I was up for a couple things around that time, so I was just looking for a job and this one was the most appropriate.ĬSI Files: Do you find the forensics in the show interesting?
You're rarely in a position to pick and choose. I couldn't wait to meet for it after I saw the character description. When that came through, it was very exciting to see it. You'd be surprised how rarely those parts come along for me. Giovinazzo: When the character came through, it was first and foremost being a native New Yorker. But that was the extent of it.ĬSI Files: What drew you to the role of Danny Messer initially? That was a good time and a good experience. I have a friend or two who were really into it and I had done an episode of the Vegas show ( "Revenge Is Best Served Cold"), so I kind of knew what it was from working on it. So I didn't really think about that much I was just more worried about what I gotta do with it.ĬSI Files: Were you familiar with the CSI shows and how popular they are before taking the role? It was more people around me were reaffirming that this was a really solid project to be involved in.
I was just kind of happy to have a place of employment. Giovinazzo took a few minutes out of his busy shooting schedule to talk to CSI Files about how he's adjusting to life on the set of a hit television show.ĬSI Files: Congratulations on the success of CSI: New York! Did you predict that it would do as well as it has?Ĭarmine Giovinazzo: No, I didn't have any predictions. September saw the launch of the actor’s official website,, which features exclusive photos and the actor’s own artwork.
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His starring role in the comedy series Shasta McNasty as a slacker musician was a far cry from the role he would eventually take in CSI: NY. Giovinazzo has done both film and television work, with roles in movies such as Black Hawk Down In Enemy Hands and For the Love of the Game and guest roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Providence and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Both are native New Yorkers and share a curiosity about the forensic science the show delves into on a weekly basis. Carmine Giovinazzo plays abrasive young criminalist Danny Messer on the newest CSI spinoff, CSI: New York, a character the 31-year-old actor can relate to.