Joe Manganiello Biography

Fast Facts

• He won Logo TV's 2011 NewNowNext Award in a category called "'Cause You're Hot․"
• He earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama in Pittsburgh
• In his senior year at Mt․ Lebanon High School, he played Jud Fry in the student production of "Oklahoma!"
• Quote: "(On his relationship with cast and crew of "How I Met Your Mother) "I joke with them that I'm like the low income kid who gets bussed in to go to their high school․""
• Quote: "I got picked on a lot in elementary school until my father told me to hit back․․․ I never picked on kids but after that incident, I never let anyone mess with me again․"
• For his role as Alcide in the HBO series "True Blood," he got a suntan to stand out from the show's other characters and worked out for five months with trainer Ron Mathews to add muscle
• He reunited with his Carnegie Mellon classmate Matt Bomer to appear in an episode of USA Network's "White Collar" series and then appeared with him again in the film "Magic Mike․"