Michael Rispoli Biography

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Kelly MacDonald and Michael Rispoli in Lionsgate's Two Family House - 2000

Birth Date: November 27, 1960

Birth Place: Tappan, New York, USA

Michael Rispoli has amassed an impressive film career, showing his range as an actor by appearing in dramas, comedies, and thrillers, all of which received widespread notice and high box-office returns. Most recently, he starred in “Mr. 3000,” opposite Bernie Mac. Other memorable roles include “Death to Smoochy,” directed by Danny DeVito, Spike Lee's “Summer of Sam,” John Dahl's “Rounders” and Brian De Palma's “Snake Eyes.”

Rispoli played the lead in “Two Family House,” which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award in 2000. In a "change-of-pace" role, Michael Rispoli is the perennial dreamer and frustrated crooner who regrets the loss of his one shot at the big time. His wife has grown accustomed to the failure of his calamitous business venture and scorns his latest notion of purchasing a two family house and transforming the lower floor into Buddy's Tavern.

Some of his other feature credits are “Scared City,” “Volcano,” “To Die For,” “Feeling Minnesota,” “While You Were Sleeping,” “The Juror,” and “One Tough Cop.”

Rispoli is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jackie Aprile in the HBO series, “The Sopranos.” Other recurring roles for television include NBC's “Third Watch” and CBS's “Touched by an Angel.” He has also appeared as a guest lead in both “E.R.” and “Law & Order.” Rispoli has starred in numerous television series, including “The Beat,” “The Great Defender,” “The Larsens of Las Vegas,” “My Guys,” “Billy Club,” and “Bram and Alice.”

Rispoli began his career on stage, performing in the Circle Rep/Steppenwolf revival of “Balm in Gilead,” directed by John Malkovich. He then became a co-founder of the Willow Cabin Theatre Company. The WCTC staged a production of “Wilder, Wilder, Wilder - Three by Thornton” that moved to off-Broadway and then to Broadway, earning a Tony nomination. Rispoli has appeared in New York and regional theatre in productions of “Macbeth,” “Tartuffe,” “A Midsummer Night's Dream” and “O'Neill's Sea Plays,” among many others. Since then, he has accumulated an extensive list of movie, television, and stage credits.

Michael Rispoli Filmography

Invincible (2006) Max

Made in Brooklyn (2006)

One Last Thing (2006) Babba

The Weather Man (2005) Russ

Mr. 3000 (2004) Boca

Death to Smoochy (2002) Spinner Dunn

Two Family House (2000) Buddy Visalo

It Had to Be You (1999)

Summer of Sam (1999) Joey T

The Third Miracle (1999) John Leone

His and Hers (1998) Nick