David Caruso

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David Caruso (born January 7, 1956 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York) is an American film and television actor. He is best known at present for his role as Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami.

The child of an Italian-American father and an Irish-American mother, Caruso attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills, Queens, the same primary school attended by Ray Romano and Pia Zadora. He later attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY, graduating in 1974.

His first film appearance was in the 1980 film Getting Wasted, in which he played the part of Henry. Caruso spent the better part of the next decade in supporting roles, appearing in such films as An Officer and a Gentleman, First Blood, Blue City, and China Girl. In television he had a recurring role as an Irish gang leader on Hill Street Blues. He also had a small recurring role on the television series Crime Story, which ran from 1986 to 1988. His breakthrough role came in 1993, when he landed the part of Detective John Kelly on the new series NYPD Blue. After garnering much praise for his work on the show, Caruso made news by leaving the highly rated NYPD Blue the following year to pursue a career in film, but was unable to establish himself as a movie star despite starring in the crime thrillers Kiss of Death (1995) and Jade (1995).

In 1997, Caruso returned to television as the star of the CBS drama series Michael Hayes. It ran for one season of 22 episodes. He had a supporting role in the movie Proof of Life in 2000. In 2001 he had a lead role in the horror film Session 9. Since 2002, he has starred as Horatio Caine in the popular CSI series CSI: Miami.

Aside from his acting career, Caruso is a co-owner of Steam, a clothing and furniture store in Miami, Florida. He has a daughter, Greta (born June 1, 1984), with his second wife, Rachel Ticotin, and a son, Marquez Anthony (born September 15, 2005), with his girlfriend, Liza Marquez. In 1994 (according to court record) ex-girlfriend Paris Papiro filed a palimony suit. Caruso paid an undisclosed sum in early 1995.^{[citation needed]}

Recentaly on an episode of The Panel (Ireland) Colin Murphy made a comment on Davids "gingerness", saying that his original name was not Caruso but Robinson and that he had "the most Irish head on him....an ginger sex symbol who would of thought."

On an episode of the Late Show with David Letterman that aired on March 8, 2007 comedian Jim Carrey satirically impersonated Caruso. Carrey asked for an “intense close up” from the camera, spoke in a deep voice and put sunglasses on. Paul Schaffer and the Late Night Band played the CSI: Miami theme and Carrey ran off screen. His role on CSI Miami has also been parodied by popular internet cartoon Weebl & Bob. [1]

In 2006, Caruso revealed in a German publication that his fan favorite CSI: Miami character, Horatio Caine, is actually an accurate portrayal of his real self.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] External links

• David Caruso Bio at CBS - CSI: Miami
• David Caruso at the Internet Movie Database
• David Caruso at TV.com
• David Caruso at the Notable Names Database
• David Caruso at Yahoo! Movies
• Blog Devoted To David Caruso at PersonalFanPages.com

CSI: Miami
Characters:	Horatio Caine | Calleigh Duquesne | Eric Delko | Tim Speedle | Frank Tripp | Natalia Boa Vista | Ryan Wolfe | Alexx Woods | Vallera
Episodes:	List of CSI: Miami episodes
Executive producer:	Jerry Bruckheimer
Creators:	Anthony E. Zuiker | Carol Mendelsohn | Ann Donahue
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