John Enos III Biography

John Enos III (born June 12, 1962) is an American actor born in Boston, Massachusetts.

He is perhaps most popular to soap opera fans for his portrayal of Bobby Marsino on "The Young and the Restless" : a role he played from 2004 to 2005, and for his recurring role of Bobby Parezi on "Melrose Place" from 1995 to 1996. He has also guest starred in "Murder, She Wrote," "Sex and the City," "NYPD Blue" and "CSI: NY," among other TV series. His film credits include "Death Becomes Her" (1992), "Demolition Man" (1993), "The Rock" (1996), "Blade" (1998), "Flawless" (1999), "Phone Booth" (2002), "Everybody Wants to Be Italian" (2007) and "Toxic" (2008). In addition, he appeared in the short "Knocked Down" (2008), which was directed by Ted Collins. Bartender

Childhood and Family

John Enos was born on June 12, 1962, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Bentley & Salem State College. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a bartender in New York City.

Career

John Enos entered show business in his late 20s when he landed a spot on "In Living Color" (1991), a popular comedy sketch show created by Keenen Ivory Wayans. He quickly jumped into the movie industry with a supporting part in the drama "Out of Control" (1992), directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and Robert Barrett. It was followed by a part as Isabella Rossellini's bodyguard in "Death Becomes Her," a comedy directed by Robert Zemeckis that starred Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis. Released on July 31, 1992, the film was met with mixed reviews but won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and Meryl Streep was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical. It was also a success at the box office and grossed over $149 million against a budget of $55 million.

Enos was next featured as a prisoner in "Demolition Man" (1993), an action movie starring Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. Helmed by Marco Brambilla, the film debuted at No. 1 at the box office. In 1994, he appeared in "Unveiled" (1994), a thriller directed by William Cole that starred Lisa Zane, Nick Chinlund and Whip Hubley, worked with Anthony Michael Hall, Marcia Cross and David Hyde Pierce in a short film by Jonathan Segal called "Ripple" (1995), and was cast as Drew Darcy in the Larry Brand drama "Till the End of the Night" (1995), opposite Scott Valentine and Katherine Kelly Lang. Meanwhile on the small screen, Enos appeared as Randy Konig in an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" called "Murder at a Discount" (1993) and had a two episode role in Showtime's "Red Shoe Diaries" (1993-1994). He got his first significant TV role in the hit primetime soap opera "Melrose Place" (Fox, 1992-1999), created by Darren Star. He played Bobby Parezi in 19 episodes from 1995 until 1996).

In 1996, Enos starred with Kathleen Kinmont and Robert Knepper in the horror film "Dead of Night" (directed by Kristoffer Tabori), supported Paul Rudd, Donal Logue and Ione Skye in the movie "The Size of Watermelons" (directed by Kari Skogland), was reunited with Mickey Rourke for "Bullet" (first worked with Rourke in "F.T.W.," 1994) and appeared in Michael Bay's hit action movie "The Rock," starring Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris. Produced on a budget of $75 million, "The Rock" grossed over $134 million domestically and over $200 internationally and became the 7th highest grossing film of 1996 in the U.S., and the 4th highest worldwide. The same year, he also costarred as Marshall Del Wilkes in the television film "Raven Hawk" (HBO) and portrayed Matt Conrad in Showtime's "Miami Hustle," opposite Kathy Ireland and Audie England.

Enos was next featured as a scary drag queen in "Nowhere" (1997), a film written and directed by Gregg Araki that was nominated for Best Film at the 1997 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival. He then appeared in the erotic thriller "A Place Called Truth" (1998), as a bouncer in the box office hit "Blade" (1998), a vampire action film starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff that was loosely adapted from the Marvel Comics character, and portrayed Larry in "Stealth Fighter" (1999). He next acted with Sherrie Rose, Jason Hall, Bret Domrose, Seymour Cassel, Peter Fonda and Patrick Dempsey in the dramatic film "Me and Will" (1999) and portrayed Sonny in Joel Schumacher's "Flawless" (1999), which starred Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman. He also appeared as a bouncer in an episode of "Rude Awakening" called "Between a Rock Star and a Hard Place" and Mr. Cocky in an episode of "Sex and the City" called "Ex and the City" (both 1999).

Opening the new millennium, Enos played a pimp in the TV film "Murder in the Mirror" (CBS, 2000), starring Jane Seymour, James Farentino and Robert Desiderio, and received a supporting role in "Point Doom" (2001), an action thriller directed by Art Camacho. He also had a guest spot in "NYPD Blue" (2001), costarred with Shannon Tweed and Sam J. Jones in the direct to video "Dead Sexy" (2001), and with Jack Gwaltney and Jennifer Bransford in Nick Gregory's "Love Thy Neighbor" (2002). He then supported Diane Ladd, John Savage and Alexandra Paul in Richard Friedman's "Redemption of the Ghost" (2002) and acted in "Phone Booth" (2002), a psychological thriller helmed by Joel Schumacher that starred Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell and Katie Holmes.

Enos enjoyed a huge break when he was landed the reoccurring role of Bobby Marsino in the daytime soap opera "The Young and the Restless" (CBS).. While working on the show, Enos also appeared in Lance Lane's film "The Kings of Brooklyn" (2004). After leaving "The Young and the Restless," Enos costarred with Debbie Lee Carrington and David Figlioli in the TV series pilot "Special Unit" (Comedy Central, 2006), played Chuck White in an episode of "CSI: NY" called "Risk" (2006) and appeared in "It's Got to Be the Morning After" (2007), an episode of "In Case of Emergency." He also had a small role in "The Hammer" (2007), a comedy feature starring Adam Carolla, Oswaldo Castillo and Heather Juergensen, portrayed a character in "Made in Brooklyn" (2007), and supported Jay Jablonski, Cerina Vincent and John Kapelos in Jason Todd Ipson's "Everybody Wants to Be Italian" (2007). He was next cast in "Missionary Man" (2007), an action thriller directed, co-written by and starring Dolph Lundgren. He also teamed up with Susan Ward, Corey Large, Master P, Dominique Swain, Tom Sizemore and Steven Bauer in the thriller "Toxic," which was co-written and directed by Alan Pao, costarred in "The Essence of Depp," a comedy by Susanne Robbins, shared the screen with Angus Macfadyen, Elisabeth Röhm, Sunny Mabrey, Vivica A. Fox and Mehera Blum in the "San Saba" and portrayed a survivor on the short "Knocked Down," by Ted Collins. On television, Enos acted in the made for TV films "Shark Swarm" and "Finish Line" and his voice could be heard as a newscaster on two episodes of "Days of Our Lives." Since 2008, Enos serves as a commentator on the cable television series "The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...," which debuted on truTV on March 13, 2008.

He was married to Jennie Lee until her death February 18, 2012. Enos is of Italian and Portuguese ancestry.

Filmography

Actor

• 2008: Knocked Down (short) Survivor
• 2008: Days of our Lives (TV series) Newscaster
• 2008: San Saba Jon Timmins
• 2008: Finish Line (television film) Carl Stemmings
• 2008: Shark Swarm (television film) Kane Markus
• 2008: The Essence of Depp John Enos
• 2008: Toxic Travis
• 2007: Missionary Man Jarfe
• 2007: Everybody Wants to Be Italian Gianluca Tempesti
• 2007: Made in Brooklyn Frank Trimboli/Jerry Wood
• 2007: The Hammer Steve
• 2007: In Case of Emergency (TV series) Big Guy
• 2006: CSI: NY (TV series) Chuck White
• 2006: Special Unit (television film) Carlo
• 2003: The Young and the Restless (TV series) Bobby Marsino / 210 episodes (2003"2005)
• 2004: The Kings of Brooklyn Guy (as John Enos)
• 2003: Hot Parts (video)
• 2002: Phone Booth Leon
• 2002: Redemption of the Ghost Tommy (as John Enos)
• 2002: Love Thy Neighbor Chuck
• 2001: Dead Sexy Blue Dresden (as John Enos)
• 2001: NYPD Blue (TV series) Frank Russo
• 2001: Point Doom Blackie
• 2000: Red Shoe Diaries 14: Luscious Lola (video) Joey (segment "Mercy")
• 2000: Murder in the Mirror (television film) The Pimp (as John Enos)
• 1999: Flawless Sonny (as John Enos)
• 1999: Me and Will Jack
• 1999: Sex and the City (TV series) Mr. Cocky
• 1999: Stealth Fighter Larry Ramsey
• 1999: Rude Awakening (TV series) Mike, the Bouncer
• 1998: Blade Blood Club Bouncer
• 1998: A Place Called Truth Holden (as John Enos)
• 1997: Nowhere Scary Drag Queen #1
• 1996: Miami Hustle (television film) Matt Conrad
• 1996: The Rock Sea Stallion Pilot
• 1995: Melrose Place (TV series) Bobby Parezi 19 episodes (1995"1996)
• 1996: Bullet Lester
• 1996: Red Shoe Diaries 6: How I Met My Husband (video) (segment "Naked in the Moonlight") (as John Enos)
• 1996: Raven Hawk (television film) Marshall Del Wilkes
• 1996: The Size of Watermelons Leonard (as John Enos)
• 1996: Dead of Night Woods
• 1995: Till the End of the Night Drew DArcy
• 1995: Ripple (short)
• 1994: Unveiled Thug
• 1994: F.T.W. Joe Palmieri
• 1993: Red Shoe Diaries (TV series) (1993"1994)
• 1993: Murder, She Wrote (TV series) Randy Konig
• 1993: Demolition Man Prisoner
• 1992: Death Becomes Her Lisle's Body Guard (as John Enos)
• 1992: Over the Line Dial
• 1991: In Living Color (TV series) My Left Foot of Fury Season Three / Ep 10

Writer

• "Red Shoe Diaries" (1 episode, 1994)

Self

• "The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest" .... Himself (2008)
• "Family Feud" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)