David Marciano
Born	January 7, 1960 (1960-01-07) (age 49) Newark, New Jersey, United States
Spouse(s)	Katayoun Amini

David Marciano (born January 7, 1960, in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor who appeared as Detective Raymond Vecchio in the television series Due South. He also appeared in the FX police drama The Shield as Detective Steve Billings.

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. ^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Background

Marciano grew up in north Newark associating with the "Nomads". The Nomads were a violent street gang of teenagers. Newark was plagued by violent crime and Marciano, who was part of the Nomads, 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 car crash after a night out partying and was lucky to survive. This prompted him to sort his life out and he enrolled at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, to study biomedical engineering. After a disappointing start Marciano transferred to economics and accounting for his second year before dropping out to pursue acting.

[edit] Career

In 1985, Marciano moved to Los Angeles where he got his big break two years later as a guest star in Wiseguy. In 1989 he played the diner owner Stanley in Pepsi's 'Diner' commercial shown in the UK [1]. More small parts followed until he was given the part of Detective Vecchio in Due South in 1994. He played the part for two seasons before his character was written out, replaced by Detective Stanley Kowalski, due to filming commitments. He returned for the series finale where Vecchio and Kowalski's ex-wife got together.

He also appeared as Giorgio Clericuzio in Mario Puzo's The Last Don.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• David Marciano at the Internet Movie Database

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