David Marciano (born January 7, 1960, in

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'' (1991-1993), Detective

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in the television series '' Due South'', Detective Steve Billings in the FX police drama ''

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'', Virgil in ''

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'' (2011-2013), Brad in '' Bosch'' (2016-2020), and Howard in ''

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'' (2016-2017).

Early life

Marciano grew up in north Newark. Newark was plagued by violent crime and Marciano was witness to a city in crisis. He has admitted to having a troubled youth. "I was hanging around on street corners, drinking, gambling, playing cards, going to the racetrack, shooting pool, all those kind of things." At the age of seventeen, Marciano was involved in a serious car crash after a night out partying. This prompted him to sort his life out and he enrolled at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, to study

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. After a disappointing start Marciano transferred to

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and accounting for his second year before dropping out to pursue acting. Marciano subsequently studied Acting at

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Career

In 1985, Marciano moved to

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where he studied acting at the Drama Studio London in Berkeley, earning a living by working as a bartender. His big break came two years later as a guest star in '' Wiseguy'', playing a

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impersonating Lorenzo Steelgrave. In 1989 he played the diner owner Stanley in

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's 'Diner' commercial shown in the UK. More small parts followed, including Cop #1 in the film ''

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'', before he played the role of bicycle messenger/poet Jeffrey Lassick in

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'' from 1991–1993. He was then cast as Detective Raymond Vecchio in '' Due South'' in 1994. He played the part for two seasons before his character was written out, replaced by Detective Stanley Kowalski (

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), due to filming commitments. He returned for the series finale in 1999 where Vecchio and Kowalski's ex-wife got together. He then appeared in the 1996 season 3 episode of ''

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'' entitled "Into The Light" playing a dying man in need of a heart transplant. Later he took the role of Giorgio Clericuzio in the 1997 mini-series of

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''. He has appeared in episodes of various TV shows, including '' Diagnosis: Murder'', '' Midnight Caller'', '' Judging Amy'', '' Nash Bridges'', '' JAG'', ''

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'', '' NYPD Blue'', '' NCIS'', '' CSI: New York'' and '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and '' SeaQuest DSV''. Between 2005–2008, he played Detective Steve Billings in ''

''. Since then, he has appeared in episodes of '' Joan of Arcadia'', '' House'', ''

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'', '' Sons of Anarchy'', and ''

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''. Between 2011 and 2013, he played the recurring role of

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in ''

''. In 2015-2016, Marciano played recurring roles in the

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original series '' Bosch'' and Syfy's ''

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''. Most recently, he has been cast in a pilot for

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's ''

''.

Personal life

In 1991, Marciano married Katayoun Amini (who played Vecchio's ex-wife Angie in ''Due South'') and together they have two daughters and one son. They are divorced.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marciano, David 1960 births Living people Male actors from Newark, New Jersey American people of Italian descent American male film actors American male television actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century American male actors