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Birthday: November 13, 1947
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Status: Married with two children

Joe Mantegna has been a working actor for four decades, evolving into a producer, writer and director. Born and raised around Chicago, Mantegna had already been working consistently in film and television when he starred in fellow Chicagoan David Mamet's first movie, "House of Games." Since then they have gone on to work together on many other films, including "Lakeboat," which Mamet wrote and Mantegna directed, and "Redbelt," to be released in 2008.

Mantegna has starred in countless other films, including "Searching for Bobby Fischer," "Bugsy," "Forget Paris," "Up Close & Personal," "The Godfather Part III." He's also been featured in television series such as "Soap," "First Mondays," "Kim Possible" and "Joan of Arcadia," and the television movies "Spenser: Small Vices," "The Rat Pack" (as Dean Martin), "The Last Don," "The Last Don II" and "A Very Married Christmas." He also has done a few voices for animation, the most well-known one being "Fat Tony" on "The Simpsons." A role which he recently reprised for the motion picture version. He also suffers from Bell's Palsy which gives him his characteristic "lopsided" smile.

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  • Joe Mantegna's daughter, Gina Mantegna, guest-starred in Episode 3x12 "3rd Life" as Lindsey.

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finm1 O.T. about joe 2 Jan 10 2009, 3:38 PM EST by finm1
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Can anyone tell me anything about the show First Monday. All I know is it is about the US Supreme Court. I am a Joe Mantegna fan and this is the only thing he has been in that I never heard of. Just wondering if it is available on DVD or is there somewhere I can see it
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firearrow Give The Man a Chance 6 Jan 24 2008, 2:21 PM EST by MooreCriminalMinds
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Oh, come on...if you are angry about the way things went, write Mandy Patenkin, who is notorious for failing to live up to his acting commitments....Mantegna is an A list actor and the show was lucky to get him. He isn't Gideon; he isn't supposed to be. Use your brains and see how his character fits. it does.
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mjla This is the way I see it 3 Dec 13 2007, 8:51 AM EST by sue1313
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When i heard that there was going to be a new charachter i was excited (im not a bring gideon back fan but i dont oppose of him coming back) I thought this would add a new twist. It did add a new twist except i didn't like it.

I thought Rossi didn't fit in and in a lot of ways he still doesn't. I never really gave him a chance. Overtime maybe he will fit in with the rest of the cast.....his charachter needs to be more developed, i would like to know more about his past.
The first episode he stared in was the worst. He was such a jackass, and self centered. The show isn't called "Rossi's Mind" His charachter is slowly unraveling and thats good. He's got a long way to go but as the episodes continue with him in it, i cant help but be curious and excited. I can see him as a part of the cast, maybe not a vital part but a good character in time.

If you've been watching...i think morgan is going to be the first one who figures out rossi's secrets, especially the one he has in the first episode. Morgan wont give up until he finds out about who rossi really is and i can't wait for that!
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