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Michael Rapaport
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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 M…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Michael Rapaport's Filmography
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Matchmaking 3
October 8
as Self
Stealing Jokes
as Louie
Don't F**k with Ghosts
as Self
I'll Be Right There
as Marshall
The Choice Is Yours
as Self
Glisten and the Merry Mission
as Grizz (voice)
kid 90
as Self
Conflicted
as Mike
Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story
as Bill Fitch
Five Golden Rings
The Follow-Up
as Self (archive footage)
100%: Julian Edelman
as Self
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
as Self
The After Party
as Self (Uncredited)
Chuck
as John Wepner
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
as Animation Voice (voice)
Sully
as Bartender - Pete
A Stand Up Guy
as Colin
No Poster
Living the Fantasy
as Narrator
Little Boy
as James Busbee
My Man Is a Loser
as Marty
NB90s
The Heat
as Jason Mullins
Last I Heard
as Bobby DiBianco
Kiss of the Damned
as Ben Rider
The Baytown Outlaws
as Lucky
Should've Been Romeo
as Danny
NB80s
as Self
Inside Out
as Jack Small
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self
The Deported
as Himself
A Day in the Life
as Detective Grant
Big Fan
as Philadelphia Phil
Assassination of a High School President
as Coach Z
No Poster
Fugly
as Jack
Special
as Les Franken
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
as DJ (voice)
Grilled
as Bobby
Push
as Tommy G
It Ain't Easy
Live Free or Die
as Putney
America Brown
as Daniel Brown
Hitch
as Ben
This Girl's Life
as Terry
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western
as Himself
A Good Night to Die
as August
Comic Book Villains
as Norman Link
29 Palms
as The Cop
Triggermen
as Tommy O'Brian
Paper Soldiers
as Mike E.
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Joey the Raccoon (Voice)
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
as Self
Chain of Fools
as Hitman
The 6th Day
as Hank Morgan
Lucky Numbers
as Dale
King of the Jungle
as Francis
Bamboozled
as Thomas Dunwitty
Men of Honor
as GM1 Snowhill
Small Time Crooks
as Denny
Next Friday
as Mailman with Tax Notice (uncredited)
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
as Kevin Gower
Deep Blue Sea
as Tom Scoggins
The Naked Man
as Edward Bliss Jr.
Some Girl
as Neal
Palmetto
as Donnelly
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
as Szarany
Kicked in the Head
as Stretch
Cop Land
as Murray "Superboy" Babitch
Subway Stories
as Jake (segment "The Listeners")
A Brother's Kiss
as Stingy
Metro
as Kevin McCall
Illtown
as Dante
The Pallbearer
as Brad Schorr
Beautiful Girls
as Paul Kirkwood
Mighty Aphrodite
as Kevin
The Basketball Diaries
as Skinhead
Kiss of Death
as Ronnie Gannon
Higher Learning
as Remy
Hand Gun
as Lenny
The Scout
as Tommy Lacy
The Foot Shooting Party
as Lizard
Money for Nothing
as Kenny Kozlowski
True Romance
as Dick Ritchie
Poetic Justice
as Dockworker
Point of No Return
as Big Stan
Zebrahead
as Zack
The Trophy King
as Greg Geary
