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David Caruso

Distinctive red-haired American actor, born 7 January 1956 in Queens, New York, best known as cool cucumber, sunglasses-fixated crimesolver Horatio Caine on the wildly popular “CSI: Miami”. Caruso first appeared as a fresh young face opposite some surprisingly big names: as Richard Gere's obnoxious and ill-fated classmate in "An Officer and a Gentleman", and a clueless hick deputy crossing Sylvester Stallone's warpath in "Rambo: First Blood".

He sneered and menaced his way through the rest of the 80's before landing his big break in *the* original cop show "NYPD Blue" as the caring, sharing half of the good cop/bad cop double act with grizzled veteran Dennis Franz. He was its breakout star, and, as the show snowballed, he very publicly took his leave midway through the second season to pursue fame on the silver screen.

Famously, his glittering career as a leading man failed to materialise, and he managed a couple of poorly-received and underwhelming B-movies (notably raunchy 'erotic thriller' "Jade") before sinking into obscurity. He resurfaced in 2000 as Russell Crowe's personable fellow soldier-of-fortune in "Proof Of Life", and after a few false starts ("Black Point"), hit his stride once more at the head of CSI's suntanned spinoff.


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David Caruso - news / articles


  • Caruso 'stalker' arrested - 22 February 2009
    -An Austrian woman accused of stalking Csi: Miami star David Caruso has been detained after an international warrant was issued for her arrest.- -The unnamed 41-year-old - whose identity is protected under the country's privacy laws - was due to stand trial in April (

David Caruso - what members say


  • Proof Of Life
  • Proof Of Life review by from SUNDERLAND
    Rated - 5 stars 7 November 2004
    .... Great plot and excellent acting from Meg Ryan, David Morse, Russel Crowe and David Caruso. The story line is that Morse had been kidnapped for a ransom by a guerilla gr...  
  • Session 9
  • Session 9 review by from Plymouth, Devon
    Rated - 4 stars A trully effetive and atmospheric psychological thriller. 15 August 2006
    ...The actors are all recognisable from TV with two starring in CSI incarnations - David Caruso and Paul Guilfoyle of Miami and Vegas, respectively. It all adds up to an effec...  
  • NYPD Blue - Season 1
  • NYPD Blue - Season 1 review by from Eastbourne
    Rated - 5 stars Better than any cop show on now. 22 May 2006
    ...lossy, lacking in realism and character development. The scripts are superb and David Caruso and Dennis Franz have never been better. If you like glossy, formulaic shows ...  

David Caruso - filmography


  • CSI Miami - Season 1 - Part 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Emily Procter,  Adam Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A crime series based in Miami. Horatio Caine the head criminologist in the team and his crime scene investigator colleagues crack multiple cases using evidence left at the crime scene. Episodes Comprise: 13. Bunk 14. Forced Entry 15. Dead Woman Walking 16. Evidence of Things Unseen 17. ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 4,467 members
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  • Black Point on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Susan Haskell,  Thomas Ian Griffith
    Director: David Mackay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Seasoned television cop David Caruso (formerly of TV's hit series NYPD BLUE) goes back to his crime fighting roots here, playing an ex-cop with a strong sense of right and wrong. When he falls obsessively in love with a beautiful woman, this former policeman finds himself caught up on the side of ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 181 members
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  • Proof Of Life on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Meg Ryan,  Russell Crowe,  David Morse
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Around the world, between 20,000 and 50,000 people are kidnapped each year. In Taylor Hackford's suspense-filled adventure film, American businessman Peter Bowman (David Morse) is traveling in a Latin American country when a group of criminals take him as their hostage and hold him for ransom. The ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,086 members
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  • Deadlocked (2000)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Charles S. Dutton,  Jo D. Jonz
    Director: Michael Watkins
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Demond Doyle (Jo D. Jonz) is convicted of the rape and murder of his employer's wife. Something is clearly wrong with the prosecution's evidence, however, and when Demond wont defend himself, his devoted father, Jacob (Charles S. Dutton), intervenes. Taking the jury hostage, Jacob demands that ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 36 members
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  • Body Count (1998)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Linda Fiorentino,  Forest Whitaker
    Director: Robert Patton Spruill
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Pike is a man who always seems to get mixed up with the wrong people. After he is released from prison a friend persuades him to do one more hit, this time a no violence raid on an art gallery. Things don't go quite as planned...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 167 members
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  • Jade on DVD (1995)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Linda Fiorentino,  Chazz Palminteri
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Assistant D.A. David Corelli (David Caruso) is trapped between friendship and the law when the brutal murder of an important San Franciso millionaire points toward his former lover and college friend, Trina Gavin (Linda Fiorentino), a beautiful woman with a mysterious alter ego. As details of the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 1,189 member
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  • Twins on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Chloe Webb,  Danny De Vito
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Twin brothers--hardly identical--are separated at birth. As the result of a genetic experiment gone awry, the brothers could not be more different, both physically and emotionally. Raised in a sheltered environment away on a desert island, giant Julius (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has developed into a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 9,853 members
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  • China Girl on DVD (1987)
    Starring: James Russo,  David Caruso,  Sari Chang
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    A street-smart Italian youth falls in love with a shy Chinese girl. Their romance blossoms, igniting an ugly, all-out gang war led by his hot-head brother and her own brother, the leader of the reigning Chinese gang. Set in New York's Lower East Side.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 123 members
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  • Rambo - First Blood on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Sylvester Stallone,  Richard Crenna,  Brian Dennehy
    Director: Ted Kotcheff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Features: 'Rambo - First Blood', 'Rambo - First Blood - Part II' and 'Rambo III' RAMBO III, which could be called 'Rambo In Afghanistan', is set in 1988, near the end of the Soviet Union's involvement there. At the beginning of the film, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is living a secluded life in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14,341 members
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David Caruso - watch online


  • Jade to Watch Now (1995)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Linda Fiorentino,  Chazz Palminteri
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 107 minutes
    Assistant D.A. David Corelli (David Caruso) is trapped between friendship and the law when the brutal murder of an important San Franciso millionaire points toward his former lover and college friend, Trina Gavin (Linda Fiorentino), a beautiful woman with a mysterious alter ego. As details of the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 20 members
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  • China Girl to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: James Russo,  David Caruso
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 87 minutes
    Canal street, cutting diagonally across New York's Lower East Side, separates Little Italy from Chinatown - and the two rival gangs who rule the streets. In this modern day Romero & Juliet, set in the tension filled atmosphere of the hot New York streets, an affair between a Chinese and an Italian ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2 members
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  • Blue City to Watch Now (1986)
    Starring: Judd Nelson,  Ally Sheedy,  David Caruso
    Director: Michelle Manning
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 83 minutes
    Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy rekindle their chemistry from The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire in this taut thriller. After learning that his father, the mayor of Blue City, has been murdered, Billy Turner (Nelson) must track down the killer.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 18 members
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David Caruso facts

5 most recent films

CSI Miami - Season 6 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 6 - Part 1 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 5 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Miami - Season 4 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 5 - Part 1 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

CSI Miami - Season 5 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
CSI Miami - Season 6 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI - Miami - Season 4 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 4 - Part 1 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 5 - Part 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Deadlocked - 2.5 stars
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis - 3.5 stars
Jade - 2.5 stars
Body Count - 2.5 stars
China Girl - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Khandi Alexander - 48 times - show films
Adam Rodriguez - 48 times - show films
Emily Procter - 40 times - show films
Jonathan Togo - 32 times - show films
Sofia Milos - 28 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Karen Gaviola - 16 times - show films
Sam Hill - 16 times - show films
Scott Lautanen - 16 times - show films
none - 16 times - show films
Matt Earl Beesley - 12 times - show films