The Cast
CSI: NY has a cast of talented actors and actresses. Choose to continue to a small biography.
Gary Sinise (born March 17, 1955, in Blue Island, Illinois) is an Emmy winning American actor and film director. Sinise was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1994 for his role as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump. He won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for his role in Truman. In 1998 Sinise was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for George Wallace. In 1973 Sinise and two friends, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Since its founding, Steppenwolf has showcased the talents of such notable actors as Kevin Anderson, Joan Allen, Gary Cole, Glenne Headly, John Malkovich, and Laurie Metcalf. At Steppenwolf, Sinise was able to hone his acting and directing skills. In 1982, Sinise's career began to take off when he directed and starred in Steppenwolf's production of True West. In 1983, he earned an Obie Award for his direction and a year later appeared with John Malkovich in the PBS' American Playhouse production of the play. In 1988, Gary directed Miles from Home, a movie starring Richard Gere, about two brothers' fight against the foreclosure of the family farm. It is considered a commentery on the issue that troubled many family farms in the 1980s. It was shot entirely on location in Iowa. Sinise has also appeared in Of Mice and Men (which he also directed), Apollo 13, Ransom, The Green Mile, Reindeer Games, Mission to Mars, and The Stand. Since 2003 he has been involved with the Lieutenant Dan Band, performing for charities and non-profit organisations including the United Service Organizations and Operation Iraqi Children. He plays the bass guitar for the band. In 2004, he began his first regular television series, in the crime drama CSI: New York, in which he plays Detective Mac Taylor. Sinise has appeared in three movies with Tom Hanks; Forrest Gump, The Green Mile and Apollo 13. He has been married to actress Moira Harris since 1981 and they have three children together: Sophie (b. 1988), McCanna (b. 1990), and Ella (b. 1992).
Melina Constantinides, born Melina Eleni Kanakaredes and professionally known as Melina Kanakaredes (born April 23, 1967) is an American actress best known for her starring role as Dr. Sydney Hansen on Providence. Kanakaredes was born in Akron, Ohio to a Greek American family. She is a second-generation Greek and is fluent in the Greek language. Her family owns and runs a candy store in Akron called "Temo's Candy Company," and she and her husband own a Greek restaurant in the Columbus, Ohio, suburb of Powell, Ohio. She graduated from Firestone High School in Akron and attended the Ohio State University, where she competed in synchronized swimming and was first runner-up in the Miss Ohio pageant. She transferred to Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater. She married Peter Constantinades, a chef and restaurateur on September 6, 1992 and has two daughters, Zoe (b. May 23, 2000) and Karina Eleni (b. January 25, 2003). Her other television roles include: CSI: NY as Det. Stella Bonasera, NYPD Blue as Benita Alden (1995), and Guiding Light as Eleni Andros Cooper (1991- 1995). She was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards for her role on Guiding Light. She had guest roles in Northern Exposure, Due South, Oz and The Practice. She was considered for the lead role in My Big Fat Greek Wedding but had to turn it down due to pregnancy.
Edward "Eddie" Cahill (born January 15, 1978 in New York City) is an American actor best known for playing the role of Det. Don Flack on CSI: NY. He is of Irish American and Italian American descent, he attended a public high school in Armonk, New York. He has two sisters: one older and one younger.
Carmine Giovinazzo (Born on August 24, 1973 on Staten Island, New York) had dreams of becoming a professional baseball player but after a back injury in college, he put aside his dreams to pursue a career in acting. Before his big break, Carmine appeared in numerous guest-starring roles on television and in such films as "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss," "For the Love of the Game," "The Big Brass Ring," and "Black Hawk Down." He also was a lead in his own sitcom for the 1999-2000 season. With a passion for cinematic acting, Carmine continues to do films whenever he can. He co-stars with William H. Macy in "In Enemy Hands" which is set for summer release by Lions Gate Films. And he has a starring role with Freddy Rodriguez and Peter Dobson in the independent movie "The Red Zone." A native New Yorker, Carmine attended Port Richmond Public High School and Wagner College, and grew up an athlete, pretty much playing them all on the streets of Staten Island and most seriously baseball and roller hockey. His first career choice was professional baseball, but after three years of college baseball, he fell into acting after a serious back injury. As a kid, he always made short films, but remembers no particular time when he had the idea to start acting. "Before I knew it, I was running around Manhattan with a headshot and taking classes at HB Studios." He did several short films at New York University (NYU), SUNY and various independent films before he broke into the business. His family was very supportive; as they were happy he found another avenue for his talent after the disappointment of baseball. In 1997 he made the move to Los Angeles and connected with a manager. Not long after, he successfully landed his very first audition in LA for the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" pilot where he played a high school bad boy. With his new television role as a forensic scientist, he calls on his family for advice as his father and sister were both NYPD officers. His character can be described as "passionate, with an urge to question all that is corrupt… a kid from the streets who studied and made good for himself."
Hill Harper (born Frank Hill Harper on May 17, 1966 in Iowa City, Iowa), is an American film, television and stage actor. Harper graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and also graduated with a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is a member of Boston's Black Folk's Theater Company.
Anna Belknap (b. May 22, 1972 in Damariscotta, Maine, USA) is an American actress. She joined the cast of CSI: NY during the second season starting in the episode "Zoo York." She has also acted in NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (as a rape victim in the episode "Manhunt") and Medical Investigation.