Anthony LaPaglia - Biography

Last Editor: hamsterhero14				Anthony LaPaglia Biography -   Name : Anthony LaPaglia Date of Birth : 31 January 1959 Place of Birth : Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Height : 5' 11'' Nationality : Australian Profession : Actor Sometimes Called : Anthony La Paglia Anthony M. LaPaglia Anthony Lapaglia

Anthony LaPaglia Trivia -

Last name is pronounced La Pah-lia Brother of actor Jonathan LaPaglia Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43. Italian on his father's side and Dutch on his mother's side. Welcomed daughter, with Gia Carides, named Bridget born January 2003. Filmed scenes playing as Chicago ganster Al Capone for the 2001 Tom Hanks drama, Road to Perdition (2002), but all the scenes were cut out. Characteristically cast as New York tough guys, very few people know that he is actually a born and raised Australian. He has said that the only internationally successful Australian actor at the time he began acting was Mel Gibson, who had lost his Australian accent, so he did the same. Today, looking at all the hot young Australian actors who have kept their native accents but can use other dialects in their films, he says he regrets having dropped his accent. Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge." He is part owner of an Australian Soccer club called Sydney FC (Football Club)

Anthony LaPaglia Detailed Biography -

Native Australian Anthony LaPaglia moved to NYC and began acting in the theater when he was 25 years old. He got his big break Off-Broadway in Bouncers, a play in which he demonstrated his versatility and talent for accents while playing eight different characters. He did guest work on series like Amazing Stories, Magnum, P.I., Hunter and Trapper John, M.D. before landing the title role of the TV biopic Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988). LaPaglia made his feature debut in a small role in James Ivory's Slaves of New York (1989), and soon after gained widespread attention for his scene-stealing performance in Alan Alda's comedy Betsy's Wedding (1990), playing the surprisingly courtly and charming nephew of a Mafia boss. Cast in 29th Street (1991) as a NYC Italian-American, the richly seasoned script offered him one of his better roles as the son of Danny Aiello; he went on to portray "Barry The Blade", a flashy organized crime underling in the courtroom suspense The Client (1994). Parts in the films Bulletproof Heart (1995) and Trees Lounge (1997) brought him critical acclaim. LaPaglia then moved on to a role in the ABC legal drama Murder One, playing "Jimmy Wilder", a former district attorney turned defense counsel who was willing to bend the law to his clients' needs. A sound presence on the NYC stage, LaPaglia co-starred in the 1993 Off-Broadway production of a Steve Tesich play, On the Open Road, and he received raves for his performance opposite Mercedes Ruehl in the 1995 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo. His portrayal of "Eddie Carbone" in a revival of Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge (1998) earned him a Tony Award. Among his many TV appearances, LaPaglia garnered a CableACE Award nomination for his work in the HBO movie Criminal Justice (1990). He played college basketball coach Jim Valvano in the CBS biopic Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story (1996). LaPaglia has also acted in two Australian features with fellow Australian Gia Carides, Paperback Romance (1994) and Brilliant Lies (1996). Since then La Paglia has appeared in several films, including Summer of Sam and Sweet and Lowdown, both in 1999, The House of Mirth and Lantana in 2001, The Salton Sea and the action movie Dead Heat with Kiefer Sutherland, and The Guys with Sigourney Weaver, in 2002. In 2003, he made Manhood, Happy Hour, and Spinning Boris. His role as "Jack Malone" in the TV series Without A Trace brought him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama, in 2004. Anthony LaPaglia was born on January 31, 1959, in Adelaide, Australia. He is married to actress Gia Carides and they have one child.