james carpinello

James Carpinello is a star of stage and screen who has played on Broadway and appeared in hit shows and films such as Gotham, The Good Wife, Gangster Squad, and Midway. His other television credits include shows such as The Enemy Within, The Blacklist, The Mob Doctor, Blue Bloods, Person of Interest, The Good Wife, and many more. He has starred on Broadway in major productions of Saturday Night Fever and Xanadu and performed in a production of Rock of Ages.

Carpinello’s professional acting career began in the theatre in 1998, playing the leading role of Jim Stark in a New York revival of John C. Russell’s 1991 play, Stupid Kids. The following year, he won the role of Tony Manero in a Broadway production of Saturday Night Fever that ran for over a year. After this, he began taking on-screen acting roles as well, appearing the acclaimed VH1 sitcom, So Notorious, among others.

Arguably, Carpinello’s greatest television success to date has been playing Mario Falcone in eight episodes of the third season of Gotham in 2016 and 2017, although he also appeared in the similarly successful series The Blacklist in 2017 and 2018. His most recent acting roles include a guest appearance in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2022.