Vincent D'Onofrio (born June 30, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American character actor.

He studied acting at the American Stanislavski Theater in New York. He first got attention by gaining 70 pounds for his role as the disturbed and bullied Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket. He also received an Emmy nomination for his appearance as John Lange, the doomed accident/murder victim in the acclaimed "Subway" episode of Homicide: Life on the Street.

He now plays a principal character on the TV show Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Dick Wolf,the producer, has denied reports that D'Onofrio is being replaced by Chris Noth.

D'Onofrio was married to actress Greta Scacchi from 1991 to 1993. The couple have a daughter Leila, born in 1992.

He married the model Carin van der Donk in 1997 and they were divorced on October 16, 2003. The couple have one child, Elias, born in 2000.

He collapsed on the set of Law & Order: Criminal Intent on November 10, 2004. He collapsed again at home a few days later and was taken back to the hospital for more thorough testing and diagnosed with exhaustion. He promptly returned to filming Criminal Intent.

Film and television

• Thumbsucker (2004)
• Case of Evil (2002)
• The Salton Sea (2002)
• The Red Sneakers (2002)
• The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
• Bark (2002)
• Impostor (2002)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
• Chelsea Walls (2001)
• The Cell (2000)
• Steal This Movie (2000)
• Happy Accidents (2000)
• Spanish Judges (1999)
• That Championship Season (1999)
• The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
• The Velocity of Gary (1998)
• Claire Dolan (1998)
• The Newton Boys (1998)
• The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998)
• Guy (1997)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Boys Life 2 (1997)
• Homicide: Life on the Street television series, Subway episode, for which he earned an Emmy nomination (1997)
• Good Luck (1996)
• Feeling Minnesota (1996)
• The Winner (1996)
• The Whole Wide World (1996)
• Hotel Paradise (1995)
• Strange Days (1995)
• Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
• The Investigator (1994)
• Nunzio's Second Cousin (1994)
• Imaginary Crimes (1994)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• Being Human (1993)
• Mr. Wonderful (1993)
• Household Saints (1993)
• Malcolm X (1992)
• Salt on Our Skin (1992)
• The Player (1992)
• JFK (1991)
• Naked Tango (1991)
• Fires Within (1991)
• Dying Young (1991)
• Crooked Hearts (1991)
• The Blood of Heroes (1990)
• Signs of Life (1989)
• Mystic Pizza (1988)
• Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
• Full Metal Jacket (1987)
• It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen (1984)
• The First Turn-On!! (1983)

External link

• IMDb Entry for Vincent D'Onofrio http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000352/