David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American actor and producer. His most prominent roles are his portrayals of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami and as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue. He also appeared in movies such as First Blood, Kiss of Death, Jade and Proof of Life.
Caruso was born in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, New York, New York, the son of Joan, a librarian, and Charles Caruso, a magazine and newspaper editor. He is of Irish and Italian (Sicilian) descent. His father left when he was two years of age, forcing him to "end up fathering myself", as he put it. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Caruso attended Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School in Forest Hills. He later attended Archbishop Molloy High School in nearby Briarwood, graduating in 1974.
Caruso worked as a cinema usher, where he would see up to eighty movies a week. He said that he and his coworkers would act out scenes from some of these movies while they were at the back of the theater. It was in this job he found his role models in Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Edward G Robinson. He said:
That boy wants to get with me
And if this is a chance for
(A)
Better romance
Then I'll take it all
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Ooooo, ah yeah
I've been thinkin' 'bout my baby
And how he looked when I saw him last night
He tried to talk me into stayin'
Um, but I left before it felt too right
In my heart there's a real good reason
Why I shouldn't give him a look
'Cause I'm with another guy
And I know he's been cheatin'
If this is a chance for a better romance
Then, I'll take it
That boy wants to get with me
(Uh, get with me, he)
Tells me I've got everything he needs
(Everything he needs)
That boy wants to get with me
Yes, I've got him
And I want him
But will he be good to me?
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'd like to give him all my lovin'
I hope it's true that he only needs me
And no matter how much I may want him
A patchin' up doesn't mean a thing to me
In my heart there's a real good reason
Why I shouldn't give him a look
'Cause, I'm with another guy
And I know he's been cheatin'
If this is a chance for a better romance
Then, I'll take it
That boy wants to get with me
(Uh, get with me, he)
Tells me I've got everything he needs
(Everything he needs)
That boy wants to get with me
Yes, I've got him
(I know that I've got him)
And I want him
(I probably want him)
But will he be good to me?
That boy
(That boy)
Wants to get with me
(Uh, get with me, he)
Tells me I've got everything he needs
(Everything he needs)
That boy wants to get with me
Yes, I've got him
(Oh, I've got him)
And I want him
(Yes, I want him)
But will he be good to me?
You know that that boy
I know that I want him,
I know that I've got him
But will he be good to me?
That boy wants to get with me
(Get with me, he)
Tells me I've got everything he needs
(Gave my heart)
That boy wants to get with me
(Back to romance me back)
Yes, I've got him
And I want him
But will he be good to me?
That boy wants to get with me
(Everything I need, he)
Tells me I've got everything he needs
(That boy)
That boy wants to get with me
(why should I want you, I gave you my love)
Yes, I've got him
And I want him
But will he be good to me?
That boy wants to get with me