One could not write the story of John Scurti’s career without mentioning the names of his friends and frequent collaborators, comedian-actor Denis Leary and director Ted Demme. And although the two helped introduce him to the masses, John Scurti’s contributions as co-star and writer on Leary’s edgy firefighter dramedy, “Rescue Me” (FX, 2004- ) – as well as numerous performances in film and television apart from his buddies – long ago erased any doubt that his success was simply a by-product of having the right friends in the right places.

John Martin Scurti was born in the town of Northport, on