Robot , Blue Bloods and Master of None. His father is of Italian descent, while his mother is Cuban and moved to the U.
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 14 and his mother moved the family to Puerto Rico. After two years in the American territory, they settled in Margate, Florida. From to , Cannavale attended Coconut Creek High School , [ 8 ] [ 9 ] but during his senior year, he was expelled "for being a cutup. Cannavale began his acting career in the theater β with no acting training β and gained early film roles in Night Falls on Manhattan and The Bone Collector , Cannavale became well known when he starred as Bobby Caffey for two seasons on Third Watch.
Following this, in , he starred with Alan Arkin in Centre Street β which was written and directed by Sidney Lumet , his then-father-in-law. In , he joined the cast of Ally McBeal for the last five episodes, but the show was then cancelled. In , 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.
However, in the reboot, they are revealed not to be married. Cannavale serves as the voice of Corado R. 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, , but cancelled the series after less than two months, on May 19, In , he received a Tony Award nomination for his role as Dennis in the Broadway play , Mauritius.
