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Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York
January 7, 1956
Caruso was born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, the son of Joan, a librarian, and Stepfather Charles Caruso, a magazine and newspaper editor. He is of Irish and Italian descent and was raised Catholic. Caruso attended elementary and middle school at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Forest Hills, Queens, the same primary school attended by Ray Romano and Pia Zadora. He later attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, NY, graduating in 1974.
Married to Cheri Maugans
March 30, 1979 - Feburary 21, 1984
Caruso married Cheri Maugans in 1979. They divorce in 1984.
Hill Street Blues
January 17, 1981 - October 20, 1983
Caruso had a recurring role as the gang leader of "The Shamrocks" on Hill Street Blues in the early 1980s.
An Officer and a Gentleman
July 28, 1982
Caruso played a supporting role in An Officer and a Gentleman, a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him.
Daughter Greta Born
June 1, 1984
Caruso's daughter with his second wife, Rachel Ticotin was born June 1, 1984.
Married to Rachel Ticotin
September 1, 1984 - June 1, 1989
Caruso married Rachel Ticotin in 1983. They divorced in 1989.
China Girl
September 25, 1987
Caruso starred as Mercury in China Girl, a modern take on the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet. Set in 1980s Manhattan, the plot revolves around the intimate relationship developing between Tony, a teenage boy from Little Italy, and Tye, a teenage girl from Chinatown, while both of their older brothers become engrossed in a heated gang war against each other.
King of New York
September 22, 1990
Caruso's strong supporting role in the crime film King of New York (1990) made Hollywood really sit up and take notice.
Hudson Hawk
May 24, 1991
Caruso also appears (with heavy hair dye) as Kit-Kat in Hudson Hawk. The live action film makes heavy use of cartoon-style slapstick, including sound effects, which enhances the movie's signature surreal humour. The plot combines material based on conspiracy theories, secret societies, and historic mysteries, as well as outlandish "clockpunk" technology à la Coburn's Our Man Flint movies of the 1960s.
Mad Dog and Glory
March 5, 1993
Mad Dog and Glory stars Robert De Niro as a Chicago crime scene investigator (ironically nicknamed "Mad Dog" by his colleagues because of his timidity, to his chagrin), Uma Thurman as bartender "Glory" (in debt to her boss), and Bill Murray as Glory's boss, who identifies himself as both an "expediter of dreams" and a member of Cosa Nostra. David Caruso has a supporting role as Mad Dog's partner.
NYPD Blue
September 21, 1993 - November 1, 1994
Caruso's breakthrough role came in 1993, when he landed the part of Detective John Kelly on the new series NYPD Blue. After garnering much praise (TV Guide, listed him as one of the six new stars to watch in the '93-'94 season) and award nominations for his work, Caruso made news by leaving the highly-rated show the following year (only four episodes into the second season) to pursue a career in film, but was unable to really establish himself as a leading man movie star despite starring in the crime thrillers Kiss of Death (which was critically well-received but only did so-so financially, 1995) and Jade (1995) (which was panned and flopped outright).
Kiss of Death
April 21, 1995
Jimmy Kilmartin is an ex-con living in Astoria, in the New York City borough of Queens, trying to stay clean and now raising a family. But when his cousin makes him take a fall for driving an illegal move of stolen sports and luxury cars, he lands back in prison. In order to get an early release, he works with a detective (Samuel L. Jackson) to bring down a local small-time crime boss named Little Junior (Nicolas Cage).
Jade
October 13, 1995
San Francisco District Attorney David Corelli faces a potential conflict of interest when he learns that the prime suspect in a murder is psychologist Katrina Gavin, an old flame who eventually married his close friend Matt Gavin. Despite this, he continues on the case and discovers a series of photographs showing prominent public figures in compromising positions with an enigmatic prostitute known only as Jade. As Corelli searches for the identity of this unknown woman, believing she holds the key to the murder's solution, he uncovers further secrets that ultimately threaten his life.
Married to Margaret Buckley
May 4, 1996 - January 17, 2007
Caruso married Margaret Buckley in May of 1996. They were divorced in 2007.
Proof of Life
December 8, 2000
Caruso returned to the silver screen with a supporting role as Russell Crowe's mercenary sidekick in the movie Proof of Life in 2000. (Although the film was only a moderate success, critics noted Crowe and Caruso's chemistry and banter as veteran soldiers-for-hire.)
CSI: Miami
May 9, 2002 - Now
Since 2002, he has starred as Lt. Horatio Caine in the popular CSI spin-off series CSI: Miami. On CSI: Miami, Caruso is known for frequently using one-liners, many of which include him putting on his sunglasses mid-sentence.
Dating Liza Marquez
January 1, 2005 - Now
Caruso has been dating Liza Marquez. They have a son Marquez Anthony born on 15 September 2005 and a daughter Paloma Raquel born on 16 October 2007.
Son Marquez Anthony Born
September 15, 2005
Caruso's son with girlfriend Liza Marquez was born on Sept. 15, 2005.
Daughter Paloma Raquel Born
October 16, 2007
Caruso's daughter with girlfriend Liza Marquez was born on Oct. 16, 2007.
