Michael Rapaport
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1970-03-20
- Lieu de naissance:
- New York City, New York, USA
Biographie
Michael Rapaport is an American actor, comedian, and podcast host who has built a prolific, decades-long career playing memorable characters across film, television, and comedy. Emerging in the early 1990s as a distinct character actor known for his gritty New York persona, fast-talking delivery, and comedic timing, he made his feature film debut in Zebrahead (1992) before landing his breakout dramatic role as a naive marine in Tony Scott's crime classic True Romance (1993). He quickly established himself as a versatile fixture of '90s cinema, delivering standout performances in critically acclaimed films such as Poetic Justice (1993), John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995), Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), the crime drama Cop Land (1997), and the comedy Deep Blue Sea (1999). In television, Rapaport has maintained an equally robust presence, starring as Phoebe Buffay's police officer boyfriend Gary in NBC’s Friends, playing the lead role of a suburban father in the Fox sitcom The War at Home, and taking on major dramatic arcs in critically acclaimed series like Boston Public, Justified, Atypical, and Only Murders in the Building. Beyond scripted acting and voice work—including his prominent voice role as Ogre in the animated series The PJs—he has achieved widespread recognition as a sports and political commentator, documentary filmmaker (directing the acclaimed Beats, Rhymes & Travels: A Tribe Called Quest Documentary), and host of several popular podcasts, cementing his status as a ubiquitous and outspoken fixture in modern American entertainment.
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Filmographie
בחורים טובים 3
October 8
Stealing Jokes
Don't F**k with Ghosts
Attends-moi, j'arrive
Fallout
Carol et la fin du monde
The Choice Is Yours
Glisten and the Merry Mission
Les Traîtres (États-Unis)
Life & Beth
Only Murders in the Building
kid 90
Conflicted
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story
Five Golden Rings
The Follow-Up
Lights Out with David Spade
100%: Julian Edelman
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Mask Singer (États-Unis)
The After Party
White Famous
Steve
Atypical
The Guest Book
Outsider
The New Edition Story
La 6ème, la pire année de ma vie
Crisis in Six Scenes
Sully
The $100,000 Pyramid
A Stand Up Guy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Living the Fantasy
Public Morals
Little Boy
Hot Ones
'black•ish
My Man is a Loser
NB90s
Les Flingueuses
Last I Heard
Kiss of the Damned
The Mob Doctor
The Baytown Outlaws : Les Hors-la-Loi
Should've Been Romeo
NB80s
Inside Out
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Les Puppies : l'agence canine
Raising Hope
The Deported
Justified
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Parents par accident
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
A Day in the Life
Big Fan
The Wendy Williams Show
The Miley and Mandy Show
Assassinat d'un Président
The Big Bang Theory
Fugly
Special
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
Vendeurs d'élite
Push
It Ain't Easy
Live Free or Die
America Brown
Earl
La Guerre à la maison
Prison Break
Too Late with Adam Carolla
Hitch - Expert en séduction
This Girl's Life
The Tony Danza Show
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western
ארץ נהדרת
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
A Good Night to Die
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Comic Book Villains
29 Palms
Triggermen, petites arnaques entre amis
Paper Soldiers
Les Nuits de l'étrange
Dinner for Five
Docteur Dolittle 2
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
Chain of Fools
À l'aube du 6ème jour
Le Bon Numéro
Boston Public
King of the Jungle
The Very Black Show
Les chemins de la dignité
Escrocs mais pas trop
Next Friday
Y a-t-il un parrain pour sauver la mafia ?
New York Unité Spéciale
Peur bleue
The Naked Man
Rude Awakening
Some Girl
Palmetto
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
Kicked in the Head
EP Daily
Copland
Subway Stories
A Brother's Kiss
Le flic de San Francisco
Illtown
Le porteur de cercueil
Beautiful Girls
MADtv
Maudite Aphrodite
Kiss of Death
Basketball Diaries
Fièvre à Columbus University
Hand Gun
La Révélation
Friends
Urgences
The Foot Shooting Party
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Money for Nothing
True Romance
Late Show with David Letterman
Poetic Justice
Nom de Code : Nina
Zebrahead
Le Prince de Bel-Air
Les Simpson
China Beach
The Trophy King
Last Shot
The Line