Joe Mantegna
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Joe Mantegna stars as David Rossi on the CBS show "Criminal Minds". Mantegna was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and lives in Los Angeles.
Mantegna earned a Tony Award for his performance as Richard Roma in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Glengarry Glen Ross." His additional Broadway credits include the role of Bobby Gould in Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and a role in the musical "Working," in which he made his Broadway debut.
He directed Mamet's "Lakeboat" in Los Angeles and later made his feature-film directorial debut with "Lakeboat," based on Mamet's screenplay. Mantegna also conceived and co-authored the Off Broadway play "Bleacher Bums," which was subsequently produced for television and earned him an Emmy Award.
Mantegna made his feature film debut in "Compromising Positions" and has since starred in the David Mamet films "House of Games," "Things Change" and "Homicide," in roles that Mamet specifically created for him, as well as "Alice," "Celebrity," "The Godfather III," "Bugsy," "Searching for Bobby Fischer," "Liberty Heights," "Forget Paris," "Suspect," "Up Close and Personal," "The Money Pit," "Weeds," "Baby's Day Out," "Airheads," "Queens Logic," "Wait Until Spring, Bandini," "Uncle Nino," "Eye for an Eye" and "Nine Lives." He also has starring roles in the upcoming films "Elvis and Annabelle," "Lonely Street," "Childless," "Cougar Club," "Hank and Mike," "Right Hand Man," "Witless Protection," and David Mamet's "Redbelt."
His television credits include the miniseries "The Starter Wife" and the cable film "The Rat Pack," for which he was nominated for Emmy Awards.
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