Robert M. "Bobby" Cannavale (born May 3, 1971) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor. One of his most famous roles was as a paramedic on the hit show, Third Watch.
He is a member of the Circle Repertory Theatre and the Lab Theatre Company, both based in New York City.
His father is Italian and his mother is Cuban.
He was born in Union City, New Jersey, but grew up in Coconut Creek, Florida.
He never formally studied acting.
Was married to Jenny Lumet (I), who is Sidney Lumet's daughter and Lena Horne's granddaughter. They have a son, Jacob Cannavale, born 1995.
Ex-brother-in-law of Amy Lumet and 'P.J. ORourke.
Has played roles covering each of the New York EMS branches (police officer on "Will & Grace" (1998), firefighter on Guru, The (2002), paramedic on "Third Watch" (1999)).
Attended Coconut Creek High School, where he graduated in 1987. He was a member of the school's drama troupe. He was slated to play "Sir," one of the two lead roles in the school's spring, 1987 production of the musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd," but was suspended from school days before opening night for allegedly leaving an explicit letter critical of the school staff in a library copy machine. An understudy from BCC's theater program (himself a Coconut Creek High School graduate) agreed to step in to replace the suspended Cannavale.
