Vincent Philip D'Onofrio is an American actor and filmmaker.
38 Facts About Vincent D'Onofrio
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Vincent D'Onofrio is known for his supporting and leading roles in both film and television.
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Vincent D'Onofrio has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
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Vincent D'Onofrio is of Italian descent, with ancestors from Naples.
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Vincent D'Onofrio was raised in Hawaii and Colorado during his early years.
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Vincent D'Onofrio's parents divorced when he was young; his mother later married George Meyer.
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Vincent D'Onofrio became stepbrother to Guy and Connie, Meyer's children from a previous marriage.
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Vincent D'Onofrio has described himself as a shy boy who spent "a lot of time in my room, staying in my head", later became interested in magic and sleight of hand, tricks he learned from Cuban entertainers who owned a small magic shop.
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Vincent D'Onofrio later studied method acting at the American Stanislavsky Theater and the Actors Studio, under coaches Sonia Moore and Sharon Chatten, which landed him his first paid role in off-Broadway's This Property Is Condemned.
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Vincent D'Onofrio continued his career by performing in many New York University student productions while working as a bouncer at the Hard Rock Cafe, a bodyguard for Robert Plant and Yul Brynner and a deliveryman.
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In 1986, Vincent D'Onofrio took on the role often considered the defining moment in his acting career, as Pvt.
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Vincent D'Onofrio went on to play Dawson, the owner of Dawson's Garage, in Adventures in Babysitting.
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Vincent D'Onofrio appears in one scene near the end of the film.
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Vincent D'Onofrio continued to play a wide variety of minor or supporting roles, including the father of a saint in Nancy Savoca's Household Saints, director Orson Welles in Tim Burton's Ed Wood, farmer Edgar and the evil "Bug" that possesses him from Men in Black, a man who claims to be from the future in Happy Accidents, and the serial killer Carl Stargher, opposite Jennifer Lopez's character in The Cell.
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Vincent D'Onofrio portrayed leftist radical Abbie Hoffman in Steal This Movie in 2000, starring Janeane Garofalo as his wife.
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On March 1,2008, Vincent D'Onofrio made a cameo appearance in a presidential election-related sketch in a Saturday Night Live episode as his character Det.
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Vincent D'Onofrio was replaced by Jeff Goldblum, but after a drop in ratings, D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe agreed to return for a 10th season of the show.
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In November 2005, Vincent D'Onofrio won Best Actor at the Stockholm International Film Festival for his role as Mike Cobb in the independent film Thumbsucker.
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Vincent D'Onofrio appears in the Oscar-winning short The New Tenants.
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In 2013, Vincent D'Onofrio co-starred in the film Escape Plan, filmed in New Orleans, starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and 50 Cent.
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Vincent D'Onofrio portrayed Lester Clark, deputy director of the Prisons Bureau.
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In 2015, Vincent D'Onofrio made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Wilson Fisk in the first season of Daredevil.
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Vincent D'Onofrio reprised the role in an extended cameo appearance in season 2, and in season 3 as a series regular.
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Vincent D'Onofrio returned to the role in 2021 with the Marvel Studios series Hawkeye.
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Vincent D'Onofrio portrayed Victor "Vic" Hoskins in the action adventure film Jurassic World, and Jack Horne in Antoine Fuqua's 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven.
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Vincent D'Onofrio was able to draw upon his extensive acting experience to fully flesh out the voice of the corrupt Duke Abele in various public speeches that were broadcast in-game over large speakers suspended in the game area.
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On October 27,2009, Vincent D'Onofrio made his musical debut, appearing in character as comedic country singer George Geronimo Gerkie at Joe's Pub in New York City.
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Vincent D'Onofrio appeared as Gerkie again at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on December 6,2009, during Matt Pinfield's Holiday Extravaganza Show and at the premiere of his movie Don't Go in the Woods at Joe's Pub on May 28,2010.
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On November 11,2011, while teaching students at the Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, Vincent D'Onofrio discussed plans for further concerts, and a George Gerkie documentary which is to be filmed by Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston director Whitney Smith.
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In 2014, Vincent D'Onofrio released two songs as part of an avant garde spoken-word project with multi-instrumentalist and composer Dana Lyn.
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In 2008, alongside his sister, Toni, Vincent D'Onofrio began hosting events to raise money for the Utah Meth Cops Project.
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Vincent D'Onofrio served as the project's spokesperson from 2009 to 2012.
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In February 2011, Vincent D'Onofrio became a public face of the gun control debate, appearing in an ad by the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City urging a ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines.
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In 2012, Vincent D'Onofrio returned to teach at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute where his daughter was a student.
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The proceeds are benefitting a memorial museum being built in Washington, DC A longtime supporter of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, Vincent D'Onofrio has been the spokesperson for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Museum since 2010.
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On November 13,2012, Vincent D'Onofrio joined the cast of the off-Broadway production Clive, alongside Brooks Ashmanskas and Zoe Kazan.
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Vincent D'Onofrio collapsed again at home a few days later, and was later diagnosed with exhaustion.
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Vincent D'Onofrio's exhaustion was attributed to his 14-hour days filming Criminal Intent, and the making of his short film Five Minutes, Mr Welles during the show's hiatus.