Peter Scanavino – Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame 27th Anniversary Gala – Arrivals – Grand Hyatt New York, 109 E 42nd Street – New York City, NY, USA – Photo Credit: Lisa Holte / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Peter M. Scanavino
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 29, 1980
Ethnicity: Italian, possibly other
Peter Scanavino is an American actor. He stars as NYPD Detective Dominick Carisi Jr. on the NBC crime/legal drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
He is the son of Pieretta/Pierrette and David J. Scanavino, a urologist.
Peter’s paternal grandfather is named John O. Scanavino. The surname Scanavino is mostly common in Piedmont, North-West Italy.