Search
What's Hot
Watchlist: Add New Fall Shows
CBS Premiere Dates
Nigella Lawson Assault
Fall TV Day-By-Day Grid

Joe Mantegna

Celebrity

Joe Mantegna: Biography

Joe Mantegna
80 photos
  • Birth Name: Joseph Anthony Mantegna Jr.
  • Birth Place: Chicago, IL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/13/1947, Scorpio
  • Profession: Actor
User Rating: (826 ratings)
Add Your Rating: 1 stars2 stars3 stars4 stars5 stars
Joe Mantegna Fast Facts:
  • Sang and played bass for a Chicago-area rock band called the Apochryphals from 1964 to '69.
  • Met his wife, Arlene, in high school; both appeared in a touring company of Hair in 1969, which was Mantegna's professional stage debut.
  • In 1978, while with Chicago's Organic Theater Company, cowrote Bleacher Bums, which later played off-Broadway and was adapted for television by the Chicago PBS station (it won a local Emmy).
  • Has appeared in six plays and movies written by fellow Chicagoan David Mamet, most notably Glengarry Glen Ross, for which he won a Tony.
  • Has set a record for guest appearances on The Simpsons, as Springfield mob chieftain Fat Tony.
  • Joined Criminal Minds at the beginning of the show's third season to replace departing star Mandy Patinkin.
  • Daughter Gia was Miss Golden Globe 2011.
  • Joe Mantegna Relationships:
  • Mia Mantegna - Daughter
  • Ronald Mantegna - Brother
  • Joseph Anthony Mantegna - Father
  • Mary Ann Novelli Mantegna - Mother
  • Arlene Vrhel - Wife
  • Gia Mantegna - Daughter
  • Joe Mantegna Awards:
  • 1999 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
  • 1999 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
  • 1997 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special - Nominee
  • 1984 Tony: Actor (Featured Role--Play) - Winner
  • 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Morton Junior College, Cicero, IL; attended Goodman School of Drama, Chicago, IL

Photos

joe mantegna, Amy Yasbeck Maury Phillips/WireImage.com
joe mantegna, Mark Thompson Jesse Grant/WireImage.com
joe mantegna Kevin Parry/WireImage.com
joe mantegna Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com
joe mantegna, Don Cheadle Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com
Joe Mantegna and Don Cheadle Eric Neitzel/WireImage.com
more Joe Mantegna photos (80 total photos)
Advertisement

Shop

Kevin Pollak's Chat Show - Joe Mantegna
Buy Kevin Pollak's Chat Show - Joe Mantegna from Amazon.com
(Amazon Instant Video)
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy New: $1.99 (as of 12:15 AM EST - more info)
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1994) Joe Mantegna, Martin Sheen, Joanna Pacula
Buy Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1994) Joe Mantegna, Martin Sheen, Joanna Pacula from Amazon.com
From New Horizons Video (VHS Tape)
Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy New: $24.99 (as of 12:15 AM EST - more info)

more Joe Mantegna products

Our Partners

Related Websites

You might be also interested in the following websites:

Most Popular TV Shows

  1. The Bachelorette
  2. Arrested Development
  3. True Blood
  4. Pretty Little Liars
  5. Mad Men
more popular tv shows

Most Popular Celebrities

  1. Kate Middleton
  2. Kim Kardashian
  3. Ben Affleck
  4. Jennifer Garner
  5. Jennifer Lawrence
more popular celebrities

Most Popular Movies

  1. Man Of Steel
  2. This Is The End
  3. Fast & Furious 6
  4. Now You See Me
  5. The Purge
more popular movies

Top Videos

  1. The Voice
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. The Young and the Restless
  4. True Blood
  5. The Bold and the Beautiful
more top videos
  • © CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Ad Choice
  • Terms of Use
  • Mobile User Agreement