Birth Name: James Anthony Carpinello
Place of Birth: Albany, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 13, 1975
Ethnicity: Italian (paternal great-grandfather), Danish (around 3/8), German, Irish
James Carpinello is an American film, television, and stage actor.
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 has 1/8 Italian, Danish (around 3/8), with the rest being German, Irish and possibly other ancestry.
James is married to actress Amy Acker, with whom has two children.
James’s paternal grandparents were James Anthony Carpinello (the son of Anthony J. Carpinello and Viola M.) and Barbara Metzger. Anthony J. Carpinello was Italian, from Piedmont. Viola was born in New York, to a Danish father and a mother also born in Denmark or in New York, depending on censuses.
James’s maternal grandparents were Charles Kelly and Pearl E. Hansen (the daughter of Charles C. Hansen and Pearl). Charles C. Hansen was born in New York, to Danish parents. Pearl was born in New York, to a father from Massachusetts and a mother from New York.
Sources: James’s paternal grandfather, James Anthony Carpinello, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of James’s paternal grandfather, James Anthony Carpinello: http://www.legacy.com
Draft card of James’s paternal grandfather, James Anthony Carpinello – https://familysearch.org
James’s paternal great-grandmother on the 1920 U.S. Census: https://familysearch.org
Death record of James’s paternal grandmother, Barbara (Metzger) Carpinello – https://familysearch.org
James’s maternal grandmother, Pearl E. Hansen, on the 1930 U.S Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of James’s maternal grandmother, Pearl E. (Hansen) Kelly – http://www.legacy.com
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