CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - 1012. Anonymous - Joe Mantegna & Danny Ramm's Video Interview

If not for a high draft number, Joe Mantegna might have chosen a career in the military instead of a forty-year career in entertainment. On Criminal Minds, Mantegna portrays David Rossi, an ex-FBI agent who was also once a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. This aspect of his character is especially important to Mantegna, who comes from a military family and is very passionate about military and veterans' issues.

In the video above, Mantegna talks about his experiences with the military and why veterans mean so much to him. He and freelance writer Danny Ramm also talk about how and why they decided to highlight the plight of...

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CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - 1012. Anonymous - The Bryan Times Interviews Joe Mantegna

by Jay Bobbin


Joe Mantegna is saying farewell to a famous friend in a special way.

The “Criminal Minds” star recalls one of the show's recurring guests — the late Meshach Taylor (“Designing Women”) — in the second episode of the long-running CBS mystery series that Mantegna also has directed, airing Wednesday, Jan. 21. It brings Behavioral Analysis Unit agent David Rossi (Mantegna) unsettling news about fellow war veteran Harrison Scott (Taylor's character) just as Rossi is about to spend time with Joy (Amber Stevens), the daughter he recently learned he has.

“It was emotional,” Mantegna confirms of filling two jobs on the story by Bruce Zimmerman and Mantegna's longtime assistant, Danny Ramm. “The last 10 minutes of the episode is basically...

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