#233: Enrico Colantoni - What If?

Enrico Colantoni is an actor, writer, director and producer. You
probably recognise him from Veronica Mars, Galaxy Guest,
Flashpoint, Just Shoot Me! and Person of Interest to name a few.


He continues to distinguish himself as an actor who consistently
showcases his talent in the world of stage, film, and television.
He currently is a series regular on the new FX comedy series
English Teacher. He will next be seen as the co-lead in Anar
Ali’s upcoming CBC police procedural, Allegiance, and in the
upcoming feature films Humane and the dark comedy Mother, Father,
Sister, Brother, Frank opposite Mindy Cohn. Previously, he
co-starred in HBO Max's acclaimed drama series Station Eleven,
based on the bestseller, and played the co-lead in Birthday
Candles opposite Debra Messing at the Roundabout Theatre,
receiving a 2022 Theatre World Award for a Broadway debut.


He received a 2019 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Guest
Actor/Drama in Travelers and has recently appeared in series,
Ghosts, The Good Fight, Madam Secretary, iZombie, Hot in
Cleveland, Warehouse 13 and American Gothic. He also starred on
the CBS series Flashpoint (receiving a Gemini and Canadian Screen
Awards) the telefilm House of Versace, (where he portrayed Gianni
Versace) Tom Hanks' produced miniseries The Kennedy's, (where he
portrayed J. Edgar Hoover) and Bad Blood, the six-part Netflix
series based on the best-selling book Business of Blood: Mafia
Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War. On the big screen, he has appeared
in films such as Kill Chain opposite Nicolas Cage, Stigmata
opposite Patricia Arquette, Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial
Intelligence and the Stephen Soderbergh thrilled Contagion -
which reunited him with his Full Frontal director.


Enrico has also enjoyed success as a writer/director with two
short films - The Bike and Issues - the latter of which premiered
at the Toronto Film Festival. He also directed two episodes of
iZombie after appearing on the show.


We chat about rejection, breaking out of the family construct to
pursue your dreams, identity, working and not working, mental
hurdles, gratitude, Just Shoot Me! Happiness, metaphysics,
Grandmaster Kitty and more!

The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael
Kahan

Check Enrico out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enricocolantoni_really/


Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/ricocolantoni

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