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Peter Scanavino

1980-02-29 (44 years old) in Denver, Colorado, USA

Peter Scanavino (born February 29, 1980) is an American actor. Since 2005, Scanavino has had dozens of minor roles in films and on television, most notably Deception (2008), The Good Wife, and The Blacklist. In 2005, Scanavino guest-starred on the NBC crime-drama series Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the fifth-season episode "Diamond Dogs" as petty criminal Johnny Feist. He was also a guest on Law & Order as a suspect who was a graphic designer in the 2009 episode "Just A Girl in the World". In 2013, Scanavino guest-starred on the long-running NBC crime-drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in Season 14, Episode 13, "Monster's Legacy", as Johnny Dubcek. The same year, he starred in the independent romantic-comedy film Mutual Friends, directed by Matthew Watts. In 2014, Scanavino joined SVU in its sixteenth season, this time as Dominick Carisi Jr., nicknamed Sonny, a new SVU detective. Initially in a recurring capacity, Scanavino was promoted to the main cast in the fifth episode of the same season. According to SVU Executive Producer Warren Leight, Carisi "comes in and shakes things up" and is "a guy who maybe needs a little bit of refining." Scanavino noted that Carisi is "a total outsider. He's brusque and he doesn't really get the nuances and he's not very experienced so he puts his foot in his mouth a lot of times. But he's learning. He's picking it up. I think he's a good detective, but he's got a lot to learn on how to approach cases." Scanavino starred in an episode of Netflix's 2020 anthology series Social Distance as the father of his real-life son Leo Bai-Scanavino.

Movies

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Mutual Friends
37 %|Apr 15, 2014
Comedy, Drama
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Frances Ha
73.88 %|May 17, 2013
Comedy, Drama
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The Cold Lands
57.38 %|Feb 9, 2013
Drama
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Watching TV with the Red Chinese
0 %|Dec 2, 2011
Drama, Comedy
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Happythankyoumoreplease
65.27 %|Mar 4, 2011
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Zenith
55 %|Oct 1, 2010
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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The Informers
48 %|Nov 5, 2008
Drama, Crime, Thriller

Series

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Law & Order: Organized Crime
78.94999999999999 %|Apr 1, 2021
Crime, Drama
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The Leftovers
76 %|Jun 29, 2014
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Chicago P.D.
84 %|Jan 8, 2014
Crime, Drama
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The Blacklist
76 %|Sep 23, 2013
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Banshee
80 %|Jan 11, 2013
Crime, Drama
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Person of Interest
80.89 %|Sep 22, 2011
Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Unforgettable
72 %|Sep 20, 2011
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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The Good Wife
76 %|Sep 22, 2009
Drama
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The Bedford Diaries
70 %|Mar 29, 2006
Drama
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury
80 %|Mar 3, 2005
Drama
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Jonny Zero
20 %|Jan 14, 2005
Drama, Crime
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
75.67 %|Sep 30, 2001
Drama
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Third Watch
79 %|Sep 23, 1999
Drama, Crime
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
79.34 %|Sep 20, 1999
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
79.34 %|Sep 20, 1999
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Law & Order
74 %|Sep 13, 1990
Crime, Drama
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Law & Order
74 %|Sep 13, 1990
Crime, Drama