Biography
Joe Manganiello's natural talent and drive helped him emerge as one of the breakout stars of HBO's gripping vampire saga "True Blood" (2008- ), playing the half-human, half-werewolf, Alcide. Prior to landing a lead role on the series, Manganiello began his acting career with a featured film role in the action-packed film "Spider-Man" (2002) as Flash Thompson, Peter Parker's archenemy. Guest appearances on crime dramas and sitcoms kept …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Played a male stripper in Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike" opposite Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey | |
2012 | Joined ensemble cast of romantic comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting" | |
2010 | Joined the third season of HBO's "True Blood" as werewolf Alcide Herveaux | |
2009 | Cast in the independent film "Irene in Time," written and directed by Henry Jaglom | |
2009 | Starred in the West Coast premiere of Terrence McNally's "Unusual Acts of Devotion" | |
2008 | Joined the fifth season of The CW drama "One Tree Hill," playing bartender Owen Morello | |
2007 | Produced and directed the documentary short "DieHardz" about Pittsburgh Steelers fans that met at a bar in Los Angeles, CA | |
2007 | Appeared on four episodes of NBC's "ER" as Officer Litchman, the love interest to Linda Cardellini's character | |
2007 | Played 'The Chick Magnet' in the New York City premiere of "Skirts & Flirts" | |
2007 | Cast as a regular on the MyNetwork TV nighttime soap opera "American Heiress" | |
2007 | Reprised the role of Flash for a brief cameo at the end of "Spider-Man 3" | |
2006 | Cast in a recurring role as Brad, the law school buddy of Jason Segel's character on several seasons of CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" | |
2006 | Played Tori Spelling's boyfriend on VH1's "So Notorious" | |
2002 | Landed first role after college in "Spider-Man," playing Peter Parker's (Tobey Maguire) nemesis Flash | |
| Moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Carnegie Mellon | ||
| Wrote, produced and acted in the student film "Out of Courage 2" | ||