LaVorgna was born on March 1, 1981 near New Haven in North Branford, Connecticut. He is an American actor. He raised with his three siblings in North Branford. LaVorgna has been appearing on television and film since the early age of three when he first appeared on the daytime series "As the World Turns". Other television work included the role of a young Frank Sinatra at the age of ten in the miniseries Sinatra and appearances in the miniseries Degree of Guilt and Blood Brothers.
LaVorgna attended high school at the athletic powerhouse, Avon Old Farms, located in Connecticut. He also enrolled at Boston College, prior to leaving the school after his freshman year to pursue acting, specifically, 7th Heaven.
LaVorgna starred as Nicholas Scamperelli in the highly praised series Brooklyn Bridge, for which he received the 1993 Youth in Film Award for Best Actor. He then joined 7th Heaven as a series regular portraying Robbie Palmer, Mary's (Jessica Biel) troubled ex-boyfriend who has moved into the family home. He left the show in 2002 after a dispute with the cast.
On the silver screen, LaVorgna has a number of film roles to his credit, including I'll Be Home for Christmas with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Jessica Biel; Beautician and the Beast with Fran Drescher; Milk Money with Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris; Monkey Trouble; and Blast!.
More recently, he appeared in two independent features: Outside Providence and The Bumblebee Flies Away.
The youngest of three siblings, LaVorgna resides in Los Angeles, but still enjoys visiting his parents in Connecticut when he can. In his free time, he likes to play basketball with his friends.
