| Robert Maschio | |
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| Born | August 25 1966 New York, New York, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, |
Robert Maschio (born August 25, 1966) is an American actor.
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Personal Life
His father is a lawyer in New York. His brother, Michael, is a writer as well as a history teacher at South Side High School in Rockville Centre, New York.
Early life
Maschio was born in New York, and grew up in Syosset, Long Island. He attended Columbia University in New York City, graduating in 1992. During his junior year he studied abroad, and in his senior year he began performing musical theatre, appearing in plays such as Pippin, Anything Goes, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. After college, Robert joined the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, where he studied acting under Sanford Meisner, developer of the Meisner technique. After leaving the Playhouse, he began a theatre career in New York, appearing in plays at the Synchronicity Space, the Actor's Studio and The American Place Theatre, during which time he started writing and performing his own stand up comedy.
Career
After making guest appearances on various TV shows such as Bram and Alice, he eventually found fame playing "Dr. Todd 'The Todd' Quinlan," a hypersexual surgeon in friend Bill Lawrence's sitcom Scrubs. He has also guest-starred in another Lawrence production, Spin City, in 1996, and played a jury member in Veronica Mars in 2005. During the summer of 2006, he played Louis Browning, a rapist on the daytime soap 'As The World Turns'. Louis Browning was slashed to death by a serial killer called 'the slasher'. Robert Maschio has expressed his enjoyment playing the soap opera role. The Comedy Rap debut of Robert Maschio happens on 6th December with "The Todd Song" video and listening party at www.robertmaschio.com
Selected Filmography
| Show | Year | Character | Notes |
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| As The World Turns | 2006 | Louis Browning | Appeared in 16 episodes |
| Cuts | 2005 | Tommy | Appeared in episode "Analyze What" |
| Scrubs | 2001 - Present | Dr. Todd 'The Todd' Quinlan | Has appeared in 100 episodes to date. |
| Spin City | 1996 and 2001 | Officer Carney | Appeared in episodes "The Perfect Dorm", and "Dog Day Afternoon" |
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| Main characters | J.D. (Zach Braff) · Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) · Christopher Turk (Donald Faison) · Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes) · Perry Cox (John C. McGinley) · Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins) · Janitor (Neil Flynn) |
| Other characters | Jordan Sullivan (Christa Miller) · The Todd (Robert Maschio) · Ted Buckland (Sam Lloyd) · Keith Dudemeister (Travis Schuldt) · Doug Murphy (Johnny Kastl) · Laverne Roberts/Nurse Shirley (Aloma Wright) · Kim Briggs (Elizabeth Banks) · Minor characters |
| Setting | Sacred Heart Hospital |
| Music | "Superman" by Lazlo Bane · The Blanks · Colin Hay · Keren DeBerg · Joshua Radin |
| Crew | Bill Lawrence · Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan · Mike Schwartz · Michael Spiller · Adam Bernstein |
| Notable episodes | Episode list · "My First Day" · "My Old Lady" · "My Screw Up" · "My Way Home" · "My Lunch" · "My Musical" |
