Actor Joe Mantegna, who currently stars as FBI Special Agent David Rossi in the Hit CBS Drama "Criminal Minds", has announced he will "golf for autism." Mantegna co-host Autism Care and Treatment's 4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament benefiting children with autism. The event will be held on Monday, May 17, 2010 at Braemar Country Club in Tarzana, CA.
Joe will be joined by numerous other warriors of autism who on a mission to raise autism awareness, and funds to provide therapy, biomedical treatments, social skills groups, and more for children whose parents can not afford these necessary tools for their child to live a productive life.
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contact Daphne at daphne@act-today.org.
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For more information about the 4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, visit www.golfforautism.net.
About Joe Mantegna:
Joe was awarded the Tony and Joseph Jefferson Award for his acclaimed performance as Richard Roma in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Glengarry Glen Ross. Some of Joe’s film and television highlights are; House of Games, Searching for Bobby Fisher, Godfather III, the role of Dean Martin in The Ratpack, and the voice of Fat Tony on The Simpsons.
For two seasons Joe stared with Mary Steenburgen and Amber Tamblyn in the critically acclaimed CBS drama Joan of Arcadia, winner of the 2004 People Choice Award for best new drama as well as picking up three Emmy nominations. In 2008 Joe reprised his Emmy nominated role of Lou Manahan opposite Debra Messing in USA Network series The Starter Wife.
Currently Joe stars as FBI Special Agent David Rossi in the Hit CBS Drama Criminal Minds.