Joe Spano

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9.2 Superb
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Biography

Recent Role:
Greg Relin on The Mentalist
Gender:
Male
Born:
7-7-1946
Birthplace:
San Francisco, CA
Joe Spano went to Bishop Riordan High School and graduated from University of California-Berkeley. His original intention was to be a pre-med major but this dissipated with his growing interest in acting. While he was in San Francisco, Spano worked with the improv group, The Wing. He made his acting debut at college in 1967 as Paris in a production of "Romeo and Juliet". In 1968 he helped found the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and appeared in its very first first production of "Woyzek." For 10 years he stayed with the company, appearing in many of its plays including "Hamlet" and "Cat on a HotMore Tin Roof." Spano decided to give Hollywood a try in the late 1970s and, in between guest shots on TV, he earned roles as hoodlums and other assorted urban troublemakers in the films American Graffiti (1973) and The Enforcer (1976). He also played a vampire in the musical "Dracula: A Musical Nightmare" in a small LA theatre. Spano is married to Joan, who is a therapist. They have two adopted daughters, Liana Clare Xiaohe Zerrien Spano and Meili Qing Zerrien Spano.

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    8.6 Great
    good actor... hide show

    I've only seen Joe Spano in NCIS so that is all that I am rating him on. He plays FBI agent Tobias Fornell and he's my favorite recurring character. Spano plays the character very well and really brings forth the character. He's a lot of fun to watch on NCIS and I hope his character more episodes and stories. Spano has been in several shows and movies and, from what I've seen in NCIS, I think he's underrated. He's really talented and I would love to see him in a leading role, or at least a more important role than just a recurring character. Overall, talented actor.

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    10 Perfect
    Great underrated talent hide show

    Glad Tom Hanks considered him a great actor and one of his faves.
    He is one of those actors who face is familiar
    But you can't picture him with a name
    But I guess that some actors like him are like that.
    Where you chose to remain name anyomous
    Still though have a familiar face
    Great actor and glad that he has chosen roles that really do him good.

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