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Bobby Cannavale Biography

Birth Name:Roberto Michael Cannavale

Birth Place:Union City, New Jersey, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Producer

Fast Facts

Nominated for three ALMA Awards, once in 2000 for "Third Watch," once in 2001 for the "2000 Hispanic Heritage Awards" and once in 2011 for "Win Win․"
Winner of a Chlotrudis Award in 2004 as best supporting actor in "The Station Agent․"
Won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 2011
Became a father to son Rocco with actress Rose Byrne in 2017
Father to actor Jake Cannavale
Had no acting training when he started his career in the theater
Made his Broadway debut with his role in "Mauritius" in 2007
Quote: "My mom didn't want me coming home and hanging out, so everything I had to do had to be connected to the church․ One of the things that the church had was the theater․ Eight or nine years old, I was in Guys and Dolls․ I was a gangster․ I was the only kid in the cast․ It made no sense, but they let me be in all the plays․"
Quote: "I've never won an award for anything, and I think it's weird․ I mean, that's really cool [but] it's strange to think you could get an award for acting․ I always thought that was strange․"
Narrated the audiobook "Lush Life" by Richard Price in 2008

Awards

2000ALMA Award-Emerging Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2003Breakthrough Award-: nominated
2004Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
2004Chlotrudis Award-Best Supporting Actor: winner
2004PFCS Award-Best Ensemble Acting: nominated
2005OFTA Television Award-Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: winner
2005Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: winner
2006Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Guest Actor: nominated
2006OFTA Television Award-Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
2010Gold Derby TV Award-Comedy Guest Actor of the Decade: nominated
2011ALMA Award-Favorite Movie Actor: nominated
2012Critics' Choice TV Award-Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: nominated
2012IGN Award-Best TV Villain: winner
2012Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
2013Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated
2013Actor-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
2013EDA Award-Best Supporting Actor: nominated
2013OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
2013Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: winner
2014Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
2018Critics Choice Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2019Gold Derby TV Award-Drama Supporting Actor: nominated
2019INOCA TV-Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2019OFTA Television Award-Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
2020Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
2020Gold Derby Film Award-Ensemble Cast: nominated
2020OFTA Film Award-Best Ensemble: nominated
2022Satellite Award-Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
2024Best Performance in a Film-: winner