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Television audiences may recognize Adam LaVorgna from his starring role as Nicholas Scamperelli in the critically acclaimed series Brooklyn Bridge, for which he received the 1993 Youth in Film Award for Best Actor. Now, he joins 7th Heaven as a series regular portraying Robbie Palmer, Mary's (Jessica Biel) troubled ex-boyfriend who has moved into the Camden home and grown to become a member of the family.
Born and raised in New Haven, Conn., LaVorgna has been working steadily in television and film since the age of 3, when he first appeared on the daytime series As the World Turns. His other television work includes the portrayal of young Frank Sinatra in the mini-series Sinatra and roles in the mini-series Degree of Guilt and Blood Brothers.
On the big screen, LaVorgna has numerous film roles to his credit, including I'll Be Home For Christmas with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Jessica Biel, Beautician and The Beast with Fran Drescher, Milk Money with Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris, Monkey Trouble and Blast. More recently, he appeared in two independent features: Outside Providence and The Bumblebee Flies Away.
The youngest of three children, LaVorgna resides in Los Angeles, but still finds time to visit his parents back East. In his free time, he loves to shoot hoops with his friends.
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