Jay Giannone grew up in the Old Harbor Projects of South Boston (Southie). Jay comes from a long line of artists. His Mom (Janet) is a theatrical actress, and was the lead singer in her rock & roll band. Jay's grandmother was a song writer and his great grandmother was a painter. He is the prodigy and pride of these fine artistic women.
At age 14 Jay's career began as a break dancer and street performer. He was invited to dance with the Floor Lords, collectively known as the best crew in New England and rivaled the N.Y city breakers. At age 17 Jay was a model for Converse and portrayed the "Chuck Taylor" character in a national campaign. Jay also appeared in Gatorade National Print Campaigns with Michael Jordan. Jay is also a former J-Crew catalog model.
In 1995 Jay played a drug dealer on the Venice beach board walk in "Pacific Blue" which was his television debut. In 1996, Jay played Teddy Mac in the feature film "Southie" and was his feature film debut. Jay continued to participate in numerous commercials, television shows and feature films.
In 2006 Jay played a Detective and served as consultant/technical advisor to Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese for the Academy award winning film "TheDeparted" Jay offered his insights on South Boston's Irish mob politics. Giannone's perspective contributed significantly to DiCaprio's grasp on the role of Billy, an undercover State Police officer deep in the Southie mob.
In 2009 Jay wrote, produced, directed and played the lead in the short film, "Diamond In The Rough", which won the Boston Film Night Audience Award. That same year he wrote, produced, directed and starred in the feature film "Scalpers".
As an actor, he has appeared in several television shows including the HBO hit series "Entourage" and most recently "Scorpion" as a S.W.A.T Captain. Jay's noted feature film roles include box office hits "Gone Baby Gone" "The Departed" and American Hustle". Most recently Jay wrote, produced, directed and stars in "It snows all the time". Due out in 2015. Also due out in 2015 is " Justice Served" where he plays a lead role and Black Mass where Jay can be seen opposite Johnny Depp as a Task Force Agent.
