Giovanni Familiare Capitello (born August 27, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor / filmmaker.

Capitello is of Sicilian and German descent and was born in Brooklyn (1979) and raised in East Patchogue, New York.

After acting school he appeared in many independent films and in a major motion picture, Keeping the Faith (2000).

Giovanni directed a thriller/suspense film in the town he grew up in, Patchogue, titled Hanging Tree (2011).

Other works include: The Elevator Game (2015), Warning Label (2014), Say Something (2015) and television pilot Girls Night Out (2007).