A native New Yorker who managed to avoid the ethnic typecasting that limited so many other actors with similar backgrounds, Bobby Cannavale was an Emmy Award-winning actor known for procedural TV dramas as well as big screen comedy and numerous Broadway accomplishments. Some of Cannavale’s best-known roles found him in uniform – FDNY paramedic Bobby Caffey on “Third Watch” (NBC, 1999-2005), boss of “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” (2009), and his Emmy-winning guest appearances as Will’s cop boyfriend on “Will & Grace” (NBC, 1998-2006). But while he certainly scored as “regular Joes” – including his
