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Michael Rapaport


Michael Rapaport

Birthday:

03/20/1970

Place of birth:

New York City, New York, USA:

Biography:

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.


Credits

בחורים טובים 3 (2026)
as
October 8 (2025)
as Self
Stealing Jokes (2024)
as Louie
Don't F**k with Ghosts (2024)
as Self
I'll Be Right There (2024)
as Marshall
The Choice Is Yours (2023)
as Self
Glisten and the Merry Mission (2023)
as Grizz (voice)
kid 90 (2021)
as Self
Conflicted (2021)
as Mike
Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story (2020)
as Bill Fitch
Five Golden Rings (2020)
as
The Follow-Up (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
100%: Julian Edelman (2019)
as Self
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate (2019)
as Self
The After Party (2018)
as Self (Uncredited)
Chuck (2017)
as John Wepner
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
as Animation Voice (voice)
Sully (2016)
as Bartender - Pete
A Stand Up Guy (2016)
as Colin
Living the Fantasy (2015)
as Narrator
Little Boy (2015)
as James Busbee
My Man is a Loser (2014)
as Marty
NB90s (2013)
as
The Heat (2013)
as Jason Mullins
Last I Heard (2013)
as Bobby DiBianco
Kiss of the Damned (2012)
as Ben Rider
The Baytown Outlaws (2012)
as Lucky
Should've Been Romeo (2012)
as Danny
NB80s (2011)
as Self
Inside Out (2011)
as Jack Small
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
as Self
The Deported (2010)
as Himself
A Day in the Life (2009)
as Detective Grant
Big Fan (2009)
as Philadelphia Phil
Assassination of a High School President (2008)
as Coach Z
Fugly (2007)
as Jack
Special (2006)
as Les Franken
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness (2006)
as DJ (voice)
Grilled (2006)
as Bobby
Push (2006)
as Tommy G
It Ain't Easy (2006)
as
Live Free or Die (2006)
as Putney
America Brown (2005)
as Daniel Brown
Hitch (2005)
as Ben
This Girl's Life (2004)
as Terry
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western (2004)
as Himself
A Good Night to Die (2003)
as August
Comic Book Villains (2002)
as Norman Link
29 Palms (2002)
as The Cop
Triggermen (2002)
as Tommy O'Brian
Paper Soldiers (2002)
as Mike E.
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
as Joey the Raccoon (Voice)
The Making of 'Bamboozled' (2001)
as Self
Chain of Fools (2001)
as Hitman
The 6th Day (2000)
as Hank Morgan
Lucky Numbers (2000)
as Dale
King of the Jungle (2000)
as Francis
Bamboozled (2000)
as Thomas Dunwitty
Men of Honor (2000)
as GM1 Snowhill
Small Time Crooks (2000)
as Denny
Next Friday (2000)
as Mailman with Tax Notice (uncredited)
Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999)
as Kevin Gower
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
as Tom Scoggins
The Naked Man (1998)
as Edward Bliss Jr.
Some Girl (1998)
as Neal
Palmetto (1998)
as Donnelly
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families (1998)
as Szarany
Kicked in the Head (1997)
as Stretch
Cop Land (1997)
as Murray "Superboy" Babitch
Subway Stories (1997)
as Jake (segment "The Listeners")
A Brother's Kiss (1997)
as Stingy
Metro (1997)
as Kevin McCall
Illtown (1996)
as Dante
The Pallbearer (1996)
as Brad Schorr
Beautiful Girls (1996)
as Paul Kirkwood
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
as Kevin
The Basketball Diaries (1995)
as Skinhead
Kiss of Death (1995)
as Ronnie Gannon
Higher Learning (1995)
as Remy
Hand Gun (1994)
as Lenny
The Scout (1994)
as Tommy Lacy
The Foot Shooting Party (1994)
as Lizard
Money for Nothing (1993)
as Kenny Kozlowski
True Romance (1993)
as Dick Ritchie
Poetic Justice (1993)
as Dockworker
Point of No Return (1993)
as Big Stan
Zebrahead (1992)
as Zack
Last Shot ()
as
The Trophy King ()
as Greg Geary
The Supporters (2021)
Executive Producer
Hard Lovin' Woman (2016)
Director
When the Garden Was Eden (2014)
Director
When the Garden Was Eden (2014)
Producer
Alekesam (2013)
Producer
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
Director
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
Additional Camera
29 Palms (2002)
Executive Producer