'True Blood's' Joe Manganiello to appear on'Two and a Half Men'

True Blood fans, if you’re having some Joe Manganiello withdrawal since the season concluded earlier this month, you’ll be happy to hear that the hunky star will be back on your screens soon.


A CBS spokesperson confirms to The Hollywood Reporter that Manganiello will be guest starring on Two and a Half Men, as first reported by EW.
He’ll be playing the hunky boyfriend to Walden’s (Ashton Kutcher) ex-wife, Bridget (Judy Greer). Viewers will meet Bridget on Monday’s episode. Manganiello will make his appearance on the Oct. 24 airing.

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Joe Manganiello: 'We joke about nudity on True Blood'

Joe Manganiello has opened up about shooting Alcide and Eric's (Alexander Skarsgård) naked confrontation on True Blood.

In the fourth episode of the HBO series's most recent season, Manganiello's character Alcide comes face-to-face with Eric as he swims in a lake. In the scene in question, the two fight over Sookie (Anna Paquin) entirely in the nude as she looks on.

Manganiello recalled the infamous scene, revealing that it was shot on Valentine's Day.

"It was Valentine's Day, and there's me and Skarsgård naked, screaming that were going to kill each other, with Anna in the middle and my wolf Thunder a few feet away," he told TV Line. "There were a lot of 'Happy Valentine's Day, Anna' jokes going around."

Manganiello recently revealed that he is comfortable with being naked on screen, considering nudity to be "just a typical day at the office".

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Joe Manganiello Interview: Actor Talks 'True Blood' Finale, Male Strippers & 'Magic Mike'

Fact: Joe Manganiello looks good without his shirt on.
He's already captured millions of hearts as hunky werewolf Alcide on HBO's hit show "True Blood," but Manganiello is more than just a pretty face and rock hard abs. He's a classically trained actor who studied drama at Carnegie Mellon, he's done more Shakespeare than fans would suspect, and he's been getting nude in front of audiences long before he was cast as Alcide.
"When I was in college, I did an Off-Broadway show where I was full-frontal on stage, so I guess all of these crazy parts have been coming my way for a long time," Manganiello tells The Huffington Post.
And his next crazy part includes playing a male stripper named Big Dick Richie in Steven Soderbergh's new film, "Magic Mike." Inspired by Channing Tatum's days working the pole before he became an acclaimed actor, here Tatum plays an experienced stripper who shows new kid, Alex Pettyfer, the ropes. Matthew McConaughey plays club owner and sage stripper named Dallas. Rounding out the incredibly good-looking cast is "White Collar's" Matt Bomer, Manganiello's good friend and Carnegie Mellon classmate.
But what happens when you have that much testosterone in one film? Whatever happens, Manganiello isn't feeling the pressure--after all, he's the one getting naked on a weekly basis on "True Blood." By all means, he's an old pro and dropping trou.

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True Blood - Joe Manganiello Interview [VIDEO]

12 exclusive Interviews with the True Blood Star Joe Manganiello and there are also some with Alex.

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Interview with Joe Manganiello (True Blood) part 1. Gazeta.tv ( Video)

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Pt 3 http://youtu.be/pDid3uF3gHE

Pt 4 http://youtu.be/1m_Z5QkT4AA

'True Blood' Joe Manganiello explains Alcide, Debbie relationship

True Blood star Joe Manganiello has explained the romance between Alcide and Debbie.

The pair are back together in the fourth season and Manganiello told Digital Spy that he believes it is partly because of their werewolf genes.

"I did a lot of research on wolves and things and there's a chemical wolves secrete," he said. "It's the mate for life chemical and it's in wolves and not dogs.

"So I thought about that, and I thought about how difficult it must be for them to separate. And also growing up as a werewolf and living hidden from society, you can't open up to normal people. You couldn't just go out on a date with a human girl and tell her who you were unless you were really sure."

Manganiello continued: "It would probably make the dating pool a lot smaller. And as you found out in season three, the werewolves are a bit of a rough bunch. So it's probably slim pickings in the dating pool as far as werewolves go!"

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Get your teeth into Joe Manganiello ITV This Morning

Everyone knows that the antidote to any pale-faced bloodsucking vampire is a hot muscley werewolf, and things are no different in hit US series True Blood!
Actor Joe Manganiello, 34, plays Alcide the werewolf in the latest series of True Blood to hit our shores.
With a vampire and werewolf love triangle forming around the show's leading characters, Alcide is right in the thick of it.
Joe joins us today to talk wolves, weird fans and why he willingly will wear nothing on set.

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Joe " Alcide" Manganiello Talks to E! ( Video)

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Joe Manganiello on Chelsea Handler (Video)

Joe Manganiello: You're Gonna See Werewolf Sex

Joe Manganiello (Alcide) says going to fairyland may have been the worst real estate decision Sookie’s ever made.

“I really do believe — and some of the producers and writers agree with me — if Sookie didn't disappear, Alcide would've built that house for her,” he tells NY Mag.

“As you can see in episode three, Alcide is obviously worried. The way the door was answered, he wanted to kiss her! Being a werewolf, he's had to stomp on a lot of his impulses. All I can say is when anybody continually stomps on impulses, there's going to be a reaction. What's amazing this season is that you see those emotions and physical reactions.”

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True Blood's Joe Manganiello On An Alcide-Sookie Hook-Up, Werenudity, and Working Out

On True Blood, Joe Manganiello's character, Alcide Herveaux, is a sensitive outsider with massive biceps and considerable girl troubles. Turns out they have so much in common: In real life, the actor has likewise been a sensitive outsider with massive biceps and considerable girl troubles! Vulture caught up with this easygoing tall drink of werewolf just after he finished filming season four of True Blood. In addition to giggling about the nudity, we discussed his hopes for an Alcide-Sookie hook-up, as well as his sundry extracurricular activities this summer: eating fried chicken, making his muscles more muscle-y, and hitting the karaoke bar.
What's the first thing you cheat-eat when you finish filming True Blood?
Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles! [Somberly] But I'm actually cast in a project right now [What to Expect When You’re Expecting, playing a studly photographer opposite Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez], so it looks like I have to train for it.

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'True Blood' Star Joe Manganiello Talks Wolves, Nudity

Filming Sunday's episode was comfortable considering 'we're naked with a wild animal,' actor tells MTV News.
One of the many reasons to love HBO's racy Southern vampy soap "True Blood" is for the many ways in which the show's characters find themselves in uncomfortable situations. Naked.


Case in point: the wonderfully entertaining scene from Sunday night's new episode in which Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) is put in the middle of a confrontation between two naked men, currently confused vampire Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) and brawny werewolf Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello). MTV News was lucky enough to consult Manganiello for his thoughts on the nuts and bolts (no pun intended) behind the filming of that scene

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Joe " Alcide " Manganiello talks with Ryan Seacrest at Los Angeles radio station KISS.FM102.7

True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Talks Season 4 Romances and Battles

Manganiello, 34, turned up the temperature with his smoldering performance as mysterious newcomer- and werewolf- Alcide Herveaux. True Blood fans breathed a sigh of relief when Manganiello was signed on as a regular cast member for season four.

“I love the moments where I get to play the werewolf and do some sniffing and tracking,” he said about his favorite part of the role. “Last year I loved cooking my steak and going off to eat it without a fork. I love all of those little werewolf moments. I incorporated growling into Alcide's character: If he didn't like something, he'd growl.”

According to the tall, dark, and handsome Pittsburgh native, a lot will happen on the HBO hit to bring about more guttural noises. Manganiello spoke to Parade.com about battles, babes, bare chests, and the struggle to be the big man in Bon Temps.

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The Werewolf Workout Routine

Ack !!


Joe’s workout includes working out 6 times a week and twice a day with a 45 minute cardio session in the mornings before breakfast. Although this is a simulated workout routine, I have included all the research that I was able to find out on his workout and then added some of my own training experience to make sure it provides the best similar results.
Days 1, 3 & 5
Morning: 30-45 minutes running on treadmill (5 minutes high intensity interval training)

Afternoon Arms, Back, & Shoulders
3 sets of 10-12 reps of the following exercises:
Bench tricep dips (view exercise)
Seated Military Press (view exercise)
Alternating incline dumbbell curls (view exercise)
Pull ups (view exercise)
Shoulder dumbbell presses (view exercise)
Standing dumbbell curls (view exercise)
Tricep rope push downs (view exercise)
Lat Pull downs (view exercise)
Seated cable rows (view exercise)
Cable Hammer curl (view exercise)

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Joe Manganiello Talks Witches, Blood and Nudity in S4- MTV

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True Blood Hottie: No Naked Magazine Covers for Me!

Nelsan Ellis admits his True Blood costar Joe Manganiello makes him want to be a better man—at the gym, that is.
Ellis, who plays Lafayette on HBO's hit vampire series, says he wasn't so caught up with how fit he was until…
"It didn't affect me until Joe came along." Ellis says. "You can see people on the set getting smaller and more cut. I held off because I like to eat but I was like, ‘I'm going to get to the gym,' because when you're standing next to Joe you look silly."


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True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Discusses His Beard in Great Detail

Man, lots with Joe ( Dallas IS NOT complaining !)

Joe Manganiello just wrapped his first season on True Blood, playing Alcide the hunky, sometimes naked werewolf. We caught up with him this Fashion Week at the G-Star Raw show, where he was sporting his trademark not-too-long, not-too-short, always-the-same facial hair, and took the opportunity to ask every question we could think of about it.
You always have this beard the same length. Is that part of your look?
Yeah. I mean, I read the books, and this is how the character was described in the books. When I showed up I wanted to be as close to that mark as possible, and then you kind of put your own stink on it, and make him look the way you think he should look. And there’s kind of a reclusive, construction-working, woodsy, kind of, you know, secretive guy, so I figured a beard would work.

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True Blood's Joe Manganiello Hungry Like a Wolf for His Girlfriend

True Blood's hunky werewolf Joe Manganiello sometimes brings his work home with him. And that's just fine by his girlfriend, actress and model Audra Marie.

"I sniff you a lot. And I growl a lot when you ask me to do things, like clean up," Manganiello joked to Marie while talking with PEOPLE at Wednesday's New York premiere of HBO's Boardwalk Empire.

Asked if it's a turn-on that her boyfriend plays a werewolf, Marie replied, "Of course!" She added that Manganiello is perfectly cast, "if you saw how he eats at home. He likes to eat meat without a utensil."

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