Jeremy Merton Sisto (born October 6, 1974) is an American actor,
producer, and writer. Sisto had recurring roles as Billy Chenowith in
HBO's Six Feet Under and as Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's Law & Order.
He also starred in the comedy Clueless (1995), the biblical television
film Jesus (1999), the drama Thirteen (2003), and the horror film
Wrong Turn (2003). In 2004, he portrayed bigoted baseball player Shane
Mungitt in Take Me Out, for which he was nominated for a Los Angeles
Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in a Play. In
2006, Sisto starred in Festen on Broadway.From 2011 until its ending
in 2014, he starred as George Altman in the ABC sitcom Suburgatory,
for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for
Best Actor in a Comedy Series. Sisto co-wrote the screenplay for the
comedy film Break Point (2014), in which he also starred. In 2015, he
starred in A&E's The Returned. From 2016 to 2018, Sisto portrayed
Freddy Green in the Audience Network drama series Ice. Since 2018,
Sisto currently plays Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Jubal
Valentine in the CBS drama series FBI.Jeremy Sisto was born in Grass
Valley, California, the son of Reedy Gibbs, an actress, and Richard
"Dick" Sisto, a jazz musician and educator. Sisto has an older sister,
Meadow Sisto, who is an actress mostly known for playing Caroline in
the 1992 film Captain Ron. Sisto's parents divorced and his father was
remarried to fabric artist Penny Sisto. Sisto lived with his mother
and sister, and has said that his father's absence made parenting his
own son more difficult. He was raised in the lower Sierra Nevada
Mountains, before moving to Chicago at age seven. He attended Hayfield
Montessori School in Louisville, Kentucky for first grade, then
Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. Sisto worked with local theater
companies Cherry Street Theater and the Absolute Theater Company. He
appeared in the film Grand Canyon while attending high school. After
he was accepted into the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
on a non-disclosure agreement, his career took off and he began acting
full-time.Sisto's first national acting exposure was in the 1984 music
video for the Twisted Sister song "We're Not Gonna Take It". Sisto
made his film debut in the 1991 drama Grand Canyon, starring Kevin
Kline and Steve Martin. He followed this with roles in the television
films Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) and The Shaggy Dog
(1994). In his early film and television career, Sisto played a killer
in Hideaway (1995); a rich teen in Clueless (1995); a 20-something
kidnapper in Suicide Kings (1997); Olympic gold medalist long-distance
runner Frank Shorter in Without Limits (1998); Jesus Christ in the CBS
miniseries Jesus (1999); and a widowed filmmaker in This Space Between
Us (1999). He has also starred in the films Moonlight and Valentino
(1995), White Squall (1996), Bongwater (1997), Some Girl (1998), and
Playing by Heart (1998). In 1996, Sisto screen tested for the
character of Jack Dawson in the James Cameron film Titanic alongside
Kate Winslet, but ultimately lost out on the role to Leonardo
DiCaprio. In 1998, he portrayed Frederick W. Seward in the TNT
television film The Day Lincoln Was Shot.
producer, and writer. Sisto had recurring roles as Billy Chenowith in
HBO's Six Feet Under and as Detective Cyrus Lupo in NBC's Law & Order.
He also starred in the comedy Clueless (1995), the biblical television
film Jesus (1999), the drama Thirteen (2003), and the horror film
Wrong Turn (2003). In 2004, he portrayed bigoted baseball player Shane
Mungitt in Take Me Out, for which he was nominated for a Los Angeles
Drama Critics Circle Award for Featured Performance in a Play. In
2006, Sisto starred in Festen on Broadway.From 2011 until its ending
in 2014, he starred as George Altman in the ABC sitcom Suburgatory,
for which he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award for
Best Actor in a Comedy Series. Sisto co-wrote the screenplay for the
comedy film Break Point (2014), in which he also starred. In 2015, he
starred in A&E's The Returned. From 2016 to 2018, Sisto portrayed
Freddy Green in the Audience Network drama series Ice. Since 2018,
Sisto currently plays Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Jubal
Valentine in the CBS drama series FBI.Jeremy Sisto was born in Grass
Valley, California, the son of Reedy Gibbs, an actress, and Richard
"Dick" Sisto, a jazz musician and educator. Sisto has an older sister,
Meadow Sisto, who is an actress mostly known for playing Caroline in
the 1992 film Captain Ron. Sisto's parents divorced and his father was
remarried to fabric artist Penny Sisto. Sisto lived with his mother
and sister, and has said that his father's absence made parenting his
own son more difficult. He was raised in the lower Sierra Nevada
Mountains, before moving to Chicago at age seven. He attended Hayfield
Montessori School in Louisville, Kentucky for first grade, then
Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. Sisto worked with local theater
companies Cherry Street Theater and the Absolute Theater Company. He
appeared in the film Grand Canyon while attending high school. After
he was accepted into the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
on a non-disclosure agreement, his career took off and he began acting
full-time.Sisto's first national acting exposure was in the 1984 music
video for the Twisted Sister song "We're Not Gonna Take It". Sisto
made his film debut in the 1991 drama Grand Canyon, starring Kevin
Kline and Steve Martin. He followed this with roles in the television
films Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) and The Shaggy Dog
(1994). In his early film and television career, Sisto played a killer
in Hideaway (1995); a rich teen in Clueless (1995); a 20-something
kidnapper in Suicide Kings (1997); Olympic gold medalist long-distance
runner Frank Shorter in Without Limits (1998); Jesus Christ in the CBS
miniseries Jesus (1999); and a widowed filmmaker in This Space Between
Us (1999). He has also starred in the films Moonlight and Valentino
(1995), White Squall (1996), Bongwater (1997), Some Girl (1998), and
Playing by Heart (1998). In 1996, Sisto screen tested for the
character of Jack Dawson in the James Cameron film Titanic alongside
Kate Winslet, but ultimately lost out on the role to Leonardo
DiCaprio. In 1998, he portrayed Frederick W. Seward in the TNT
television film The Day Lincoln Was Shot.
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