COLANTONI, Enrico 1963–

(Rico Colantoni)

PERSONAL

Born February 14, 1963, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; son of Quintino (a truck driver and laborer) and Gina (a garment worker) Colantoni; married Nancy Snyder (a nutritionist), January, 1997; children: Quintin, Madelyn. Education: Attended University of Toronto, c. 1982; Yale University, M.F.A., 1993; trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, beginning 1983. Avocational Interests: Playing hockey.

Addresses: Agent—Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401. Publicist—Warren Cowan and Associates, 8899 Beverly Blvd., Suite 919, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Actor. Appeared in "The More You Know," a series of public service announcements. Also known as Rico Colantoni.

Awards, Honors: Petcabus Award nomination (with others), best ensemble cast in a comedy or drama series, 1998, for Just Shoot Me; Charles Jehlinger Award, American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Louis Utz, Hope and Gloria, NBC, 1995–96.

Elliott DiMauro, Just Shoot Me, NBC, 1997–2003.

Keith Mars, Veronica Mars, UPN, 2004–.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

I Love the '90s: Part Deux, VH1, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mr. Addams, The Member of the Wedding, USA Network, 1997.

Steve Rinker, Cloned (also known as Baby 2000), NBC, 1997.

Elia Kazan, James Dean: An Invented Life, TNT, 2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

NBC Must See TV Primetime Preview (also known as NBC Must See TV Preview with the Cast of "Just Shoot Me"), NBC, 1998.

(Uncredited) Inside the Playboy Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

NBC's Funniest Outtakes, NBC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, 2001 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Adrian, "The Root of All Evil," Friday the 13th: The Series (also known as Friday's Curse and Friday the 13th), syndicated, 1987.

Danny Breen, "You Bet Your Life," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994.

David Kinsoling, "After Shakespeare," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1994.

Ron Blocker, "Censure," Law & Order, NBC, 1994.

Danny Breen, "Don We Now Our Gay Apparel," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1995.

Marty Cranepool, "Neighbors," Life's Work, ABC, 1997.

Frank, "Frankie Goes to Rutherford," 3rd Rock from the Sun (also known as Life as We Know It), NBC, 2000.

Michael Burr, "Think Like a Dinosaur," The Outer Limits, Showtime and syndicated, 2001.

Voice of Dr. Cyrus Bortel, "The Twin Factor," Kim Possible (also known as Disney's "Kim Possible"), The Disney Channel, 2002.

Charles Edward Denton, "White Whale," 1-800-Missing (also known as Missing), Lifetime, 2003.

Voice of Glorious Gordon Godfrey, "Eclipsed: Parts 1 & 2," Justice League (animated; also known as JL, JLA, and Justice League of America), The Cartoon Network, 2003.

Burke, "Evolution: Part 2," Stargate SG-1, Sci-Fi Channel and syndicated, 2004.

Joe Christie, "Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month," Monk, USA Network, 2004.

Lawyer, "Sweet Child of Mine," Century City, CBC, 2004.

Voice of Dr. Cyrus Bortel, "Emotion Sickness," Kim Possible (also known as Disney's "Kim Possible"), The Disney Channel, 2004.

(In archive footage) Burke, "Citizen Joe," Stargate SG-1, Sci-Fi Channel and syndicated, 2005.

Appeared in episodes of Another World, NBC; and A Current Affair, syndicated; in the celebrity square, Hollywood Squares, syndicated and CBS; as a guest host, The List, VH1; and in Top Cops, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Gary Cameron, Expert Witness, CBS, 2003.

Victor, Whoopi, NBC, 2003.

Keith Mars, Veronica Mars, UPN, 2004.

Film Appearances:

Dooley, Money Train, Columbia, 1995.

Bigger Fish, 1995.

Agent number three, Albino Alligator, Miramax, 1996.

Barry, Divorce: A Contemporary Western, 1998.

Creepy man, The Wrong Guy, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Jack Driscoll, Screwed: A Hollywood Bedtime Story, 1998.

Father Dario, Stigmata, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1999.

Thermian commander Mathesar, Galaxy Quest, Dream-Works, 1999.

The murderer, Artificial Intelligence: AI (also known as A.I. Artificial Intelligence), Warner Bros., 2001.

Arty and Ed, Full Frontal (also known as The Art of Negotiating a Turn and How to Survive a Hotel Room Fire), Miramax, 2002.

Francis Benoit, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Scout Bayou, Frank McKlusky, C.I., Buena Vista, 2002.

Dad, The Vest (short film), Door to Door Films, 2003.

Bookish man, Criminal, Warner Bros., 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Hamlet, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1992–93.

The Triumph of Love, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, c. 1993.

Jester and police chief, The Arabian Nights, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, New York City, 1994.

Nym, The Merry Wives of Windsor, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1994.

Renfield, Dracula, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA, c. 1997.

Title role, Macbeth, Los Angeles, 1999.

Chekhov Project 2000, Globe Playhouse, West Hollywood, CA, 2000.

Rich, The Distance from Here, Almeida Theatre, London, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

People Weekly, June 29, 1998, p. 79.

Xpose Special, March, 2005, pp. 76-80.