Siblings: Annie Parisse, an actress, and Michael Cancelmi, Italian teacher.
His father is of half Italian and half Slovak and Polish descent. His mother is of half Italian and half Lebanese-Syrian descent.
His paternal grandfather was an Agent for the Pennsylvania Department of Justice (1934-1941) and a Western Pennsylvania District Supervisor of the State Parole Board (1942-1968).
His father is a senior executive with Alaska Air and his mother is a first-grade teacher at Newport Heights Elementary.