Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli
Imperioli in June 2007
Born (1966-03-26) March 26, 1966
Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Residence Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor, writer, director
Years active 1988–present
Spouse(s)
Victoria Chlebowski (m. 1995)
Children 3

Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer and director best 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 NYPD 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. In 2015, he starred in Mad Dogs, a dark-comic thriller television series available for viewing on Amazon's Amazon Prime subscription service in the U.S and on Shomi in Canada.

Early life

Imperioli was born in Mount Vernon, New York into an Italian-American family (ancestors originated from Lazio),[1] the son of Dan Imperioli, a bus driver and amateur actor[2] and Claire Imperioli, an amateur actress. In his early childhood he attended Lincoln School in Mount Vernon. He moved to Brewster, New York in 1977, and he graduated from Brewster High School 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.

In addition to his role on The Sopranos, Imperioli has appeared in a number of films, including Goodfellas, Jungle Fever, Bad Boys, Malcolm X, The Basketball Diaries, Clockers, Dead Presidents, Girl 6, My Baby's Daddy, 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 also wrote a number of episodes for The Sopranos.

He served as artistic director of Studio Dante,[3] an Off-Broadway theater he formed with his wife. He is also the lead singer/guitarist for a rock band named La Dolce Vita.[4]

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.[5]

He was a guest on episode MB2E08 ("San Giuseppe") of Mario Batali's Food Network television show Molto Mario.

In 2010, Imperioli was signed on to play the lead in the ABC TV show, Detroit 1-8-7.[6]

Working with the writer Gabriele Tinti, he wrote the text Pride for Tinti's book New York Shots, and participated in a reading of The Way of the Cross at the Queens Museum of Art in 2011.[7]

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. In 2016, he guest starred as the angel Uriel on the Fox show Lucifer.

Personal life

Imperioli has been married to Victoria Chlebowski since 1995, lives in Santa Barbara, California and has three children. He and his family are avid practitioners of Tae Kwon Do.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Alexa Acid Head
Lean on Me George
1990 Goodfellas Michael "Spider" Gianco
Jacob's Ladder Doctor Uncredited
1991 Jungle Fever James Tucci
1992 Fathers & Sons Johnny
Malcolm X Reporter at Fire Bombing
1993 The Night We Never Met Dry Cleaning Costumer #1
Joey Breaker Larry Metz
Household Saints Leonard Villanova
1994 Scenes from the New World Billy
Touch Base Bennie
Hand Gun Benny
Men Lie N/A
Amateur Doorman at Club
Postcards from America The Hustler
1995 The Addiction Missionary
Trouble Ellis Short film
Bad Boys Jojo
The Basketball Diaries Bobby
Clockers Detective 'Jo-Jo'
Flirt Michael
Dead Presidents D'ambrosio
1996 Girls Town Anthony
Blixa Bargeld Stole My Cowboy Boots Johnny
Sweet Nothing Angelo
Girl 6 Scary Caller #30
I Shot Andy Warhol Ondine
Trees Lounge George
Last Man Standing Giorgio Carmonte
1997 A River Made to Drown In Allen Hayden
The Deli Matty
Office Killer Daniel Birch
Under the Bridge N/A
1999 Too Tired to Die Fabrizio
On the Run Albert DeSantis
Summer of Sam Midnight Also Writer
2000 Auto Motives Stud
Disappearing Acts Vinney
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
Shark Tale Frankie Voice role
2007 The Inner Life of Martin Frost Jim Fortunato
The Lovebirds Vincent
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day Charley "Chick" Benetto
2008 Stóra Planið Alexander
2009 Hungry Ghosts N/A Nominated—International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Award
The Lovely Bones Detective Len Fenerman
2010 Love & Distrust Stud
2011 Stuck Between Stations David
2013 The Call Alan Denado
Oldboy Chucky
2014 Foreclosure Bill Landopolous
The Scribbler Moss
Cantinflas Michael Todd[9][10]
2015 The Wannabe Alphonse
2019 The Last Full Measure Jay Ford Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 NYPD Blue Duane Rollins Episode: "Dead and Gone"
1996 Law & Order Johnny Stivers Episode: "Atonement", credited as Michael Imperiola.
1997 New York Undercover Miles Gordon Episode: "The Last Hurrah"
Firehouse Lt. O'Connell Television movie
1998 Witness to the Mob Louie Milito Television movie
1999–2007 The Sopranos Christopher Moltisanti 80 episodes
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)
2004 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Captain Television movie
2005–2006 Law & Order Nick Falco 5 episodes
2006 The Simpsons Dante, Jr. (voice) Episode: "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer"
2008–2009 Life on Mars Detective Ray Carling 17 episodes
2010 Mercy Harold Pindus Episode: "We're All Adults"
The Secret Life of the American Teenager Dr. Wattabi Episode: "The Sound of Silence"
2010–2011 Detroit 1-8-7 Detective Louis "Lou" Fitch 18 episodes
2012 Girls Powell Goldman Episode: "Leave Me Alone"
The Godfather Legacy Narrator TV documentary
40 N/A Television movie
2013 The Office Sensei Billy Episode: "Livin' the Dream"
2014 Californication Rick Rath 11 episodes
Rake Alberto Rinaldi Episode: "Bigamist"
2015–2016 Mad Dogs Lex 10 episodes
Hawaii Five-0 Odell Martin 3 episodes
2016–2017 Lucifer Uriel 2 episodes
2016 Blue Bloods Deputy Attorney General Robert Lewis 2 episodes
2017 Dice Himself Episode: "Fingerless"
The Untitled Action Bronson Show Himself 1 episode
2018 Alex, Inc. Eddie Series regular
TBA Escape at Dannemora Andrew Cuomo Upcoming miniseries

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Imperioli". IMDb. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Michael Imperioli Biography (1966?-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Michael Imperioli's band 'La Dolce Vita' performing at Don Hills New York City 2007". erikremec.com. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ Jazz, All About. "All About Jazz".
  6. ↑ "Michael Imperioli Nabs Lead in ABC Drama Pilot". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCLZ84RWCSU "Michael Imperioli reads The way of the cross" Queens Museum of Art, December 2011
  8. ↑ DOBNIK, VERENA (28 January 2007). "Imperioli: Tae Kwon Do Changed His Life" – via washingtonpost.com.
  9. ↑ "Cantinflas". 18 September 2014 – via IMDb.
  10. ↑ México, El Universal, Compañia Periodística Nacional. "Explotará en Californication".
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