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Carpinello in 2012, photo by DFree /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: James Anthony Carpinello
Place of Birth: Albany, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 13, 1975
Ethnicity: German, Irish, English, one eighth Italian, one eighth Danish, French-Canadian, remote Dutch
James Carpinello is an American film, television, and stage actor. His roles include the films The Punisher (2004), The Great Raid , Gangster Squad , Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife , Midway (2019), and Fear the Night ; the shows Felicity , So Notorious , The Closer , The Good Wife , Person of Interest , The Mob Doctor , Gotham , The Blacklist , The Gifted , and The Enemy Within ; and works on stage.
James is the son of Anthony J. Carpinello, a former justice of the New York State Supreme Court, and Sharon E. (Kelly) Carpinello, also a former state official. James is married to actress Amy Acker , with whom he has two children.
James’s paternal grandfather was James Anthony Carpinello (the son of Anthony J. Carpinello and Viola M. Stammel). James’s grandfather James was born in Albany, New York. James’s great-grandfather Anthony was Italian, the son of Vincenzo James “Vincent” Carpinello and Catherine/Cathrine Toriello; and had roots in Naples, Campania. James’s great-grandmother Viola was born in New York, to a Danish-born father, Hendrick/Henry Adolph Stammel, whose family was from Prussia, Germany; and to a mother, Barbara A. Strobel, who was also born in Denmark, or in New York, also to German parents, from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, respectively.
James’s paternal grandmother was Barbara Isabelle Metzger (the daughter of Clifford Frank Metzger and Mildred Louise Wolfe). Barbara was born in Amherst, Erie, New York. Clifford was born in Arcade, Wyoming, New York, the son of Andrew Metzger, whose parents were German, from Rhineland-Palatinate, and Bavaria, respectively; and of Isabelle Vishion, whose parents were French-Canadian. James’s great-grandmother Mildred was born in New York, the daughter of George Ralph Wilkeson Wolfe, whose parents were also German; and of Mary Laible, whose father was from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and whose mother was Alsatian.
James’s maternal grandfather was named Charles Earl Kelly. Charles was born in Berlin, Rensselaer, New York.
James’s maternal grandmother was Pearl Elizabeth Hansen (the daughter of Charles C. Hansen and Pearl Maria Anderson). James’s grandmother Pearl was born in Troy, Rensselaer, New York. James’s great-grandfather Charles was born in Troy, to Danish parents, Christain Hansen and Caroline Jessen, with roots in Haderslev. James’s great-grandmother Pearl was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer, the daughter of Frederick Barrett Anderson, whose maternal granfather was from Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England, and whose maternal grandmother was from Ireland; and of Edith Maria Crandall/Crandell.
Sources: James’s paternal grandfather, James Anthony Carpinello, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Draft card of James’s paternal grandfather, James Anthony Carpinello – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of James’s paternal grandfather, James Anthony Carpinello – http://www.legacy.com
James’s paternal great-grandparents, Anthony J. Carpinello and Viola M. Stammel, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
James’s paternal great-grandmother, Viola M. Stammel, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org Viola M. Stammel on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of James’s paternal grandmother, Barbara Isabelle (Metzger) Carpinello – https://familysearch.org
James’s maternal grandmother, Pearl Elizabeth Hansen, on the 1930 U.S Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of James’s maternal grandmother, Pearl Elizabeth (Hansen) Kelly – http://www.legacy.com