John Ventimiglia

• Name — John Ventimiglia • Born — July 17, 1963 (age 62) • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Spouse — Belinda Cape (m. 1991) • Children — 2 • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1985–present

Ventimiglia was born in Ridgewood, Queens to Sicilian immigrants from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. Ventimiglia grew up speaking Sicilian at home with his parents and still speaks fluent Sicilian to this day. He graduated from Teaneck High School in 1981 where he played on the football team. In the 1980s he lived in the East Village with Michael Imperioli, who would later play Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos.

Ventimiglia has had parts in feature films such as Cop Land, Jesus' Son, The Iceman, The Funeral, The Wannabe, and Mickey Blue Eyes and has appeared in numerous television shows including Law & Order and NYPD Blue. He also made a brief cameo in the made-for-television movie Gotti. In August 2007, Ventimiglia and the David Amram quartet presented a musical and oral homage to sociologist C. Wright Mills and beat author Jack Kerouac. They continued with a Kerouac show in Denmark in autumn of 2007. Ventimiglia starred in the comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead (2008), playing the role of Theo Horace. In 2008, he played a small role as a police officer in Notorious. In 2011, he appeared as "Weinstein" in the film Flypaper. In 2011, he starred in a small indie film, PONIES. In 2012, he guest starred in the short lived CBS series Made in Jersey. In 2012, he starred as General Humberto Delgado in the Portuguese film Operation Autumn, a film about Delgado's brutal assassination in Spain by the Portuguese fascists. In 2016, he played Harry Magarac on the episode of Elementary, entitled "Murder Ex Machina", first aired on January 21, 2016. He also did narration for the Nat Geo television documentary series Inside the American Mob.

On May 24, 2001, actor Vincent Gallo successfully sued Ventimiglia for assault and battery. The New York Supreme Court decided the case in Gallo's favor in Gallo v. Ventimiglia (2001). In May 2006, Ventimiglia was arraigned on drunken driving, drug possession, and other charges. Police officers allegedly spotted Ventimiglia weaving in and out of traffic, and tested his blood alcohol content at 0.12 (above the legal limit of.08), while also finding a zip-lock bag with cocaine residue in his possession. He was released on bail. In June, Ventimiglia pleaded guilty to drunk driving; he was fined $500 and had his license suspended for 90 days. His drug possession charges were dropped by prosecutors as part of a plea deal.

Ventimiglia is divorced from his wife, Belinda, with whom he has a daughter and a granddaughter. His youngest daughter, Odele Cape, died in 2023 two months after giving birth to her daughter and Ventimiglia's first grandchild. He is a lifelong New York Mets fan.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994–2010 — Law & Order — Various — 5 episodes • 1995 — Homicide: Life on the Street — Manuel — 1 episode • 1995 — As the World Turns — Chuck — 1 episode • 1996–1999 — New York Undercover — Peter Vitti / Lenny — 2 episodes • 1997 — NYPD Blue — Michael Zorzi — 1 episode • 1997 — Feds — Alfonse Bucco — 1 episode • 1997 — C-16: FBI — Nick Tulli — 6 episodes • 1999–2007 — The Sopranos — Artie Bucco — 37 episodes • 2000 — King of the World — Angelo Dundee — TV movie • 2000 — Prince Street — Unknown — 2 episodes • 2000–2001 — Level 9 — Justin Malik — 3 episodes • 2007 — Six Degrees — Jimmy McLean — 3 episodes • 2007 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Stanley Vespucci — 1 episode • 2007 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Ronald Hawk — 1 episode • 2008 — Backdrop NYC — Justin — Documentary series • 2009 — White Collar — Burrelli — 1 episode • 2010 — Mercy — Damiano — 3 episodes • 2011–2014 — Blue Bloods — Dino Arbogast — 16 episodes • 2012 — NYC 22 — Inspector Carl Woods — 1 episode • 2012 — Person of Interest — Christopher Zambrano — 1 episode • 2012 — Made in Jersey — Ed Koeneke — 1 episode • 2013 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Bobby Navarro — 1 episode • 2014 — Believe — Steve — 1 episode • 2014–2015 — The Good Wife — Detective Gary Prima — 5 episodes • 2015 — The Blacklist — Warden Ramsey Mills — 1 episode • 2016 — Elementary — Harry Magarac — 1 episode • 2016 — Vinyl — Lou Meshejian — 1 episode • 2016 — Bull — Dormit — 1 episode • 2017 — The Breaks — Orson Bainbridge — 2 episodes • 2018 — Crashing — Raymond — 1 episode • 2018–2019 — Jessica Jones — Detective Eddy Costa — 14 episodes • 2019 — At Home with Amy Sedaris — Sugar Man — 1 episode • 2019 — Reprisal — Tolly — 1 episode • 2020 — Joe Pera Talks with You — Himself — 1 episode • 2022 — Gaslit — John Sirica — 3 episodes