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My Take
Paulo Costanzo is the reliable supporting player whose face you know before you place the name. A Canadian from Brampton, he stacked up roles that quietly span genres: the stoner in Road Trip, Ax in Animorphs, then steadier dramatic ground in Royal Pains and Designated Survivor. What I appreciate is the durability. Plenty of actors get one breakout and vanish, but he kept landing recurring roles across comedy and drama for two decades. That longevity tells me he is the kind of dependable performer showrunners trust to deliver, even if he never chased the leading-man spotlight, and there is real craft in that.
Overview
Paulo Costanzo (born September 21, 1978) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill (Ax) in the TV series Animorphs, the roles of Rubin Carver in the comedy film Road Trip, Alexander Cabot in Josie and the Pussycats, Michael Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Joey, Evan R. Lawson in the USA Network series Royal Pains, and Lyor Boone in the ABC political drama Designated Survivor.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Paulo Costanzo
- Name (Japanese)
- パウロ・コスタンゾ
- Reading
- ぱうろ・こすたんぞ
- Born
- September 21, 1978 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.