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David Caruso Biography
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David Caruso made his big splash as Detective John Kelly in the first season of the hit TV show N.Y.P.D. Blue (1993), although fans of cop shows remember him from his appearances in the 1980s on Hill Street Blues and Crime Story. After one season on N.Y.P.D. Blue (plus four episodes), Caruso quit the show to pursue a film career. He appeared in the movies Kiss of Death (1995, with Samuel L. Jackson and Nicolas Cage) and Jade (1995), but his much-publicized leap to the big screen famously fizzled. Since then he has returned to television for a brief run in Michael Hayes (1997, written by Paul Haggis), appeared with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan in the feature film Proof of Life (2000) and landed the lead role in the TV series C. S. I.: Miami (2002).
Caruso is one of many TV stars to throw in the towel, joining Gary Burghoff, Shelley Long, McLean Stevenson and Jerry Seinfeld in our loop Quitters!
Four Good Links
The Unofficial David Caruso Page
Slow-loading, but morsels abound
"Soul Man"
1997 Salon piece about Caruso's famous switch from TV
David Caruso Filmography
From the Internet Movie Database
CSI: Miami
The official page from the CBS series
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Best Known As
That redheaded guy who quit N.Y.P.D. Blue