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Sophia Vergara and Joe Manganiello plan a destination wedding, and other 50 things about actor Manganiello.
1. Manganiello is excellent at knife-throwing.
2. He is of Italian-Sicilian descent.
3. His eyes are so bad, they can't be corrected by laser surgery.
4. He has one younger brother, Nicholas, who works behind the scenes in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
5. Joe graduated from the suburban Mt. Lebanon High School in 1995, where he was a letterman in football, basketball, and volleyball.
6. Made the junior Olympic volleyball team when he was 16.
7. Appeared in a senior high school production of Oklahoma! as "Jud Fry" and was very involved with the high school's TV studio where he would write, direct, edit and act in movies with all of his friends.
8. Worked as a roadie for the rock band Goldfinger.
9. Manganiello is active with several charities including Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and he serves on the committee of the Los Angeles-based The Art of Elysium.
10. Won third place in a chess tournament when i was 6.
11. In 2014 he joined many other celebrities in supporting Let Girls Learn with the USAID. On September 5 2014 Joe joined multiple stars in the annual Stand Up To Cancer telethon.
12. Loves karaoke.
13. Originally cast in the part of the spiritual exorcist "Friar Lazaro Mate," in the 2007 film "Sublime," but was recast when he had to cut his long hair and shave his beard to reprise his role as "Flash Thompson" in Spider-Man 3 (2007).
14. Was an altar boy.
15. Wrote, directed, and starred in a movie made for extra credit in his Chemistry class in which all of his friends starred.
16. Fight Club is his favorite movie.
17. Was a great athlete for the Blue Devils, playing Varsity football until a knee injury sidelined him in tenth grade in a game against Ringgold (Monongahela, Pennsylvania) before recovering and lettering in both basketball and volleyball.
18. Who doesn't like Disneyland? He loves Disneyland too!
19. Has been skydiving with the Army's parachute team the "Golden Knights".
20. Was asked to skip two grades in elementary school but chose not to.
21. Used to shovel sand and gravel off of a truck and do demolitions for a construction company.
22. For stage roles in college he got his front teeth pulled out and his head shaved.
23. Sang backup vocals for rockband "The Used" on their song "Hospital" from their album "Lies for the Liars" and and on the "Goldfinger" song "Wasted" on their album "Disconnection Notice".
24. His first concert was Pantera.
25. He Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is his favorite book.
26. Some of his favorite shows include: Dexter, Rome, Lost, Californication, Survivor, South Park, How I Met Your Mother, The Kids in the Hall, The Henry Rollins Show and NFL Football
27. Got a 750 on the math portion of the SATs.
28. Favorite city is Venice, Italy.
29. Sang backup on one of the Used's albums.
30. Is Pittsburgh Steelers hardcore fan.
31. Trained as boxer and was a sparring partner for an NHL player.
32. Got paid to dress up like Captain Morgan at bars at age 16.
33. His favorite play is A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.
34. Has bachelor of fine arts degree in classical theater.
35. His star sign is Capricorn.
36. Won, Saturn Award - Best Guest Starring Role on Television for True Blood (2008). • Tied with Richard Dreyfuss for Weeds.
37. In 2014 Won, Maui Film Festival for Excellence in Writing, Acting and Producing.
38. His born name is Joseph Michael Manganiello.
39. Caught a touchdown pass from Joe Montana in a charity game.
40. At 6'5″ Joe is the tallest cast member of True Blood (to date). The second tallest cast member is Alexander Skarsgard at 6'4″. The shortest cast member is Anna Paquin at 5'4″.
41. His name Joseph is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "Jehovah increases".
42. His middle name Michael is also from Hebrew origin and means Who resembles God?
43. Joe Manganiello is engaged to Sofia Vergara.
44. He likes to read books.
45. Sophia and Joe reportedly first met at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
46. In 2011, he was voted "Favorite Pop-Culture Werewolf of All Time" by the readers of Entertainment Weekly
47. Joe is one of Men's Health 's "100 Fittest Men of All Time."
48. In late 2013, he became a published author when his first book, Evolution, was released by Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books.
49. He is active with several charities, including Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, and he serves on the committee of The Art of Elysium.
50. Quitting drinking and smoking were two biggest turning points of his life.
