HOTEL COCAINE: Danny Pino Explores the Complexities of Portraying Roman Compte

Actors frequently play characters based on/inspired by real people, but for HOTEL COCAINE star Danny Pino, his character Roman Compte hit even closer to home: Roman is inspired by the father of Pino’s former MAYANS M.C. co-star/friend Maurice Compte.

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SAG-AFTRA Picketers Celebrate Halloween—And Show Support for the Negotiating Committee

With the SAG-AFTRA strike reaching its 110th day, the Warner Bros. picket line was filled with an appropriately chaotic group of supporters celebrating Halloween.

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Danny Pino Explains the Importance of Residuals for the Striking Actors and Writers

As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue on, Danny Pino has been a regular presence on the picket lines around Los Angeles. “I’m here in solidarity, not only with the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, with IATSE, and our brother and sister unions to seek a fair deal,” he explains to Give Me My Remote in the video below. “And to be able to have some longevity, not only for artists and laborers, but for our unions that protect us.”

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Danny Pino Reflects on His LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT Run

As LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT prepares to make history as the longest-running primetime scripted drama on television with its 21st premiere, the show is also hitting an important milestone: its 20th anniversary on September 20.

The series has undergone a number of changes in its two decades, and one of the most significant was when then-co-lead Christopher Meloni departed and Danny Pino and Kelli Giddish joined the series in 2011. (Pino exited in 2015; Giddish is still with the series.)

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GONE Exclusive Clip: A Couple’s Disappearance Sends Kick and Bishop into the Woods

On the Wednesday, April 10 episode of WGN America’s GONE, the team investigates a couple who has gone missing during a camping trip in the mountains—after an alarming 911 call.

In an exclusive clip from the hour, “Don’t Go,” Kennedy (Tracie Thoms) and Finley (Andy Mientus) fill the group in on the case—but Frank (Chris Noth) warns there is the possibility the couple’s disappearance may be tied into another disappearance.

To get a better read on the situation, Frank decides to send Kick (Leven Rambin) and Bishop (Danny Pino) to the crime scene to meet a search dog and its handler. “That seems like a pretty big area for just three people to cover, right?” Kick asks in the video below.

“More people on the ground will only confuse the dog and alert the kidnapper,” Bishop points out.

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GONE Exclusive First Look: Chris Noth, Leven Rambin, and Danny Pino Tease Their New Drama

On Wednesday, February 27, WGN America is debuting GONE, a drama about a special task force that investigates abductions and people who have gone missing.

The series—which previously ran internationally—follows Kick Lannigan (Leven Rambin), who was abducted as a child. Years later, her rescuer, Frank Novak (Chris Noth), sets up a special team with the goal of reuniting missing victims with their loved ones. Danny Pino, Tracie Thoms, and Andy Mientus also star.

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LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT Season 16 Premiere: ‘Girls Disappeared’ Photos

With LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT’s season 15 finale giving Benson a foster son and Amaro finding himself in trouble (again), season 16 is going to start off a bit differently: Olivia will have to balance her work with her newfound motherhood, while Amaro has been demoted/isn’t working with his fellow SVU officers.

Check out some photos from the show’s 16th season finale, “Girls Disappeared”…

SVU returns Wednesday, September 24th at 9 PM on NBC.

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