Danny Pino

2025-04-15T00:00:17Z

2600:1700:1036:4B0:11BF:4D32:7C18:7C48:

{{Short description|American actor (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Danny Pino
| image = Danny Pino by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Pino at the 2018 Comic Con
| birth_name = Daniel Gonzalo Pino
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|04|15}}
| birth_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S.
| education = [[Florida International University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[New York University]] {{small|([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])}}
| years_active = 2001–present
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Lilly Bernal|2002}}
| children = 2
}}

'''Daniel Gonzalo Pino''' (born April 15, 1974) is an American actor who starred as [[Scotty Valens (Cold Case)|Detective Scotty Valens]] on the [[CBS]] series ''[[Cold Case]]'' from 2003 to 2010, and as [[New York City Police Department|NYPD]] Detective [[Nick Amaro]] in the long-running [[NBC]] [[crime drama]] ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in [[West End theatre|London's West End]] in ''[[Up for Grabs (play)|Up for Grabs]]'' with [[Madonna]]. In May 2003, Pino played [[Desi Arnaz]] in a [[CBS]] special on the life of [[Lucille Ball]], ''[[Lucy (2003 film)|Lucy]]''. He played drug cartel leader Miguel Galindo on ''[[Mayans M.C.]]'' which airs on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]], and FBI agent John Bishop in procedural crime drama ''[[Gone (TV series)|Gone]]''.

==Early years and education==
Named after his grandfather, Pedro Gonzalo de Armas, Pino was born in [[Miami]], [[Florida]], to Cuban parents.<ref>Terrero, Nina, [http://nbclatino.com/2013/05/14/what-am-i-danny-pino-says-being-cuban-means-family-comes-first/ "What am I? Danny Pino says being Cuban means family comes first"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004185903/http://nbclatino.com/2013/05/14/what-am-i-danny-pino-says-being-cuban-means-family-comes-first/ |date=2018-10-04}}, ''nbclatino.com'', May 14, 2013.</ref> He attended Rockway Middle School and graduated from [[Miami Coral Park High School]] in 1992, and from [[Florida International University]] in 1996. He also attended [[New York University]]'s [[Tisch School of the Arts#Graduate Acting Program|Graduate Acting Program]] at the [[Tisch School of the Arts]], graduating in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=NYU Graduate Acting Alumni |url=http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html |year=2011 |access-date=1 December 2011 |archive-date=30 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530061847/http://gradacting.tisch.nyu.edu/object/ga_alumbios.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Law and Order SVU.png|thumb|250px|left|Pino and [[Mariska Hargitay]] filming ''SVU'']]
Pino is known for his performance as the [[Mexicans|Mexican]] [[drug lord]] [[List of The Shield characters|Armadillo Quintero]] on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]'s ''[[The Shield]]''. He has also appeared in the films ''[[The Lost City (2005 film)|The Lost City]]'' (2005) and ''[[Flicka]]'' (2006), which featured [[Tim McGraw]], and starred in the hit CBS series ''[[Cold Case]]'' as [[Scotty Valens|Detective Scotty Valens]]. In 2011, Pino joined the cast of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' for its 13th season, along with ''[[Chase (2010 TV series)|Chase]]'' actress [[Kelli Giddish]], coinciding with [[Christopher Meloni]]'s departure.<ref name=GiddishandPino>{{cite web |last=Seidman |first=Robert |title=NBC Signs Kelli Giddish (''Chase'') and Danny Pino (''Cold Case'') as New Detectives for ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/27/nbc-signs-kelli-giddish-chase-and-danny-pino-cold-case-as-new-detectives-for-law-order-special-victims-unit/96694/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629163026/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/27/nbc-signs-kelli-giddish-chase-and-danny-pino-cold-case-as-new-detectives-for-law-order-special-victims-unit/96694/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |publisher=[[TV by the Numbers]] |access-date=June 27, 2011}}</ref> On ''SVU'', Pino portrayed [[Nick Amaro|NYPD Detective Nick Amaro]], a detective transferring from the narcotics squad to the Special Victims Unit.

Pino wrote two episodes of ''Cold Case'': "Stealing Home" and "Metamorphosis". Starting in 2005, he has been in six ''[[CBS Cares]]'' public service announcements, with other stars of [[CBS]] original programs. He has made single appearances on ''[[The Sharon Osbourne Show]]'' in 2004, ''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]]'' in 2005, ''The Drop'' in 2005, ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' in 2008, and ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' in 2011. In 2016, he played Alex Vargas in ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'' and Democratic Senator Luke Healy in ''[[BrainDead (TV series)|BrainDead]]''.<ref name="Petski"/>

In 2017, he joined the cast of the procedural crime drama series ''[[Gone (TV series)|Gone]]'', as FBI agent John Bishop, alongside [[Chris Noth]] and [[Leven Rambin]].<ref name="Petski">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/danny-pino-star-gone-series-nbcu-intl-studios-rtl-tf1-chris-noth-leven-rambin-1201938765/|title=Danny Pino To Star In 'Gone' Series For NBCU Int'l Studios, RTL & TF1|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=February 22, 2017|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 21, 2019|archive-date=March 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321192823/https://deadline.com/2017/02/danny-pino-star-gone-series-nbcu-intl-studios-rtl-tf1-chris-noth-leven-rambin-1201938765/|url-status=live}}</ref> He currently co-stars in FX's ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' spinoff series ''[[Mayans M.C.]]'', as cartel leader Miguel Galindo.

In August 2020, he joined the cast of [[Stephen Chbosky]]'s [[Dear Evan Hansen (film)|film adaptation]] of the broadway musical ''[[Dear Evan Hansen]]'' as Larry Murphy, a role that was re-conceived for the film from "father" to "stepfather," with the character renamed as Larry Mora.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/danny-pino-dear-evan-hansen-universal-pictures-1203026140/|title='Mayans' Danny Pino Joins 'Dear Evan Hansen' Movie At Universal|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=Aug 28, 2020|accessdate=Aug 31, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513231244/https://deadline.com/2020/08/danny-pino-dear-evan-hansen-universal-pictures-1203026140/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Pino is fluent in Spanish as evidenced by TV shows such as ''Cold Case'' and ''Mayans M.C.'', and interviews he has done.

Pino and his wife, Lilly, married February 15, 2002. They have two sons, Luca Daniel, born February 15, 2006, and Julian Franco, born June 5, 2007.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20041849%2C00.html |title=Cold Case's Danny Pino, Wife Have a Son |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=2010-11-07 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214421/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20041849,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
[[File:Danny Pino and wife Lilly at 2014 Imagen Awards.jpg|thumb|Pino at the 2014 [[Imagen Awards]] with his wife Lilly]]
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|2005 || ''Between'' || Victor ||
|-
| ''[[Rx (film)|Rx]]'' || Carlos ||
|-
| ''[[The Lost City (2005 film)|The Lost City]]'' || Alberto Mora ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Flicka]]'' || Jack ||
|-
| 2008 || ''[[The Burning Plain]]'' || Santiago ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Across the Hall]]'' || Terry ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright]]'' || Gabriel Garza ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Mayans M.C.]]'' || Miguel Galindo || Video short
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Fatale (film)|Fatale]]'' || Carter Heywood ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2021 || ''[[Vivo (film)|Vivo]]'' || Bus Passenger (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[Dear Evan Hansen (film)|Dear Evan Hansen]]'' || Larry Mora ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2001–2002 || ''[[Men, Women & Dogs]]'' || Clay || Guest star, 13 episodes
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Point of Origin (film)|Point of Origin]]'' || Burn Victim || TV movie
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003 || ''[[The Shield]]'' || Armadillo Quintero || Guest star, 4 episodes
|-
| ''[[Lucy (2003 film)|Lucy]]'' || [[Desi Arnaz]] || TV movie
|-
| 2003–2010 || ''[[Cold Case]]'' || [[Scotty Valens|Detective Scotty Valens]] || Series regular, 151 episodes
|-
| 2004 || ''NYPD 2069'' || Eddie Vega || TV movie
|-
| 2007 || ''[[CSI: NY]]'' || Detective Scotty Valens || ''Cold Case'' crossover, 1 episode
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Burn Notice]]'' || Adam Scott || Guest star, 2 episodes
|-
| 2011 || ''Metro'' || Douglas Romero || TV movie
|-
| 2011–2015, 2021 || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' || rowspan="2"|[[Nick Amaro|Detective Nick Amaro]] || Main role, guest star
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[Chicago P.D. (TV series)|Chicago P.D.]]'' || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016 || ''[[BrainDead]]'' || Luke Healy || Main Role
|-
| ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'' || Alejandro Vargas || Recurring role
|-
| 2017–2018 || ''[[Gone (TV series)|Gone]]'' || John Bishop || Main role
|-
| 2018–2023 || ''[[Mayans M.C.]]'' || Miguel Galindo || Main role
|-
| 2019 || ''[[One Day at a Time (2017 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'' || Tito || Netflix, Guest star, 2 episodes
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The Good Fight]]'' || Ricardo Diaz || Episode: "And the Firm Had Two Partners..."
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
Pino has won two awards so far and has been nominated for five, all from his work on ''[[Cold Case]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Notes
|-
| 2005 || [[Imagen Award]] || Best Supporting Actor—Television || {{Nom}} || ''[[Cold Case]]''
|-
| 2006 || Imagen Award || Best Actor—Television || {{Nom}} || ''Cold Case''
|-
| 2008 || [[ALMA Award]] || Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series || {{Nom}} || ''Cold Case''
|-
| 2009 || ALMA Award || Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series || {{Nom}} || ''Cold Case''
|-
| 2010 || Imagen Award || Best Actor—Television || {{Won}} || ''Cold Case''
|-
| 2012 || ALMA Award || Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series || {{Nom}} || ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://danny-pino.us/danny/2012-nclr-alma-awards-danny-is-nominated-for-best-tv-actor/ |title=Danny Pino Online |access-date=2012-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712010517/http://danny-pino.us/danny/2012-nclr-alma-awards-danny-is-nominated-for-best-tv-actor/ |archive-date=2012-07-12}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || Imagen Award || Best Supporting Actor-Television || {{Won}} || ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/imagen-awards-30th-anniversary-jane-virgin-takes-top-television-comedy-acting-awards/143558 |title=Imagen Awards 30th Anniversary: 'Jane the Virgin' Takes Top Television Comedy, Acting Awards |last=Berbeo |first=Jenna |date=August 23, 2015 |publisher=Broadcasting & Cable |access-date=September 17, 2015 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905230527/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/programming/imagen-awards-30th-anniversary-jane-virgin-takes-top-television-comedy-acting-awards/143558 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/cold_case/cast/danny-pino/ Danny Pino CBS bio]
* {{IMDb name|0992694}}
* [https://twitter.com/TheDannyPino Danny Pino] on [[Twitter]]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pino, Danny}}
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American entertainers of Cuban descent]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:American male voice actors]]
[[Category:Hispanic and Latino American male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Miami]]
[[Category:21st-century American male actors]]
[[Category:Florida International University alumni]]
[[Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni]]
[[Category:Miami Coral Park Senior High School alumni]]

wiki143 - User contributions [en]

Danny Pino