Giacomo Gianniotti

Giacomo Gianniotti
Born Giacomo Keaton Gianniotti
(1989-06-19) June 19, 1989
Rome, Italy
Alma mater Humber College
Occupation Actor
Years active 2010–present

Giacomo Keaton Gianniotti (born June 19, 1989) is an Italian-Canadian actor. Gianniotti is best known for his roles on Reign (2013) and Murdoch Mysteries (2013–2014). He is currently playing a surgical resident, Dr. Andrew DeLuca, on Grey's Anatomy (2015–present).

Early life

Giacomo Gianniotti was born June 19, 1989, in Rome, Italy. He immigrated with his family at a young age and grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] Gianniotti splits his time in the year between Toronto and Rome, working in stage, films and television, both Canadian and Italian.[2]

He attended high school at Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts in Toronto and then graduated from Humber College's Theatre Program. He has also completed an actor's residency at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre, in Toronto.[1]

Career

His first experience in film was a small role in a Giulio Base's feature film featuring Shelley Winters and Vittorio Gassman, shot in the "Cinecittá" film studio in Rome. He guest starred in an episode of the Italian television series Medicina Generale in 2010. He appeared in several television shows in 2013, including Beauty & the Beast and Copper in which he starred in three episodes.

Gianniotti played a recurring role as Lord Julien in the first season of Reign.[1] He played Leslie Garland for several episodes in Murdoch Mysteries (2013–2014). He starred as Freddy in the now cancelled television series Selfie (2014), and later acted in the made-for-TV drama film The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. In 2015, Gianniotti appeared in Backpackers as Andrew.[1]

Also in 2015, he was cast as surgical intern Dr. Andrew DeLuca for the last two episodes of the eleventh season of Grey's Anatomy. On January 8, 2016, he was promoted to series regular.[3][4]

Personal life

On November 25, 2017, Giannotti became engaged to makeup artist Nichole Gustafson.[5]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Done John Short film
2014 Still Jake Short film
2015 The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe Jimmy Dougherty Television movie
2016 Race Sam Stoller

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Medicina generale Alberto Talenti Episode: "Separazioni"
2013 Beauty & the Beast Mayor's Aide Episode: "Anniversary"
2013 Copper Donovan's Clerk 3 episodes
2013 Time Tremors Mr. Vincent Episode: Facing the Fear
2013 Reign Lord Julien Recurring role (5 episodes)
2013–2014 Murdoch Mysteries Leslie Garland Recurring role (9 episodes)
2014 Selfie Freddy 9 episodes
2015 Backpackers Andrew 4 episodes
2015–present Grey's Anatomy Dr. Andrew DeLuca Guest (Season 11)
Main Cast (Season 12–present)
Nominated - Golden Maple Award for Best actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S (2016)[6]
Nominated - Golden Maple Award for Newcomer of the year in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016)[6]
2018 Station 19 Episode: "No Recovery"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Giacomo Gianniotti". IMDb. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Giacomo Gianniotti". Twitter. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ausiello, Michael (April 15, 2015). "Grey's Anatomy Recruits Reign Hottie Giacomo Gianniotti for Top-Secret Role". TVLine. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Gianniotti, Giacomo (August 6, 2015). "Another day at work with these lovely people #regram @camillaluddington @jpadler @greysabc #greysanatomy #season12". Instagram. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ Petit, Stephanie (November 26, 2017). "Lovesick! Grey's Anatomy Actor Giacomo Gianniotti Is Engaged". People. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Golden Maple Awards Nominees Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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