History Creator / JoeManganiello

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: At 6' 5", he's naturally this with any actress he's paired with -- ''especially'' his ''True Blood'' love interest, the 5' 5" Creator/AnnaPaquin.
* {{Metalhead}}: He snuck a Metallica song into his wedding ceremony, albeit a violin and cello version of Nothing Else Matters. He also throws up the metal horns any chance he gets.

He's been married to ''Series/ModernFamily'' star Creator/SofiaVergara since 2015.

* Film/SpiderManTrilogy as [[Characters/VenomFlashThompson Flash Thompson]]:

** ''Magic Mike XXL'' (2015)

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'' as Ax Tagrin (voice)

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: [[invoked]] He's probably more well-known for his looks than his actual acting ability, which he doesn't seem too opposed to.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: He's half-Sicilian and parts Armenian, Croatian and Austrian, so he's a bit ethnically ambiguous at first glance.

* HollywoodNerd: He's a massive TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons fan. How massive? His man-cave is worthy of a Viking trophy room, he has dice originally owned by Creator/GaryGygax himself, his character Arkhan the Cruel has had cameos in official D&D products, ''and'' he's been spearheading an effort to get a Literature/{{Dragonlance}} movie into production for years!

** [[invoked]]He was originally cast to play Wes on ''Series/{{Scream Queens|2015}}'', but pulled out before production began, eventually replaced by Oliver Hudson.

* ''Film/Rampage2018'' (2018) as Burke

* Film/SpiderManTrilogy as [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Flash Thompson]]:

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[invoked]] He was originally cast to play Wes on ''Series/{{Scream Queens|2015}}'', but pulled out before production began, eventually replaced by Oliver Hudson.

* AscendedFanon: His D&D character, the lawful evil paladin of Tiamat Arkhan the Cruel, has made an appearance in an official D&D adventure, where players can go through him to petition Tiamat herself for aid.

* Metalhead: He snuck a Metallica song into his wedding ceremony, albeit a violin and cello version of Nothing Else Matters. He also throws up the metal horns any chance he gets.

* ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) as [[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson / Deathstroke]]

Joseph Michael "Joe" Manganiello (born December 28, 1976) is an American actor, director, producer, and author. He's best known for playing Alcide Herveaux on Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/TrueBlood'' and Big Dick Richie in the ''Film/MagicMike'' films.

* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse as Slade Wilson / ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}:
** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (2017) [[note]]cameo in the [[TheStinger post-credits scene]][[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Rampage}}'' (2018) as Burke

** ''Film/SpiderMan'' (2002)

* HollywoodNerd: He's a massive TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons fan. How massive? His man-cave is worthy of a Viking trophy room, he has dice originally owned by Creator/GaryGygax himself, his character Arkhan the Cruel has had cameos in official D&D products, ''and'' he's been spearheading an effort to get a Literature/Dragonlance movie into production for years!

* Film/SpiderManTrilogy (2002 -- 2007) as [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Flash Thompson]]:

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: There are a fair few articles about Manganiello playing Dungeons & Dragons; he's even called out Vin Diesel on how much of a nerd Diesel purportedly is.
** As an example of this, he was a guest player on a couple of episodes of Critical Role, near the very end of the first campaign.
** And his character is going to be [[https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/01/11/dungeons-and-dragons-joe-manganiello-arkhan-the-cruel/ on the official D&D Canon]]. The very same character he used in the aforemantioned Critical Role episodes.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: ''Obviously.''

* Nerd: There are a fair few articles about Manganiello playing Dungeons & Dragons; he's even called out Vin Diesel on how much of a nerd Diesel purportedly is.
** As an example of this, he was a guest player on a couple of episodes of CriticalRole, near the very end of the first campaign.