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Anthony LaPaglia is a Actor and Producer Australien born on 31 january 1959 at Adelaide (Australie)

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia
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Birth name Anthony LaPaglia
Nationality Australie
Birth 31 january 1959 (65 years) at Adelaide (Australie)
Awards Primetime Emmy Award

Anthony M. LaPaglia (/ləˈpɑːljə/; [laˈpaʎʎa]; born 31 January 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for the role of Joe in the coming of age comedy Empire Records , as well as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, and for his portrayal of Simon Moon on the TV show Frasier, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also known for his role as Barry "The Blade" Muldano in The Client.

Biography

LaPaglia currently lives in Santa Monica, California, USA. 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. According to an offhand remark by LaPaglia, he has employed an American accent since 1982.
Anthony 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; the two starred in the 1994 (Ben Lewin) Australian movie Paperback Romance (a.k.a.
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Best films

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Bobby Roth
Bobby Roth
(3 films)
Peter Askin
Peter Askin
(3 films)
George Miller
George Miller
(2 films)
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Filmography of Anthony LaPaglia (60 films)

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Actor

Mixed Nuts
Mixed Nuts (1994)
, 1h37
Directed by Nora Ephron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Anthony LaPaglia, Juliette Lewis, Rob Reiner, Adam Sandler
Roles Felix
Rating54% 2.700472.700472.700472.700472.70047
The plot begins on Christmas Eve, with ex-con Felix running from his angry, pregnant girlfriend, Gracie, as she chases him down the road. He accidentally runs into and damages a Christmas tree carried by two rollerbladers. When an argument breaks out among them, a stranger, Philip, unsuccessfully attempts to calm them down. They soon disperse.
The Client
The Client (1994)
, 1h59
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, J. T. Walsh, Brad Renfro
Roles Barry Muldano
Rating66% 3.349923.349923.349923.349923.34992
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his little brother, Ricky, are smoking cigarettes in the woods near their home when they encounter Mob lawyer Jerome Clifford. Clifford tells Mark that he is about to kill himself to avoid being murdered by Barry "The Blade" Muldanno, the nephew of notorious mob kingpin Johnny Sulari. Ricky becomes catatonic after witnessing the suicide and is hospitalized. Authorities — and the Mob — realize that Clifford may have told Mark where a Louisiana senator who was murdered by Muldanno is buried.
So I Married an Axe Murderer, 1h30
Directed by Thomas Schlamme
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, Brenda Fricker, Michael Richards
Roles Tony Giardino
Rating64% 3.248033.248033.248033.248033.24803
Charlie McKenzie (Myers) is a beat poet living in San Francisco, after having broken up with yet another woman based on paranoid perception. His friend Tony, a policeman, point out that Charlie simply is afraid of commitment and tries to think of or invent any reason to break up with someone.
Innocent Blood, 1h52
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films, Gangster films
Actors Anne Parillaud, David Proval, Chazz Palminteri, Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Tony Sirico
Roles Joe Gennaro
Rating61% 3.099013.099013.099013.099013.09901
Marie (Anne Parillaud) is a very appealing modern-day vampire in Pittsburgh, with a moral code that limits her bloodsucking to the criminal elements of society. After feasting on mafioso Tony (Chazz Palminteri), she shoots him in the head with a shotgun to cover up the bite marks on his neck and to prevent him from coming back as a vampire. Undercover cop Joseph Gennaro (Anthony LaPaglia) visits the crime scene, but is taken off his assignment of infiltrating the crime family of Salvatore 'The Shark' Macelli (Robert Loggia) and put into protective custody by District Attorney Sinclair (Angela Bassett) for being witnessed at the crime scene by the media.
Whispers in the Dark, 1h42
Origin USA
Genres Erotic, Thriller, Horror, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Annabella Sciorra, Jamey Sheridan, Anthony LaPaglia, Jill Clayburgh, John Leguizamo, Deborah Kara Unger
Roles Larry Morgenstern
Rating55% 2.797072.797072.797072.797072.79707
The confessions of a sadomasochistic sexually obsessed patient disclosed as fantasies during Manhattan psychiatrist sessions begin to permeate the troubled doctor's subconscious as erotic dreams. This leads to a heated love affair. At the same time a series of shocking murders occur with evidence suggesting it is her new lover / patient.
29th Street, 1h41
Directed by George Gallo
Genres Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan, Adam LaVorgna, Robert Forster, Ron Karabatsos
Roles Frank Pesce Jr.
Rating71% 3.5962153.5962153.5962153.5962153.596215
In 1976, Frank Pesce Jr. (Lapaglia) is a lucky man. His father, Frank Sr. (Aiello), is, however, very unlucky. One day, Frank Jr. buys a lottery ticket and finds that he has a good chance of winning. But Frank Sr. has some gambling debts to the mob and they are willing to take Frank Jr.'s ticket. Frank must decide what to do with the ticket. The plot is supposedly based on the true story of the first person to win the New York Lottery, but Frank Pesce Jr. never won the lottery.
He Said, She Said, 1h55
Directed by Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia, Sharon Stone, George Martin
Roles Mark
Rating57% 2.8519552.8519552.8519552.8519552.851955
It is the story of the relationship between journalists Dan Hanson (Bacon) and Lorie Bryer (Perkins) twice – once from each perspective. The man's story was directed by Ken Kwapis and the woman's by Marisa Silver. At the time, Kwapis and Silver were engaged and they married soon after the film was released.
One Good Cop, 1h46
Directed by Heywood Gould
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children
Actors Michael Keaton, Rene Russo, Anthony LaPaglia, Benjamin Bratt, Rachel Ticotin, Kevin Conway
Roles Stevie Diroma
Rating57% 2.8997352.8997352.8997352.8997352.899735
Artie Lewis (Keaton) is an NYPD detective who believes in his work, loves his wife Rita (Russo), and is close to his partner Stevie Diroma (LaPaglia), a widower with three young daughters. After a hard, violent encounter in a project while on duty, Artie and Stevie reassure each other that, although battered and bruised, they are "still alive."
Betsy's Wedding, 1h34
Directed by Alan Alda
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Molly Ringwald, Alan Alda, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joe Pesci, Joey Bishop
Roles Stevie Dee
Rating57% 2.8509352.8509352.8509352.8509352.850935
Eddie Hopper is a construction contractor from Long Island, New York, with two grown daughters. One of them, Betsy, is about to be married.
Criminal Justice, 1h30
Directed by Andy Wolk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Forest Whitaker, Anthony LaPaglia, Rosie Perez, Jennifer Grey, Tony Todd, Joe Lisi
Roles David Ringel
Rating63% 3.1946453.1946453.1946453.1946453.194645
En deux semaines, la ville d'Innocence est frappée par la mort de deux jeunes femmes, dont les corps sont retrouvés dans un étang par Caroline Waverly, célèbre violoniste. Alors que les soupçons de la présence d'un serial killer courent les rues, Tucker Longstreet, ancien ami des deux femmes assassinées, est considéré comme le principal coupable, mais Caroline refuse à croire en sa culpabilité. :P
Slaves of New York, 2h4
Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Bernadette Peters, Chris Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt, Madeleine Potter, Adam Coleman Howard, Steve Buscemi
Roles Henry
Rating57% 2.852572.852572.852572.852572.85257
The story follows Eleanor, an aspiring hat designer, and a group of artists and models in the "downtown" New York City art world. Eleanor lives with her younger boyfriend Stash, an unknown artist, who is unfaithful and treats Eleanor with careless indifference. Eleanor expresses her feelings for Stash when she tells him that she was once attracted to him because he was dangerous. She stays with him despite the crumbling relationship because she has nowhere else to live—she is, in effect, a "slave."
Cold Steel
Cold Steel (1987)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Brad Davis, Sharon Stone, Jonathan Banks, Heidi Kozak, Jay Acovone, Anne Haney
Roles Spooky
Rating46% 2.3131652.3131652.3131652.3131652.313165
It begins when detective Johnny Modine (Davis) gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with the news about his father's death, which is the work of psychopathic junkies who slashed the old man to death while robbing his store. Johnny is determined to find the person responsible and get his revenge, even if it means the end of his police career.