David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American film and television actor and
producerThe primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. He is currently known to audiences for his role of Lieutenant
Horatio CaineLt. Horatio Caine is a fictional character in the series CSI: Miami, played by actor David Caruso. He is a Crime Lab Lieutenant. Caine has suffered a great many personal losses both before and during the events of CSI: Miami...
on the TV series
CSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
.
Caruso was born in Bedford Hills,
WestchesterWestchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles and has a diverse population of approximately 950,000, residing in 45 municipalities...
,
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, the son of Joan, a
librarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs. Typically, librarians work in a public or college library, an elementary or secondary school media...
, and Charles Caruso, a magazine and newspaper editor. He is of Italian and Irish descent and was raised as a Roman Catholic. Caruso attended middle school at Fox Lane Middle School in Bedford Hills.
David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American film and television actor and
producerThe primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
. He is currently known to audiences for his role of Lieutenant
Horatio CaineLt. Horatio Caine is a fictional character in the series CSI: Miami, played by actor David Caruso. He is a Crime Lab Lieutenant. Caine has suffered a great many personal losses both before and during the events of CSI: Miami...
on the TV series
CSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
.
Early life
Caruso was born in Bedford Hills,
WestchesterWestchester County is a primarily suburban county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of 450 square miles and has a diverse population of approximately 950,000, residing in 45 municipalities...
,
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, the son of Joan, a
librarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs. Typically, librarians work in a public or college library, an elementary or secondary school media...
, and Charles Caruso, a magazine and newspaper editor. He is of Italian and Irish descent and was raised as a Roman Catholic. Caruso attended middle school at Fox Lane Middle School in Bedford Hills. He later attended
Archbishop Molloy High SchoolArchbishop Molloy High School is a co-educational Catholic school for grades 9-12, located on in the Briarwood section of Queens in New York City, thirty minutes east of Manhattan. Molloy currently has an endowment of about $6,000,000 . The school's current principal is Br...
in Briarwood, Queens, New York, graduating in 1974.
1980s
His first film appearance was in the 1980 film
Getting Wasted, in which he played the part of Danny. Caruso then spent most of the next decade in film supporting roles, appearing in such films as
First BloodFirst Blood , is a 1982 action/adventure film directed by Ted Kotcheff...
, also known as Rambo: First Blood,
An Officer and a GentlemanAn Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford. It starred Richard Gere, Debra...
,
Blue CityBlue City is a 1986 drama film based on the 1947 novel of the same name about a young man who returns to a corrupt small town in Florida to avenge the death of his father...
, Thief of HeartsThief of Hearts is a 1984 film produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It was written and directed by Douglas Day Stewart.A burglar; Scott , robs the home of a couple. One of the items he takes is the wife's diary. Scott begins to read the diary and discovers that the wife, Mickey, yearns...
, and
China GirlChina Girl is a 1987 film directed by independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara, and written by his long time partner Nicholas St. John.-Story:China Girl is a modern take on the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet...
. Caruso also appeared in
Twins and
Hudson HawkHudson Hawk is a 1991 film, directed by Michael Lehmann. Bruce Willis stars in the title role and also co-wrote the story. Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, David Caruso, Lorraine Toussaint, Frank Stallone, Richard E...
(1991).
In television he had a recurring role as Tommy Mann, the gang leader of "The Shamrocks", on
Hill Street BluesHill Street Blues is a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Reruns are currently being aired on AmericanLife TV Network on weekday nights in the United States, and on weekday afternoons on digital network More 4 in the United Kingdom...
in the early 1980s. He also had a two-episode appearance on the television series
Crime StoryCrime Story is an NBC TV drama created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. The executive producer was Michael Mann. The show premiered with a two hour pilot — a movie which had been exhibited theatrically — and was watched by over 30 million viewers...
, which ran from 1986 to 1988 on
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
.
1990s
Caruso had supporting roles in the crime films
King of New YorkKing of New York is a crime drama film, starring Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo, Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito. It was directed by independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara and written by his long-time partner and close friend Nicholas St...
(1990) and
Mad Dog and GloryMad Dog and Glory is a 1993 film written by Richard Price and directed by John McNaughton. It stars Robert De Niro as a Chicago crime scene investigator , Uma Thurman as bartender "Glory" , and Bill Murray as Glory's boss, who identifies himself as both an aspiring stand-up comedian and a...
(1992). In both films his characters were cynical streetwise cops.
His first significant role was in 1993 as Detective
John KellyJohn Kelly is a fictional character in the television series NYPD Blue. He was portrayed by David Caruso in the first season and the first four episodes of the second season of the series....
on the series
NYPD BlueNYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan....
. (
TV GuideTV Guide is a North American weekly magazine about television programming.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews. Some issues have also featured horoscope listings and crossword puzzles.-Annenberg/Triangle era: The...
listed him as one of the six new stars to watch in the '93-'94 season and he received award nominations for his work.) He made news by leaving the highly
ratedNielsen ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
show the following year (only four episodes into the second season) to pursue a career in film, but he was unable to establish himself as a leading-man despite starring in the crime thriller
Kiss of DeathKiss of Death is a 1994 crime thriller film starring David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, and Nicolas Cage. The film is a very loosely based remake of the 1947 film noir classic of the same name that starred Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, and Richard Widmark. It was screened out of competition at the...
, which was critically well-received but did not perform well financially. He also appeared in
JadeJade is an erotic thriller film written by Joe Eszterhas, produced by Robert Evans, directed by William Friedkin and starring David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna and Michael Biehn. The original music score was composed by James Horner...
(1995), which was panned and flopped outright.
In 1997, Caruso returned to television as the star of the short-lived
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...
law drama series
Michael HayesMichael Hayes was a TV series that ran on CBS from 1997 to 1998. It starred David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.This series spotlighting surveys Michael Hayes, a former policeman became Deputy Prosecutor of the City of New York....
, in which he played a
New York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment...
-based federal prosecutor. It ran for only one season.
2000s
Caruso returned to film with a supporting role as Russell Crowe's mercenary associate in the movie
Proof of LifeProof of Life is an American film released in 2000, directed by Taylor Hackford. The film's screenplay was authored by Tony Gilroy, who also was a co-executive producer, and was inspired by William Prochnau's Vanity Fair magazine article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade," and the book The Long March...
in 2000. In 2001, he had a lead role in the
horror filmHorror films are movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of death, the supernatural or mental illness...
,
Session 9Session 9 is a 2001 horror film directed by Brad Anderson. The film takes place in and around the Danvers State Mental Hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts.-Synopsis:Danvers State Hospital has been closed since 1985...
.
Since 2002, he has starred as Lt.
Horatio CaineLt. Horatio Caine is a fictional character in the series CSI: Miami, played by actor David Caruso. He is a Crime Lab Lieutenant. Caine has suffered a great many personal losses both before and during the events of CSI: Miami...
in the popular
CSICSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
spin-off series
CSI: MiamiCSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
. On
CSI: Miami, Caruso is known for frequently using one-liners, many of which include him putting on his sunglasses mid-sentence. A comical compilation has been available on
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. Caruso's sunglasses and one-liners are constantly ridiculed on the television program
The SoupThe Soup is an E! Entertainment Television weekly series. It is a revamped version of Talk Soup that focuses on recaps of various pop culture and television show moments of the week...
by host
Joel McHaleJoel Edward McHale is an American comedian, television personality and actor. Since 2004 he has been the host of The Soup, a weekly comedy series that airs on E!. McHale also stars as Jeff Winger in Community, which premiered in September 2009.-Early life:McHale was born in Rome, Italy, the middle...
. On an episode of the
Late Show with David LettermanLate Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and bandleader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra,...
that aired on March 8, 2007, comedian
Jim CarreyJames Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian. Carrey is best known for his performances as multiple characters in the sketch comedy show In Living Color, as the title character in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, as the unlucky TV...
satirically impersonated Caruso. Carrey asked for an “intense close-up” from the camera, spoke in a deep voice and put sunglasses on.
Paul ShafferPaul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM is a Canadian musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer. Currently, he is the bandleader and sidekick on the Late Show with David Letterman...
and the CBS Orchestra played
the CSI: Miami theme"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the rock band The Who. Written by Pete Townshend, it combines guitar power chords with heavily processed organ and synthesizer sounds to create a textured, atmospheric introduction that explodes into the verse...
and Carrey ran off screen. David later said in an interview with CBS that he was impressed with the impersonation. In a recent episode of 'House' someone asks "Did you deduce that by removing your sunglasses to the strains of a Who song?".
Personal life
Caruso is founder of DavidCarusoTelevision.tv and LexiconDigital.tv, as well as co-owner of Steam, a clothing store in South Miami. He has a daughter, Greta (born June 1, 1984), with his second wife,
Rachel TicotinRachel Ticotin is an American film and television actress.-Early life:Ticotin was born in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of Iris Torres, a Puerto Rican educator, and Abe Ticotin, a Jewish used car salesman. Her brother, Sahaj, is a musician and the lead singer for his rock group, Ra...
. In 1994, (according to court record) ex-girlfriend Paris Papiro filed a
palimonyPalimony is a portmanteau of the words pal and alimony. The neologism was coined by celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson in 1977 when his client Michelle Triola Marvin filed an unsuccessful suit against the actor Lee Marvin.-Background:...
suit. Caruso paid an undisclosed sum in early 1995. He and former girlfriend Liza Marquez have two children together: a son, Marquez Anthony (born September 15, 2005), and daughter, Paloma Raquel (born October 16, 2007). In April of 2009, Marquez filed papers suing Caruso for fraud, breach of their settlement agreement and emotional distress. He currently lives in Los Angeles and Miami with his girlfriend, aspiring actress Amina Tyrone.
In March of 2009 an
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
n woman was placed in custody in Tyrol, Austria on charges of
stalkingStalking is a term used to describe unwanted attention by individuals to others. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation. The word "stalking" is used, with some differing meanings, in psychology and psychiatry and also in some legal jurisdictions as a term for a criminal...
Caruso; she had twice failed to appear in court to answer the charges before fleeing to
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
; following her deportation from Mexico, Austrian officials took her into custody to await trial on the stalking charges.
A student residence hall at
Southern Maine Community CollegeSouthern Maine Community College is a community college in South Portland, Maine and one of the seven colleges in the Maine Community College System.-History:...
was built with donations by Caruso, and is named Caruso Hall in his honor and a plaque of him in his characteristic stance is hanging in the entrance.
Appearances
- Getting Wasted (1980) as Danny
- An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him. It was written by Douglas Day Stewart and directed by Taylor Hackford. It starred Richard Gere, Debra...
(1982) as Topper Daniels
- First Blood
First Blood , is a 1982 action/adventure film directed by Ted Kotcheff...
(1982) as Deputy Mitch
- Hill Street Blues
Hill Street Blues is a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Reruns are currently being aired on AmericanLife TV Network on weekday nights in the United States, and on weekday afternoons on digital network More 4 in the United Kingdom...
(1981–1983) as Tommy Mann
- Thief of Hearts
Thief of Hearts is a 1984 film produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It was written and directed by Douglas Day Stewart.A burglar; Scott , robs the home of a couple. One of the items he takes is the wife's diary. Scott begins to read the diary and discovers that the wife, Mickey, yearns...
(1984) as Buddy Calamara
- Blue City
Blue City is a 1986 drama film based on the 1947 novel of the same name about a young man who returns to a corrupt small town in Florida to avenge the death of his father...
(1986) as Joey Rayford
- China Girl
China Girl is a 1987 film directed by independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara, and written by his long time partner Nicholas St. John.-Story:China Girl is a modern take on the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet...
(1987) as Mercury
- Into the Homeland (1987 TV) as Ryder
- King of New York
King of New York is a crime drama film, starring Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo, Steve Buscemi and Giancarlo Esposito. It was directed by independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara and written by his long-time partner and close friend Nicholas St...
(1990) as Dennis Gilley
- Hudson Hawk
Hudson Hawk is a 1991 film, directed by Michael Lehmann. Bruce Willis stars in the title role and also co-wrote the story. Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, David Caruso, Lorraine Toussaint, Frank Stallone, Richard E...
(1991) as Kit Kat
- Mad Dog and Glory
Mad Dog and Glory is a 1993 film written by Richard Price and directed by John McNaughton. It stars Robert De Niro as a Chicago crime scene investigator , Uma Thurman as bartender "Glory" , and Bill Murray as Glory's boss, who identifies himself as both an aspiring stand-up comedian and a...
(1992) as Mike
- NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan....
(1993–1994) as Det. John Kelly
- Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death is a 1994 crime thriller film starring David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, and Nicolas Cage. The film is a very loosely based remake of the 1947 film noir classic of the same name that starred Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, and Richard Widmark. It was screened out of competition at the...
(1995) as Jimmy Kilmartin
- Jade
Jade is an erotic thriller film written by Joe Eszterhas, produced by Robert Evans, directed by William Friedkin and starring David Caruso, Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Richard Crenna and Michael Biehn. The original music score was composed by James Horner...
(1995) as David Corelli
- Michael Hayes
Michael Hayes was a TV series that ran on CBS from 1997 to 1998. It starred David Caruso and Ruben Santiago-Hudson.This series spotlighting surveys Michael Hayes, a former policeman became Deputy Prosecutor of the City of New York....
(1997) as Michael Hayes
- Body Count (1998) as Hobbs
- Proof of Life
Proof of Life is an American film released in 2000, directed by Taylor Hackford. The film's screenplay was authored by Tony Gilroy, who also was a co-executive producer, and was inspired by William Prochnau's Vanity Fair magazine article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade," and the book The Long March...
(2000) as Dino
- Deadlocked (2000) as Ned Stark
- Swirlee (2000) as Mr. Softy's roommate
- Session 9
Session 9 is a 2001 horror film directed by Brad Anderson. The film takes place in and around the Danvers State Mental Hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts.-Synopsis:Danvers State Hospital has been closed since 1985...
(2001) as Phil
- Black Point
Black Point may refer to:*Black Point , a district of Bahamas*Black Point, California is the name of an unincorporated area near Novato*Black Point, Nova Scotia*Black Point is a headland and surfing beach near Sea Ranch...
(2001) as John Hawkins
- CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
(2002–Present) as Lieutenant Horatio Caine
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