Giacomo Gianniotti stars in The CW’s new summer series “Backpackers” as Andrew, Brandon’s (Dillon Casey) slacker brother who joins Ryan (Noah Reid) in the search for his missing journal.

 

Gianniotti was born in Rome, Italy, and raised in Toronto, Canada.  He is a bilingual actor working both in English and Italian.  He graduated from Humber College’s Theatre Program and has also completed an actor’s residency at Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre in Toronto.

 

His television credits include recurring roles on The CW’s “Reign” and “Murdoch Mysteries,” and guest roles on The CW’s “Beauty and the Beast,” “Time Tremors,” “Copper” and “Medicina Generale.”

 

He splits his time between Toronto and Rome.

 

June 2014