Michael Imperioli Biography

James Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor and television writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared as Det. Ed Green's temporary replacement, Det. Nick Falco, in the TV drama series Law & Order. Imperioli spent the 2008-2009 television season as Detective Ray Carling in the US version of Life on Mars. He was starring as Detective Louis Fitch in the new ABC police drama Detroit 1-8-7 until its cancellation.

Early life

Imperioli, an Italian American, was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of Dan Imperioli, a bus driver and amateur actor, and Claire Imperioli. In his early childhood he attended St. Catherine's in Ringwood, New Jersey. He graduated from Brewster High School in New York.

Career

Imperioli has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award as well as for five Emmy Awards for his work as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for which he won once, for the show's fifth season in 2004.

In addition to his role on The Sopranos, Imperioli has appeared in a number of films, including Goodfellas, Jungle Fever, Bad Boys, The Basketball Diaries, Clockers, Dead Presidents, Lean on Me, I Shot Andy Warhol, Last Man Standing, Shark Tale, High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story, and Summer of Sam, which he also co-wrote and co-produced. In addition, he has also written a number of episodes for The Sopranos.

He serves as artistic director of Studio Dante, an Off-Broadway theater he formed with his wife. He is also the lead singer/guitarist for a rock band named La Dolce Vita.

Imperioli is an active member of The Jazz Foundation of America and co-hosted their annual benefit concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, A Great Night in Harlem, in May 2009 celebrated the foundation's 20th anniversary.

He was guest on episode MB2E08 ("San Giuseppe") of Mario Batali's Food Network television show Molto Mario.

In 2010, Imperioli was signed on to play the lead in the ABC TV show, Detroit 1-8-7.

Personal life

Married to Victoria Chlebowski since 1995, he lives in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City, and is a father of two. Michael and his wife are students of Tibetan Buddhist lama Namkha Rinpoche and have set up a centre for Rinpoche to teach in Tribeca.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Alexa	Acid Head
1990	Goodfellas	Spider
1991	Jungle Fever	James Tucci
1992	Fathers & Sons	Johnny
1992	Malcolm X	Reporter at Fire Bombing
1993	The Night We Never Met	Dry Cleaning Costumer #1
1993	Joey Breaker	Larry Metz
1993	Household Saints	Leonard Villanova
1994	Scenes from the New World	Billy
1994	Touch Base	Bennie
1994	Hand Gun	Benny
1994	Men Lie
1994	Amateur	Doorman at Club
1994	Postcards from America	The Hustler
1995	Trouble	Ellis
1995	Bad Boys	Jojo
1995	The Basketball Diaries	Bobby
1995	Clockers	Detective 'Jo-Jo'
1995	Flirt	Michael
1995	Dead Presidents	D'ambrosio
1996	Girls Town	Anthony
1996	Blixa Bargeld Stole My Cowboy Boots	Johnny
1995	The Addiction	Missionary
1996	Sweet Nothing	Angel' the crackhead family man
1996	Girl 6	Scary Caller #30
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Ondine
1996	Trees Lounge	George
1996	Last Man Standing	Giorgio Carmonte
1997	A River Made to Drown In	Allen Hayden
1997	Firehouse	Lt. O'Connell
1997	The Deli	Matty
1997	Office Killer	Daniel Birch
1997	Under the Bridge
1998	Witness to the Mob	Louie Milito
1998	Too Tired to Die	Fabrizio
1999	On the Run	Albert DeSantis
1999-2007	The Sopranos	Christopher Moltisanti	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2004) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (1999, 2007) Nominated"?Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor " Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2002, 2004) Nominated"?Golden Nymph Award for Best Actor (2007) Nominated"?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2001, 2003, 2006-2007) Nominated"?PRISM Award for Best Performance in a Drama Series (2003) Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2000-2002, 2004, 2006)
1999	Summer of Sam	Midnight
2000	Auto Motives	Stud
2000	Disappearing Acts	Vinney
2000	Hamlet	Rosencrantz
2002	Love in the Time of Money	Will
2003	High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story	Stu Ungar
2004	My Baby's Daddy	Dominic
2004	Shark Tale	Frankie (voice)
2004	The Five People You Meet in Heaven	Captain
2005	Law & Order	Det. Falco
2006	The Simpsons	Dante, Jr.	Episode:"The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer"
2007-2008	Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)	Det. Ray Carling
2007	The Inner Life of Martin Frost	Jim Fortunato
2007	The Lovebirds	Vincent
2007	Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day	Charley 'Chick' Benetto
2008	Stóra Planið	Alexander
2009	Hungry Ghosts		Nominated - International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Award
2009	The Lovely Bones	Len Fenerman
2010	Mercy	Harold Pindus
2010	Detroit 1-8-7	Det. Louis Fitch
2010	Love & Distrust	Stud
2011	Stuck Between Stations	David
2012	Girls	Powell Goldman
2012	40
2012	Foreclosure		post-production
2013	The Call	Alan Denado
2013	The Office	Sensei Billy	Episode:Livin' the Dream
2013	Oldboy	Chucky
2014	The Scribbler		Post-production
2014	Californication	Rick Rath