Jeremy Sisto
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Jeremy Merton Sisto is an American
actor
. Sisto has had recurring roles
as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under and Detective Cyrus Lupo
on Law & Order
on television and also starred in the films Jesus
, Clueless and Thirteen
.
, California
, the son of Reedy Gibbs, an actress and farmer, and Richard Sisto, a farmer, jazz
musician and educator. His parents divorced in 1980. His elder sister is Meadow Sisto who is an American
actress who played Caroline in the 1992 comedy film Captain Ron
, got him involved in acting. He was raised in Chicago
and attended the Francis W. Parker School
. Jeremy Sisto appeared in the film Grand Canyon while attending high school. After studying at UCLA he began acting full-time.
video "We're Not Gonna Take It". He experimented in the various sectors of entertainment including his "aquatic" magic act. The show traveled throughout the Los Angeles area, mainly outside strip-malls in Chino and Compton. After making friends with several closeted magic fans, he was finally given his big break.
Sisto played a killer in Hideaway
, a rich brat in Clueless and White Squall
, Jesus
in the eponymous mini-series
, a patient diagnosed with multiple personality disorder in the short film Inside, a former drug addict in Thirteen
, and an abusive husband in Waitress
. Sisto also played the character Billy in the HBO series Six Feet Under. He also appeared in the 2003 of the WB's Dawson's Creek
; afterward he performed on the Los Angeles stage the role of bigoted Southerner Shane Mungitt in Richard Greenberg's play Take Me Out, about a black baseball player who announces he is gay.
Besides acting, Sisto has worked behind the scenes. In 1998, he produced the unreleased movie Taken, together with his friend Ethan Embry
. He also produced the films Three Women of Pain and Paranoia 1.0
. In April 2003, he started his own production company, Dima Entertainment. In 2006, he appeared on Broadway in Festen. In the same year, he starred in the short-lived NBC drama series Kidnapped
. In July 2007, Sisto was featured in the Maroon 5
video for the song "Wake Up Call
". He played a man who was sleeping with the girlfriend of Adam Levine
.
In 2008, Sisto joined the cast of the crime drama Law & Order
as Detective Cyrus Lupo
, replacing the outgoing Milena Govich
. He had previously appeared on the show as a lawyer in the previous season's finale. He voiced Batman
in the direct-to-video
movie Justice League: The New Frontier.
Sisto is currently starring in the American television comedy series Suburgatory
which premiered on ABC in the fall of 2011. ABC announced on October 13, 2011 they would pickup the series for a full season.
's 35th birthday party at Chateau Nightclub in Las Vegas.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Sisto has had recurring roles
Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in an episode, sometimes being the main focus...
as Billy Chenowith on the HBO series Six Feet Under and Detective Cyrus Lupo
Cyrus Lupo
Det. Cyrus "Lupes" Lupo is a fictional character on the long-running NBC series Law & Order, played by Jeremy Sisto. He replaced Nina Cassady, who was written out of the show due to Milena Govich's departure from the cast.-Character development:...
on Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
on television and also starred in the films Jesus
Jesus (1999 film)
Jesus is a Biblical telefilm that retells the story of Jesus. It was shot in Morocco and Malta. It stars Jeremy Sisto as Jesus, Jacqueline Bisset as Mary of Nazareth, Debra Messing as Mary Magdalene and Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate.-Overview:...
, Clueless and Thirteen
Thirteen (film)
Thirteen is a 2003 American drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and written by Hardwicke and Nikki Reed, the film's co-star. The film also stars Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter. It is a semi-autobiographical film inspired by Reed's life at age 12 and 13 with Wood's character "Tracy" being...
.
Early life
Sisto was born in Grass ValleyGrass Valley, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Grass Valley had a population of 12,860. The population density was 2,711.3 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Grass Valley was 11,493 White, 46 African American, 208 Native American, 188 Asian, 9 Pacific Islander, 419 from other...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, the son of Reedy Gibbs, an actress and farmer, and Richard Sisto, a farmer, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
musician and educator. His parents divorced in 1980. His elder sister is Meadow Sisto who is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress who played Caroline in the 1992 comedy film Captain Ron
Captain Ron
Captain Ron is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Thom Eberhardt, produced by David Permut, and written by John Dwyer for Touchstone Pictures. It stars Kurt Russell as the title character, a sailor with a quirky personality and a checkered past, and Martin Short as a middle-class family man...
, got him involved in acting. He was raised in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and attended the Francis W. Parker School
Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)
Francis W. Parker School is an independent day school serving students from junior kindergarten through grade twelve of high school. Located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, the school is based on the progressive educational philosophies of John Dewey and Colonel Francis Wayland Parker,...
. Jeremy Sisto appeared in the film Grand Canyon while attending high school. After studying at UCLA he began acting full-time.
Career
At a young age, he appeared in the Twisted SisterTwisted Sister
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands...
video "We're Not Gonna Take It". He experimented in the various sectors of entertainment including his "aquatic" magic act. The show traveled throughout the Los Angeles area, mainly outside strip-malls in Chino and Compton. After making friends with several closeted magic fans, he was finally given his big break.
Sisto played a killer in Hideaway
Hideaway (film)
Hideaway is a 1995 horror film directed by Brett Leonard and based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz. It stars Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone, Christine Lahti, and Jeremy Sisto. In the movie Goldblum plays a man who dies in a car accident, only to be revived two hours later. After...
, a rich brat in Clueless and White Squall
White Squall (film)
White Squall is a 1996 American drama feature film, directed by Ridley Scott.-Plot:The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross, which sank on 2 May 1961, allegedly because of a white squall. The film relates the ill-fated school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B. Sheldon , whom...
, Jesus
Jesus (1999 film)
Jesus is a Biblical telefilm that retells the story of Jesus. It was shot in Morocco and Malta. It stars Jeremy Sisto as Jesus, Jacqueline Bisset as Mary of Nazareth, Debra Messing as Mary Magdalene and Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate.-Overview:...
in the eponymous mini-series
Miniseries
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
, a patient diagnosed with multiple personality disorder in the short film Inside, a former drug addict in Thirteen
Thirteen (film)
Thirteen is a 2003 American drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and written by Hardwicke and Nikki Reed, the film's co-star. The film also stars Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter. It is a semi-autobiographical film inspired by Reed's life at age 12 and 13 with Wood's character "Tracy" being...
, and an abusive husband in Waitress
Waitress (film)
Waitress is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and went into limited theatrical release in the US on May 2, 2007.-Plot:...
. Sisto also played the character Billy in the HBO series Six Feet Under. He also appeared in the 2003 of the WB's Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
; afterward he performed on the Los Angeles stage the role of bigoted Southerner Shane Mungitt in Richard Greenberg's play Take Me Out, about a black baseball player who announces he is gay.
Besides acting, Sisto has worked behind the scenes. In 1998, he produced the unreleased movie Taken, together with his friend Ethan Embry
Ethan Embry
Ethan Philan Randall , although he is known and usually credited as Ethan Embry, is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Declan Giggs on the Showtime television series Brotherhood.-Personal life:...
. He also produced the films Three Women of Pain and Paranoia 1.0
Paranoia 1.0
Paranoia: 1.0 is a 2004 cyberpunk science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Renfroe and Marteinn Thorsson. The film is a Kafkaesque nightmare in which a young computer programmer is an unwitting guinea pig in a corporate experiment to test a new advertising scheme...
. In April 2003, he started his own production company, Dima Entertainment. In 2006, he appeared on Broadway in Festen. In the same year, he starred in the short-lived NBC drama series Kidnapped
Kidnapped (TV series)
Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007...
. In July 2007, Sisto was featured in the Maroon 5
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara's Flowers and released one album...
video for the song "Wake Up Call
Wake Up Call (Maroon 5 song)
"Wake Up Call" is the second single by Maroon 5 from their second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. It had been rumored as the second single, and the band confirmed this on the May 22 episode of TRL. The band also said that they are excited to do the music video for the song. FMQB...
". He played a man who was sleeping with the girlfriend of Adam Levine
Adam Levine
Adam Noah Levine is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front man and guitarist for the pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also a coach on the American talent show The Voice.-Early life:...
.
In 2008, Sisto joined the cast of the crime drama Law & Order
Law & Order
Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
as Detective Cyrus Lupo
Cyrus Lupo
Det. Cyrus "Lupes" Lupo is a fictional character on the long-running NBC series Law & Order, played by Jeremy Sisto. He replaced Nina Cassady, who was written out of the show due to Milena Govich's departure from the cast.-Character development:...
, replacing the outgoing Milena Govich
Milena Govich
-Biography:She was born in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. Both of her parents, Dr. Bruce Michael Govich and Dr. Marilyn Green Govich, are professors of music: Bruce worked at University of Oklahoma and Marilyn currently works at the University of Central Oklahoma...
. He had previously appeared on the show as a lawyer in the previous season's finale. He voiced Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
in the direct-to-video
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
movie Justice League: The New Frontier.
Sisto is currently starring in the American television comedy series Suburgatory
Suburgatory
Suburgatory is an American television series created by Emily Kapnek. The series premiered on September 28, 2011, airing on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following The Middle...
which premiered on ABC in the fall of 2011. ABC announced on October 13, 2011 they would pickup the series for a full season.
Personal life
Sisto married Marisa Ryan in the 1990s; the couple divorced in 2002. On June 5, 2009, he had a daughter, Charlie Ballerina, with then-girlfriend Addie Lane; he married Lane in October 2009. Sisto continues to perform magic acts at private events, most recently at actress Amy SmartAmy Smart
Amy Lysle Smart is an American television and film actress and former fashion model.-Early life:Smart was born in Topanga, California. Her mother, Judy Lysle , worked at a museum, and her father, John Boden Smart, was a salesman...
's 35th birthday party at Chateau Nightclub in Las Vegas.
Filmography
- Grand Canyon (1991)
- Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992)
- The Crew (1994)
- The Shaggy DogThe Shaggy Dog (1994 film)The Shaggy Dog is a comedy television movie. Released in 1994 for ABC's Saturday night Disney Family Movies series , it is the first remake of the original 1959 film.-Plot:...
(1994) - HideawayHideaway (film)Hideaway is a 1995 horror film directed by Brett Leonard and based on the novel of the same name by Dean Koontz. It stars Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone, Christine Lahti, and Jeremy Sisto. In the movie Goldblum plays a man who dies in a car accident, only to be revived two hours later. After...
(1995) - Moonlight and ValentinoMoonlight and ValentinoMoonlight and Valentino is a 1995 American dramedy film directed by David Anspaugh. The screenplay by Ellen Simon is based on her semi-autobiographical play of the same title staged at Duke University six years earlier.-Plot:...
(1993) - Clueless (1995)
- White SquallWhite Squall (film)White Squall is a 1996 American drama feature film, directed by Ridley Scott.-Plot:The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross, which sank on 2 May 1961, allegedly because of a white squall. The film relates the ill-fated school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B. Sheldon , whom...
(1996) - Suicide KingsSuicide KingsSuicide Kings is a 1997 American neo-noir/comedy-drama film, starring Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, and Henry Thomas...
(1997) - BongwaterBongwater (film)Bongwater is a 1997 comedy film, based on the book of the same name, set in Portland, Oregon, and stars Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Amy Locane, Brittany Murphy, Jack Black, and Andy Dick.-Cast:* Luke Wilson as David* Alicia Witt as Serena...
(1997) - Without LimitsWithout LimitsWithout Limits is a 1998 biographical film about the relationship between record-breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman, who later co-founded Nike, Inc....
(1998) - The '60s (1999)
- This Space Between Us (1999)
- Trash (1999)
- JesusJesus (1999 film)Jesus is a Biblical telefilm that retells the story of Jesus. It was shot in Morocco and Malta. It stars Jeremy Sisto as Jesus, Jacqueline Bisset as Mary of Nazareth, Debra Messing as Mary Magdalene and Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate.-Overview:...
(1999) - Dead Dog (2000)
- TakedownTakedown (film)Track Down, also known as Takedown outside the USA, is a 2000 film about computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, based on the book Takedown by John Markoff and Tsutomu Shimomura...
(2000) - Don's PlumDon's PlumDon's Plum is a 2001 low-budget black and white drama film directed by R.D. Robb. Robb co-wrote it with Bethany Ashton, Tawd Hackman, David Stutman, and Dale Wheatley. The film features Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Connolly and Tobey Maguire, who make crude jokes while hanging out in a Los Angeles diner...
(2001) - Angel EyesAngel Eyes (film)Angel Eyes is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Luis Mandoki. The original music score was composed by Marco Beltrami and features Jennifer Lopez, James Caviezel, Jeremy Sisto, and Terrence Howard. Lopez's performance in the film earned her a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress.-Plot:The...
(2001) - Six Feet Under (TV series) (2001–2005)
- MayMay (film)May is a 2002 American horror film. It stars Angela Bettis, Anna Faris, and Jeremy Sisto, and was written and directed by Lucky McKee.-Plot:...
(2002) - Julius Caesar (2002)
- Now You KnowNow You Know (film)Now You Know is a comedy film directed, written by and starring Jeff Anderson. The film was produced by the Lumberyard production company...
(2002) - ThirteenThirteen (film)Thirteen is a 2003 American drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and written by Hardwicke and Nikki Reed, the film's co-star. The film also stars Evan Rachel Wood and Holly Hunter. It is a semi-autobiographical film inspired by Reed's life at age 12 and 13 with Wood's character "Tracy" being...
(2003) - The Movie HeroThe Movie HeroThe Movie Hero is a 2003 American romantic comedy, starring Jeremy Sisto, Dina Meyer, and Peter Stormare. It was written and directed by Brad T. Gottfred. The film was not rated.-Concept:...
(2003) - Wrong TurnWrong TurnWrong Turn is a 2003 American slasher horror film, directed by Rob Schmidt, and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and stars Desmond Harrington and Eliza Dushku...
(2003) - Dawson's CreekDawson's CreekDawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...
(TV series) (May 14th, 2003 episode) - Paranoia 1.0Paranoia 1.0Paranoia: 1.0 is a 2004 cyberpunk science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Renfroe and Marteinn Thorsson. The film is a Kafkaesque nightmare in which a young computer programmer is an unwitting guinea pig in a corporate experiment to test a new advertising scheme...
(2004) (a.k.a. One Point O) - In Enemy HandsIn Enemy Hands (film)In Enemy Hands aka "U-Boat", is a World War II submarine film released in 2004, starring William H. Macy.-Plot:Macy stars as the COB on a fictitious US Navy submarine, the USS Swordfish...
(2004) - MethodMethod (film)Method is a 2004 thriller film directed by Duncan Roy. The international co-production is a film within a film about a cast and crew who are in Romania to make a film about serial killer, Belle Gunness.-Plot:...
(2004) - Dead & BreakfastDead & BreakfastDead & Breakfast is a 2004 horror/comedy film directed by Matthew Leutwyler.-Plot:Six friends take a road trip to Galveston, Texas in an RV for the wedding of their friend, Kelly...
(2004) - The Heart Is Deceitful Above All ThingsThe Heart Is Deceitful Above All ThingsThe Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things is a 2004 film directed by and starring Asia Argento. It is based on JT LeRoy's novel of the same name...
(2004) - In Memory of My FatherIn Memory of My FatherIn Memory of My Father is a 2005 film directed, written, and produced by Christopher Jaymes. It documents the interactions and reactions that take place among three brothers on the day that their father passes away, which one brother films at the final request of the father. The movie stars Jeremy...
(2005) - A Lot Like LoveA Lot Like LoveA Lot Like Love is a 2005 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nigel Cole. The screenplay by Colin Patrick Lynch focuses on two individuals whose relationship slowly evolves from lust to friendship to romance over the course of seven years...
(2005) - KidnappedKidnapped (2006 TV series)Kidnapped is an American television drama series from Sony Pictures Television which aired on NBC from September 20, 2006, to August 11, 2007...
(TV series) (2006) - Population 436Population 436Population 436 is a 2006 mystery-thriller film starring Jeremy Sisto, Fred Durst, Peter Outerbridge, and Charlotte Sullivan.-Synopsis:Steve Kady , a US Census Bureau researcher is sent to the remote and seemingly idyllic village of Rockwell Falls to interview residents concerning the population...
(2006) - The ThirstThe Thirst (film)-Plot:Recovering drug addicts Maxx and Lisa are persuaded by vampire clan leader Darius to give up their humanity and join him as vampires. They do so, but then give up the vampire's blood addiction - the Thirst. After enduring the withdrawal symptoms, the couple turns against the band of...
(2006) - Unknown (2006)
- Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (TV series) (2006)
- BrokenBroken (2007 film)Broken is a 2007 film by director Alan White, starring Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto. The film had a poor run in theatres and was released to DVD less than two months after its theatrical release.-Plot:...
(2007) - WaitressWaitress (film)Waitress is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, who also appears in a supporting role. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and went into limited theatrical release in the US on May 2, 2007.-Plot:...
(2007) - The War Prayer (short film) (2007)
- Law & OrderLaw & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...
(TV series) (2007–2010) - Gardens of the NightGardens of the NightGardens of the Night is a 2008 drama film, starring Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich, Ryan Simpkins and Tom Arnold; and directed and written by Damian Harris.-Plot:...
(2008) - Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) (voice)
- Into TemptationInto Temptation (film)Into Temptation is a 2009 independent drama film written and directed by Patrick Coyle, and starring Jeremy Sisto, Kristin Chenoweth, Brian Baumgartner, Bruce A. Young and Amy Matthews. It tells the story of a prostitute who confesses to a Catholic priest that she plans to kill herself on her...
(2009) - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are UndeadRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are UndeadRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is a 2009 American independent film written and directed by Jordan Galland. The film's title refers to a fictitious play-within-the-movie, which is a comic reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and its aftermath and whose title is a reference to the play...
(2010) - SuburgatorySuburgatorySuburgatory is an American television series created by Emily Kapnek. The series premiered on September 28, 2011, airing on Wednesday nights at 8:30/7:30 Central following The Middle...
(TV series) (2011-) - As Cool As I AmAs Cool As I Am (film)As Cool As I Am is an upcoming American comedy-drama film based on the novel of the same name by Pete Fromm. James Marsden, Claire Danes and Sarah Bolger star as the Diamond family. The film is being directed by Max Mayer, who recently directed Adam...
(2012)