James Carpinello

James Carpinello
Carpinello with his wife, Amy Acker, at the premiere of Serenity, September 22, 2005
Born	(1975-08-13) August 13, 1975 (age 41) Albany, New York, U.S.
Years active	2000-present
Spouse(s)	Amy Acker (2003-present)

James Carpinello (born August 13, 1975) is an American film, television, and Broadway actor who came to national attention with his appearances in Tori Spelling's VH1 sitcom So NoTORIous. He is also part of the musical Rock of Ages.

Carpinello first appeared on Broadway in the 1999 musical Saturday Night Fever as Tony Manero. The musical is based on the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever in which the role of Manero was played by John Travolta.

He was next cast as Link Larkin in the Broadway musical version of Hairspray, but left the show prior to its first pre-Broadway performances in Seattle in order to shoot the film The Great Raid in 2002. He was replaced by Matthew Morrison.

For his third Broadway outing, Carpinello was cast in the Broadway musical Xanadu. Like Saturday Night Fever, Xanadu is based on a film of the same name—1980s Xanadu, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Michael Beck as Sonny, the leading role for which Carpinello was cast. Due to breaking his leg in three places while roller skating during a rehearsal on June 12, 2007, Carpinello was forced to leave the production just two weeks before its scheduled June 26, 2007, opening at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Cheyenne Jackson assumed the role of Sonny as of June 22, 2007; the musical's opening was rescheduled for July 10, 2007.