LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE Posted August 16, 2010 Posted August 16, 2010 Joseph Michael "Joe" Manganiello (born December 28, 1976) is an American actor. He played Flash Thompson in the Spider-Man film series, and had recurring roles in television on How I Met Your Mother and One Tree Hill. He plays werewolf Alcide Herveaux on the HBO television series True Blood.Early lifeManganiello was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Mt. Lebanon, a suburb south of the city. His parents are Charles and Susan Manganiello.[1] Manganiello is of Italian and Austrian descent,[2] and has a younger brother. He was a student at St. Bernard School, a Catholic elementary school in Mt. Lebanon,[3] and then attended Mt. Lebanon High School,[4] where he graduated in 1995. He grew up playing football, basketball, and volleyball, and played varsity football in high school, and was the captain of his basketball and volleyball teams.[3] Manganiello won the role of Jud Fry in his school's production of Oklahoma!!, and was involved with the school's TV studio. On weekends, he would borrow equipment to make movies with his friends, and became interested in acting to become a better amateur filmmaker.[5]After getting injured in football, Manganiello auditioned for the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama as a senior in high school. He wasn't accepted, so enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh and worked at doing theatre. Manganiello re-applied to Carnegie Mellon a year later, and was one of 17 students accepted into the acting program.[3] He performed in theatre productions and wrote, produced and acted in the student film Out of Courage 2.[6] Manganiello graduated in 2000 with a BFA in acting.[5] Manganiello studied all styles of classical theatre while he was there. Manganiello traveled to New York and Los Angeles through his university to participate in group auditions, which provided him contacts in the entertainment business.[7]CareerFilm and televisionManganiello moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Carnegie Mellon.[7] He quickly signed with a talent agent, and 3 days later, auditioned for the role of Peter Parker in the Sam Raimi-directed film, Spider-Man (2002). Manganiello landed the role of Eugene "Flash" Thompson, Peter Parker’s nemesis, playing opposite Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Willem Dafoe, as his first acting job out of college.[6] 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. In 2007, he appeared in "My No Good Reason", a Zach Braff-directed episode of the NBC series Scrubs, 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 4 episode arc on NBC's ER.Manganiello played Brad, the law school buddy of Jason Segel's character Marshall Eriksen, on several seasons of the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother.[8] In 2008, he joined the cast of The CW drama One Tree Hill for its the fifth season, playing bartender Owen Morello, Sophia Bush’s love interest. Manganiello shot the series in Wilmington, North Carolina, and returned for its sixth and seventh seasons.[9] He played Stu on the Fox sitcom 'Til Death for two episodes, and starred in the short film "Wounded" that year, written by Gloria Calderon Kellett,[10] which he first originated on the stage.[citation needed]He starred in the direct-to-video war film Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia in 2009, alongside WWE professional wrestler Ken Kennedy. Manganiello played Lt. Sean Macklin, a Navy SEALs squad leader. The Fox Home Entertainment film was shot in Puerto Rico.[11] Manganiello appeared in 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, written and directed by Henry Jaglom.In 2010, Manganiello appeared in television commercials for Taco Bell promoting its new product, the Tortada.[3] He shot television pilots for 100 Questions and the Pittsburgh-set sitcom Livin' on a Prayer, written in part by How I Met Your Mother writer and fellow CMU alum, Kourtney Kang.[12][13]Manganiello plays the role of werewolf Alcide Herveaux in HBO's True Blood. His character arrived on the third season of the series as a bodyguard, hired by Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard) for Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), when her romantic companion, vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), goes missing. Manganiello described the four character's relationship as a "love square".[5]True Blood was already Manganiello's favorite television show when he joined the cast. He auditioned to play Coot, another werewolf in the series, but was asked to read for Alcide instead.[14] Manganiello grew a beard and trained for five months to add muscle for the role;[5] author Charlaine Harris had described Alcide as having "arms the size of boulders".[2] He also got a sun tan to set himself apart from the other characters on the series. Manganiello has signed on to be a regular cast member.[15]TheatreAs a student at Carnegie Mellon University, Manganiello appeared as Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice at the Quantum Theatre and played Joe in Starlight Productions' The Last Night of Ballyhoo.[6] 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.[16] He played Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire for the West Virginia Public Theatre in 2008,[17] directed by his former Carnegie Mellon professor Geoffrey Hitch.[16]Manganiello starred in the west coast premiere of Terrence McNally’s Unusual Acts of Devotion in June 2009, alongside Doris Roberts, Richard Thomas, Harriet Harris and Maria Dizzia. He starred as Leo Belraggio, a New York jazz musician. The play was directed by Trip Cullman at the La Jolla Playhouse at the University of California in San Diego. Manganiello worked with the esteemed playwright at creating his role in 2008 at the Ojai Playwrights Conference.[16]Other workJoe Manganiello has also narrated "Dragon Bones" [18], a fantasy novel by New York Times best selling author Patricia Briggs.This is the first book in the Hurog Series and is produced by Buzzy Multimedia.Personal lifeAs of 2010, Manganiello lives in Los Angeles, California. He is a supporter of Until There’s a Cure, a charity dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS, and appears in public service announcements for the organization. Manganiello is a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers and produced and directed the 2007 short documentary "DieHardz", about Steelers fans that meet at a bar in Los Angeles.[3] Manganiello was a roadie for the band Goldfinger. He was friends with lead singer John Feldmann and toured with the group for two weeks doing security.[14]<H3></H3>YearSeriesRoleNotes2006Jake in ProgressRick CavanaughEpisode: "Notting Hell"CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTom HarperEpisode: "Daddy's Little Girl"Las VegasCarson StuartEpisode: "Urban Legend"Close to HomeJames MillerEpisode: "Escape"So NotoriousScottEpisode: "Plucky" (pilot)Episode: "Whole"2006–2009How I Met Your MotherBrad5 Episodes2007ScrubsChad MillerEpisode: "My No Good Reason"American HeiressSolomon Cortez65 EpisodesE.R..Officer Litchman4 Episodes2008–2010'Til DeathStuEpisode: "Joy Ride"Episode: "Snore Loser"One Tree HillOwen Morello13 Episodes2009CSI: MiamiTony RamirezEpisode: "Target Especific"MediumAngelo FilipelliEpisode: "Once in a Lifetime"CSI: NYRob MeyersEpisode: "Criminal Justice"2010100 QuestionsRickEpisode: "What Brought You Here?" (pilot)Livin' on a PrayerDougTelevision pilotTrue BloodAlcide HerveauxYearSeriesRoleNotes2006Jake in ProgressRick CavanaughEpisode: "Notting Hell"CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTom HarperEpisode: "Daddy's Little Girl"Las VegasCarson StuartEpisode: "Urban Legend"Close to HomeJames MillerEpisode: "Escape"So NotoriousScottEpisode: "Plucky" (pilot)Episode: "Whole"2006–2009How I Met Your MotherBrad5 Episodes2007ScrubsChad MillerEpisode: "My No Good Reason"American HeiressSolomon Cortez65 EpisodesE.R..Officer Litchman4 Episodes2008–2010'Til DeathStuEpisode: "Joy Ride"Episode: "Snore Loser"One Tree HillOwen Morello13 Episodes2009CSI: MiamiTony RamirezEpisode: "Target Especific"MediumAngelo FilipelliEpisode: "Once in a Lifetime"CSI: NYRob MeyersEpisode: "Criminal Justice"2010100 QuestionsRickEpisode: "What Brought You Here?" (pilot)Livin' on a PrayerDougTelevision pilotTrue BloodAlcide Herveaux Quote
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