Anthony LaPaglia facts for kids
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Anthony LaPaglia
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LaPaglia in 2013
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| Born | 31 January 1959 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse(s) | Cherie Michan (divorced) Gia Carides
(m. 1998; div. 2015)Alexandra Henkel
(m. 2018) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Jonathan LaPaglia (brother) |
Anthony LaPaglia (born 31 January 1959) is a talented Australian actor. He has won many important awards for his acting. These include a Golden Globe Award for his role in the TV show Without a Trace, and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his work on Broadway. He also won a Primetime Emmy Award for his funny role in the TV show Frasier. Anthony LaPaglia has starred in many movies, including Happy Feet and Annabelle: Creation.
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Early Life and Learning
Anthony LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, South Australia. His mother was from the Netherlands, and his father came from Italy when he was 18. Anthony has two brothers. His younger brother, Jonathan LaPaglia, is also an actor.
When he was younger, Anthony worked as a shoe salesman. He wanted to be an actor, so he moved to the United States. There, he studied acting while still working. He had started acting classes in Adelaide when he was a teenager.
Acting Career
Anthony LaPaglia's first acting job was in a TV show called Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories in 1985. His first movie was Cold Steel in 1987. He then appeared in many films, often playing tough or serious characters.
Some of his early movie roles include Betsy's Wedding (1990), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), and Empire Records (1995). He also worked in Australian movies like The Custodian (1993).
Broadway and TV Success
In the late 1990s, Anthony LaPaglia became very successful on Broadway. He won a Tony Award for his role as Eddie Carbone in the play A View from the Bridge.
He also became well-known for his role as Simon Moon in the TV comedy Frasier. He appeared in eight episodes and won an Emmy Award for this part.
From 2002 to 2009, LaPaglia starred as Jack Malone in the popular American crime drama Without a Trace. In this show, he played the leader of a team that searches for missing people. He even helped write one episode of the series. For this role, he won a Golden Globe Award in 2004.
Australian and International Films
Anthony LaPaglia has often returned to Australia for movie roles. He starred in Australian films like Looking for Alibrandi (2000) and Lantana (2001). He also voiced characters in the animated movies Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011).
In 2009, he played a real-life Australian journalist named Roger East in the movie Balibo. This film tells the story of journalists who went missing in East Timor in 1975.
More recently, LaPaglia has taken on more roles in Australia. He appeared in the movie Mental (2012) and the drama Holding the Man (2015). He also starred in Australian TV shows like The Code (2016) and Sunshine (2017).
In 2017, he played Vito Rizzuto in the Canadian TV series Bad Blood. He also starred in the series Riviera from 2017 to 2020. In 2023, he appeared in the Australian TV series The Black Hand, which explores Italian families in Queensland in the 1920s and 1930s. He also performed on stage in Australia for the first time, playing Willy Loman in the play Death of a Salesman.
Personal Life
Anthony LaPaglia lives in Santa Monica, California. He has said that he learned to speak with an American accent to help him get acting jobs when he first moved to the US.
He has been married three times. His second marriage was to actress Gia Carides, and they have a daughter named Bridget. He married Alexandra Henkel in 2018.
Life in Soccer
Before becoming a famous actor, Anthony LaPaglia was a goalkeeper in Australia's National Soccer League in the 1980s. He played for teams like Adelaide City and West Adelaide.
He used to be a part-owner of the Australian soccer club Sydney FC. He even flew from California to Sydney to watch their games. He also helped make a TV documentary called The Away Game, which was about Australian soccer players in Europe.
Today, he sometimes plays soccer with Hollywood United, an amateur team made up of people from the entertainment industry. He is also the president of this club.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Cold Steel | 'Spooky' (film debut) | Feature film |
| 1988 | Nitti: The Enforcer | Frank Nitti | Television film |
| Police Story: Gladiator School | Sergeant Petrelli | ||
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | Henry | Feature film |
| Mortal Sins | Vito | ||
| 1990 | Criminal Justice | David Ringel | Television film |
| Betsy's Wedding | Stevie Dee | Feature film | |
| 1991 | He Said, She Said | Mark | |
| One Good Cop | Detective Stevie Diroma | ||
| 29th Street | Frank Pesce Jr. | ||
| The Brotherhood | Salvatore's Brother | Television film | |
| Keeper of the City | Vince Benedetto | ||
| 1992 | Whispers in the Dark | Larry Morgenstern | Feature film |
| Innocent Blood | Joe Gennaro | ||
| Black Magic | Ross Gage | Television film | |
| 1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Tony Giardino | Feature film |
| The Custodian | Sergeant James Quinlan | ||
| 1994 | The Client | Barry 'The Blade' Muldano | |
| Lucky Break | Eddie Mercer | ||
| Bulletproof Heart | Mick | ||
| Past Tense | Larry Talbert | Television film | |
| Mixed Nuts | Felix | Feature film | |
| 1995 | Empire Records | Joe Reaves | |
| 1996 | Chameleon | Willie Serling | |
| Trees Lounge | Rob | ||
| Brilliant Lies | Gary Fitzgerald | ||
| Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story | Jimmy 'Jimmy V' Valvano | Television film | |
| 1997 | Commandments | Harry Luce | Feature film |
| The Garden of Redemption | Don Paolo Montale | Television film | |
| 1998 | Phoenix | Detective Mike Henshaw | Feature film |
| 1999 | Lansky | Charles "Lucky" Luciano | Television film |
| Black and Blue | Bobby Benedetto | ||
| 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 | ||
| The House of Mirth | Sim Rosedale | ||
| Autumn in New York | John | ||
| 2001 | Jack the Dog | Jack's Attorney | |
| Lantana | Detective Leon Zat | ||
| The Bank | Simon O'Reily | ||
| On the Edge | Dr. Maas | Television film | |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Al Garcetti | Feature film |
| Dead Heat | Ray LaMarr | ||
| Road to Perdition | Al Capone | Feature film (uncredited) | |
| I'm with Lucy | Bobby Staley | Feature film | |
| The Guys | Nick | ||
| Analyze That | Anthony Bella / Nicky Caesar (uncredited cameo) | ||
| 2003 | Manhood | Jack's Attorney | |
| Happy Hour | Tulley | ||
| Spinning Boris | Dick Dresner | ||
| 2004 | Winter Solstice | Jim Winters | Feature film (also executive producer) |
| 2006 | The Architect | Leo Waters | Feature film |
| The Away Game | narrator | TV documentary; (also executive producer) | |
| Played | Detective Drummond | Featurd 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 | Feature film |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Twilight (voice) | Animated feature film | |
| 2011 | All-Star Superman | Lex Luthor (voice) | |
| Happy Feet Two | Alpha Skua (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Overnight | Tully | Feature film |
| Long Time Gone (aka Crazy Kind of Love) | Gordie | ||
| Mental | Barry Moochmore | ||
| Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Detective Ken Roberts | Television film | |
| Americana | Robert Soulter | ||
| 2013 | Boomerang | Bill Hamilton | |
| 2014 | A Good Marriage | Bob | Feature film |
| Big Stone Gap | Spec Broadwater | ||
| Newcomer | Daniel | ||
| Red Zone | Television 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 | ||
| The Eichmann Show | Leo Hurwitz | Television film | |
| 2016 | The Assignment | John 'Honest John' Hartunian | Feature film |
| Toy Gun | Gaetano Lolli | ||
| 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | Samuel Mullins | Feature film |
| 2019 | Below | Terry | |
| Dark Whispers: Volume 1 | Driver (Segment:"The Ride") | ||
| 2020 | Pearl | Jack Wolf | |
| 2021 | Nitram | Maurice | |
| TBA | R.U.R. | TBA |
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 ... | 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) |
| 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 | |
| 2023 | The Black Hand | Presenter | |
| 2024 | Boy Swallows Universe | Tytus Broz | 7 episodes |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | Theatre Royal Sydney |
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Accolade | Title | Results |
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| 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 |
See also
In Spanish: Anthony LaPaglia para niños
