Anthony LaPaglia

At 65 years old, Anthony LaPaglia has this physical status:

Anthony M. LaPaglia (born 31 January 1959) is an Australian-American actor. In the film Autumn in New York, Joe played Joe, as well as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American television series Without a Trace for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. Simon Daphne Moon's alcoholic brother Simon appeared in eight episodes of Frasier as Daphne Moon's alcoholic brother Simon. Looking for Alibrandi, Holding the Man, Lantana, and Balibo were among LaPaglia's Australian films.

He received the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2001 and 2009.

Early life

LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Maria Johannes (née Brendel), a secretary and model, and Geddie "Eddie" LaPaglia (deceased), an auto mechanic and car dealer. The mother of LaPaglia was Dutch and his father immigrated from Bovalino, Calabria, Italy, at the age of eighteen. Jonathan LaPaglia, his younger brother, is also an actor, and Michael LaPaglia, his older brother, is also an actor, and a Los Angeles auto wholesaler. LaPaglia attended Rostrevor College and Norwood High School.

In the early 1980s, LaPaglia was living in Adelaide as a shoe salesman for Florsheim shoes. He requested to be relocated to the United States and continued working there while studying acting as he was refused by the prestigious Sydney drama school NIDA. LaPaglia began to explore dramatic art in his late teens when he enrolled in an acting course at the South Australian Castings Agency (SA Castings) in Adelaide. The two-and-a-year course was supposed to be extended by three months, which would have included a "boot camp" and a trial casting with SA Castings. LaPaglia left Adelaide for Los Angeles after one-and-a-half years of instruction.

Personal life

LaPaglia is a student at the University of Santa Monica, California. Since moving to the United States, he's claimed that he adopted an American accent to help him with acting work. His new accent is neither distinctly American nor is it Australian, but rather, a mash-up of both. He has been using an American accent since 1982, according to an offhand remark made by LaPaglia. Jackson, Poppy Montgomery and Adam Kaufman's son, LaPaglia, is the godfather of Poppy Montgomery and Adam Kaufman's son, Jackson. Cherie Michan's first marriage to LaPaglia was a success. His second marriage was to actress[Gia Carides, whom he encountered at a party; the two appeared in the 1994 Australian film Paperback Romance (a.k.a. In 1998, Lucky Break) and I married. Bridget's daughter was born in January 2003. Newspapers in April 2015 announced that LaPaglia and Carides had dissolved after 17 years. Alexandra Henkel married Alexandra Henkel (his third marriage) on May 28, 2018. He is 30 years old.

LaPaglia, a goalkeeper in the National Soccer League in the 1980s, was a goalkeeper for Adelaide City and West Adelaide. From California to Sydney to attend their matches since 2005, LaPaglia was a member of A-League club Sydney FC until 2008. He was the narrator and executive producer of The Away Game, a critically acclaimed television series that explored Australian footballers in Europe.

Frank Leboeuf, Vinnie Jones, Steve Jones (of the Sex Pistols), and others appear on television often with Hollywood United, an amateur group in which he is club president, as well as others in the entertainment business, including Frank Leboeuf, Vinnie Jones, Steve Jones (of the Sex Pistols).

The International Goalkeepers Academy in LaPaglia has a minority interest. James Fraser, who captained the Australian national team in the run-up to the 1974 FIFA World Cup, founded the academy and is run by the academy.

LaPaglia has participated as an actor in the Young Storytellers Program. In 2007, he competed in a charity football match to raise funds for Southern California wildfire relief.

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Career

In an episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, LaPaglia's earliest credit was in 1985. Frank Nitti, the Enforcer's first feature film, appeared in Cold Steel in 1987 and the same year in the telemovie Nitti: The Enforcer. In the minor hits Betsy's Wedding (1990), LaPaglia played a supporting role as a mobster.

Frank Pesce Jr. was the first New York State Lottery winner, alongside Danny Aiello and Lainie Kazan in 29th Street, a fact-based comedy/bio-pic. This was followed by performances in Innocent Blood (1992), the film The Client (1994), and the comedy Empire Records in 1995. During the second and final season of LaPaglia, the lead character in the TV series Murder One's second and final season, the actor appeared in Jimmy Wyler's role.

LaPaglia appeared in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge with the Roundabout Theatre Company from 1997 to 1998, and later received a Tony Award for his portrayal of the protagonist, Eddie Carbone. In Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway, LaPaglia also played Tito Merelli. Before A View From the Bridge opened, LaPaglia received a script for The Sopranos' pilot and met its designer, David Chase, to discuss the protagonist Tony Soprano's role. However, several causes, including Fox and his Broadway appearance, barred LaPaglia from playing the part.

In Summer of Sam (1999), Spike Lee portrayed LaPaglia as a New York police detective. LaPaglia appeared in eight episodes of Frasier, including the finale, starring Daphne Moon's brother Simon. "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" was his Emmy Award for his role.

In The Custodian (1993), LaPaglia made his Australian debut opposite Hugo Weaving. Gia Carides, who later married a girl he met in the romantic comedy Paperback Romance (1994) with him. He continued to live in Los Angeles, with occasional appearances in major Australian films including Looking for Alibrandi (2000), Lantana (2001), The Bank (2001), Happy Feet (2006), $9.99 (2008), Balibo (2009), and Happy Feet Two (2011).

In The Guys, a film about New York firemen who died in the World Trade Center, LaPaglia co-starred as a fire captain opposite Sigourney Weaver in 2002. He has appeared onstage, as well as various others, as Bill Murray and others alternated. "We did it as a salute to the guys," LaPaglia said. "I'm so lucky to do it, to be part of this journey." However, I can't go back to that morning or watch the video. It's too painful." In the comedy film Analyze That, he also played fictional Australian actor Anthony Bella (who appeared Nicky Caesar in the fictitious series Little Caesar), but he was uncredited for his role.

LaPaglia co-wrote an episode entitled "Deep Water" in addition to playing the central character in During the 2002–09 season of Without a Trace.

In 2009, LaPaglia played Roger East, a true Australian journalist, in the political drama Balibo about the assassination of five Australian journalists by the Indonesian Army in the town of Balibo, East Timor, Australia. During the Indonesian invasion, the opening scene depicts East's own summary execution.

In October 2011, it was announced that LaPaglia would be cast in Quentin Tarantino's latest film Django Unchained, in which he'll play an Australian character once more. However, he eventually left the project, citing the process as "out of control."

It was revealed on February 18, 2012, that LaPaglia will be a participant in the ABC drama pilot Americana. The performance was not viewed.

In May 2013, LaPaglia announced that the film version of Stephen King's A Good Marriage with Joan Allen had been confirmed.

After a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., LaPaglia landed in a new CBS terror drama pilot named Red Zone, playing as a former CIA operative and current high school football coach. Field of Play had been renamed and not active for the 2014 season, so it was not picked up for the 2014 season.

LaPaglia began accepting jobs in Australia more often in 2012. LaPaglia appeared in Underground (2012) (a biopic about Julian Assange and the comedy Mental (2012)) as Bob Caleo, a major role in Underground (2012). Ryan Corr and Craig Stott appear in the 2015 film, with LaPaglia, Guy Pearce, and Geoffrey Rush supporting performances. Holding the Man was based on Timothy Conigrave's 1995 memoir of the same name. At the 5th AACTA Awards in 2015, LaPaglia was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role within the film. In that year, LaPaglia returned to Adelaide, South Australia, to perform Frank, a struggling real estate agent who finds solace and hope in a chance friendship with an elderly woman (played by Julia Blake) that reminds him of his mother. In 2016, he appeared in his first Australian television series The Code, a political thriller set against increasing geopolitical tensions between the US and China. He appeared in the four-part miniseries Sunshine, set in the western Melbourne suburb of the same name, as mentor to a young Sudanese-Australian soccer player. And in 2018, LaPaglia appeared in the fifth season of the comedy Rake, loosely based on Charles Waterstreet's life and misadventures.

In 2017, LaPaglia played Vito Rizzuto in Simon Barry's Simon Barry Canadian television series Bad Blood, which aired on Citytv in French on ICI Radio-Canada.

On SBS from Wednesday, October 18, 2017, he appeared in Sunshine, an Australian crime drama series. Daina Reid directed the four-part miniseries and Matt Cameron and Elise McCredie wrote it.

Riviera's 2017 cast members include veteran filmmaker Neil Jordan. Georgina Clios, a midwestern art curator whose life is turned upside down after her billionaire husband Constantine Clios (LaPaglia)'s death in a yacht crash, is set in the French Riviera. Georgina is immersed in lies, double-dealing, and murder as she attempts to discover the truth about her husband's death.

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