I went from a guy, kind of a working actor, a supporting player, to magazine covers and being offered the studio pictures really quickly. Nobody was comfortable with it. I wasn't really comfortable with it.

Many of these include him putting on his trademark sunglasses mid-sentence then walking off-screen just as the main theme starts (finishing move). Caruso then spent most of the next decade in film supporting roles appearing in such films as First Blood An Officer and a Gentleman Blue City Thief of Hearts and China Girl. Caruso credits his role as Daniels "the cadet who nearly drowned" in An Officer and a Gentleman as what got him noticed.

His most prominent role is the portrayal of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami. He has also appeared as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue. David Stephen Caruso (born January 7 1956) is an American actor and producer.