Peter Scanavino Bio, Early Life, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Metrics

Peter Scanavino is an American director. On the long-running NBC crime or legal drama show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, he plays ADA Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr.

PETER SCANAVINO: EARLY CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, FAMILY

The actor was born on February 29, 1980 in Denver, Colorado, United States. He made his debut in 2005 with a role in the ‘No Good Deed’ episode of the TV show ‘Jonny Zero’. Throughout his decade-long career, he has played various roles in movies so far and also appeared in many TV shows. He had mostly played minor roles during his early years as an actor. Over time, he started getting bigger roles as his reputation grew. Most recently, on the show “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” he signed on for a recurring role.

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PETER SCANAVINO: CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Scanavino has played dozens of small roles in film and television since 2005, including Deception (2008), The Good Wife and The Blacklist.
Scanavino starred in 2005 as petty criminal Johnny Feist on the NBC crime drama show Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the fifth season episode, ‘Diamond Dogs’. Scanavino took some time off to perform in 2010 to explore his passion for cooking. He began a brief stint in the kitchen of Dan Barber’s Michelin-starred Blue Hill restaurant in Greenwich Village, after graduating with a culinary arts degree from the French Culinary Institute in New York.

In 2013, Scanavino starred in the long-running NBC show, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’s fourteenth season, 13th episode, “Monster’s Legacy,” as Johnny Dubcek. That same year, he starred in Matthew Watts’ independent romantic comedy ensemble Mutual Friends.

Scanavino joined SVU in its seventeenth season in 2014, this time as new SVU detective Dominick Carisi Jr. Initially in recurring capacity, in the fifth episode of the same season Scanavino was promoted to the main cast. Scanavino noted that Carisi “is a complete novice. He’s abrupt and he doesn’t really understand the nuances. Also, he’s not very professional, so he often puts his foot in his mouth. But he learns. He picks it up. I think he’s a decent detective, but he has a lot to learn about how to approach cases.”

PETER SCANAVINO: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

On January 8, 2016, Scanavino and his wife, Lisha Bai, welcomed their second child, a son. Scanavino taught briefly at Boston University.

PETER SCANAVINO: WEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA

As of 2020, Scanavino has an approximate net worth of $1 million, much of which was received from his role in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”.
Likewise, talking about his social media availability, he is available on Instagram by the name peterscanavino with 149k followers. Likewise, he is also available on Twitter as PeterScanavino where he has 69.7k followers.

PETER SCANAVINO: BODY MEASUREMENTS

Scanavino is 1.83m tall and weighs 68kg. However, no measurements of his body are available.