Michael Badalucco

Michael Badalucco
Born	December 20, 1954 (1954-12-20) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Brenda Heyob (1996-present)

Michael Badalucco (born December 20, 1954) is an American actor most famous for his role as lawyer Jimmy Berluti on the ABC legal drama The Practice. He won the 1999 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor for his role on the show.

Badalucco, an Italian American, was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jean, a homemaker, and Joe Badalucco, a set dresser, movie set carpenter and property person. His brother is Joseph Badalucco Jr., whose most notable role was Jimmy Altieri in the show The Sopranos.

He attended Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, graduating in 1972. He was the guest speaker at the 2005 commencement. He later attended SUNY New Paltz in New Paltz, New York.

He is married to Brenda Heyob.

Filmography

• Raging Bull (1980) .... Soda fountain clerk
• Broadway Danny Rose (1984) .... Money Ripper
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) .... Guy from Brooklyn
• Men of Respect (1990) .... Sal
• Miller's Crossing (1990) .... Caspar's Driver
• The Hard Way (1991) .... Pizza Man
• Switch (1991) .... Hard Hat
• Jungle Fever (1991) .... Frankie Botz
• Juice (1992) .... Detective Kelly
• Mac .... (1992) Vico Vitelli
• Night and the City (1992) .... Elaine's Bartender
• Law & Order (TV series) (1 episode, 1993) .... David Zifrin
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993) .... New York Taxi Dispatcher
• The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) .... Bridge Cop #2
• Men Lie (1994) .... Role Unknown
• Léon (1994) .... Mathilda's Father
• The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994) .... Joe Head
• Mixed Nuts (1994) .... AAA Driver
• The Sunshine Boys (1995) (TV) .... Role Unknown
• Dearly Beloved (1995) .... Mr. Richards
• Blue in the Face (1995) .... Statistician
• Clockers (1995) .... Cop #1
• Central Park West (1 episode, 1995) .... Salesman
• New York News (1 episode, 1995) .... Street Vendor
• Two If by Sea (1996) .... Quinn
• Paulie (1996) .... Role Unknown
• Basquiat (1996) .... Counterman at Deli
• One Fine Day (1996) .... Lt. Bonomo
• Love Walked In (1997) .... Eddie Bianco
• Commandments (1997) .... Detective
• Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing (1997) (TV) .... State trooper
• The Deli (1997) .... Eric The Soda Man
• Lesser Prophets (1997) .... Charlie
• You've Got Mail (1998) .... Charlie
• Summer of Sam (1999) .... Son of Sam
• Ally McBeal (1 episode, 1999) .... Ally's Date and Jimmy Berlutti
• It's a Shame About Ray (2000) .... Mr. Seinfeld
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) .... George Nelson
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) .... Frank
• Boston Public (1 episode, 2001) .... Jimmy Berlutti
• Gideon's Crossing (1 episode, 2001) .... Jimmy Berlutti
• 13 Moons (2002) .... Producer
• Naked Movie (2002) .... Joe Head
• 2BPerfectlyHonest (2004) .... Eugene
• The Practice (166 episodes, 1997–2004) .... Jimmy Berlutti
• Gourmet Club (2004) (TV) .... Chef Orsino Mangiacavallo
• Joan of Arcadia (1 episode, 2005) .... Father Payne
• Bewitched (2005) .... Joey Props
• Pizza My Heart (2005) .... Lou Prestolani
• Broken Circle (2006) .... Mitchell Stevens
• Justice (1 episode, 2006) .... Frank Larusa
• Joulutarina (2007) (voice) .... Emil
• Bones (1 episode, 2008) .... Scott Starret
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode, 2008) .... Tom Galli
• Monk (1 episode, 2008) .... Owen McCloskey
• Nowhere to Hide (2009) .... Paulo Farina
• The Deported (2009) .... Store Patron
• In My Sleep (2009) .... Derek
• Finding Hope Now (2010) .... Roger Minassian

External links

• Michael Badalucco at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Badalucco at AllRovi