Freddie, the oldest of five children, was born and raised in Northern NJ. His father Fred was German and Native American (Narragansett) and his mother Ivy is Sicilian. He has been married to his wife Debbie since 1999 and has one child Dante Giovanni (also an award winning actor). Over the last 25 years he has played a wide range of interesting and thought provoking characters. Though usually cast as a villain or deviant, he has played everything from a drunken, womanizing Porthos in "The Three Musketeers" to a raging psychopathic cop in the film "Abandoned In The Dark" on Amazon prime. He is also known for playing mob boss Johnny Scudato in the Off Broadway show "Murdered By The Mob" in NYC for 13 years. He most recently co- starred in the groundbreaking and award winning mob film "Dress Code" playing the violent, ill tempered mob soldier Dominic Russo. He has studied with the MCC Theater, the Stella Adler Conservatory and the prestigious Neighborhood Theater in NYC. His professional career has included working in regional and repertory theaters, Off-Broadway (as well as in dozens roles for film, daytime and prime time TV). Freddie is also stage four cancer survivor.