Anthony LaPaglia
Highest Rated: 100% Balibo (2009)
Lowest Rated: 10% Mixed Nuts (1994)
Birthday: Jan 31, 1959
Birthplace: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Having earned the respect of his peers and acclaim from critics, actor Anthony LaPaglia finally reached a wide mainstream audience when he starred on the hit procedural drama, "Without a Trace" (CBS, 2002-09), playing a troubled missing persons FBI investigator for seven successful seasons. Prior to the show, LaPaglia moved up the ranks as a character actor - often playing mobsters or some other Italian stereotype - in movies like "29th Street" (1991), "So I Married an Axe Murder" (1993) and "The Client" (1994). He had one of his more acclaimed performances as a hit man with a romantic streak in the underrated thriller, "Killer" (1994), which earned acclaim from the few who saw it. Also a prolific stage actor, LaPaglia reached the pinnacle of that of his career when he won a Tony Award for his performance in a revival of Arthur Miller's "A View from a Bridge" (1998). Following supporting roles in "Summer of Sam" (1999) and "Sweet and Lowdown" (1999), as well as an Emmy-winning guest stint on "Frasier" (NBC, 1993-2004), LaPaglia landed his career-making role on "Without A Trace," which allowed the charismatic and versatile performer to finally earn his proper due.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57% | No Score Yet | Pearl | Jack Wolf (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Below | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 71% | 67% | Annabelle: Creation | Samuel Mullins (Character) | $102.1M | 2017 |
| 33% | 20% | The Assignment | Honest John Hartunian (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Toy Gun | Gaetano Lolli (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Newcomer | Daniel (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 63% | 60% | A Month of Sundays | Frank Mollard (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | The Eichmann Show | Unknown (Character) | - | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | This Isn't Funny | Mike (Character) | $690 | 2015 |
| 81% | 81% | Holding the Man | Bob Caleo (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 32% | 21% | A Good Marriage | Bob Anderson (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 38% | 53% | Big Stone Gap | Spec Broadwater (Character) | $1M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Underground | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Crazy Kind of Love | Gordie (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 44% | 55% | Mental | Barry Moochmore (Character) | $17.3K | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Detective Ken Roberts (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | All-Star Superman | Lex Luthor (Voice) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ride | Driver (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 45% | 60% | Happy Feet Two | The Alpha Skua (Voice) | $64M | 2011 |
| 52% | 63% | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Twilight (Voice) | $55.7M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Overnight | Captain Brody (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 100% | 80% | Balibo |
Roger East (Character), Producer |
- | 2009 |
| 73% | 55% | $9.99 | Jim Peck (Voice) | $52.1K | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Played | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 11% | 27% | The Architect | Leo Waters (Character) | $12.6K | 2006 |
| 76% | 70% | Happy Feet | Boss Skua (Voice) | $198M | 2006 |
| 60% | 43% | Winter Solstice |
Jim Winters (Character), Executive Producer |
$319.2K | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Spinning Boris | Dick Dresner (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 38% | 50% | Happy Hour | Tulley (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 64% | 82% | The Salton Sea | Al Garcetti (Character) | $676.7K | 2002 |
| 73% | 61% | The Guys | Nick (Character) | $16.1K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | I'm With Lucy | Bobby Staley (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | Dead Heat | Ray (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 61% | 71% | The Bank | Simon O'Reily (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack the Dog | Jack's Attorney (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | On the Edge | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 19% | 54% | Autumn in New York | John (Character) | $37.8M | 2001 |
| 90% | 82% | Lantana | Leon (Character) | $4.5M | 2001 |
| 82% | 73% | The House of Mirth | Sim Rosedale (Character) | $3M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Looking for Alibrandi | Michael Andretti (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 14% | 44% | Company Man | Fidel Castro (Character) | $146K | 2000 |
| 51% | 60% | Summer of Sam | Detective Lou Petrocelli (Character) | $19.3M | 1999 |
| 40% | 12% | Lansky | Charlie "Lucky" Luciano (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 77% | 82% | Sweet and Lowdown | Al Torrio (Character) | $4.2M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | Black and Blue | Bobby Benedetto (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 50% | 52% | Phoenix | Mike Henshaw (Character) | $31.6K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Garden of Redemption | Don Paolo Montale (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 24% | 36% | Commandments | Harry Luce (Character) | $528K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story | Jim "Jimmy V" Valvano (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 81% | 79% | Trees Lounge | Rob (Character) | $673.3K | 1996 |
| 80% | 23% | Brilliant Lies | Gary Fitzgerald (Character) | $6.1K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chameleon | Willie Serling (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 29% | 84% | Empire Records | Joe Reaves (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 33% | 52% | Lucky Break | Edward `'Eddie'` Mercer (Character) | $147K | 1994 |
| 78% | 69% | The Client | Barry "The Blade" Muldano (Character) | $90.8M | 1994 |
| 63% | 64% | Killer | Mick (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 10% | 47% | Mixed Nuts | Felix (Character) | $6.6M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Past Tense | Larry Talbert (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | The Custodian | Det. Sgt. James Quinlan (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 53% | 68% | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Tony Giardino (Character) | $9M | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Black Magic | Ross Gage (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keeper of the City | Vince Benedetto (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 39% | 44% | Innocent Blood | Joe Gennaro (Character) | $4.2M | 1992 |
| 33% | 34% | Whispers in the Dark | Larry Morgenstern (Character) | $10.2M | 1992 |
| 31% | 34% | He Said, She Said | Mark (Character) | $8.7M | 1991 |
| 15% | 32% | One Good Cop | Stevie Diroma (Character) | $11.3M | 1991 |
| 82% | 87% | 29th Street | Frank Pesce, Jr. (Character) | $1.8M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Divine Obsession | Vito (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dangerous Obsession | Vito (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 50% | 40% | Betsy's Wedding | Stevie Dee (Character) | $19.7M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mortal Sins | Vito (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criminal Justice | David Ringel (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gideon Oliver: Sleep Well, Professor Oliver | Raskin (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Nitti: The Enforcer | Frank Nitti (Character) | - | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 79% | Bad Blood | Victor (Character) | 2017-2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sunshine Kings | Eddie (Character) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Swedish Dicks | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Theater Talk | Guest | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without a Trace |
Special Agent Jack Malone (Character), Writer |
2002-2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 93% | 94% | Frasier | Simon Moon (Guest Star) | 2004 2002 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2002 |
| 91% | No Score Yet | Murder One | James Wyler (Character) | 1996-1997 |
| 82% | 98% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Equalizer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Det. Russell Woodward (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
QUOTES FROM Anthony LaPaglia CHARACTERS
Twilight says: I'll get you closer!! We're going to lock talons. Trust me, I know what I'm doing!!
Soren says: Yeah, but have you done this before?!
Twilight says: No... but I've always wanted to try it!! Hold on!!
Echidna says: The warrior!!
Twilight says: A poet warrior, please, thank you.
Twilight says: Ahah!! Danger, intrigue!! The stuff of song.
Digger says: Oh, no, not the lute.
Twilight says: But such things have no effect on me!! For I am a poet, as much as a warrior.
Digger says: Do you even know the way to the Sea of Hoolemere? Twilight knows the way.
Twilight says: Of course I know the way!! We are off to the Sea of Hooladance!!
Digger says: It's Hoolemere.
Twilight says: Hoolemere!!
Twilight says: Dinner is served!! And she will not stop talking.
Lex Luthor says: "Einstein couldn't connect the gravitational force to the other three but if he could have seen this... it's so obvious, the fundamental forces are yolked by awareness. The mechanistic clockwork hinges on an impossible defiance of entropy; life. And the clockwork doesn't care." "You're embarrassing me beyond therapy." -Leave it to Grant Morrison to explain everything.
Lex Luthor says: Einstein couldn't connect the gravitational force to the other three but if he could have seen this... it's so obvious, the fundamental forces are yolked by awareness. The mechanistic clockwork hinges on an impossible defiance of entropy; life. And the clockwork doesn't care. You're embarrassing me beyond therapy.
The Alpha Skua says: "I'll wait till your stiff and stinky!!"
The Alpha Skua says: I'll wait till your stiff and stinky!
Twilight says: "Into battle we're gonna die"
Twilight says: Into battle, we're gonna die.
Joe says: Who knows where thoughts come from. They just appear.