Name : Vincent D'Onofrio
Birth Name : Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio
Date of Birth : 30 June 1959
Place of Birth : Brooklyn, New York, USA
Nickname : The Human Chameleon
Height : 6' 3½" (1.92 m)
Nationality : United States
Occupation : Actor
Zodiac Sign : Cancer
FAMILY
Father : Gennaro D'Onofrio (theater director)
Sister : Elizabeth D'Onofrio (drama teacher, b. 1957)
Wife : Greta Scacchi (actress, m. 1991, div. 1993, one daughter)
Daughter : Leila George D'Onofrio (b. Mar-1992, with Scacchi)
Wife : Carin van der Donk (model, m. 1997, div. 16-Oct-2003, one son)
Son : Elias D'Onofrio (b. 2000, with van der Donk)
Son : Luca D'Onofrio (b. 14-Feb-2008, with van der Donk)
BIOGRAPHY
Vincent D'Onofrio is known as an "actor's actor". The wide variety of roles he has played and the quality of his work have earned him a reputation as a versatile talent. He studied at the Actors Studio and the American Stanislavski Theatre. His debut on stage was in 1984 in the Broadway play "Open Admissions", followed by work in numerous other stage plays. As a film actor, D'Onofrio's career break came when he played a mentally unbalanced recruit in Full Meta
Jacket (1987), directed by the renowned Stanley Kubrick. For this role D'Onofrio gained nearly 70 pounds. He had a major role in Dying Young (1991), and appeared prominently in the box-office smash Men in Black (1997) as the bad guy (Edgar "The Bug").Other films of note in which he has appeared are Mystic Pizza (1988), JFK (1991), The Player (1992), Ed Wood (1994), The Cell (2000) and The Break-Up (2006). In 1996 D'Onofrio garnered critical acclaim along with co-star Renée Zellweger for The Whole Wide World (1996), which he helped produce. He also made a guest appearance in the TV series "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) in a 1997 episode, where he played an accident victim who could not be rescued and was destined to die. For this performance he won an Emmy nomination. In 2000 he both produced and starred in Steal This Movie (2000), a biopic of radical leader Abbie Hoffman.In 2001 D'Onofrio took the role which has likely given him his greatest public recognition: Det. Robert Goren, the lead character in the TV series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001). Goren is based on Sherlock Holmes but, instead of relying upon physical evidence like Holmes, D'Onofrio's character focuses on psychology to identify the perpetrators, whom he often draws into confessing or yielding condemning evidence.In his career D'Onofrio's various film characters have included a priest, a bisexual former porn star, a hijacker, a serial killer, Orson Welles, a space alien, a 1960s radical leader, a pulp fiction writer, an ingenious police investigator and Stuart Smalley's dope-head brother. His on-screen love interests have included Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Renee Zellweger, Marisa Tomei, Tracey Ullman, Rebecca De Mornay and Lili Taylor.
CAREER
In 1984, D'Onofrio became a full member of the American Stanislavsky Theatre, appearing in a number of its productions, including Of Mice and Men and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He also made his Broadway debut as Nick Rizzoli in Open Admissions. Before this breakthrough, he had been acting in New York University student films and was working as a bouncer at the Hard Rock Cafe.
In 1987, D'Onofrio entered the mainstream consciousness with two film roles that demonstrated his range as an actor: In the first, he played the overweight Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, for which he gained 70 lb (32 kg), bringing his weight to 280 lb (130 kg). In the second, he played Dawson, the owner of Dawson's Garage in Adventures in Babysitting, directed by Chris Columbus. D'Onofrio appears in only one scene near the end of the film, but his role attracted attention because of his muscular physique and long blond hair; they cause Sara, the film's youngest character, to mistakenly believe he is Thor, the comic-book superhero she idolizes. in 1988 Vince is also in the film Mystic Pizza with Julia Roberts.
D'Onofrio continued to play a wide variety of roles, including iconic director Orson Welles in Tim Burton's Ed Wood, farmer Edgar and the evil "Bug" that possesses him from Men in Black, the father of a saint in Nancy Savoca's Household Saints, Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman in Steal This Movie, a time traveler from the distant future in Happy Accidents, and opposite Jennifer Lopez as serial killer Carl Stargher in The Cell.
He produced The Whole Wide World (1996) and Guy (1997); executive produced The Velocity of Gary (1998) and Steal This Movie (2000); and directed the short Five Minutes, Mr. Welles (2005). This last represents a culmination of D'Onofrio's desire to improve on his performance as Welles in Ed Wood, which, in spite of D'Onofrio's striking physical resemblance to the actor/director, reportedly left director Tim Burton underwhelmed. Burton decided to procure the services of voice-over artist Maurice LaMarche (who is himself known for his peerless imitation of Welles' voice) to produce a more dramatically effective rendering of the character's dialogue.
D'Onofrio received an Emmy nomination in 1997 for his appearance as John Lange, the doomed victim in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "Subway". He also starred as Det. Robert Goren on the NBC / USA television show Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–10).
In 2003, it was reported that D'Onofrio and Joe Pantoliano began work on a small film entitled Little Victories, about a 12-year-old boy whose perceptions of the world are forever changed when his gangster uncle comes to live with him. According to a television interview with Pantoliano, Little Victories was not completed and went into turnaround because of a failure to raise the funds necessary for production.
In November 2005, D'Onofrio won Best Actor at the Stockholm International Film Festival for his role as Mike Cobb in the independent film Thumbsucker.
In 2006, he appeared in The Break Up, starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, in which D'Onofrio played Vaughn's eccentric brother. He and Vaughn had appeared together in two previous films, in The Cell, where Vaughn played an FBI agent pursuing D'Onofrio's character, and Thumbsucker.
In 2008, D'Onofrio made a cameo appearance in a presidential election-related sketch in a Saturday Night Live episode as his character Det. Robert Goren. In the sketch, which originally aired on March 1, 2008, he interrogates Hillary Clinton (played by Amy Poehler). His entrance to and exit from the skit are punctuated by the classic Law & Order "dun-DUN" sound.
D'Onofrio turned down a role in The Sopranos.
D'Onofrio left Criminal Intent in the spring of 2010, with his last appearance occurring in the two-part Season 9 premiere. The 10th, and final season of the show will feature D'Onofrio returning as Detective Goren.
In 1987, D'Onofrio entered the mainstream consciousness with two film roles that demonstrated his range as an actor: In the first, he played the overweight Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, for which he gained 70 lb (32 kg), bringing his weight to 280 lb (130 kg). In the second, he played Dawson, the owner of Dawson's Garage in Adventures in Babysitting, directed by Chris Columbus. D'Onofrio appears in only one scene near the end of the film, but his role attracted attention because of his muscular physique and long blond hair; they cause Sara, the film's youngest character, to mistakenly believe he is Thor, the comic-book superhero she idolizes. in 1988 Vince is also in the film Mystic Pizza with Julia Roberts.
D'Onofrio continued to play a wide variety of roles, including iconic director Orson Welles in Tim Burton's Ed Wood, farmer Edgar and the evil "Bug" that possesses him from Men in Black, the father of a saint in Nancy Savoca's Household Saints, Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman in Steal This Movie, a time traveler from the distant future in Happy Accidents, and opposite Jennifer Lopez as serial killer Carl Stargher in The Cell.
He produced The Whole Wide World (1996) and Guy (1997); executive produced The Velocity of Gary (1998) and Steal This Movie (2000); and directed the short Five Minutes, Mr. Welles (2005). This last represents a culmination of D'Onofrio's desire to improve on his performance as Welles in Ed Wood, which, in spite of D'Onofrio's striking physical resemblance to the actor/director, reportedly left director Tim Burton underwhelmed. Burton decided to procure the services of voice-over artist Maurice LaMarche (who is himself known for his peerless imitation of Welles' voice) to produce a more dramatically effective rendering of the character's dialogue.
D'Onofrio received an Emmy nomination in 1997 for his appearance as John Lange, the doomed victim in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "Subway". He also starred as Det. Robert Goren on the NBC / USA television show Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–10).
In 2003, it was reported that D'Onofrio and Joe Pantoliano began work on a small film entitled Little Victories, about a 12-year-old boy whose perceptions of the world are forever changed when his gangster uncle comes to live with him. According to a television interview with Pantoliano, Little Victories was not completed and went into turnaround because of a failure to raise the funds necessary for production.
In November 2005, D'Onofrio won Best Actor at the Stockholm International Film Festival for his role as Mike Cobb in the independent film Thumbsucker.
In 2006, he appeared in The Break Up, starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn, in which D'Onofrio played Vaughn's eccentric brother. He and Vaughn had appeared together in two previous films, in The Cell, where Vaughn played an FBI agent pursuing D'Onofrio's character, and Thumbsucker.
In 2008, D'Onofrio made a cameo appearance in a presidential election-related sketch in a Saturday Night Live episode as his character Det. Robert Goren. In the sketch, which originally aired on March 1, 2008, he interrogates Hillary Clinton (played by Amy Poehler). His entrance to and exit from the skit are punctuated by the classic Law & Order "dun-DUN" sound.
D'Onofrio turned down a role in The Sopranos.
D'Onofrio left Criminal Intent in the spring of 2010, with his last appearance occurring in the two-part Season 9 premiere. The 10th, and final season of the show will feature D'Onofrio returning as Detective Goren.
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Chlorine (2011)
Down and Dirty Pictures (2011)
High Midnight (2011)
Don't go in to the Woods (2011)
Ass Backwards (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) (rumored)
The Irishman (2010)
Staten Island (7-Feb-2009)
Brooklyn's Finest (16-Jan-2009)
The Narrows (8-Sep-2008)
The Break-Up (1-Jun-2006)
Thumbsucker (23-Jan-2005)
Overnight (12-Jun-2003) Himself
Case of Evil (25-Oct-2002)
The Salton Sea (23-Apr-2002)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (18-Jan-2002)
Bark! (11-Jan-2002)
Impostor (4-Jan-2002)
Chelsea Walls (21-Sep-2001)
The Cell (17-Aug-2000)
Steal This Movie (4-Mar-2000)
Happy Accidents (25-Jan-2000)
That Championship Season (6-Jun-1999)
The Thirteenth Floor (16-Apr-1999)
Spanish Judges (1999)
The Velocity of Gary (22-Sep-1998)
Claire Dolan (May-1998)
The Newton Boys (14-Mar-1998)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1-Feb-1998)
Guy (17-Dec-1997)
Men in Black (2-Jul-1997)
Boys Life 2 (7-Mar-1997)
Good Luck (7-Nov-1996)
Feeling Minnesota (13-Sep-1996)
The Winner (13-Sep-1996)
The Whole Wide World (Jan-1996)
Strange Days (7-Oct-1995)
Stuart Saves His Family (12-Apr-1995)
Imaginary Crimes (14-Oct-1994)
Ed Wood (28-Sep-1994)
Being Human (6-May-1994)
Mr. Wonderful (15-Oct-1993)
Household Saints (12-Sep-1993)
Malcolm X (18-Nov-1992)
Salt on Our Skin (17-Sep-1992)
The Player (3-Apr-1992)
JFK (20-Dec-1991)
Naked Tango (23-Aug-1991)
Fires Within (28-Jun-1991)
Dying Young (21-Jun-1991)
Crooked Hearts (31-May-1991)
The Blood of Heroes (4-Jan-1990)
Signs of Life (1989)
Mystic Pizza (21-Oct-1988)
Adventures in Babysitting (1-Jul-1987)
Full Metal Jacket (26-Jun-1987)
The First Turn-On! (Nov-1983)
Awards and achievements
Seattle International Film Festival
Preceded byKevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects
Best Actor for The Whole Wide World (1996)
Succeeded byBrendan Fraserfor Still Breathing
Saturn Awards
Preceded by Brent Spiner for Star Trek: First Contact
Best Supporting Actor for Men in Black1997
Succeeded byIan McKellen for Apt Pupil
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