Joe Mantegna
Joe Mantegna guest stars as Lou Manahan in the USA Network original series, THE STARTER WIFE, which premieres Friday, October 10, 2008 at 10/9c.
Mantegna was awarded both a Tony® Award and Joseph Jefferson Award for his acclaimed performance as 'Richard Roma' in David Mamet's Pulitzer® Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross." He subsequently starred on Broadway as 'Bobby Gould' in Mamet's "Speed The Plow." He made his Broadway debut in Stephen Schwartz's musical of Studs Terkel's "Working." Off-Broadway, Mantegna conceived and co-authored the play "Bleacher Bums," which was subsequently produced for television and earned him an Emmy® Award. He directed an updated production of the play, which had a successful run at the Organic Theater in Chicago. His work with the Organic Theatre Company includes "The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit" and "Cops," as well as two European tours. Mantegna currently stars in the CBS hit series "Criminal Minds," a show he joined in 2007.
A native of Chicago, his association with David Mamet includes the premiere of "A Life in the Theatre" and "The Disappearance of the Jews" at the Goodman Theatre. He directed a critically acclaimed production of Mamet's "Lakeboat," which enjoyed a successful theatrical run in Los Angeles. Most recently, he originated the role of 'Dalton Trumbo' in the highly acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of "Trumbo: Red, White And Blacklisted."
Mantegna made his feature film debut in Frank Perry's "Compromising Positions." His early films include co-starring roles in "The Money Pit," "Weeds" and "Suspect." Mantegna starred in the critically acclaimed Mamet film, "House Of Games." He also starred in Mamet's films "Things Change," for which he received the coveted Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival, and the highly praised police thriller "Homicide."
Mantegna can also be seen starring in Woody Allen's "Alice" and "Celebrity," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather III," Barry Levinson's "Liberty Heights" and "Bugsy," Steven Zaillian's "Searching For Bobby Fischer" and Billy Crystal's "Forget Paris." Other starring roles include "Up Close & Personal," "Baby's Day Out," "Airheads," "Queens Logic" and "Eye For An Eye."
Recently, he starred in the feature film "Nine Lives" with Glenn Close, Holly Hunter and Sissy Spacek. He co-starred opposite William H. Macy in David Mamet's "Edmond." Upcoming films include starring roles opposite Max Minghella and Mary Steenburgen in "Elvis and Annabelle," "Lonely Street" with Jay Mohr and Robert Patrick, "Childless" with Barbara Hershey, "Cougar Club," "Hunted," and the animated feature film of "The Simpsons."
His original feature films for cable include starring roles in "State of Emergency," "A Call to Remember," "My Little Assassin," "The Water Engine," "Boy Meets Girl," "Jerry and Tom" and "The Rat Pack," for which he was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe® Award. He also starred in a series of original films based upon Robert Parker's Spenser novels on the A&E Network which included "Small Vices," "Thin Air" and "Walking Shadow."
On television, Mantegna starred in the Emmy nominated series "Joan of Arcadia." Prior to that, he starred in the CBS series "First Monday." He also starred in the miniseries of Mario Puzo's best-selling novel "The Last Don," for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and its sequel "The Last Don II."
Mantegna made his feature film directorial debut with "Lakeboat," with a screenplay by David Mamet based on his original play. He served also as producer on the film, which starred Robert Forster, Andy Garcia, Denis Leary, Charles Durning and Peter Falk.
He starred as the voice of the Boatman in the animated feature, "The Trumpet of the Swan" and can be heard as the recurring role of Fat Tony on the FOX series "The Simpsons." He also narrated of the Oscar®-nominated documentary films "Crack U.S.A.: County Under Siege" and "Death on the Job."
Mantegna currently resides in Los Angeles with his family. He and his wife own the restaurant "Taste Chicago" located in Burbank, California.
