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Vincent D'Onofrio

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Vincent D'Onofrio at an event for The Break-Up (2006)
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Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio was born on June 30, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, to Phyllis, a restaurant manager and server, and Gene D'Onofrio, a theatre production assistant and interior designer. He is of Italian descent and has two older sisters. He studied at the Actors Studio and the American Stanislavski Theatre. Vincent D'Onofrio is known as an "actor's actor". The wide variety of roles he has played and the quality of his work have earned him a reputation as a versatile talent.

His first paid role was in Off-Broadway's "This Property Is Condemned". He continued appearing in plays and worked as a bouncer, a bodyguard and a delivery man. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in "Open Admissions", followed by work in numerous other stage plays. In 2012, D'Onofrio returned to teach at the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute. As a film actor, D'Onofrio's career break came when he played a mentally unbalanced recruit in Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by the renowned Stanley Kubrick. For this role D'Onofrio gained nearly 70 pounds. He had a major role in Dying Young (1991), and appeared prominently in the box-office smash Men in Black (1997) as the bad guy (Edgar "The Bug").

Other films of note in which he has appeared are Mystic Pizza (1988), JFK (1991), The Player (1992), Ed Wood (1994), The Cell (2000), The Break-Up (2006) and Jurassic World (2015). In 1996, D'Onofrio garnered critical acclaim along with co-star Renée Zellweger for The Whole Wide World (1996), which he helped produce. He also made a guest appearance in The Subway (1997), where he played an accident victim who could not be rescued and was destined to die. For this performance he won an Emmy nomination. In 2000, he both produced and starred in Steal This Movie (2000), a biopic of radical leader Abbie Hoffman.

In 2001, D'Onofrio took the role which has likely given him his greatest public recognition: Det. Robert Goren, the lead character in the TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). Goren is based on Sherlock Holmes but, instead of relying upon physical evidence like Holmes, D'Onofrio's character focuses on psychology to identify the perpetrators, whom he often draws into confessing or yielding condemning evidence. He played the part for 10 years.

In his career D'Onofrio's various film characters have included a priest, a bisexual former porn star, a hijacker, a serial killer, Orson Welles, a space alien, a 1960s radical leader, a pulp fiction writer, an ingenious police investigator and Stuart Smalley's dope-head brother. His on-screen love interests have included Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Renée Zellweger, Marisa Tomei, Tracey Ullman, Rebecca De Mornay and Lili Taylor. One of his latest roles is in Marvel's Daredevil (2015) as Daredevil's nemesis, Wilson Fisk. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
BornJune 30, 1959
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 13 wins & 17 nominations total

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Vincent D'Onofrio in Interrogation (2020)
Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Matthew Modine, and Arliss Howard in Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Vincent D'Onofrio in Daredevil (2015)
Vincent D'Onofrio in Crooked Hearts (1991)
Vincent D'Onofrio, Juliette Lewis, Peter Berg, Peter Coyote, and Cindy Pickett in Crooked Hearts (1991)
Vincent D'Onofrio in Daredevil (2015)
Vincent D'Onofrio in Daredevil (2015)
Vincent D'Onofrio and Ned Van Zandt in Daredevil (2015)
Vincent D'Onofrio in Daredevil (2015)
Vincent D'Onofrio in The Cell (2000)
Vincent D'Onofrio in The Cell (2000)
Vincent D'Onofrio in The Cell (2000)

Known for

Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black
7.3
  • Edgar
  • 1997
Jennifer Lopez in The Cell (2000)
The Cell
6.4
  • Carl Stargher
  • 2000
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Full Metal Jacket
8.3
  • Pvt. Pyle
  • 1987
Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
Jurassic World
6.9
  • Vic Hoskins
  • 2015

Credits

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Actor

  • Lift
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Dumb Money
    • Post-production
    • 2023
  • Echo
    • Wilson Fisk
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Daredevil: Born Again
    • Wilson Fisk
    • In Production
    • TV Series
    • 2024
  • A Fall from Grace
    • George Lawson
    • In Development
  • Wildcat
    • Post-production
  • Sarah Paulson in Ratched (2020)
    Ratched
    • Governor George Wilburn
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Godfather of Harlem (2019)
    Godfather of Harlem
    • Vincent 'Chin' Gigante
    • Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2023
  • Night of the Cooters (2022)
    Night of the Cooters
    • Sheriff Lindley
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Aleks Paunovic, Piotr Adamczyk, Tony Dalton, Vera Farmiga, Jeremy Renner, Alaqua Cox, Carlos Navarro, Hailee Steinfeld, Fra Fee, and Florence Pugh in Hawkeye (2021)
    Hawkeye
    • Kingpin
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Sandra Bullock in The Unforgivable (2021)
    The Unforgivable
    • John Ingram
    • 2021
  • Kristine Froseth and Diana Silvers in Birds of Paradise (2021)
    Birds of Paradise
    • Scott Sanders (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Abby McEnany in Work in Progress (2019)
    Work in Progress
    • Vincent D'Onofrio
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    • Jerry Falwell
    • 2021
  • The Moth Effect (2021)
    The Moth Effect
    • Varatanga
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Interrogation (2020)
    Interrogation
    • Sgt. Ian Lynch
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, and Jake Schur in The Kid (2019)
    The Kid
    • Sheriff Romero
    • 2019
  • It's a Mess (2018)
    It's a Mess
    • Veteran
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Charlie Cox in Daredevil (2015)
    Daredevil
    • Wilson Fisk
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2018
  • Bruce Willis in Death Wish (2018)
    Death Wish
    • Frank Kersey
    • 2018
  • Ghost Wars (2017)
    Ghost Wars
    • Reverend Dan
    • Father Dan Carpenter
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018

Producer

  • Night of the Cooters (2022)
    Night of the Cooters
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Mall (2014)
    Mall
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York (2010)
    Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Ipso facto
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Five Minutes, Mr. Welles
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2005
  • Steal This Movie (2000)
    Steal This Movie
    • executive producer
    • 2000
  • Salma Hayek, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Thomas Jane in The Velocity of Gary (1998)
    The Velocity of Gary
    • executive producer
    • 1998
  • Vincent D'Onofrio in Guy (1996)
    Guy
    • co-producer
    • 1996
  • Renée Zellweger and Vincent D'Onofrio in The Whole Wide World (1996)
    The Whole Wide World
    • producer
    • 1996

Director

  • Night of the Cooters (2022)
    Night of the Cooters
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan, and Jake Schur in The Kid (2019)
    The Kid
    • Director
    • 2019
  • Don't Go in the Woods (2010)
    Don't Go in the Woods
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Five Minutes, Mr. Welles
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2005
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"You're Done" from Brooklyn's Finest
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"You're Done" from Brooklyn's Finest
"Let's Just Take a Ride" from Brooklyn's Finest
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"Let's Just Take a Ride" from Brooklyn's Finest
"It's Not What You Expect" from Brooklyn's Finest
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"It's Not What You Expect" from Brooklyn's Finest
"You Need a New House" from Brooklyn's Finest
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"You Need a New House" from Brooklyn's Finest
"Think You're a Tough Guy?" from Brooklyn's Finest
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"Think You're a Tough Guy?" from Brooklyn's Finest
"I'm Not a Role Model" from Brooklyn's Finest
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"I'm Not a Role Model" from Brooklyn's Finest
"They're Gonna Pin a Medal on You" from Brooklyn's Finest
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"They're Gonna Pin a Medal on You" from Brooklyn's Finest
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Vincent Philip D'Onofrio
  • Height
    • 6′ 3½″ (1.92 m)
  • Born
    • June 30, 1959
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouse
    • Carin van der DonkMarch 22, 1997 - present (2 children)
  • Children
      Leila George
  • Parents
      Phyllis D'Onofrio
  • Relatives
      Elizabeth D'Onofrio(Sibling)
  • Other works
    [1996] Stage: Appeared in Sam Shepard's "Tooth of Crime (Second Dance)" off-Broadway, NY.
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 8 Articles
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Gained a world record 70 pounds for his role in Full Metal Jacket (1987).
  • Quotes
    [on acting] Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.
  • Trademarks
      Towering height and rotund frame
  • Nicknames
    • The Human Chameleon
    • Noffy

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