John Ventimiglia

John Ventimiglia (, ; born July 17, 1963) is an American actor. He portrayed Artie Bucco in the HBO television series The Sopranos and had a recurring role as Dino Arbogast, an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the NYPD, on the American police procedural/drama series Blue Bloods on CBS.

Early life 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.

Career 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.

Legal issues

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.

Personal life 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.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes 1992 Swoon Prison Guard 1994 Hand Gun Angel 1994 The Cowboy Way Uniformed Cop 1994 Bullets over Broadway Waterfront Hood 1994 Post Cards from America Driver 1995 Party Girl Tough Guy 1995 Angela Andrew 1995 Low Terry 'Lullaby' Fairlane 1995 Stonewall Tea Dance Bouncer 1996 I Shot Andy Warhol John Who Likes Lesbians 1996 Girls Town Eddie 1996 Trees Lounge Johnny 1996 Under the Bridge Unknown 1996 The Funeral Sali 1996 Extreme Measures Detective Manning 1997 Arresting Gena Joey / Cop 1997 Kicked in the Head Man At Party 1997 Cop Land Officer V 1997 Niagara, Niagara Doug 1997 Sue Lost in Manhattan Larry 1998 No Looking Back Tony, Pizza Guy 1998 Claire Dolan Newark Cab Driver 1998 Louis & Frank Alvin 1999 On the Run Louie Salazar 1999 Row Your Boat Anton 1999 Mickey Blue Eyes Johnny Graziosi 1999 Jesus' Son McInnes 2001 Series 7: The Contenders Dispatch Operator 2001 The Boys of Sunset Ridge Hank Bartlowski at 33 2001 Plan B Raymond Pelagi 2002 Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Narrator Voice 2005 The War Within Gabe 2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Photographer Uncredited 2005 The Collection Various 2007 The Lovebirds John Constantin 2009 The Missing Person Hero 2009 Notorious Detective Farelli 2009 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead Theo Horace / Horatio 2009 The Hungry Ghosts James 2011 Flypaper Weinstein 2011 Violet & Daisy Man #1 2011 Ponies Drazen 2012 Alter Egos Shrink 2012 The Iceman Mickey Scicoli 2012 BMW: Bombay's Most Wanted Unknown 2012 Operation Autumn Humberto Delgado 2013 The Cold Lands Jackson 2013 Blood Ties Detective Valenti 2014 Glass Chin Jack Marchiano 2014 Tim Maia Unknown 2015 Houses Unknown 2015 The Wannabe Arthur 2015 Ava's Possessions Father Merrino 2016 The Phenom 'Red' Briles 2016 Money Monster A Team Leader 2018 Cabaret Maxime Veebie 2019 Human CapitalDavid 2020 Haymaker Javier 2023 Ex-Husbands Sipple

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 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