Dominic Fumusa

Dominic Fumusa
Dominic Fumusa
	Fumusa in 2008
Born	September 13, 1969
Alma mater	Lawrence University (BA); University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Ilana Levine (2002–present)
Children	2

Dominic Fumusa (/fəˈmuːsə/; born September 13, 1969) is an American stage and screen actor who is perhaps best known for starring in the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie.

Early life

Fumusa was born in Wisconsin to a large family as one of 10 children.[1] He graduated from McFarland High School in 1987. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Lawrence University and a master degree in fine arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1994.[1]

Career

Fumusa began his acting career in the Chicago theatre scene, before moving to New York and making his Broadway debut in 1998 in a revival of Wait Until Dark opposite Marisa Tomei and Quentin Tarantino.[1] He has originated roles on the Broadway stage in such plays as the Tony Award-winning Take Me Out, Tape, and [sic].[1] He has previously had a recurring role in As the World Turns, and guest starred as Carrie Bradshaw's highly critical ex-boyfriend Jim in the episode of the HBO series Sex and the City, titled "Frenemies." He starred in the 2016 film, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, directed by Michael Bay.[1]

Fumusa portrays FBI Special Agent Ray Conlin in season 6 of the Showtime drama series Homeland.[2]

Personal life

Fumusa is the son of Clara and Peter Fumusa.[3] He is married to stage actress Ilana Levine; they have two children.[1] [4] Fumusa is a convert to Judaism, the religion of his wife.[4]

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999–2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Detective Lopez/Lieutenant Coates/Lt. Gary Rosten/Captain Jason Harris	5 episodes "Stalked", "Paranoia", "PTSD", "Spiraling Down", "Street Revenge"
2000	The Sopranos	Gregory Moltisanti	1 episode "D-Girl"
2000	Sex and the City	Jim	1 episode "Frenemies"
2001–2008	Law & Order	Scott Turner/Tom Lupo	2 episodes "Called Home", "Prejudice"
2003	CSI: Miami	Vincent Graziano	1 episode "Forced entry"
2003	Charmed	Saleel	1 episode "Lucky Charmed"
2004	Hack	Devlin	1 episode "Double Exposure"
2004	NYPD Blue	Jerry Toback	1 episode "In Goddess We Trussed"
2005	Numb3rs	Jonas Bayle	1 episode "Identity Crisis"
	CSI: NY	Robert Costa	1 episode "Crime and Misdemeanor"
	Bones	Peter St. James	1 episode "Pilot"
2009	Kings	Ethan's cohort	1 episode "Insurrection"
2009-2015	Nurse Jackie	Kevin Peyton	79 episodes; Series regular
2012	Person Of Interest	Chris Vaughn	1 episode "The High Road"
2012	Damages	Jeff Barducci	1 episode; "There's Something Wrong With Me"
2013	Elementary	Jordan Conroy	1 episode; "Heroine"
2015	Blue Bloods	Anthony Drake	1 episode; "In the Box"
2017	Homeland	FBI Special Agent Ray Conlin	5 episodes; Season 6 recurring
2017	Taken	Harry Ward	3 episodes; Season 1 recurring
2018	Goliath	Detective Keith Roman	6 episodes; Season 2 recurring
2018	The Purge	Pete the Cop	6 episodes; recurring

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	The Guru	Waldo Hernandez
2005	Dealbreaker	Stephen	Short film directed by Gwyneth Paltrow
2006	Chloe's Prayer	Matthew
2006	Grilled	Ralph
2008	This Is a Story About Ted and Alice	Ted
2009	Management	Stan Ball
2009	Staten Island	Giammarino
2010	Helena from the Wedding	Don
	One Fall	Tom Schmidt
	Under the Influence	School Principal
2012	Allegiance	Captain Angelo
2015	Focus	Jared Mukulski
2016	13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi	John "Tig" Tiegen
2019	The Report	CIA Director George Tenet
TBA	Sweet Girl		Post-production

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References

Gerber, Amber (13 January 2016). "Acting up: Dominic Fumusa, an '87 McFarland grad, finds plenty of success in TV, film and theater". The McFarland Thistle. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
Wagmeister, Elizabeth (September 12, 2016). "Nurse Jackie Alum Joins Homeland Season 6". Variety. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
"Dominic Fumusa".
Tampa Jewish Federation: "Jews in the News: Mike Nichols, Yael Grobglas and Dominic Fumusa" retrieved March 18, 2017 |"Meanwhile, “Nurse Jackie”, which will begin its 7th and final season in April, has featured the DOMINIC FUMUSA, 45, as Jackie’s hunky husband, Kevin, since it began. Fumusa has been married to stage actress ILANA LEVINE, 50, since 2002 and they have two kids. A film director friend, who knows Fumusa, recently told me the actor converted to Judaism “after a long period of study.” My web check revealed that Fumusa briefly mentioned his conversion to a blogger and that he and his wife are active in their local Jewish Federation."

External links

Dominic Fumusa on IMDb

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[mcfarland-1] Gerber, Amber (13 January 2016). "Acting up: Dominic Fumusa, an '87 McFarland grad, finds plenty of success in TV, film and theater". The McFarland Thistle. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

[fumusa-2] Wagmeister, Elizabeth (September 12, 2016). "Nurse Jackie Alum Joins Homeland Season 6". Variety. Retrieved September 28, 2016.

[3] "Dominic Fumusa".

[TampaFed-4] Tampa Jewish Federation: "Jews in the News: Mike Nichols, Yael Grobglas and Dominic Fumusa" retrieved March 18, 2017 |"Meanwhile, “Nurse Jackie”, which will begin its 7th and final season in April, has featured the DOMINIC FUMUSA, 45, as Jackie’s hunky husband, Kevin, since it began. Fumusa has been married to stage actress ILANA LEVINE, 50, since 2002 and they have two kids. A film director friend, who knows Fumusa, recently told me the actor converted to Judaism “after a long period of study.” My web check revealed that Fumusa briefly mentioned his conversion to a blogger and that he and his wife are active in their local Jewish Federation."