Bobby Cannavale

Birthplace: Union City, New Jersey, United States
Birthday: May 3, 1970

A native New Yorker who managed to avoid the ethnic typecasting that limited so many other actors with similar backgrounds, Bobby Cannavale was an Emmy Award-winning actor known for procedural TV dramas as well as big screen comedy and numerous Broadway accomplishments. Some of Cannavale’s best-known roles found him in uniform – FDNY paramedic Bobby Caffey on “Third Watch” (NBC, 1999-2005), boss of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (2009), and his Emmy-winning guest appearances as Will’s cop boyfriend on “Will & Grace” (NBC, 1998-2006). …more

Full Biography

Photos

View All Photos

Credits

Actor

100 Feet
Shanks
Hispanic Heritage Awards
13th Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas
Alex
Third Watch
Bobby Caffey

View All Credits

Career Milestones

2008
Co-starred in the Broadway production of "Mauritius"; received a Tony nomination for Featured Actor in a Play
2008
Featured in Naked Angels' off-Broadway premiere of Frank Pugliese's "The Talk"
2007
Cast in John Turturro's "Romance & Cigarettes" starring James Gandolfini and Kate Winslet (filmed in 2005)
2007
Served as the voice of Corado R. Ciarlo (known as "Babe") in Ken Burns's PBS film series "The War"
2006
Cast as part of an ensemble in "Fast Food Nation," Richard Linklater's adaptation of Eric Schlosser's non-fiction book