Palladino was born the youngest of three boys in Yonkers, New York, to an Armenian mother, Queenie, a high school teacher, and Peter Palladino, a heating contractor of Italian descent. His older brothers are Chris (b. 1961) and Todd (b. 1963). Palladino's maternal grandfather, Harry Mozian, came to America from Armenia on December 3, 1922, with his mother Maritza Mozian.[2][3]
In 1999, Palladino landed his breakthrough starring role, one month after returning from the U-571 shoot in Rome, on ER as Dr. Dave Malucci, which he played in the sixth season until the eighth season in 2001. In 2005, he starred in the FX war drama Over There as Sgt. Scream, the leader of a squad of U.S. 3rd Infantry Division soldiers involved in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
He is a singer of the rock band Hearing Red.[4] Palladino was also the host of the short-lived TV series, Hit Parader's Heavy Metal Meltdown, in the late '80s.[5]
↑ "Rosie's Free-For-All". The Wichita Eagle. January 24, 2000. Retrieved October 26, 2010. The character's name was Dave Norquist originally. 'I'm Italian American and Norquist didn't sound like an ethnic name to me,' says the 31-year-old actor, who nailed his audition, forcing a change in ethnicity for the part.
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