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Anthony LaPaglia
LaPaglia in 2013
Born (1959-01-31) 31 January 1959 (age 65)
OccupationActor
Years active1977–present
Spouse(s)Cherie Michan (divorced)
(m. 1998; div. 2015)

Alexandra Henkel
(m. 2018)
Children1
RelativesJonathan LaPaglia (brother)

Anthony LaPaglia (/ləˈpɑːliə/, Italian pronunciation: [laˈpaʎʎa]; born 31 January 1959)[1] is an Australian actor. He has won three AACTA Awards, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lantana (2001) and Balibo (2009), and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Nitram (2021).

For his starring role as Jack Malone on the American television crime drama series Without a Trace (2002–09), he received a Golden Globe Award in 2004. LaPaglia won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Eddie Carbone in the 1997 Broadway revival of A View from the Bridge, and a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Simon Moon on the television sitcom Frasier (2000–04).

He has also appeared in films such as Betsy's Wedding (1990), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Empire Records (1995), Autumn in New York (2000), Happy Feet (2006) and its sequel Happy Feet Two (2011), Mental (2012), Holding the Man (2015), and Annabelle: Creation (2017).

Early life and education

LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the son of Maria Johannes (née Brendel), a secretary and model, and Egidio "Eddie" LaPaglia (deceased), an auto mechanic and car dealer.[2] LaPaglia's mother was Dutch, and his father emigrated from Bovalino, Calabria, Italy, at the age of eighteen.[2] His younger brother, Jonathan LaPaglia, is also an actor, and his other brother, Michael, is a car wholesaler in Los Angeles. LaPaglia attended Rostrevor College and Norwood High School.

LaPaglia was working in Adelaide as a shoe salesman for Florsheim Shoes in the early 1980s. He asked to be transferred to the US and continued working there while studying acting as he was rejected by the prestigious Sydney drama school NIDA. LaPaglia first began his venture into 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-half-year course was to be supplemented with a further three months, which would have included a "boot camp" and a trial listing with SA Castings. After completing one-and-a-half years of the course, LaPaglia left Adelaide for Los Angeles.

Career

1985–1999

LaPaglia's earliest credit was a 1985 part in an episode of the television series Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories. His first feature film was Cold Steel in 1987, followed that same year by the title role of Frank Nitti in the telemovie Nitti: The Enforcer. LaPaglia had a supporting role as a mobster in the minor hit Betsy's Wedding (1990).

He starred alongside Danny Aiello and Lainie Kazan in 29th Street, a fact-based comedy/bio-pic, as the first New York State Lottery winner, Frank Pesce Jr. This was followed by roles in the vampire/Mafia story Innocent Blood (1992), the comedy thriller So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), the legal thriller The Client (1994), and the comedy Empire Records in 1995. That same year, LaPaglia appeared in the role of Jimmy Wyler, lead character in the TV series Murder One, during its second and final season. LaPaglia made his debut in an Australian production opposite Hugo Weaving in The Custodian (1993). The following year he appeared in the romantic comedy Paperback Romance (1994) with Gia Carides, whom he later married.

During 1997–98, LaPaglia appeared in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge with the Roundabout Theatre Company and later received a Tony Award for his portrayal of the protagonist, Eddie Carbone. LaPaglia also played Tito Merelli in Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway. Before A View From the Bridge opened, LaPaglia was sent a script for the pilot of The Sopranos and met its creator, David Chase, to discuss the role of protagonist Tony Soprano.[3] However, various factors, including Fox and his Broadway role, prevented LaPaglia from obtaining the role.[4]

Spike Lee cast LaPaglia as a New York police detective in Summer of Sam (1999). During 2000–04, LaPaglia appeared in eight episodes of the sitcom Frasier, including the finale, playing Daphne Moon's brother Simon.[2] The role won him an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series".

2000–2011

He continued to live mainly in Los Angeles, returning occasionally—especially from about 2000—for roles in major Australian films such as Looking for Alibrandi (2000), Lantana (2001), The Bank (2001), Happy Feet (2006), $9.99 (2008), Balibo (2009), and Happy Feet Two (2011). In 2002, LaPaglia co-starred as a fire captain opposite Sigourney Weaver in The Guys, a film about New York firemen who died in the World Trade Center. He also played the role onstage, rotating with Bill Murray and others. "We did it as a tribute to the men," said LaPaglia. "I've been so lucky to do it, to be part of this experience. But I can't go back to that morning or watch the video. It's too painful."[5] He also played fictional Australian actor Anthony Bella (who played Nicky Caesar in the fictitious series Little Caesar) in the comedy movie Analyze That, but was uncredited in his role.[6]

In addition to playing the central character in Without a Trace during 2002–09, LaPaglia co-wrote an episode entitled "Deep Water".[7] In 2009, LaPaglia played the part of Roger East, a real-life Australian journalist, in the political thriller Balibo, about the killing in 1975 of five Australian journalists by the Indonesian Army in the town of Balibo, East Timor. The opening scene depicts East's own summary execution, during the Indonesian invasion.[2][8]

In October 2011 it was announced that LaPaglia would join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's new film Django Unchained, in which he would portray an Australian character once again.[9] However, he eventually left the project, calling the production "out of control."[10]

2012–present

On 18 February 2012, it was announced that LaPaglia would star in the ABC drama pilot Americana.[11] The show was not picked up.[12] It was announced in May 2013 that LaPaglia signed on in the feature adaptation of Stephen King's A Good Marriage with Joan Allen.[13] In March 2014, LaPaglia joined a new CBS terrorism drama pilot titled Red Zone starring as a retired CIA operative and current high school football coach who returns to active duty after a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C.[14] It was renamed Field of Play and not picked up for the 2014 season.[15][16][17]

From about 2012, LaPaglia began accepting work in Australia more frequently. Following major roles in Underground (2012) (a biopic about Julian Assange) and the comedy Mental (2012), LaPaglia had a supporting role in the Neil Armfield's Australian romantic-drama film Holding the Man, as Bob Caleo. The 2015 film stars Ryan Corr and Craig Stott, with supporting performances from LaPaglia, Guy Pearce and Geoffrey Rush. Holding the Man was adapted from Timothy Conigrave's 1995 memoir of the same name. For his role within the film, LaPaglia was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 5th AACTA Awards in 2015. In that year LaPaglia returned to his home city, Adelaide, to star in A Month of Sundays as Frank, a miserable real estate agent who finds solace and redemption in a chance friendship with an elderly woman (played by Julia Blake) who reminds him of his mother. In 2016 he appeared in his first Australian TV series: The Code, a political thriller set against rising geopolitical tensions between the US and China. The following year he starred in the four-part miniseries Sunshine, an Australian crime drama series screened on SBS from Wednesday 18 October 2017,[18] set in the western Melbourne suburb of the same name, playing the role of mentor to a promising young Sudanese-Australian soccer player. The four-part miniseries is an Essential Media production, directed by Daina Reid and written by Matt Cameron and Elise McCredie.[19] In 2018, LaPaglia appeared in the fifth season of the comedy Rake, based loosely on the life and misadventures of Charles Waterstreet.

In 2017, LaPaglia played Vito Rizzuto in the Simon Barry Canadian TV series Bad Blood, which aired on Citytv, in French on ICI Radio-Canada.[20] From 2017 to 2020, he starred in Neil Jordan's series Riviera. Set in the French Riviera, the series follows Georgina Clios, a midwestern art curator whose life is turned upside down after the death of her billionaire husband Constantine Clios (LaPaglia) in a yacht accident. Georgina becomes immersed in a world of lies, double-dealing and crime, as she seeks to uncover the truth about her husband's death.[21]

In 2023 LaPaglia appeared in the ABC TV series The Black Hand, which explores the activities of the Italian 'Ndrangheta in the cane fields of Queensland, Australia, in the 1920s and 1930s.[22] The same year, he appeared in his Australian stage debut as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, directed by Neil Armfield.[23]

Personal life

LaPaglia currently lives in Santa Monica, California. He has said that he adopted an American accent to help him get acting work after moving to the US. His current accent is neither distinctly American nor is it Australian, but, rather, a combination of both.[24] According to an offhand remark by LaPaglia, he has employed an American accent since 1982.[25] LaPaglia is the godfather of Poppy Montgomery and Adam Kaufman's son, Jackson. LaPaglia's first marriage was to actress Cherie Michan. His second marriage was to actress Gia Carides, whom he met at a party;[2] the two starred in the 1994 Australian movie Paperback Romance (a.k.a. Lucky Break) and married in 1998.[citation needed] Their daughter Bridget was born in January 2003. In April 2015, newspapers reported that LaPaglia and Carides had split after 17 years.[26] He married Alexandra Henkel (his third marriage), who is 30 years younger, on 28 April 2018.[27]

Life in soccer

In the 1980s, LaPaglia was a goalkeeper in the National Soccer League, playing for Adelaide City and West Adelaide.[2] LaPaglia was part owner of A-League club Sydney FC until 2008; flying from California to Sydney to attend their matches since their inception in 2005. He was the narrator and executive producer of The Away Game, a critically acclaimed television documentary exploring the experiences of Australian men's soccer players in Europe.

He plays occasionally with Hollywood United, an amateur organisation of which he is club president, with others in the entertainment industry including Frank Leboeuf, Vinnie Jones, Steve Jones (of the Sex Pistols) and others.

LaPaglia has a minority shareholding in the International Goalkeepers Academy. The Academy was founded and is operated by James Fraser, who represented the Australian national team leading up to the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

LaPaglia has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program. He played in a charity soccer match in 2007 to raise funds for Southern California wildfire relief.[28]

On screen and stage

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Cold Steel 'Spooky' (film debut) Feature film
1988 Nitti: The Enforcer Frank Nitti TV film
Police Story: Gladiator School Sergeant Petrelli TV film
1989 Slaves of New York Henry Feature film
Mortal Sins Vito
1990 Criminal Justice David Ringel TV film
Betsy's Wedding Stevie Dee Feature film
1991 He Said, She Said Mark Feature film
One Good Cop Detective Stevie Diroma Feature film
29th Street Frank Pesce Jr. Feature film
The Brotherhood Salvatore's Brother TV film
Keeper of the City Vince Benedetto TV film
1992 Whispers in the Dark Larry Morgenstern Feature film
Innocent Blood Joe Gennaro Feature film
Black Magic Ross Gage TV film
1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer Tony Giardino Feature film
The Custodian Sergeant James Quinlan Feature film
1994 The Client Barry 'The Blade' Muldano Feature film
Lucky Break Eddie Mercer Feature film
Bulletproof Heart Mick Feature film
Past Tense Larry Talbert TV film
Mixed Nuts Felix Feature film
1995 Empire Records Joe Reaves Feature film
1996 Chameleon Willie Serling Feature film
Trees Lounge Rob Feature film
Brilliant Lies Gary Fitzgerald Feature film
Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story Jimmy 'Jimmy V' Valvano TV film
1997 Commandments Harry Luce Feature film
The Garden of Redemption Don Paolo Montale TV film
1998 Phoenix Detective Mike Henshaw Feature film
1999 Lansky Charles "Lucky" Luciano TV film
Black and Blue Bobby Benedetto TV film
Summer of Sam Detective Lou Petrocelli Feature film
Sweet and Lowdown Al Torrio Mockumentary film
2000 Company Man Fidel Castro Feature film
Looking for Alibrandi Michael Andretti Feature film
The House of Mirth Sim Rosedale Feature film
Autumn in New York John Feature film
2001 Jack the Dog Jack's Attorney Feature film
Lantana Detective Leon Zat Feature film
The Bank Simon O'Reily Feature film
On the Edge Dr. Maas TV film
2002 The Salton Sea Al Garcetti Feature film
Dead Heat Ray LaMarr Feature film
Road to Perdition Al Capone Feature film (uncredited)
I'm with Lucy Bobby Staley Feature film
The Guys Nick Feature film
Analyze That Anthony Bella / Nicky Caesar (uncredited cameo) Feature film
2003 Manhood Jack's Attorney Feature film
Happy Hour Tulley Feature film
Spinning Boris Dick Dresner
2004 Winter Solstice Jim Winters Feature film (also executive producer)
2006 The Architect Leo Waters Feature film
Played Detective Drummond Feature film
Happy Feet Boss Skua (voice) Animated feature film
2008 $9.99 Jim Peck (voice) Stop motion feature film
2009 Balibo Roger East Feature film (also producer)
2010 Overnight Captain Brody
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Twilight (voice) Animated feature film
2011 All-Star Superman Lex Luthor (voice) Animated feature film
Happy Feet Two Alpha Skua (voice) Animated feature film
2012 Long Time Gone (aka Crazy Kind of Love) Gordie Feature film
Mental Barry Moochmore Feature film
Underground: The Julian Assange Story Detective Ken Roberts TV film
Americana Robert Soulter TV film
2013 Boomerang Bill Hamilton TV film
2014 A Good Marriage Bob Feature film
Big Stone Gap Spec Broadwater Feature film
Newcomer Daniel
Red Zone TV film
2015 A Month of Sundays Frank Mollard Feature film (also executive producer)
This Isn't Funny Mike Feature film
Holding the Man Bob Caleo Feature film
The Eichmann Show Leo Hurwitz TV film
2016 The Assignment John 'Honest John' Hartunian Feature film
Toy Gun Gaetano Lolli
2017 Annabelle: Creation Samuel Mullins Feature film
2020 Pearl Jack Wolf Feature film
2021 Nitram Maurice Feature film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1985 Amazing Stories Mechanic Episode: "The Mission"
1986 Magnum, P.I. Albert Stanley Higgins Episode: "Who Is Don Luis Higgins... and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?"
The Twilight Zone Punk Episode: "A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot"
1988 The Equalizer Agent #1 Episode: "The Child Broker"
1989 A Man Called Hawk Jesse Episode: "A Time and A Place"
Gideon Oliver Raskin Episode: "Sleep Well, Professor Oliver"
Hardball Randy Stoltz Episode: "The Silver Scream"
1990 Equal Justice George Griffin Episode: "The Price of Justice"
Father Dowling Mysteries Paul Damon Episode: "The Visiting Priest Mystery"
1991 Tales from the Crypt Abel, The Cable Guy Episode: "Spoiled"
1996–97 Murder One Jimmy Wyler 18 episodes
1997 Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer Jimmy Wyler TV miniseries
6 episodes
2000 Normal, Ohio David Unaired pilot
2000–04 Frasier Simon Moon 8 episodes
2002 Nature Narrator Episode: "Big Red Roos"
2002–09 Without a Trace Jack Malone 160 episodes
(also writer - 3 episodes)
2006 The Away Game Narrator TV documentary
(also executive producer)
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jack Malone Episode: "Who and What"
2008 Tellement vrai
2016 The Code Jan Roth 6 episodes
Swedish Dicks Jack Episode: "#1.9"
2017 Bad Blood Vito Rizzuto 6 episodes
Sunshine Eddie TV miniseries, 4 episodes
2017–19 Riviera Constantine Clios 16 episodes
2018 Rake Linus 2 episodes
2020 Halifax: Retribution Tom Saracen 7 episodes
2023 Florida Man Sonny Valentine 7 episodes
2023 The Black Hand Presenter
2024 Boy Swallows Universe Tytus Broz 7 episodes
Stage
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Bouncers Les Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City
1993 On the Open Road Angel Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall, New York City
1995 The Rose Tattoo Alvaro Mangiacavallo Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City
Theatre World Award
Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
1995–1996 Northeast Local Mickey Lincoln Center Theater, New York City
1997–1998 A View from the Bridge Eddie Carbone Criterion Center Stage Right, New York City
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
2002 The Guys The Flea Theater, New York City
2010 Lend Me a Tenor Tito Merelli Music Box Theatre, Broadway
2023 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne – Australian stage debut
2024 Death of a Salesman Willy Loman Theatre Royal Sydney

Awards and nominations

Year Accolade Title Results
1991 Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Most Promising Actor Betsy's Wedding Nominated
1993 Australian Film Institute Award, Best Lead Actor The Custodian Nominated
2000 Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier Nominated
2001 Australian Film Institute Award, Best Lead Actor Lantana Won
2001 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, Best Supporting Actor – Male Looking for Alibrandi Nominated
2001 IF Award, Best Actor Lantana Won
2002 Durban International Film Festival Award, Best Actor Lantana Won
2002 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, Best Actor – Male Lantana Won
2002 Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier Won
2003 Chlotrudis Award, Best Lead Actor Lantana Nominated
2004 Gold Derby Award, Best Drama Lead Actor Without a Trace Nominated
2004 Golden Globe Award, Best Lead Actor in a Television Series – Drama Without a Trace Won
2004 Hamptons International Film Festival Award, Golden Starfish Award for Career Achievement Won
2004 Newport Beach Film Festival Award, Outstanding Achievement in Acting Happy Hour Won
2004 Online Film & Television Association Award, Best Actor in a Drama Series Without a Trace Nominated
2004 Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Without a Trace Nominated
2004 Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Frasier Nominated
2004 Prism Award, Performance in a Film Festival Award Happy Hour Won
2004 Satellite Award, Best Lead Actor in a Series – Drama Without a Trace Nominated
2004 Screen Actors Guild Award, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Without a Trace Nominated
2004 Screen Actors Guild Award, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Without a Trace Nominated
2004 Verona Love Screens Film Festival Award, Best Actor Happy Hour Won
2005 Satellite Award, Best Lead Actor in a Series – Drama Without a Trace Nominated
2005 Screen Actors Guild Award, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Without a Trace Nominated
2006 Australian Film Institute Award, Best Lead Actor Winter Solstice Nominated
2009 Australian Film Institute Award, Best Lead Actor Balibo Won
2009 Australian Film Institute Award, Best Actor Without a Trace Nominated
2009 IF Award, Best Actor Balibo Nominated
2009 IF Award, Best Feature Film Balibo Nominated
2010 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, Best Actor – Male Balibo Won
2012 Behind the Voice Actors Award, Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Theatrical Short All-Star Superman Won
2015 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, Best Supporting Actor Holding the Man Nominated
2016 Australian Film Critics Association Award, Best Supporting Actor Holding the Man Nominated
2016 Film Critics Circle of Australia Award, Best Actor – Supporting Role Holding the Man Nominated
2017 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Sunshine Nominated
2017 Australian Film Critics Association Award, Best Supporting Actor A Month of Sundays Nominated
2021 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nitram Won

References

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