Joe Mantegna was born and raised in Chicago, where he attended J. Sterling Morton East High School, graduating in 1965. Mantegna began appearing as David Rossi in season 3 of Criminal Minds. He was brought in to replace the character Jason Gideon (played by Mandy Patinkin). As Rossi, Mantegna portrays the headstrong and often abrasive elder member of the group.