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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.


What members say | Filmography

David Caruso - what members say


  • Mad Dog And Glory
  • Mad Dog And Glory review by Philip Concannon from London
    Rated - 2 stars A well-acted curiousity 12 December 2004
    ...ter's sideline as a stand-up comic feels like a contrivance to make Murray fit. David Caruso and Mike Starr offer great support as Wayne and Frank's sidekicks respectively,...  
  • Proof Of Life
  • Proof Of Life review by A customer 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...  
  • NYPD Blue - Season 1
  • NYPD Blue - Season 1 review by Anneliese O'Callaghan 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 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Emily Procter,  Adam Rodriguez
    Certificate: 15
    The cases of the Miami, Florida police department's Crime Scene Investigations unit. Features the following episodes: Golden Parachute, Wet Foot/Dry Foot, Just One Kiss, Losing Face, Ashes To Ashes, Broken, Breathless, Slaughterhouse, Kill Zone, A Horrible Mind, Camp Fear, Entrance Wounds
    Rate this: 4.0 78% from 1,031 members
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  • Black Point on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Susan Haskell,  Thomas Ian Griffith
    Director: David Mackay
    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 51% from 172 members
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  • Proof Of Life on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Meg Ryan,  Russell Crowe,  David Morse
    Director: Taylor Hackford
    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: 3.0 64% from 689 members
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  • Deadlocked (2000)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Charles S. Dutton,  Jo D. Jonz
    Director: Michael Watkins
    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 50% from 40 members
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  • Body Count (1998)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Linda Fiorentino,  Forest Whitaker
    Director: Robert Patton Spruill
    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 47% from 165 members
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  • Jade on DVD (1995)
    Starring: David Caruso,  Linda Fiorentino,  Chazz Palminteri
    Director: William Friedkin
    Certificate: 18
    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 51% from 159 members
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  • Twins on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Chloe Webb,  Danny De Vito
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    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: 3.0 59% from 3,716 members
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  • China Girl on DVD (1987)
    Starring: James Russo,  David Caruso,  Sari Chang
    Director: Abel Ferrara
    Certificate: 18
    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 47% from 112 members
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David Caruso facts

5 most recent films


CSI Miami - Season 5 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 1 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 1 - Part 1 - 4.0 stars
Black Point - 2.5 stars
Session 9 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


CSI - Miami - Season 4 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 5 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 5 - Part 1 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 3 - Part 2 - 4.0 stars
CSI Miami - Season 3 - 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


Emily Procter - 9 times - show films
Khandi Alexander - 8 times - show films
Adam Rodriguez - 8 times - show films
Sofia Milos - 6 times - show films
Kim Delaney - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors


none - 6 times - show films
Ted Kotcheff - 3 times - show films
Abel Ferrara - 3 times - show films
Joe Chappelle - 2 times - show films
Karen Gaviola - 2 times - show films