James Carpinello

Career

Theater

Carpinello first appeared on Broadway in the 1999 musical Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero.

He was cast as Link Larkin in the Broadway musical version of Hairspray, but left the show for a film role and was replaced by Matthew Morrison.

Carpinello was cast in the leading male role of Sonny in the Broadway musical Xanadu. When Carpinello broke his leg in three places while roller skating during a rehearsal on June 12, 2007, he was forced to leave the production just two weeks before its scheduled June 26, 2007 opening at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Cheyenne Jackson assumed the role of Sonny as of June 22, 2007.

In 2009, Carpinello starred as rocker Stacee Jaxx in the Broadway musical Rock of Ages at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

In 2024, Carpinello played Orin Scrivello D.D.S. and other roles in an Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors.

Carpinello is co-producer of a Broadway musical adaptation of the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys. The musical is scheduled to open in the spring of 2026 at the Palace Theatre.

Film

Carpinello has acted in films such as The Punisher (2004), The Great Raid (2005), Let's Kill Ward's Wife (2014), and Midway (2019 film) (2019).

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Carpinello and his wife, Amy Acker, created, filmed, produced, and starred in a 14-minute-long short film entitled Outside (2020). A thriller, Outside was filmed using Carpinello's son's I-phone.

Television

Carpinello has appeared on episodes of the CBS series The Good Wife as Detective Anthony Burton. He guest starred on the season 4 premiere of the USA Network series In Plain Sight. He played former soldier Joey in "Mission Creep", the third episode of CBS crime drama series Person of Interest, and reprised that role as the series neared the end of its run in June 2016. He was a regular on the short-lived Fox medical/crime drama The Mob Doctor.

Carpinello has played recurring roles in The Blacklist and Gotham.

Personal life

He is the son of Anthony J. Carpinello, a former Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and Sharon E. Kelly, a mental health official. On April 25, 2003, Carpinello married actress Amy Acker. The couple had a son in 2005 and a daughter in 2006.

Credits

Stage

Film

Television

References

References

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