1984 was an important month for the immature Five hundred'Onofrio. He became the to the full member of the Western Stanislavsky Theatre & appeared inside the total of its productions, including Of Mice and Men and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He besides manufactured his Broadway debut as Nick Rizzoli around Open Admissions. Prior to this breakthrough, he experienced been acting inside New York University student films and was working as a bouncer.

It wwhen his turn as a disturbed & intimidated Personal Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket, which was the role that 1st brought him to the film globe's attention. Within gaining Lxx pounds (32 kilogram) for the role, 500'Onofrio showed his commitment to the craft. Since so, he has played the wide kind of roles, including iconic director Orson Welles in Tim Burton's Ed Wood and Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman in Steal This Movie.

He too has dabbled around film production & up to now has produced two movies, The Whole Wide World and Guy in 1996 & 1997, severally, and executive produced two others, The Velocity of Gary in 1998 and Steal This Movie in 2000.

500'Onofrio has moved to the little screen in which he has been there is no less appreciated. He received an Emmy nomination in 1998 for his appearance when John Lange, a doomed accident/murder victim in the acclaimed "Subway" episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. He presently stars when Detective Robert Goren, a main character, on the NBC television show Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

In 9 February, 2005, NBC announced that Chris Noth, who played Detective Mike Logan in Law & Order (the original series) from 1990 to 1995, will join the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Detective Logan in the 2005–2006 season. 500'Onofrio & Noth might part a lead role, alternating existence a lead detective from either week to week.

Based on datthe from a June 16, 2005 interview with a Australian newspaper The Age, D'Onofrio may wash, within cooperation sustaining Channel Ten, a however undisclosed indicate around Australia.

Personal life

500'Onofrio was married number 1 to actress Greta Scacchi from either 1991 to 1993, and then to model/photographer Carin van 500 Donk from 1997 to 2003. 500'Onofrio has 2 babies, girl Leila George, sustaining Scacchi, born March 20, 1992 and his son Elias, using van five hundred Donk, born inside 2000.

Five hundred'Onofrio had the health scare inside 2004 when he collapsed on the set of Law & Order: Criminal Intent on November 10. He collapsed over again home two or three years late & was taken back to the hospital for other thorough researching. He was afterwards diagnosed by having exhaustion.

Trivia
Surname is pronounced "Duh-noff-ree-o".

Tim Burton was unhappy sustaining 500'Onofrio's vocal impression of Orson Welles. Following, a voice heard within Ed Wood is a digital combination of D'Onofrio's voice & a voice of Maurice LaMarche, a voice actor particularly noted for his impression of Orson Welles.

He played a equivalent character, Bill Newman, an eyewitness to John F. Kennedy's murder, in two unrelated films: JFK and Malcolm X.

Sister Elizabeth is too an actress.

Renée Zellweger thanked him in her Oscar acceptance speech once she won 'Right Actress within the Supporting Role' for Cold Mountawithin in 2004. It experienced starred together in the 1996 film, A Whole Wide Globe.

Gained the globe record Lxx pounds for his role in the 1987 film Good Metal Jacket.

Gained 45 pounds for his role in The Salton Sea.

As a adolescent growing higher within Miami, Florida, D'Onofrio became adept at magic tricks that he calls "sleigh of hand". He has joked whenever he was non acting, he would keep close at hand get the magician.

Nickname is "The Human Chameleon".

His height is Six foot, Quaternion inches (I.93 m).

Film and television credits
Film

Thumbsucker (2005) Case of Evil (2002) The Salton Sea (2002) The Red Sneakers (2002) The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) Bark (2002) Impostor (2002) Chelsea Walls (2001) The Cell (2000) Steal This Movie (2000) Happy Accidents (2000) That Championship Season (1999) The Thirteenth Floor (1999) Spanish Judges (1999) The Velocity of Gary (1998) Claire Dolan (1998) The Newton Boys (1998) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1998) - TV remake of the 1974 flick. Guy (1997) Men in Black (1997) Boys Life 2 (1997) Good Luck (1996) Feeling Minnesota (1996) The Winner (1996) The Whole Wide World (1996) Hotel Paradise (1995) The Investigator (1994) Strange Days (1995) Stuart Saves His Family (1995) Hotel Paradise (1995) ''Nunzio's Second Cousin (1994) Imaginary Crimes (1994) Ed Wood (1994) Mr. Wonderful (1993) Household Saints (1993) Being Human (1993) Malcolm X (1992) Salt on Our Skin (1992) - also referred to as Desire The Player (1992) JFK (1991) Naked Tango (1991) Fires Within (1991) Dying Young (1991) Crooked Hearts (1991) The Blood of Heroes (1989) - also referred to as Salute of the Jugger Signs of Life (1989) Mystic Pizza (1988) Adventures in Babysitting (1987) Full Metal Jacket (1987) It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen (1984) The First Turn-On!! (1983)

Television (including notable guest appearances)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (AKA CI or LOCI or LO:CI) (2001- ) Portrays Detective Robert Goren. Presently inside production for its Fifth year. Men in Black: The Series playing "Bugs" (voice) in episode: "The Big Bad Bug Syndrome" (episode # Two.Little phoebe) 2 dozen October 1998 Homicide: Life on the Street playing "John Lange" in episode: "The Subway" (episode # 6.Septet) Five December 1997 The Equalizer'' playing "Davy Baylor" (as Vincent Phillip Five hundred'Onofrio) around episode: "Suspicion of Innocence" (episode # Three.Tercet) 30 September 1987 Miami Vice playing "Leon Wolf" in episode: "The Afternoon Plane" (episode # Three.Seventeen) 20 February 1987 The Equalizer playing "Thomas Marley" (as Vincent Phillip 500'Onofrio) around episode: "Counterfire" (episode # Two.Septenary) 19 November 1986