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James Carpinello

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James Carpinello
Carpinello with his wife, Amy Acker, at the premiere of Serenity in 2005
Born
James Anthony Carpinello

(1975-08-13) August 13, 1975 (age 49)
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 2003)
Children2

James Anthony Carpinello (born August 13, 1975)[citation needed] is an American actor who came to national attention with his appearances in Tori Spelling's VH1 sitcom So Notorious. He also portrayed Stacee Jaxx in the Broadway production of the musical Rock of Ages.

Career

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Broadway

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Carpinello first appeared on Broadway in the 1999 musical Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero.[1] The musical is based on the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever in which the role of Manero was played by John Travolta.

He was next cast as Link Larkin in the Broadway musical version of Hairspray, but left the show prior to its first pre-Broadway performances in Seattle in order to shoot the film The Great Raid in 2002. He was replaced by Matthew Morrison.

For his third Broadway outing, Carpinello was cast in leading male role of Sonny in the Broadway musical Xanadu.[2] Like Saturday Night Fever, the stage version of Xanadu is based on the 1980s film of the same title, Xanadu, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Michael Beck. When Carpinello broke his leg in three places[3] while roller skating during a rehearsal on June 12, 2007, he was forced to leave the production just two weeks before its scheduled June 26, 2007 opening at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Cheyenne Jackson assumed the role of Sonny as of June 22, 2007, and the musical's opening was rescheduled for July 10, 2007.[4][5]

Carpinello next starred as rocker Stacee Jaxx in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.[6]

Television

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Carpinello has appeared on episodes of the CBS series The Good Wife as Detective Anthony Burton.

He guest starred on the season 4 premiere of the USA Network series In Plain Sight. He played former soldier Joey in "Mission Creep", the third episode of CBS crime drama series Person of Interest, and reprised that role as the series neared the end of its run in June 2016. He was a regular on the short-lived Fox medical/crime drama The Mob Doctor.

Personal life

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He is of Italian, German, Irish and Danish descent, the son of Anthony J. Carpinello, a former Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and Sharon E. Kelly, a mental health official.[7] On April 25, 2003, Carpinello married actress Amy Acker. They have two children, a son born in 2005 and a daughter born in 2006.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Punisher Bobby Saint and John Saint
2005 The Great Raid Cpl. Aliteri
2012 Christmas Is Ruined Agent Spaulding Short film
2013 Gangster Squad Johnny Stompanato
2014 Let's Kill Ward's Wife Ronnie
2017 The Dunning Man Connor Ryan
2019 Midway Captain William H. Brockman Jr.
2023 Fear the Night Bart

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Felicity Randy 3 episodes
2006 So Notorious Pete 9 episodes
2006 The Closer Larry Cole 2 episodes
2010 The Good Wife Detective Anthony Burton 5 episodes
2010 CSI: Miami Dominic Giordano Episode: "See No Evil"
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Joe Gilbert Episode: "Pop"
2011 NCIS Smitty Brown Episode: "False Witness"
2011 In Plain Sight Riley Episode: "The Art of the Steal"
2011, 2016 Person of Interest Joey Durban 2 episodes
2012 Body of Proof Sal Rubenstone Episode: "Occupational Hazards"
2012–2013 The Mob Doctor Franco Leoni 12 episodes
2013 Castle Frank Henson Episode: "Like Father, Like Daughter"
2014 Blue Bloods Russell Price Episode: "Loose Lips"
2016–2017 Gotham Mario Falcone 8 episodes
2017–2018 The Blacklist Henry Prescott 4 episodes
2019 The Gifted Max 3 episodes
The Enemy Within Anthony Cabrera 6 episodes
What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage Glenn Episode: "Elevator"
2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Paul Greco Episode: "Breakwater"

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Stupid Kids Jim Stark
1999–2000 Saturday Night Fever Tony Manero
2007–2008 Xanadu Sonny
2009 Rock of Ages Stacee Jaxx
2024 Little Shop of Horrors Orin Scrivello

References

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  1. ^ "Saturday Night Fever". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
  2. ^ "Xanadu". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
  3. ^ James Carpinello rocks, www.broadwaystars.com
  4. ^ Cheyenne Jackson Skates Into Xanadu as Delayed Musical's New Sonny Broadway.com, June 14, 2007. Retrieved on July 21, 2007.
  5. ^ Xanadu Sets New 7/10 Opening Date Broadway.com, June 18, 2007. Retrieved on July 21, 2007.
  6. ^ Andrew Gans (February 18, 2009), "Maroulis, Spanger and Carpinello to Star in Broadway's Rock of Ages", Playbill. Retrieved on December 6, 2015.
  7. ^ "Stayin' Alive – Vol. 52 No. 21". November 29, 1999.
  8. ^ "Alias's Amy Acker, Husband Have a Girl". People. September 7, 2006.
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