Enrico Colantoni

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Enrico Colantoni

as Keith Mars

Keith is Veronica's private investigator dad, the former police chief forced out over his handling of Lilly Kane's murder.

Enrico Colantoni is best known as Blush magazine's womanizing fashion photographer, Elliott DiMauro, on "Just Shoot Me."

Colantoni created the lead role in the London production of Neil LaBute's play "The Distance from Here." Recent film projects include Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal," "Frank McKluskey, C.I." and "The First $20 Million is Always the Hardest."

Colantoni also received critical praise for his portrayal of Elia Kazan in the Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated cable television movie "James Dean." His other film credits include "Galaxy Quest," Steven Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence: A.I.," "Stigmata," "Albino Alligator" and "Money Train."

Colantoni's love for the theatre began with a drama class he took while studying psychology and sociology at the University of Toronto. His drama teacher encouraged him to pursue an acting

career, and he left school to go to New York, where he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for three years. While there, he received the Princess Grace Scholarship and the Charles Jehlinger Award. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Colantoni appeared in "Hamlet" at the Yale Repertory and received the school's prestigious Carol Dye Award.

Among his theatre credits are "The Merry Wives of Windsor," at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Delacorte Theater in Central Park; "Arabian Nights," at the Manhattan Theatre Club; "The Triumph of Love," at the Guthrie Theatre; and his portrayal of Renfield in San Diego's Old Globe Theatre production of "Dracula." He played the title role in Shakespeare's "Macbeth," at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles, and starred in "Chekhov Project 2000," at the Old Globe Theatre.

Colantoni's television credits include a starring role for two seasons on "Hope & Gloria," as Gloria's lovable but unenlightened ex-husband, and guest-starring roles on "NYPD Blue," "New York Undercover" and "Law & Order." He also starred in the television movies "A Member of the Wedding" and "Cloned."

Born in Toronto, the youngest of two sons of an Italian immigrant worker, Colantoni remains an avid fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team. In his spare time, he teaches drama to Los Angeles youth at Inner City Arts and devotes a lot of time to Penny Lane, a residential treatment center for at-risk youth. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Los Angeles with their son and daughter. His birthday is February 14.