Adam LaVorgna

Adam Lavorgna is an American actor, known for his role on the television series Brooklyn Bridge, and in the films Milk Money, The Beautician and the Beast, and I'll Be [Home for Christmas (1998 film)|I'll Be Home for Christmas], and as Robbie Palmer on 7th Heaven.

Early life

Lavorgna was born near New Haven, in North Branford, Connecticut, the son of Sandra, a college professor, and Joseph LaVorgna, a high school assistant principal.
Lavorgna attended high school at Avon Old Farms in Avon, Connecticut. He also enrolled at Boston College, prior to leaving the school after his freshman year to pursue acting, specifically, 7th Heaven.

Career

Lavorgna starred as Nicholas Scamperelli in the series Brooklyn Bridge, for which he received the 1993 Youth in Film Award for Best Actor. In 1998, he joined the movie I'll Be Home for Christmas with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Jessica Biel. In 1999, he then joined 7th Heaven as a series regular portraying Robbie Palmer, Mary's troubled ex-boyfriend who has moved into the family home. He left the show in 2002. LaVorgna recalled his choice to leave was due to having a hard time managing his way around Hollywood, California, in addition to missing his family, mutually agreeing with the staff of 7th Heaven for a dismissal. He returned to the East Coast.

Personal life

Lavorgna said he was raised Catholic by his grandmother but became distant from the faith with age: "I got away from church at 15–16, and by my mid-20s, I was lost."
LaVorgna went to rehab for opioid and heroin addiction multiple times. The first rehab was paid by 7th Heaven producer, Aaron Spelling. In October 2001, he was at Promises rehab in Malibu.