Paulo Costanzo

Paulo Costanzo is an actor and director who was born in Toronto, Ontario and grew up in Brampton, a suburb of that city, and attended Mayfield Secondary School for the Arts, appearing in plays and musicals there. He studied theater for a year at Ryerson University before leaving to take Toronto television and film roles, and his first major television part came in Rescuers: Stories of Courage (1997), opposite Scott Speedman and Alfred Molina. He went on to play the alien Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthil on Nickelodeon's Animorphs, then won the role of Rubin Carver in Road Trip (2000) after a screen test for Todd Phillips. Supporting parts followed in Josie and the Pussycats (2001) and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002), and he appeared in Scorched and Splinter (2008). He played Michael Tribbiani on the Friends spinoff Joey and later took the role of Evan R. Lawson on Royal Pains, directing several episodes.