Bobby Cannavale

Robert Michael Cannavale (/ˌkænəˈvɑːli/; born May 3, 1970) is an American actor known for various stage, television, and film roles, including regular or recurring roles in Third Watch, Boardwalk Empire, Vinyl, Will & Grace, Mr. Robot, and Master of None.

Bobby Cannavale
Cannavale in 2009
Born	Robert Michael 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	3, including Jake Cannavale

Cannavale 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.[1] He also 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.[2] In 2016, he starred in the HBO drama series Vinyl, produced by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger. In 2017, he joined the cast of the USA Network drama series Mr. Robot during its third season. The following year, Cannavale portrayed Colin Belfast in the Prime Video psychological thriller series Homecoming (2018–present).

For his roles in Mauritius and The Motherfucker with the Hat, Cannavale was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, respectively. He has appeared in Tom McCarthy's The Station Agent (2003), Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine (2013), Paul Feig's Spy (2015), Marvel's Ant-Man (2015), I, Tonya (2017), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman (2019).

Early life

Cannavale was born and raised in Union City, New Jersey, 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.[3][4] 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. After being kicked out of his high school in Florida during his senior year, Cannavale returned to New Jersey 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.[5][6][7][8][9]

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). 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 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 Other Guys" 2010 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, but cancelled the series after less than two months, on May 19, 2009.[10][11]

In 2008, he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as Dennis in the Broadway play, Mauritius.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

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,[15] 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.[16] 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."[17] 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."[18] 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.[19][20][21]

Cannavale will appear with Rose Byrne in the play Medea, written and directed by Simon Stone, in 2020.[22]

Personal life

From 1994 to 2003,[23] 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,[24] actor Jake Cannavale.[23] Cannavale and Jake were cast as father and son in season four of Nurse Jackie.

Since 2012, Cannavale has been in a relationship with actress Rose Byrne.[25] Cannavale and Byrne's first child, Rocco Robin Cannavale,[26] was born on February 1, 2016.[26][27] He and Byrne had their second child together, a son named Rafa, in November 2017.[28]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	I'm Not Rappaport	Parking Lot Customer
	Night Falls on Manhattan	Vigoda Assistant #1
1999	Gloria	Jack Jesus Nunez
	The Bone Collector	Detective Steve
2000	3 A.M.	Jose
2002	Washington Heights	Angel
	The Guru	Randy
2003	Shortcut to Happiness	Cop
	The Station Agent	Joe Oramas
2004	Fresh Cut Grass	Billy Pecchio
	Haven	Lieutenant
	Shall We Dance?	Chic
	The Breakup Artist	Neighbor
2005	Happy Endings	Javier Duran
	Romance & Cigarettes	Chetty Jr. / "Fryburg"
2006	The Night Listener	Jess
	Fast Food Nation	Mike
	Snakes on a Plane	Special Agent Hank Harris
	10 Items or Less	Bobby
2007	The Ten	Marty McBride
	Dedication	Don Meyers
2008	The Take	Agent Steve Perelli
	Diminished Capacity	Lee Vivyan
	The Promotion	Dr. Mark Timms
	100 Feet	Lou Shanks
2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Commander James Kent
	The Merry Gentleman	Michael Elkhart
	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Subject #40
	Louis C.K.'s Last Chance	Porn Producer	Short film
2010	F—K	Bobby	Short film
	The Other Guys	Jimmy
	Apples	Nino	Short film
	Weakness	Joshua Polansky
2011	Win Win	Terry Delfino
	Roadie	Randy Stevens
2013	Movie 43	Superman	Segment: "Super Hero Speed Dating"
	Parker	Jake Fernandez
	Lovelace	Butchie Peraino
	Blue Jasmine	Chili
2014	Chef	Tony
	Adult Beginners	Danny
	Annie	Guy Danlily
2015	Danny Collins	Tom Donnelly
	Spy	Sergio De Luca
	Ant-Man	Jim Paxton
	Daddy's Home	Dr. Emilio Francisco
2016	The Fundamentals of Caring	Cash	Uncredited
2017	Hair	Bobby Cannavale	Short film
	The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature	Frankie (voice)
	I, Tonya	Martin Maddox
	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	Professor John Hardin Van Pelt	Credited as Van Pelt[lower-alpha 1][29][30]
	Ferdinand	Valiente/Valiente's father (voices)
	The Photographer	Photographer	Short film[31]
2018	Boundaries	Leonard
	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Jim Paxton
2019	Motherless Brooklyn	Tony Vermonte
	The Irishman	Felix "Skinny Razor" DiTullio
	The Jesus Rolls	Petey
	Martha the Monster	Kevin / Doormat (voice)	Short film
2020	Superintelligence	George Churchill
2021	Tom and Jerry	TBA (voice)
	Thunder Force	TBA	Completed
	Sing 2	Jimmy Crystal (voice)	In production
	Blonde	Joe DiMaggio	Post-production
TBA	This Is the Night
	Jolt	Detective Vicars

Key

	Denotes films not yet released

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"
2001–2002	100 Centre Street	Jeremiah Jellinek	5 episodes
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kyle Novacek	Episode: "Monogamy"
	Ally McBeal	Wilson Jade	5 episodes
	Law & Order	Randy Porter	Episode: "Hitman"
2003	Kingpin	Chato Cadena	6 episodes
	Mickeypalooza	Himself	Television special
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Julian Bello	Episode: "The Gift"
	Oz	Alonzo Torquemada	2 episodes
2004	Six Feet Under	Javier	3 episodes
2004–2006, 2018	Will & Grace	Vince D'Angelo	17 episodes
2005	N.Y.-70	Det. Niko Corso	Pilot
	The Exonerated	Jesse Tafero	Television film
	Recipe for a Perfect Christmas	Alex Stermadapolous
2006–2007	The Days of Pets	Burke Zuko	Recurring cast
2007	The War	Corado R. "Babe" Ciarlo (voice)	2 episodes
	The Knights of Prosperity	Enrico Cortez
	Law & Order	J.P. Lange	Episode: "Murder Book"
	M.O.N.Y.	Joe Capanelli	Pilot
2008–2009	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"
	Louie	Chris	2 episodes
	Marry Me	Adam	Episode(s): Part 1 & 2
2010–2011	Blue Bloods	Charles Rosselini	3 episodes
2012	Modern Family	Lewis	Episode: "Send Out the Clowns"
	Boardwalk Empire	Gyp Rosetti	11 episodes
2012–2013	Nurse Jackie	Dr. Mike Cruz	12 episodes
2014	Robot Chicken	Various (voice)	Episode: "Super Guitario Center"
2016	Vinyl	Richie Finestra	10 episodes
2017	Master of None	Chef Jeff	4 episodes
2017	Comrade Detective	Petre Bubescu (voice)	Episode: "Two Films for One Ticket"
2017–2019	Mr. Robot	Irving	9 episodes
2018	Angie Tribeca	Angela "A.J." Giles Jr.	10 episodes
2018–2020	BoJack Horseman	Vance Waggoner (voice)	2 episodes
2018	Big Mouth	Gavin the Hormone Monster (voice)	Episode: "The Department of Puberty"
2018–present	Homecoming	Colin Belfast	11 episodes
2019	SpongeBob SquarePants	Tony (voice)	Episode: "Shell Games"
2020	Mrs. America	Tom Snyder	Episode: "Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc"
2021	Nine Perfect Strangers	Tony	Main cast[32]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
1998	The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told	Steve	Williamstown Theatre Festival	[33]
2003	Fucking A	The Mayor	The Public Theater, Off-Broadway
2005	Hurlyburly	Phil	Acorn Theater, Off-Broadway
2007	Mauritius	Dennis	Biltmore Theatre, Broadway	[34]
2010	Trust	Morton	Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway
2011	The Motherfucker with the Hat	Jackie	Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway
2012	Glengarry Glen Ross	Richard Roma
2013	The Big Knife	Charlie Castle	American Airlines Theater, Broadway
2016	White Rabbit Red Rabbit	(solo)	Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway	[33]
2017	The Hairy Ape	Robert "Yank" Smith	Park Avenue Armory, Off-Broadway
2018	The Lifespan of a Fact	John	Studio 54, Broadway	[34]
2020	Medea	Lucas	Harvey Theatre, BAM, Brooklyn	[33]
2020-21	A View from the Bridge	Eddie	Roslyn Packer Theatre, Australia	[33]

Awards and nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2005	Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Will & Grace	Won	[35]
2012		Nurse Jackie	Nominated
2013			Nominated
	Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Boardwalk Empire	Won

Tony Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best Featured Actor in a Play	Mauritius	Nominated	[34]
2011	Best Actor in a Play	The Motherfucker with the Hat	Nominated

Other Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Award	The Station Agent	Nominated	[35]
2004	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble		Nominated
2004	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2011	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actor in a Play	The Motherfucker with the Hat	Won	[34]
2011	Outer Critics Circle	Best Actor in a Play		Nominated
2012	Critics' Choice Television Award	Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series	Modern Family	Nominated	[35]
2013	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Nurse Jackie	Nominated
		Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series	Boardwalk Empire	Nominated
2013	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Supporting Actor	Blue Jasmine	Nominated
2017	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actor in a Play	The Hairy Ape	Nominated	[34]
2018	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Mr. Robot	Nominated	[35]
2020	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	The Irishman	Nominated

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1. In Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Van Pelt has a different first name depending on the region in which the film is watched. In the UK version of the film, the character's first name is given as "John Hardin", while in the US version of the film, the character is provided the first name "Russell".

External links

• Bobby Cannavale at IMDb
• Bobby Cannavale at the Internet Broadway Database
• Bobby Cannavale at the Internet Off-Broadway Database