David Caruso
Gender: Male
Born: 7th January 1956 (currently 56 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes, CSI: Miami, H.E.L.P., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hill Street Blues
Movies: First Blood, Jade, King of New York, Kiss of Death, Proof of Life, Mad Dog and Glory, An Officer and a Gentleman, China Girl, Hudson Hawk, Blue City, Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, Cold Around the Heart, Getting Wasted, Black Point, Without Warning, Session 9, Twins, Thief of Hearts, Parker Kane, Black Point
David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American actor and producer. He may be best known for portraying Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami. The role that gained him initial significant recognition was the role of Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue.
Caruso was born in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, New York, New York, the son of Joan, a librarian, and Charles Caruso, a magazine and newspaper editor. He is of Irish and Italian (Sicilian) descent. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Caruso attended Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School in Forest Hills. He later attended Archbishop Molloy High School in nearby Briarwood, graduating in 1974.
His first film appearance was in the 1980 film Getting Wasted as Danny. Caruso then spent most of the next decade in film supporting roles, appearing in such films as First Blood, An Officer and a Gentleman, Blue City, Thief of Hearts and China Girl. Caruso credits his role as Daniels, "the cadet who nearly drowned", in An Officer and a Gentleman as what got him noticed. Caruso also appeared in Twins. On television, he had a recurring role as Tommy Mann, the leader of the street gang The Shamrocks on Hill
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