Joe Manganiello loved watching monster movies as a kid. In an interview with
Pittsburgh Magazine,
Joe said he wanted to be one of those scary creatures and used to pray that he would turn into a
werewolf. "Twenty-five years later I play one on TV." Getting his wish, we will see
Joe as
Alcide Herveaux, a tall, dark and well built
werewolf in
Season 3 of
Alan Ball's
HBO hit series,
True Blood. Airing on
June 13th,
Season 3 will have
Alcide vying for the attention of
Sookie Stackhouse, competing with
vampires Eric Northman and
Bill Compton. Scary creatures aside, in the article
Joe went on to mention his love of the Pittsburgh Steelers. "I bleed black and gold," he said. He even made a YouTube video in 2007 about die hard Steelers fans talking in a Los Angeles bar. Growing up in Mount Lebanon, PA,
Joe played varsity football and was captain of the basketball and volleyball teams. At 6'5",
Joe had thought he'd play basketball in college. Instead, his childhood dream of acting called louder.
Joe got the acting bug during his last year of high school. But he was not accepted into the acting program of the college of his choice, CMU. So he attended the University of Pittsburgh for a year, auditioning for everything, and his hard work paid off. He was accepted into the CMU acting program the following year. With a busy career,
Joe can be seen on many network and cable channels, as well as in commercials. But
True Blood fans will get to meet him in just a few short weeks, as
Season 3 kicks off with more scary creatures. SOURCE:
pittsburghmagazine.com (Photo credit - fanpix.net)
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