Giacomo Gianniotti was born 19 June 1989, in Rome, Italy.[1] His father was Italian and his mother was Canadian. In 1994 after his parents' marriage ended his mother returned to Canada and he grew up in his mother's hometown of Parry Sound, Ontario and at age 16 moved again to Toronto into York Mills.[2] He divides his time between Toronto and Rome, working in Canadian and Italian stage, films and television.[3]
His first acting experience in film was a small role in a Giulio Base's feature film featuring Shelley Winters and Vittorio Gassman, shot in the "Cinecittá" film studio in Rome. He guest starred in an episode of the Italian television series Medicina Generale in 2010. He appeared in several television shows in 2013, including Beauty & the Beast and Copper, in which he starred in three episodes.
Gianniotti played a recurring role as Lord Julien in the first season of Reign.[2] He played Leslie Garland for several episodes in Murdoch Mysteries (2013–2014, 2023). He starred as Freddy in the television series Selfie (2014), and later acted in the made-for-TV drama film The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. In 2015, Gianniotti appeared in Backpackers as Andrew.[2]
Also in 2015, he was cast as surgical intern Dr. Andrew DeLuca for the last two episodes of the eleventh season of Grey's Anatomy. On 8 January 2016, he was promoted to series regular.[4][5]
In 2019, Gianniotti was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.[6]
In 2021, Gianniotti won the Tell-Tale TV Award for Favorite Actor in a Network Drama Series for his role on Grey's Anatomy.[7]
Guest (season 11) Main cast (seasons 12–17) 110 episodes Nominated - Golden Maple Award for Best actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016)[12] Nominated - Golden Maple Award for Newcomer of the year in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. (2016)[12]
