Birthday: Sept. 14.
Birthplace: Sewickley, Pa.
Occupation: Actor.
Current home: Los Angeles.
Marital Status: Married for two and a half years to Dee Dee Cortese.
Cars: A black Toyota Land Cruiser and a black Lexus 400.
Recent work: I host MTV Sports; I was in “The Lottery,” aired last week on NBC.
The last good movie I saw: “Apocalypse Now.” I just rented it.
I stay home to watch: Sports.
Favorite performer: Sinatra, hands down.
Favorite pigout food: A pound of my mother’s spaghetti.
Favorite childhood memory: Anything to do with my two brothers and sister. We were wild children and we had great snowball battles.
People always think I’m: Since I got my hair cut, they say, “If you had longer hair, you’d look like Dan Cortese.”
Personal heroes: My parents. They always gave me the opportunity to do whatever I wanted and supported my decisions, even when I left college.
I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Doing MTV sports. They couldn’t get anyone to do it as well.
I’d give anything to meet: Jesus. He had a lot of answers for me.
The one thing I can’t stand: People who get on elevators before everyone gets off.
My fantasy is: I’m winning an Oscar.
People who knew me in high school thought I was: The ones who just thought they knew me thought I was arrogant.
If I weren’t an actor I’d be: Trying to get into acting.
Major accomplishment: Finishing college and moving to L.A. without knowing anyone and breaking in. I had to actually create work for myself.
Most humbling experience: Leaving a reading when someone says, “Thank you very much for coming by.”
The words that best describe me: Friendly, trustworthy and thinks he’s funny.
