Giacomo Gianniotti – Bio, Dating, Girlfriend, Wife, Gay, Parents

Quick Facts

If you refer to him as Dr. Andrew DeLuca, you won’t be wrong as that is the screen character we have come to see Giacomo Gianniotti portray on since 2015, alongside other actors like Jason George, and. For his spectacular portrayal of his character in the American medical drama television series, Gianniotti has seen a couple of award nominations, which you will learn more about here, in addition to his other roles and some unknown facts about his family life and sexuality.

Giacomo Gianniotti Bio

Giacomo Keaton Gianniotti, popularly referred to as Giacomo Gianniotti, is an Italian-Canadian actor who was born on the 19th of June 1989 in Rome, Italy to Giorgio Giannotti and his Canadian wife whose name was given as Keaton. The actor has a sister named Isabelle Gianniotti with whom he was raised back in Rome before the family moved to Ontario, Canada.

With regards to schooling, Giannotti attended Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts in Toronto before graduating and moving to Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, where he enrolled in their Theatre Program and graduated thereof. Next came his enrollment at the Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre in Toronto, where he completed his actor’s residency before focusing entirely on building his career.

From a young age, Gianniotti had an interest in the arts which hugely influenced the choice of the schools he attended. He began by working on stage, before moving to television series and appearing in Canadian and Italian films. The actor’s first acting gig was in the episode “Separazioni” of the Italian medical drama series, Medicina Generale (2010) as the character Alberto Talenti. He didn’t feature in any other film until 2013 when he recorded a couple of acting roles in various television series as well as in one short film project titled Done.

The actor continued to grow his acting career with roles in tv series and films like Still (2014), Selfie (2014), and The Secret Life of  (2015). He then landed the role of Dr. Andrew DeLuca in Grey’s Anatomy which he has been starring in from 2015 to this present time. In 2018, Giacomo Gianniotti starred in Station 19, in the episode “No Recovery.”

For his role in Grey’s Anatomy, Gianniotti has received two nominations; the Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S and the Golden Maple Award for Newcomer of the year in a TV series broadcast in the U.S, both in 2016.

Parents

As mentioned above, Giacomo Gianniotti was born to an Italian father named Giorgio, and his Canadian wife whose surname is said to be Keaton. He grew up knowing how to speak Italian which he learned from his father who worked as a waiter. Giorgio is said to have spent his leisure time teaching his kids the culture and language of Italy. His mother was not left out in these teachings as she became fluent in Italian, making the family’s Italian cultural integration complete.

After about 15 years in Rome, the Giannotti’s relocated to Canada when Giacomo landed his Beauty & the Beast role. They first stayed at his mother’s hometown of Parry Sound, Ontario before moving to Toronto, Canada where they are believed to now have a family home.

Who Is He Dating? Girlfriend, Wife

Giacomo Gianniotti is engaged to his girlfriend Nichole Gustafson and we are all agog to hear their wedding bells. Gustafson, from what we have gathered about her, is a makeup artist.

The duo became friends sometime prior to the beginning of 2016, around the time they reportedly first went out on a date. On November 25, 2017, Gianniotti proposed to her to which she said yes. They subsequently announced the new stage of their relationship with their pictures on the following day, as the actor described himself as “truly one lucky guy” while his soon-to-be bride wrote that she couldn’t wait to be his wife. She added that her beau proposed in the most romantic way ever.

Is He Gay?

On the question of his sexuality, the paragraph above strongly put forward in strong terms and convincing facts that Giacomo Gianniotti is not gay. To add to this, the actor has also not revealed that he has a sexual liking for people of the same gender. However, seeing that the Italian-Canadian is playing the role of Dr. Andrew DeLuca in Grey’s Anatomy, which has a number of gay characters, some viewers have speculated that he might be gay.

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