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Revision as of 18:53, 6 August 2014
Michael Imperioli | |
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![]() Imperioli in June 2007 | |
Born | Mount Vernon, New York, United States | March 26, 1966
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse | Victoria Chlebowski (1995-present) |
Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer, director and producer. He is known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared in the TV drama series Law & Order as Detective Nick Falco. Imperioli spent the 2008-2009 television season as Detective Ray Carling in the US version of Life on Mars. He was starring as Detective Louis Fitch in the ABC police drama Detroit 1-8-7 until its cancellation. He wrote and directed his first feature film The Hungry Ghosts in 2008 which was the Opening Night Selection for the 2009 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Early life
Imperioli, an Italian American, was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of Dan Imperioli, a bus driver and amateur actor, Claire Imperioli.[1] In his early childhood he attended Lincoln School in Mount Vernon. He graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers, New York in 1983.
Career
Imperioli has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards as well as for five Emmy Awards for his work as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos; he won one Emmy, for the show's fifth season in 2004.[citation needed]
In addition to his role on The Sopranos, Imperioli has appeared in a number of films, including Goodfellas, Jungle Fever, Bad Boys, The Basketball Diaries, Clockers, Dead Presidents, Lean on Me, I Shot Andy Warhol, Last Man Standing, Shark Tale, High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story, and Summer of Sam, which he also co-wrote and co-produced. In addition, he has also written a number of episodes for The Sopranos.
He served as artistic director of Studio Dante,[2] an Off-Broadway theater he formed with his wife. He is also the lead singer/guitarist for a rock band named Zopa.[3]
Imperioli is an active member of The Jazz Foundation of America and co-hosted their May 2009 annual benefit concert, "A Great Night in Harlem", at the Apollo Theater, which celebrated the foundation's 20th anniversary.[4]
He was a guest on episode MB2E08 ("San Giuseppe") of Mario Batali's Food Network television show Molto Mario.[citation needed]
In 2010, Imperioli was signed on to play the lead in the ABC TV show, Detroit 1-8-7.[5]
Working with the writer Gabriele Tinti, he wrote the text Pride for Tinti's book New York Shots,[citation needed] and participated in a reading of The Way of the Cross at the Queens Museum of Art in 2011.[citation needed]
He won the "Tournament of Stars" competition on the cooking show Chopped in 2014, sending $50,000 to his designated charity the Pureland Project, an organization which builds and maintains schools in rural Tibet.
Personal life
Married to Victoria Chlebowski since 1995, he lives in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City and is a father of three, including his son, Vadim, who acted in Detroit 1-8-7 with his father.[6] Michael and his wife are students of Tibetan Buddhist Lama Garchen Rinpoche.[citation needed]
Politically, he is an Independent, because he "feels limited by the two party system"[citation needed]; he typically votes as a Democrat.[citation needed] Michael Imperioli practices taekwondo in his spare time.[7]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Alexa | Acid Head | |
1989 | Lean on Me | Punk who gets expelled by Joe Clark | |
1990 | Goodfellas | Spider | |
1991 | Jungle Fever | James Tucci | |
1992 | Fathers & Sons | Johnny | |
1992 | Malcolm X | Reporter at Fire Bombing | |
1993 | The Night We Never Met | Dry Cleaning Costumer #1 | |
1993 | Joey Breaker | Larry Metz | |
1993 | Household Saints | Leonard Villanova | |
1994 | Scenes from the New World | Billy | |
1994 | Touch Base | Bennie | |
1994 | Hand Gun | Benny | |
1994 | Men Lie | ||
1994 | Amateur | Doorman at Club | |
1994 | Postcards from America | The Hustler | |
1995 | Trouble | Ellis | |
1995 | Bad Boys | Jojo | |
1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Bobby | |
1995 | Clockers | Detective 'Jo-Jo' | |
1995 | Flirt | Michael | |
1995 | Dead Presidents | D'ambrosio | |
1996 | Girls Town | Anthony | |
1996 | Blixa Bargeld Stole My Cowboy Boots | Johnny | |
1995 | The Addiction | Missionary | |
1996 | Sweet Nothing | Angel' the crackhead family man | |
1996 | Girl 6 | Scary Caller #30 | |
1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Ondine | |
1996 | Trees Lounge | George | |
1996 | Last Man Standing | Giorgio Carmonte | |
1997 | A River Made to Drown In | Allen Hayden | |
1997 | Firehouse | Lt. O'Connell | |
1997 | The Deli | Matty | |
1997 | Office Killer | Daniel Birch | |
1997 | Under the Bridge | ||
1998 | Witness to the Mob | Louie Milito | |
1998 | Too Tired to Die | Fabrizio | |
1999 | On the Run | Albert DeSantis | |
1999–2007 | The Sopranos | Christopher Moltisanti | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2004) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1999, 2007) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2002, 2004) Nominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series (2008) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2001, 2003, 2006-2007) Nominated—PRISM Award for Best Performance in a Drama Series (2003) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2000-2002, 2004, 2006) |
1999 | Summer of Sam | Midnight | |
2000 | Auto Motives | Stud | |
2000 | Disappearing Acts | Vinney | |
2000 | Hamlet | Rosencrantz | |
2002 | Love in the Time of Money | Will | |
2003 | High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story | Stu Ungar | |
2004 | My Baby's Daddy | Dominic | |
2004 | Shark Tale | Frankie (voice) | |
2004 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | Captain | |
2005 | Law & Order | Det. Falco | |
2006 | The Simpsons | Dante, Jr. | Episode:"The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" |
2007–2008 | Life on Mars (U.S. TV series) | Det. Ray Carling | |
2007 | The Inner Life of Martin Frost | Jim Fortunato | |
2007 | The Lovebirds | Vincent | |
2007 | Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day | Charley 'Chick' Benetto | |
2008 | Stóra Planið | Alexander | |
2009 | Hungry Ghosts | Nominated - International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Award | |
2009 | The Lovely Bones | Len Fenerman | |
2010 | Mercy | Harold Pindus | |
2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Det. Louis Fitch | |
2010 | Love & Distrust | Stud | |
2011 | Stuck Between Stations | David | |
2012 | Girls | Powell Goldman | |
2012 | 40 | ||
2012 | Foreclosure | post-production | |
2013 | The Call | Alan Denado | |
2013 | The Office | Sensei Billy | Episode:Livin' the Dream |
2013 | Oldboy | Chucky | |
2014 | Rake | Alberto Rinaldi | Episode: "Bigamist" |
2014 | The Scribbler | Post-production | |
2014 | Chopped | Himself | Episodes: "Tournament of Stars: Actors", "Tournament of Stars: Finale" |
2014 | Californication | Rick Rath[8] | |
2014 | Cantinflas | Michael Todd[9][10] |
References
- ^ "Michael Imperioli Biography (1966?-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Buckley, Cara; Thomas J. Lueck (September 5, 2007). "Pipe Bomb Shatters the Night Outside a Theater Owned by a 'Sopranos' Actor". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ^ "Michael Imperioli's band 'La Dolce Vita' performing at Don Hills New York City 2007". erikremec.com. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
- ^ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=34012
- ^ "Michael Imperioli Nabs Lead in ABC Drama Pilot". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Abelson, Max (2007-04-19). "Imperiolis Buy Entire Canal Street Walk-Up for $2.4 M." The New York Observer.
- ^ "Imperioli: Tae Kwon Do Changed His Life". Washingtonpost.com. 2007-01-28. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Michael Imperioli Joins 'Californication'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3005242/
- ^ http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2013/impreso/explotara-en-californication-125650.html
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- American male television actors
- Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Primetime Emmy Award winners
- American people of Italian descent
- Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute alumni
- Living people
- American taekwondo practitioners
- Male actors from New York
- People from Mount Vernon, New York
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors