# John Ventimiglia

John Ventimiglia (/vɛntɪˈmiːljə/, Italian:; born 1963 or 1964) is an American actor. He portrayed Artie Bucco in the HBO television series The Sopranos and had a recurring role as Dino Arbogast, an Organized Crime Control Bureau Chief for the NYPD, on the American police procedural/drama series Blue Bloods on CBS.

## Early life

Ventimiglia was born in Ridgewood, Queens to Sicilian immigrants from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. Ventimiglia grew up speaking Sicilian at home with his parents and still speaks fluent Sicilian to this day. He graduated from Teaneck High School in 1981 where he played on the football team. In the 1980s he lived in the East Village with Michael Imperioli, who would later play Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos.

## Career

Ventimiglia has had parts in feature films such as Cop Land, Jesus' Son, The Iceman, The Funeral, The Wannabe, and Mickey Blue Eyes and has appeared in numerous television shows including Law & Order and NYPD Blue. He also made a brief cameo in the made-for-television movie Gotti.
In August 2007, Ventimiglia and the David Amram quartet presented a musical and oral homage to sociologist C. Wright Mills and beat author Jack Kerouac. They continued with a Kerouac show in Denmark in autumn of 2007. Ventimiglia starred in the comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead (2008), playing the role of Theo Horace. In 2008, he played a small role as a police officer in Notorious. In 2011, he appeared as "Weinstein" in the film Flypaper.
In 2011, he starred in a small indie film, PONIES. In 2012, he guest starred in the short lived CBS series Made in Jersey. In 2012, he starred as General Humberto Delgado in the Portuguese film Operation Autumn, a film about Delgado's brutal assassination in Spain by the Portuguese fascists.
In 2016, he played Harry Magarac on the episode of Elementary, entitled "Murder Ex Machina", first aired on January 21, 2016. He also did narration for the Nat Geo television documentary series Inside the American Mob.

## Legal issues

On May 24, 2001, actor Vincent Gallo successfully sued Ventimiglia for assault and battery. The New York Supreme Court decided the case in Gallo's favor in Gallo v. Ventimiglia (2001).
In May 2006, Ventimiglia was arraigned on drunken driving, drug possession, and other charges. Police officers allegedly spotted Ventimiglia weaving in and out of traffic, and tested his blood-alcohol content at 0.12 (above the legal limit of .08); while also finding a zip-lock bag with cocaine residue in his possession. He was released on bail. In June, Ventimiglia pleaded guilty to drunk driving; he was fined $500 and had his license suspended for 90 days. His drug possession charges were dropped by prosecutors, as part of a plea deal.

## Personal life

Ventimiglia is married to his wife Belinda, with whom he has a daughter, Lucinda and granddaughter, Shiloh. His youngest daughter, Odele Cape, died in 2023 two months after giving birth to her daughter and Ventimiglia's first grandchild.
He is a lifelong New York Mets fan.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | Swoon | Prison Guard | |
| 1994 | Hand Gun | Angel | |
| 1994 | The Cowboy Way | Uniformed Cop | |
| 1994 | Bullets over Broadway | Waterfront Hood | |
| 1994 | Post Cards from America | Driver | |
| 1995 | Party Girl | Tough Guy | |
| 1995 | Angela | Andrew | |
| 1995 | Low | Terry 'Lullaby' Fairlane | |
| 1995 | Stonewall | Tea Dance Bouncer | |
| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | John Who Likes Lesbians | |
| 1996 | Girls Town | Eddie | |
| 1996 | Trees Lounge | Johnny | |
| 1996 | Under the Bridge | Unknown | |
| 1996 | The Funeral | Sali | |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | Detective Manning | |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Joey / Cop | |
| 1997 | Kicked in the Head | Man At Party | |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Officer V | |
| 1997 | Niagara, Niagara | Doug | |
| 1997 | Sue Lost in Manhattan | Larry | |
| 1998 | No Looking Back | Tony, Pizza Guy | |
| 1998 | Claire Dolan | Newark Cab Driver | |
| 1998 | Louis & Frank | Alvin | |
| 1999 | On the Run | Louie Salazar | |
| 1999 | Row Your Boat | Anton | |
| 1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes | Johnny Graziosi | |
| 1999 | Jesus' Son | McInnes | |
| 2001 | Series 7: The Contenders | Dispatch Operator | |
| 2001 | The Boys of Sunset Ridge | Hank Bartlowski at 33 | |
| 2001 | Plan B | Raymond Pelagi | |
| 2002 | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | Narrator | Voice |
| 2005 | The War Within | Gabe | |
| 2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page | Photographer | Uncredited |
| 2005 | The Collection | Various | |
| 2007 | The Lovebirds | John Constantin | |
| 2009 | The Missing Person | Hero | |
| 2009 | Notorious | Detective Farelli | |
| 2009 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead | Theo Horace / Horatio | |
| 2009 | The Hungry Ghosts | James | |
| 2011 | Flypaper | Weinstein | |
| 2011 | Violet & Daisy | Man #1 | |
| 2011 | Ponies | Drazen | |
| 2012 | Alter Egos | Shrink | |
| 2012 | The Iceman | Mickey Scicoli | |
| 2012 | BMW: Bombay's Most Wanted | Unknown | |
| 2012 | Operation Autumn | Humberto Delgado | |
| 2013 | The Cold Lands | Jackson | |
| 2013 | Blood Ties | Detective Valenti | |
| 2014 | Glass Chin | Jack Marchiano | |
| 2014 | Tim Maia | Unknown | |
| 2015 | Houses | Unknown | |
| 2015 | The Wannabe | Arthur | |
| 2015 | Ava's Possessions | Father Merrino | |
| 2016 | The Phenom | 'Red' Briles | |
| 2016 | Money Monster | A Team Leader | |
| 2018 | Cabaret Maxime | Veebie | |
| 2019 | Human Capital | David | |
| 2020 | Haymaker | Javier | |
| 2023 | Ex-Husbands | Sipple | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994–2010 | Law & Order | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1995 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Manuel | 1 episode |
| 1995 | As the World Turns | Chuck | 1 episode |
| 1996–1999 | New York Undercover | Peter Vitti / Lenny | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | Michael Zorzi | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Feds | Alfonse Bucco | 1 episode |
| 1997 | C-16: FBI | Nick Tulli | 6 episodes |
| 1999–2007 | The Sopranos | Artie Bucco | 37 episodes |
| 2000 | King of the World | Angelo Dundee | TV movie |
| 2000 | Prince Street | Unknown | 2 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Level 9 | Justin Malik | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Six Degrees | Jimmy McLean | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Stanley Vespucci | 1 episode |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Ronald Hawk | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Backdrop NYC | Justin | Documentary series |
| 2009 | White Collar | Burrelli | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Mercy | Damiano | 3 episodes |
| 2011–2014 | Blue Bloods | Dino Arbogast | 16 episodes |
| 2012 | NYC 22 | Inspector Carl Woods | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Person of Interest | Christopher Zambrano | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Made in Jersey | Ed Koeneke | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bobby Navarro | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Believe | Steve | 1 episode |
| 2014–2015 | The Good Wife | Detective Gary Prima | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | The Blacklist | Warden Ramsey Mills | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Elementary | Harry Magarac | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Vinyl | Lou Meshejian | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Bull | Dormit | 1 episode |
| 2017 | The Breaks | Orson Bainbridge | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Crashing | Raymond | 1 episode |
| 2018–2019 | Jessica Jones | Detective Eddy Costa | 14 episodes |
| 2019 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Sugar Man | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Reprisal | Tolly | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Joe Pera Talks with You | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Gaslit | John Sirica | 3 episodes |