Will Janowitz

Will Janowitz (born May 25, 1980) is an American actor. He best known for playing Meadow Soprano's (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) boyfriend Finn DeTrolio on The Sopranos.

Will Janowitz
Born (1980-05-25) May 25, 1980
Other namesJohn Sharnhorst
Alma materNorth Carolina School of the Arts
OccupationActor, writer
Years active1999–present

Early life and education

Janowitz was born May 25, 1980 and is a first-generation American. His mother is from the Czech Republic and his father is from Berlin, Germany.After graduating from North Carolina School of the Arts in 2000, Janowitz began acting professionally.

Career

He worked briefly as Mary-Louise Parker's personal assistant on several film and television projects. One of his earliest film credits was a role in David Gordon Green's George Washington (2000). In 2003, he and his college friend, Bill English, starred in The Pavement Series for Showtime, in which they played sports inventors. In 2002, he had a role on Law & Order.

Also in 2002, Janowitz booked a recurring role on The Sopranos as Meadow Soprano's (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) boyfriend Finn DeTrolio.[1] He would appear in one season of the show (fifth season), portraying a novice's perspective of the organized crime ring. Janowitz's character notably disclosed the homosexuality of Vito Spatafore (Joe Gannascoli), one of Tony Soprano's (James Gandolfini) best-earning captains.

Janowitz appeared in two episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2004 and 2008. He has appeared in various independent features, including Backseat (2005) and Bristol Boys (2006). In 2005, he appeared in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories as the voice of Donald Love. Janowitz joined the ensemble cast of Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock in 2009 and wore a blonde wig and moustache to play Chip Monck, the festival's production designer. That same summer, he went to Marietta, Georgia, to play the role of Leo Frank in The People v. Leo Frank (2009). The film explores the life and trial of Leo Frank, an American-born Jew who was lynched in Marietta, Georgia, on August 17, 1915, after being wrongly accused of the murder of a 13-year-old girl who worked in his pencil factory.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Terror Firmer Partier
2000 George Washington Railroad worker
2003 The Pavement
2004 Press Gang Derrick Short
2005 Backseat Frankie
2005 David and Layla Woody Fine
2006 Bristol Boys Corey
2007 Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe Lab Assistant
2007 Bed Head Will Short
2007 Gnome Gnome
2009 The People v. Leo Frank Leo Frank
2009 Taking Woodstock Chip Monck
2009 Two Birds The Other Man Short
2010 John Scharnhorst John Scharnhorst Short
2012 Bottle Poppaz DJ Lava Short
2012 Exposed Alexi Krustonovich
2012 Ex-Girlfriends
2013 B-Side Evan
2013 The Volunteer Joe
2013 Junkie Doctors Andersen Stevenson Short
2013 Google Comes to Collect Google Short
2014 H. Alex
2015 Lucky and The Walk Home Turkey Short
2016 Puppy Love James Short
2016 Little Boxes Steve
2016 Youth in Oregon Ralph
2017 Lost and Found Ian
2017 Bikini Moon Trevor
2016 Troll Noah Short
2019 Balk Rob Short
2019 Crshd Tony
2020 The Ride Cole
2020 Pitcher/Catcher Valentine Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002–2006 The Sopranos Finn DeTrolio 14 episodes
2002, 2009 Law & Order Cal / Bill Horton 2 episodes
2004, 2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jacob Green / Rico 2 episodes
2007 Babylon Fields Jimmy Viskupic TV movie
2010 Odd Jobs The Director TV movie
2010 Mad Men Comedian 1 episode
2010 Superego Dr. Charlie Knight TV movie
2011 Louie Goblin 1 episode
2012–2013 Boardwalk Empire Hymie Weiss 5 episodes
2013 Inside Amy Schumer Sam 1 episode
2013 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Officer Scott Graver 1 episode
2014 Broad City Will 1 episode
2014 The Heart, She Holler Joshua 1 episode
2015 Film-U Sebastian TV miniseries
2015 Deadbeat Chef Christopher 1 episode
2016 American Experience Charles J. Guiteau 1 episode
2016 Netflix Presents: The Characters Jeremiah 1 episode
2016 The Night Of Dr. Ross TV miniseries
2016 The Daily Show Doug Bailey 1 episode
2017 Gotham Wally Clark 1 episode: "Hog Day Afternoon"
2019 Chicago P.D. Mark Rollins 1 episode
2020 FBI: Most Wanted David Fallon 1 episode
Video game
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Donald Love Voice
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Crowd Voice
2008 Midnight Club: Los Angeles Julian Voice
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gollark: ```pythonfrom typing import List# Sort a list of integersdef entry(data: List[str]): swap = False for i, (one, two) in enumerate(zip(data, data[1:])): if two > one: # Swaps items data[i], data[i + 1] = data[i + 1], data[i] swap = True # Checks if we need to recur if swap: return entry(data) else: return data.reverse() or data```
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References
  1. "MOB GALS, AND GUYS, WANT FINN et al". New York Post. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
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