).
Manganiello has appeared in films such as Magic Mike, What to Expect When You're Expecting, and Sabotage. In late 2013, he became a published author when his first book, Evolution, was released by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books.[2] He is active with several charities, including Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and he serves on the committee of The Art of Elysium.
Early life
Manganiello was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Susan (née Brachanow; Bračanov in Croatian), of Armenian,[3] Austrian,[4] and Croatian descent, and Charles John Manganiello, of Italian descent, from Sicily.[3] He was raised in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania.[5] He has a younger brother, Nicholas. He was a student at St. Bernard School, a Roman Catholic elementary school in Mt. Lebanon,[6] and then attended Mt. Lebanon High School,[7] where he graduated with honors in 1995 and won the school's Great Alumni Award in 2011. Growing up, he was the captain of his football, basketball, and volleyball teams and went on to play at the varsity level in all three sports.[6] He won the role of Jud Fry in his school's senior year production of Oklahoma!, and was involved with the school's TV studio. He would borrow equipment to make films with his friends, and became interested in acting to become a better filmmaker.[8]
After a series of sports injuries, including a torn MCL returning a kickoff in a varsity football game against Ringgold High School, Manganiello auditioned for the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama as a senior in high school. He was not accepted, so he enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh and worked at theater. He reapplied to Carnegie Mellon a year later, and was one of 17 students accepted into the acting program.[6] He performed in theater productions and wrote, produced, and acted in a student film entitled Out of Courage 2: Out for Vengeance.[9] He graduated in 2000 with a BFA in acting.[8] He traveled to New York and Los Angeles through his university to participate in group auditions, which provided him contacts in the entertainment business.[10]
Career
.jpg)
While a student at Carnegie Mellon University, Manganiello appeared in numerous productions in Pittsburgh's theatre scene, including Ulfheim in Henrik Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken, Lorenzo in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice for Quantum Theatre, and Joe in the Pittsburgh premiere of The Last Night of Ballyhoo.[9] He moved to Los Angeles, California after graduating from Carnegie Mellon.[10] He quickly signed with a talent agent, and three days later, he auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in the Sam Raimi-directed film Spider-Man (2002). He landed the role of Eugene "Flash" Thompson, Peter Parker's nemesis, as his first acting job out of college.[9] He reprised the role several years later, making a brief cameo at the end of Spider-Man 3 (2007).
Manganiello began finding work in television, playing Tori Spelling's boyfriend on VH1's So Notorious in 2006, and guest starred on Las Vegas, Jake in Progress, and Close to Home. That year, he also played an Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor in the CBS television pilot Edison. In 2007, he appeared in the Scrubs episode "My No Good Reason" and in the MyNetwork TV nighttime soap opera American Heiress. He also played Officer Litchman, the love interest to Linda Cardellini's character, for a four-episode arc on NBC's ER. He played "The Chick Magnet" in May 2007 at the New York City premiere of Skirts & Flirts, a monologue by Gloria Calderon Kellett, which was a finalist for HBO's Aspen Comedy Festival.[11] He played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire for the West Virginia Public Theatre in 2008,[12] directed by his former Carnegie Mellon professor Geoffrey Hitch.[11]
He starred as Leo Belraggio, a New York jazz musician, in the west coast premiere of Terrence McNally's Unusual Acts of Devotion in June 2009. The play was staged at the La Jolla Playhouse at the University of California in San Diego. He worked with the noted playwright and director Leonard Foglia while creating his role in 2008 at the Ojai Playwrights Conference.[11] He played Brad on several seasons of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother.[13] In 2008, he joined the cast of The CW drama One Tree Hill for its fifth season, playing bartender Owen Morello. He shot the series in Wilmington, North Carolina, and returned for its sixth and seventh seasons.[14]
Manganiello played Stu on the Fox sitcom 'Til Death for two episodes, and starred in the short film Wounded that year,[15] which he originated on the stage and won Best Short Film at the 2011 Big Island Film Festival. He starred in the direct-to-video war film Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia in 2009. He played Lt. Sean Macklin, a Navy SEAL squad leader. In order to add authenticity to the production, he trained for several months with a former Navy SEAL, for whom he paid to come to the set and stay in the cast's hotel. The film was shot in Puerto Rico.[16] He appeared in an episode of Medium in 2009, and has guest starred on all three series of CBS's CSI television franchise (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY). He had a role in the independent film Irene in Time. In 2010, he appeared in television commercials for Taco Bell, promoting its new product.[6] He shot television pilots for 100 Questions and the Pittsburgh-set sitcom Livin' on a Prayer.[17][18]
Manganiello plays werewolf Alcide Herveaux in HBO's True Blood, starting from the third season. His work on the show brought him both popular and critical recognition, including the 2011 Scream Award for Breakout Performance – Male and a shared award for Best Ensemble, as well as a Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role in Television and a NewNowNext Award.[8] True Blood was his favorite television show before he joined the cast. He had originally auditioned to play Coot, another werewolf in the series, but was asked to read for Alcide instead.[19] He grew a beard and trained for five months to add muscle for the role.[8] He also got a suntan to set himself apart from the other characters on the series and spent time studying live wolves.[20]
In early 2011, Manganiello was asked to screen test for the title role of Superman in Man of Steel. Due to scheduling problems with True Blood, he was forced out of the running in the final stage. He told Access Hollywood in an interview: "They wanted me to screen test and they actually asked for my measurements for the suit and everything... their shoot date switched and it would have taken up 11 weeks out of my True Blood schedule. At the end of the day, we couldn't get the schedule to work so that I could go off and screen test. So, regrettably, I never got to screen test, I never got to put the suit on." Upon completion of filming for season four of True Blood, he shot an episode of USA's White Collar, and then shot the film adaptation of the best selling book What To Expect When You're Expecting.
Manganiello later returned to Los Angeles to shoot an episode of Two and a Half Men with Ashton Kutcher. He then re-teamed with Matt Bomer, and co-starred in the film Magic Mike, the story of a young stripper in Tampa, Florida, played by actor Channing Tatum.
In August 2016, test footage of Slade Wilson / Deathstroke on the set of some unnamed film was posted to Twitter by Ben Affleck. Affleck is signed on as director, co-producer, co-writer, and star of the upcoming DC Extended Universe, Untitled Batman reboot. In September 2016, Geoff Johns who was DC Comics' President and CCO, and is signed on to both Co-run the DCEU, and co-write/co-produce the solo Batman film with Affleck confirmed that Deathstroke will appear in the shared film universe, with Manganiello portraying the character.[21] It has since been confirmed that he will appear in the Ben Affleck Batman movie.[22]
Personal life
Manganiello is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Wests Tigers.[23] He directed and produced the 2007 short documentary DieHardz about Steelers fans who meet up at bars in Los Angeles, California.[6]
Manganiello was once a roadie for the band Goldfinger, and is friends with lead singer John Feldmann; he toured internationally with the group as a member of their security.[19]
In July 2014, it was reported that Manganiello began dating actress Sofia Vergara.[24] They became engaged on Christmas Day 2014 after six months of dating.[25] They married in Palm Beach, Florida on November 21, 2015.[26][27]
Filmography
Film acting
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Out of Courage 2: Out for Vengeance | Ruslan Zmeyev | Short film |
| Spider-Man | Flash Thompson | ||
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Flash Thompson | Silent cameo |
| 2008 | Impact Point | Matt Cooper | |
| Wounded | Patient | Short film | |
| 2009 | Not Evelyn Cho | Ryan | Short film |
| Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | Lt. Sean Macklin | Video | |
| Irene in Time | Charlie | ||
| 2011 | The Girl With the Tramp Stamp Tattoo | Mikael Blomkvist | Short film |
| 2012 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | Davis | |
| Magic Mike | Richie | ||
| 2014 | Sabotage | Joseph "Grinder" Phillips | |
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | Joe | |
| Tumbledown | Curtis | ||
| Magic Mike XXL | Richie | ||
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Himself | |
| 2017 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | Hefty Smurf (voice) | Filming |
Television acting
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jake in Progress | Rick Cavanaugh | Episode 2.07 "Notting Hell" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tom Harper | Episode 6.12 "Daddy's Little Girl" | |
| Las Vegas | Carson Stuart | Episode 3.15 "Urban Legend" | |
| Close to Home | James Miller | Episode 1.16 "Escape" | |
| So Notorious | Scott | Recurring role Episode 1.01 "Plucky (Pilot)" Episode 1.02 "Whole" | |
| A.K.A. | Brian | TV movie | |
| 2006–2012 | How I Met Your Mother | Brad Morris | Recurring role Episode 2.04 "Ted Mosby, Architect" Episode 2.05 "World's Greatest Couple" Episode 2.19 "Bachelor Party" Episode 2.21 "Something Borrowed" Episode 5.01 "Definitions" Episode 8.07 "The Stamp Tramp" Episode 8.08 "Twelve Horny Women" |
| 2007 | Scrubs | Chad Miller | Episode 6.14 "My No Good Reason" |
| American Heiress | Solomon Cortez | Main cast 64 Episodes | |
| E.R. | Officer Litchman | Recurring role Episode 13.19 "Family Business" Episode 14.01 "The War Comes Home" Episode 14.02 "In a Different Light" Episode 14.03 "Officer Down" | |
| 2008–2010 | 'Til Death | Stu | Recurring role Episode 3.02 "Joy Ride" Episode 4.12 "Snore Loser" |
| One Tree Hill | Owen Morello | Recurring role Episode 5.06 "Don't Dream It's Over" Episode 5.07 "In da Club" Episode 5.08 "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" Episode 5.10 "Running to Stand Still" Episode 5.11 "You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side" Episode 6.06 "Choosing My Own Way of Life" Episode 6.07 "Messin' with the Kid" Episode 6.08 "Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe" Episode 6.09 "Sympathy for the Devil" Episode 6.11 "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)" Episode 6.12 "You Have to Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)" Episode 6.13 "Things a Mamma Don't Know" Episode 7.17 "At the Bottom of Everything" | |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Tony Ramirez | Episode 7.19 "Target Especific" |
| Medium | Angelo Filipelli | Episode 6.08 "Once in a Lifetime" | |
| 2010 | CSI: NY | Rob Meyers | Episode 6.12 "Criminal Justice" |
| 100 Questions | Rick | Episode 1.01 "What Brought You Here?" | |
| Livin' on a Prayer | Doug | Unaired pilot | |
| 2010–2014 | True Blood | Alcide Herveaux | Main cast (Seasons 3-7) 42 Episodes |
| 2011 | Two and a Half Men | Alex | Episode 9.06 "The Squat and the Hover" |
| 2012 | White Collar | Ben Ryan | Episode 3.13 "Neighborhood Watch" |
| 2013 | Talking Dead | Himself | Episode 2.10 |
| 2016 | Mom | Julian | Episode 3.11 "Cinderella and a Drunk MacGyver" |
Directing
- 2014 – La Bare, documentary about the male strip club of same name located in Dallas, Texas; presented by Manganiello
Awards and nominations
| Year | Group | Award | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | NewNowNext Awards | 'Cause You're Hot | True Blood | Won[28] |
| Saturn Awards | Best Guest Starring Role in Television | Won[29] | ||
| Scream Awards | Breakout Performance – Male | Won[29] | ||
| 2012 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Breakout: Male | What To Expect When You're Expecting | Nominated[29] |
| 2013 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Musical Moment | Magic Mike | Nominated[29] |
| 2014 | Maui Film Festival | Triple Threat Award (Directing, Producing, Acting) | La Bare | Won[30] |
References
- ↑ "The Fittest Men of All Time". Men's Health. Men's Health. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ↑ Manganiello, Joe (2013). Evolution. SImon & Schuster.
- 1 2 Marcus, Bennett (September 16, 2010). "True Blood's Joe Manganiello Discusses His Beard in Great Detail". Vulture. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ↑ Paul Heath (May 26, 2011). "Q+A: Joe Manganiello for True Blood". Hollywood News. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Mt. Lebanon native hopes his 'Spider-Man' role opens Hollywood doors". post-gazette.com. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Randall, Reese (June 2010). "Not Your Average Joe". Pittsburgh Magazine. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ↑ Niederberger, Mary (November 17, 2005). "Mt. Lebanon High School marks 75 years of theater". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 Owen, Rob (June 25, 2010). "CMU grad, Joe Manganiello's, 'True Blood' role may be a starmaker". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- 1 2 3 Weiskind, Ron (July 27, 2001). "Mt. Lebanon Native lands role in 'Spider-Man'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- 1 2 Williamson, Jolie (May 3, 2002). "Mt. Lebanon native wrangles with Spider-Man'". Tribune-Review. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Harris, Roberts, Thomas, Dizzia Star In Unusual Acts of Devotion Beginning 6/7". broadwayworld.com. April 15, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ↑ Rawson, Christopher (September 18, 2008). "In the Wings: Mini-Flood". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ↑ Rawson, Christopher (October 26, 2006). "In the Wings: 10/26/06". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ↑ Hotz, Amy (January 8, 2008). "Locally filmed drama 'One Tree Hill' fast-forwards four years for its fifth season". Star-News. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ↑ Hotz, Amy (April 28, 2009). "'One Tree Hill' actor hosts indie film fest". Star-News. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ↑ Oliver, Greg (January 5, 2009). "Guns a'blazing for Behind Enemy Lines III". Slam! Sports. canoe.ca. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ↑ Owen, Rob (May 20, 2010). "For fall, CBS cancels seven series, shifts several others". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
- ↑ Owen, Rob (March 1, 2010). "CBS could air comedy set in Pittsburgh this fall". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- 1 2 Buchanan, Kyle (July 16, 2010). "True Blood's Joe Manganiello on Alcide, His Massive Height, and Shooting Nude Scenes". Movieline. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ↑ Keveney, Bill (July 23, 2010). "Producer hopes 'True Blood' will have long life - but not too long". USA Today. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Cousins, Wayne (July 2013). "Joe Manganiello finds plenty to cheer about". Nil. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Hiblen, Carolyn (July 22, 2014). "The look of love: Hot new couple Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello wrap their arms tenderly around each other as they go on two romantic dates in as many days". Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ↑ Marquina, Sierra (December 29, 2014). "Sofia Vergara Engaged to Joe Manganiello After Dating for Only Six Months!". Us Weekly. United States: usmagazine.com. Wenner Media LLC. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
- ↑ Sutton, Joe (November 22, 2015). "Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello to marry this weekend". CNN.
- ↑ Chen, Joyce (November 21, 2015). "Sofia Vergara, Joe Manganiello: Everything We Know About Their Wedding". Us Weekly.
- ↑ "Darren Criss, Carrie Fisher and Joe Manganiello Among Winners at Logo's NewNowNext Awards". Playbill. April 11, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "Joe Manganiello Awards". Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ "Joe Manganiello Talks About his Film 'La Bare' and Winning the Triple Threat Award at the 2014 Maui Film Festival". KTLA. June 9, 2014.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joe Manganiello. |