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Michael Rapaport
Highest Rated: 100% A Brother's Kiss (1997)
Lowest Rated: 0% 29 Palms (2002)
Birthday: Mar 20, 1970
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Character actor Michael Rapaport essayed larger-than-life figures on both sides of the law in countless features and television series for more than two decades, earning critical praise for dramatic work in "True Romance" (1993) and "Justified" (FX, 2010-15) and comic turns in "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995) while also cultivating an impressive second career as a documentarian, most notably with "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest" (2011). Born Michael David Rapaport on March 20, 1970 in New York City, he came from a family of broadcasters: his mother, June Brody, was an on-in personality, while his father was radio executive David Rapaport, who transformed the venerable WKTU into an all-disco format in the mid-1970s. After graduating from high school, Rapaport headed west to try his hand at stand-up comedy, but found greater success as an actor on television and in features, beginning in 1992 with "Zebrahead," an independent drama about the tensions created by a romance between black and white teenagers (N'Bushe Wright and Rapaport, respectively). However, his New York heritage and streetwise screen persona translated more directly to "wiseguy" roles - working class types ("Money for Nothing," 1993), small-time crooks ("Hand Gun," 1994), and second bananas in comedies like "The Pallbearer" (1996) and "Kicked in the Head" (1997). His ability to enliven supporting roles in features like the Quentin Tarantino-penned "True Romance" (1993), which cast him as Christian Slater's hapless roommate, and as a student seduced by white supremacy in John Singleton's "Higher Learning" (1997), quickly established Rapaport as a talented player in both comic and dramatic fare. For a period of time in the late '90s, Rapaport was a ubiquitous presence in major features, playing a sweet if slow-minded boxer in Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite" (1995), a police officer wanted by corrupt fellow lawmen in James Mangold's "Cop Land," and a doomed engineer pursued by intelligent sharks in "Deep Blue Sea" (1998), among other roles. His big screen cooled in the new millennium, though there were still high-profile turns in films like "The 6th Day" (2000) and Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" (2000); however, television offered more consistent and diverse work, including a recurring turn as a cop boyfriend to Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) on "Friends" (NBC, 1994-2004) and an amiable convict on "My Name is Earl" (NBC, 2005-09), two seasons on David E. Kelley's "Boston Public" (Fox, 2000-04) as teacher Danny Hanson, and two seasons as the star of "The War at Home" (Fox, 2005-07) as an opinionated Long Island insurance salesman. During this period, Rapaport also parlayed his long-standing interest in hip-hop music into "Beats, Rhymes & Life" (2011), a critically praised documentary about the ground-breaking rap trio A Tribe Called Quest. He helmed a second documentary, "When the Garden Was Eden" (2014), about the New York Knicks in the 1970s, for ESPN's "30 for 30" (2009- ), as was a 2016 short, "Hard-Lovin' Woman," about actress Juliette Lewis's pursuit of a music career, and Rapaport also enjoyed notoriety as an outspoken basketball and culture commentator for Fox Sports and through his own podcast, I Am Rapaport. However, acting continued to remain his primary career, and he maintained steady work as earthy characters in features like "The Heat" (2013), the boxing biopic "Chuck" (2016), with Liev Schreiber, and Clint Eastwood's "Sully" (2016). He was also a ubiquitous presence on television, both as a series regular on dramas like "Public Morals" (TNT, 2015) and a guest player, most notably in the fifth season of "Justified" (FX, 2010-2015) as the malevolent head of a Florida organized crime family, and as a fictional music manager in "The New Edition Story" (BET, 2017).
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Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'll Be Right There | Marshall (Character) | - | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
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Glisten and the Merry Mission | Grizz (Voice) | - | 2023 |
82% |
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The Bleeder | John (Character) | $320.7K | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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A Stand Up Guy | Colin (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Living the Fantasy | Narrator | - | 2015 |
26% |
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Little Boy | James Busbee (Character) | $6.5M | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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My Man Is a Loser | Marty (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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When the Garden Was Eden | Director | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Once Upon a Time in Queens | Bobby DiBianco (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last I Heard | Bobby (Character) | - | 2013 |
66% |
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The Heat | Jason Mullins (Character) | $159.6M | 2013 |
68% |
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Kiss of the Damned | Ben (Character) | $14.3K | 2012 |
23% |
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The Baytown Outlaws | Lucky (Character) | - | 2012 |
25% |
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Inside Out | Jack Small (Character) | - | 2011 |
90% |
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Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest |
Director, Writer |
$1.2M | 2011 |
85% |
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Big Fan | Philadelphia Phil (Character) | $234.4K | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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The Deported | Self | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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A Day in the Life | Detective Grant (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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It Ain't Easy | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
55% |
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Assassination of a High School President | Coach Z (Character) | - | 2008 |
59% |
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Special | Les (Character) | $6.4K | 2006 |
40% |
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Live Free or Die | Putney (Character) | $12.7K | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Push | Tommy G (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Grilled | Bobby (Character) | - | 2006 |
69% |
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Hitch | Ben (Character) | $177.6M | 2005 |
80% |
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America Brown | Daniel Brown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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A Good Night to Die | August (Character) | - | 2003 |
50% |
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This Girl's Life | Terry (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Triggermen | Tommy O'Brian (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Paper Soldiers | Mike E. (Character) | - | 2002 |
0% |
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29 Palms |
The Cop (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Comic Book Villains | Norman (Character) | - | 2002 |
41% |
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Dr. Dolittle 2 | Joey the Raccoon (Voice) | $113.0M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Chain of Fools | Hitman (Character) | - | 2001 |
22% |
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King of the Jungle | Francis (Character) | $27.2K | 2000 |
40% |
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The 6th Day | Hank (Character) | $34.5M | 2000 |
42% |
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Men of Honor | Snowhill (Character) | $48.8M | 2000 |
23% |
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Lucky Numbers | Dale the Thug (Character) | $10.0M | 2000 |
53% |
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Bamboozled | Dunwitty (Character) | $2.2M | 2000 |
66% |
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Small Time Crooks | Denny (Character) | $17.1M | 2000 |
60% |
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Deep Blue Sea | Tom Scoggins (Character) | $73.6M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Kevin Gower (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Some Girls | Neal (Character) | - | 1998 |
39% |
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Palmetto | Donnely (Character) | $5.8M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rescuers: Stories of Courage -- Two Families | Szarany (Character) | - | 1998 |
20% |
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The Naked Man | Edward Bliss Jr. (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Subway Stories | Jake (Character) | - | 1997 |
75% |
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Cop Land | Murray "Superboy" Babitch (Character) | $44.9M | 1997 |
17% |
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Metro | Kevin McCall (Character) | $32.0M | 1997 |
100% |
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A Brother's Kiss | Stingy (Character) | $25.8K | 1997 |
20% |
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Kicked in the Head | Stretch (Character) | $102.7K | 1997 |
50% |
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Illtown | Dante (Character) | $49.1K | 1996 |
48% |
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The Pallbearer | Brad Schorr (Character) | $5.7M | 1996 |
78% |
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Beautiful Girls | Paul Kirkwood (Character) | $10.6M | 1996 |
47% |
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The Basketball Diaries | Skinhead (Character) | $2.1M | 1995 |
69% |
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Kiss of Death | Ronnie Gannon (Character) | $14.7M | 1995 |
46% |
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Higher Learning | Remy (Character) | $36.8M | 1995 |
78% |
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Mighty Aphrodite | Kevin (Character) | $4.8M | 1995 |
31% |
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The Scout | Tommy Lacy (Character) | $2.6M | 1994 |
93% |
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True Romance | Dick Ritchie (Character) | - | 1993 |
20% |
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Money for Nothing | Kenny Kozlowski (Character) | $917.6K | 1993 |
75% |
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Zebrahead | Zack (Character) | $1.1M | 1992 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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89% | 66% | Life & Beth | Leonard (Character) | 2022 2024 |
90% | 92% | Atypical | Doug (Character) | 2017-2019 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen |
Self, Guest |
2015-2023 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Mike Wegman (Guest Voice) | 2019 2022-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show |
Guest, Host |
2017-2019 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nick Cannon | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Lights Out With David Spade | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017-2018 |
53% | 73% | White Famous | Teddy Snow (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untitled Action Bronson Show | Guest | 2017 |
64% | 90% | The Guest Book | Adam (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2017 |
56% | 69% | Any Given Wednesday With Bill Simmons | Guest | 2016 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Richie Caskey (Guest Star) | 2016 |
81% | 84% | The Big Bang Theory | Kenny Fitzgerald (Guest Star) | 2015 |
82% | 90% | Public Morals | Charlie Bullman (Character) | 2015 |
93% | 95% | Louie | Lenny (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 30 for 30 |
Director, Narrator |
2014 |
97% | 94% | Justified | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
96% | 90% | Raising Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
21% | 43% | The Mob Doctor | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2011 |
94% | 76% | Royal Pains | Stanley (Guest Star) | 2010 |
30% | 40% | Accidentally on Purpose | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009-2010 |
61% | 77% | Prison Break | Donald Self (Character) | 2008-2009 |
82% | 88% | My Name Is Earl | Frank (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
24% | 83% | The War at Home | Dave Gold (Character) | 2005-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MADtv | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Boston Public | Danny Hanson (Character) | 2001-2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2000-2001 |
78% | 93% | Friends | Gary (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Paul Canterna (Guest Star) | 1998 |
83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | Jaime DiLeo (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |