Erik Palladino (born May 10, 1968 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Dave Malucci in the NBC drama series ER. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company, its former corporate name) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Born to Peter (a heating contractor) and Queenie (a junior high school teacher) Palladino, he is the youngest of three sons born into an Italian-Armenian family.[1] He wanted to be an actor after watching Robert De Niro's performance in the 1980 film Raging Bull when he was 12 years old. He joined a children's repertory company a year later. He and his brother, Chris, performed together in Chris' alternative rock band No More Happy Faces. He had long hair at the time, as he was a big fan of Jon Bon Jovi. Robert Mario De Niro Jr. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese, and written by Paul Schrader, and Mardik Martin. ... Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi on March 2, 1962) is an American musician and actor who is the lead singer of the band Bon Jovi. ...

Erik graduated from the all-boy Catholic Archbishop Stepinac High School. This prompted him to then major in theatre at Marymount Manhattan College. He graduated in 1991 earning a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then continued performing with Rock's band until he got his first breakthrough role on the popular American television series ER. Marymount Manhattan College is a liberal arts college located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ...

In 2005, he starred in the FX television series Over There as "Sgt. Scream," the leader of a squad of U.S. 3rd Infantry Division soldiers involved the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. The show earned the milestone of being the first entertainment-oriented production featuring a currently ongoing conflict in the United States. Over There was an action / drama / war television series that aired on the FX network. ... Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized). ... Combatants Coalition Forces: United States United Kingdom South Korea Australia Poland Romania others. ...

Erik also plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hollywood charity. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ...

Erik is the lead singer for the rock band Hearing Red.

Trivia

• He has two dogs, Daisy and Leroy.
• According to Mark Ebner from Hollywood, Interrupted, Erik Palladino is "constantly getting punched in bars by irate women who mistake him for" Joe Francis, the mind behind the provocative video series Girls Gone Wild.

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Selected credits

• HOTEL CALIFORNIA (2007)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Season 6 Episode "Werewolves" (2006)
• Over There (2005)
• Dead & Breakfast (2005)
• Joan of Arcadia Television Series(2003)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2003)
• U-571 (2000)
• Finder's Fee (2001)
• ER (1999-2001)
• Road Kill (1999)
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Love and Marriage (1996)

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See also

• List of male television actors

This is an alphabetical list of notable male television actors. ...

External links

• Erik Palladino at the Internet Movie Database
• World Poker Tour Profile
• Eric Palladino at Myspace