Michael Imperioli
Highest Rated: 96% GoodFellas (1990)
Lowest Rated: 4% My Baby's Daddy (2004)
Birthday: Mar 26, 1966
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Before his starring role in The Sopranos made his name, character actor Michael Imperioli worked in numerous films during the 1990s with an impressive array of New York-based talent. Born in Mount Vernon, NY, Imperioli did not have to move far when he decided to study acting at New York City's Stella Adler Conservatory. Soon after his 1988 movie debut, Imperioli burnished his acting resumé with a small part as Spider, shot by Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990). The following year, Imperioli earned his first role in a Spike Lee film, Jungle Fever (1991). Becoming a Lee regular, Imperioli also played small parts in Malcolm X (1992), Clockers (1995), and Girl 6 (1996), and garnered his first feature screenplay credit as co-writer and executive producer of Lee's Summer of Sam (1999). Imperioli added Italian-American authenticity to Nancy Savoca's quirky ethnic tale Household Saints (1993) and appeared with future Sopranos co-stars Dominic Chianese in The Night We Never Met (1993) and Edie Falco in Abel Ferrara's vampire allegory The Addiction (1995). Briefly "going Hollywood" with parts in the first Michael Bay extravaganza Bad Boys (1995), and Walter Hill's Last Man Standing (1996), Imperioli returned to his New York state of mind in the latter half of the 1990s. Working with The Addiction star Lili Taylor again, Imperioli was an arrogant Ondine to Taylor's disturbed Factory hanger-on Valerie Solanas in Mary Harron's I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). Audiences could finally attach a name to Imperioli's oft-seen face when he was cast as drug-addicted wannabe screenwriter/mobster Christopher Moltisanti in David Chase's Mafia series The Sopranos. A critical hit from its 1999 debut onward, The Sopranos' potent combination of black comedy, family drama, and violence allowed Imperioli to display the full range of his talents onscreen, particularly when Christopher dabbles in Method acting, and offscreen as one of the second season writers. Imperioli is married and has two children.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | Cabaret Maxime | Actor | — | 2020 |
| 59% | The Last Full Measure | Jay Ford | — | 2020 |
| 38% | Primal | Actor | — | 2019 |
| 38% | The Wannabe | Alphonse | — | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | Houses | Actor | — | 2015 |
| 50% | The Scribbler | Moss | — | 2014 |
| 45% | Cantinflas | Michael Todd | — | 2014 |
| 38% | The M Word | Charlie Moon | $0.2M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | The Higher Force (Stora planio) | Actor | — | 2014 |
| 40% | Oldboy | Chucky | $1.3M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Vijay And I | Micky | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Nicky Deuce | The Doctor | — | 2013 |
| 45% | The Call | Alan Denado | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Foreclosure | Bill Landopolous | — | 2012 |
| 63% | Stuck Between Stations | David | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Love & Distrust | Stud | — | 2010 |
| 14% | The Hungry Ghosts | Director Screenwriter | — | 2010 |
| 32% | The Lovely Bones | Len Fenerman | $44M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 42nd Street: River To River | Actor | — | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | Stóra Planid | Executive Producer Alexander | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's 'For One More Day' | Charley 'Chick' Benetto | — | 2007 |
| 10% | The Inner Life of Martin Frost | Jim Fortunato | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | The Lovebirds | Actor | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Mitch Albom's 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' | Captain | — | 2004 |
| 36% | Shark Tale | Frankie | $160.8M | 2004 |
| 4% | My Baby's Daddy | Dominic | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | A River Made to Drown In | Allen Hayden | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story | Stu Ungar | — | 2003 |
| 18% | Love in the Time of Money | Will | — | 2002 |
| 70% | Hamlet | Rosencratz | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | On the Run | Actor | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Auto Motives | Actor | — | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | On the Run | Albert DeSantis | — | 1999 |
| 51% | Summer of Sam | Executive Producer Screenwriter Joe T | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Too Tired to Die | Fabrizio | — | 1998 |
| 60% | Witness to the Mob | Actor | — | 1998 |
| 12% | Office Killer | Daniel Birch | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | The Deli | matty | — | 1997 |
| 81% | Trees Lounge | George | — | 1996 |
| 37% | Last Man Standing | Giorgio Carmonte | — | 1996 |
| 80% | Flirt | Michael, Bill's Friend | — | 1996 |
| 75% | I Shot Andy Warhol | Ondine | — | 1996 |
| 36% | Sweet Nothing | Angelo | — | 1996 |
| 33% | Girl 6 | Scary Caller 30 | — | 1996 |
| 44% | Dead Presidents | D'Ambrosio | — | 1995 |
| 75% | The Addiction | Missionary | — | 1995 |
| 69% | Clockers | Jo-Jo | — | 1995 |
| 78% | Amateur | Doorman at Club | — | 1995 |
| 88% | Girls Town | Anthony | — | 1995 |
| 43% | Bad Boys | Jojo | — | 1995 |
| 46% | The Basketball Diaries | Bobby | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Post Cards from America | Actor | — | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Postcards from America | Hustler | — | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | Joey Breaker | Larry Metz | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Fathers & Sons | Johnny | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Hand Gun | Benny | — | 1993 |
| 56% | The Night We Never Met | Cleaning Customer | — | 1993 |
| 50% | Household Saints | Leonard | — | 1993 |
| 88% | Malcolm X | Reporter at Fire Bombing | — | 1992 |
| 81% | Jungle Fever | James Tucci | — | 1991 |
| 96% | GoodFellas | Spider | — | 1990 |
| 69% | Lean on Me | George | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Alexa | Acid Head | — | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 30% |
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector 2020 |
Rick Sellitto |
2020 |
| 40% |
Alex, Inc. 2018 |
Eddie Ramirez |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
Hawaii Five-0 2010 |
Odell Martin |
2018 2016 2015 |
| No Score Yet |
Blue Bloods 2010 |
Robert Lewis |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Last Call With Carson Daly 2007-2019 |
Guest |
2016 |
| 87% |
Lucifer 2016-2019 |
Uriel |
2016 |
| 67% |
Mad Dogs 2015-2016 |
Lex |
2016 2015 |
| No Score Yet |
Chopped 2009 |
Appearing |
2014 |
| 67% |
Rake 2014 |
Alberto Rinaldi |
2014 |
| 57% |
Californication 2007-2014 |
Rick Rath |
2014 2012 |
| 81% |
The Office 2005-2013 |
2013 |
|
| 89% |
Girls 2012-2017 |
Powell Goldman |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Necessary Roughness 2011-2013 |
Jimmy Folkes |
2012 |
| 83% |
Detroit 1-8-7 2010-2011 |
Det. Louis Fitch |
2011 2010 |
| 25% |
Mercy 2009-2010 |
Harold Pindus |
2010 |
| No Score Yet |
The Secret Life of the American Teenager 2008-2013 |
Dr. John Ottavi |
2010 |
| 77% |
Life on Mars 2008-2009 |
Ray Carling |
2009 2008 |
| 92% |
The Sopranos 1999-2007 |
Screenwriter Christopher Moltisanti |
2007 2006 2004 2002 2001 2000 1999 |
| 85% |
The Simpsons 1989 |
Voice |
2006 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order 1990-2010 |
Johnny Stivers Det. Nick Falco |
2006 2005 1996 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014 |
Guest |
2000 |
| No Score Yet |
New York Undercover 1994-1998 |
Miles |
1997 |
| 84% |
NYPD Blue 1993-2005 |
Duane Rollins |
1994 |
| No Score Yet |
Lincoln |
Detective Mike Sellitto |
QUOTES FROM Michael Imperioli CHARACTERS
James Conway says: Yeah? You should be sorry. Don't fuckin do it again and give me the money. Give me the fuckin money, You hear me? You hear me, I gotta come here and you bust my balls? Give me the fuckin money.
Spider says: [hesitating] Why don't you go fuck yourself, Tommy?
James Conway says: Attaboy! I got respect for this kid. He's got a lot of fucking balls. Good for you! Don't take no shit off nobody.
James Conway says: What's the fuckin' matter with you? What - what is the fuckin' matter with you? What are you, stupid or what? Tommy, Tommy, I'm kidding with you. What the fuck are you doin'? What are you, a fuckin' sick maniac?
Tommy DeVito says: Good shot. What do you want from me? Good shot. Fuckin' rat anyway. His family's all rats. He'll grow up to be a rat.
Tommy DeVito says: Who the fuck cares? I'll dig the fuckin' hole. I don't give a fuck. What is it, the first hole I dug? Not the first time I dug a hole. I'll fuckin' dig a hole. Where are the shovels?
Frankie Carbone says: Eh, I been playin' that numba for three years
Frankie Carbone says: Eh, I been playin' that numba for three years.
Spider says: You said "I'm alright, Spider."
Spider says: No, I thought you said 'I'm alright, Spider'.
Lenny says: [When Frankie is humming the "Jaws" theme song] That song gives me the creeps!
Lenny says: [Frankie starts humming the Jaws tune] That song gives me the creeps!
Frankie says: What do ya mean? It's our theme song?
Frankie says: What do ya mean? It's our theme song! [the Jaws tune starts to play, and the opening credits roll]
Lenny says: Mom says it's not okay to hit!
Lenny says: Mom says it's not okay to hit! [Frankie slaps Lenny]
Frankie says: [Slaps Lenny] Mom's not here!
Frankie says: Mom's not here!
Frankie says: [While Lenny is busy trying to save a little worm] Yo, Lenny!
Frankie says: [while Lenny is busy trying to save a little worm] Yo, Lenny!
Lenny says: Uh, I'm comin', Frankie!
Frankie says: Move it. Pop's waiting.
Frankie says: Lenny had an accident. He was born!
Lenny says: [Sarcastic laugh] You're a comic genius.
Lenny says: [sarcastic laugh] You're a comic genius.