Danny Pino

Daniel Gonzalo Danny Pino is an American actor who starred as Detective Scotty Valens in the CBS series Cold Case from 2003 to 2010, and as NYPD Detective Nick Amaro in the longrunning NBC legal drama Law amp Order Special Victims Unit from 2011 to 2015. In 2002, he appeared in Londons West End in the theatre play called Up for Grabs with Madonna. In May 2003, Pino played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy.

Named after his grandfather, Pedro Gonzalo de Armas, Pino was born one of five boys in Miami, Florida and is of Cuban descent. He attended Rockway Middle School and graduated from Miami Coral Park High School in 1992, and from Florida International University in 1996 where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He also attended New York Universitys Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 2000.

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