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Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio (June 30, 1959—) is an American character actor and producer. He currently plays Detective Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent. __TOC__ Vincent D'Onofrio was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family moved around in his youth, and he grew up in Hawaii, Florida, and Colorado. He graduated from high school in Florida in 1977 and then attended a Colorado university for about 18 months. He then dropped out of college to pursue acting. He was accepted for study with the American Stanislavsky Theatre in New York City. His sister, Elizabeth D'Onofrio, also studied with the same group.

1984 was an important year for the young D'Onofrio. He became a full member of the American Stanislavsky Theatre and appeared in a number of its productions, including Of Mice and Men and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He also made his Broadway debut as Nick Rizzoli in Open Admissions. Before this breakthrough, he had been acting in New York University student films and was working as a bouncer.

It was his turn as the disturbed and bullied Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket
, which was the role that first brought him to the film world's attention. In gaining 70 pounds (32 kg) for the role, D'Onofrio showed his commitment to the craft. Since then, he has played a wide variety of roles, including iconic director Orson Welles in Tim Burton's Ed Wood, farmer Edgar and the hideous "Bug" from Men In Black, Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman in Steal This Movie
and fictional serial killer Carl Stargher in The Cell
.

He also has dabbled in film production and to date has produced two movies, The Whole Wide World
and Guy in 1996 and 1997, respectively, and executive produced two others, The Velocity of Gary in 1998 and Steal This Movie
in 2000.

D'Onofrio has moved to the small screen where he has been no less appreciated. He received an Emmy nomination in 1998 for his appearance as John Lange, the doomed accident/murder victim in the acclaimed "Subway" episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. He currently stars as Detective Robert Goren, a principal character, on the NBC television show Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

On February 9, 2005, NBC announced that Chris Noth, who played Detective Mike Logan in Law & Order (the original series) from 1990 to 1995, will join the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Detective Logan in the 2005–2006 season. D'Onofrio and Noth will share the lead role, alternating being the lead detective from week to week.

According to a June 16, 2005, interview with the Australian newspaper The Age, D'Onofrio will do, in cooperation with Channel Ten, a yet unrevealed show in Australia.

In November 2005, he won Best Actor at the Stockholm International Film Festival for his role as Mike Cobb in the independent film Thumbsucker
.

In 2006, D' Onofrio will break back onto the big screen in "The Break Up", starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. In it D' Onofrio will play Vaughn's slightly eccentric brother.

Personal life

D'Onofrio was married first to actress Greta Scacchi from 1991 to 1993, and then to model/photographer Carin van der Donk from 1997 to 2003. D'Onofrio has two children, daughter Leila George, with Scacchi, born March 20, 1992, and his son Elias, with van der Donk, born in 2000.

D'Onofrio experienced a health scare in 2004 when he collapsed on the set of Law & Order: Criminal Intent on November 10. He collapsed again at home a few days later and was taken back to the hospital for more thorough testing. He was subsequently diagnosed with exhaustion. Subsequently, series producers decided to lessen his workload for the 2005–2006 season by having him appear in alternating episodes with Chris Noth headlining episodes in which D'Onofrio does not perform.

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