Andrew Davoli was born in Syracuse, New York. Shortly after college he moved to New York City and began studying at the Stella Adler Conservatory. He was soon cast in several plays in New York and Philadelphia, including "Marvin's Room", "Hurlyburly" and "Twelfth Night". He continued his Adler training in Los Angeles with Ron Burrus and then Arthur Mendoza, both former apprentices of Ms. Adler. Andy currently trains with Mendoza at his Actor's Circle Theater in Hollywood. Andy got his first starring role in a film in 1997 as Tim, a psychologically disturbed young man involved in an abusive relationship in Loser Love (1999). He continued with the supporting role of Raymond Price in the Godfatheresque Miramax crime drama The Yards (2000) for director James Gray opposite Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Faye Dunaway and Ellen Burstyn. Andy then was cast in the lead role of Chris Scarpa in New Line Cinema's Knockaround Guys (2001) opposite John Malkovich, Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper, Dennis Hopper and Seth Green. He then scored a recurring role on the third season of the hit HBO drama "The Sopranos" (1999) as Dino Zerilli. Afterwards came a small part as Romeo opposite Al Pacino in People I Know (2002) and as Stanley in Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead (1999) opposite Nicolas Cage and Ving Rhames. He then was cast in the lead role of Basil in the Steven Soderbergh/George Clooney-produced Warner Bros. Welcome to Collinwood (2002), in which he starred opposite Clooney, William H. Macy, Sam Rockwell, Isaiah Washington, Gabrielle Union and Jennifer Esposito. Andy and his brother Dave started a company called Fraternal Artists, which is located in New York City. In early 2002, as residents of lower Manhattan who experienced 9/11, the brothers responded by producing and starring in an off-Broadway revival of Israel Horovitz's' "The Indian Wants the Bronx" at Jim Sheridan's famed Hell's Kitchen Theater at the Irish Arts Center. The play deals with the racism and violence born of ignorance, pain and loneliness of an Eastern Indian male by two psychologically damaged young males. Their next project was a documentary of the making of "Welcome to Collinwood" which is featured on the DVD of "Welcome to Collinwood." It was shot on Andy's one-chip Sony camera and was edited by Andy, Dave and their brother Mark. They continued with a short film written by Andy entitled "Brando From the Neck Down." It's a satire about a struggling actor who moves from New York City to Los Angeles to study with none other than Marlon Brando himself. The film was completed 80 days before Brando's passing. Next for Fraternal Artists is a project entitled "16:19" written by Andy, about a 25-year-old secret that destroys a family. He followed that with a part in the HBO film Warm Springs (2005) (TV) as Jake Perini, a paraplegic ex-steel worker, which stars Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon and Kathy Bates.
