Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, director and comedian.
Prolific in both film and television, his thick New York accent leads to him often being cast as snarky, shady and generally loud-mouthed characters, although he approaches many of his roles with complexity and intelligence, as seen in Higher Learning and Deep Blue Sea. For his television credits he's best known for his roles on the television series Boston Public, Prison Break, Friends, The War at Home and Justified. In 2018, he also published a book called This Book Has Balls: Sports Rants from the MVP of Talking Trash, a collection of humorous essays inspired by his lifelong love of sports.
Film Roles
- 1992 Zebrahead as Zack
- 1993 True Romance as Dick Ritchie
- 1995 Higher Learning as Remy
- 1995 The Basketball Diaries as Skinhead
- 1995 Kiss of Death as Ronnie Gannon
- 1995 Mighty Aphrodite as Kevin
- 1996 Beautiful Girls as Paul Kirkwood
- 1997 Cop Land as Murray Babitch
- 1998 Rescuers: Stories of Courage as Szarany
- 1999 Deep Blue Sea as Tom Scoggins
- 2000 Small Time Crooks as Denny
- 2000 Bamboozled as Thomas Dunwitty
- 2000 Men of Honor as GM 1 Snowhill
- 2000 The 6th Day as Hank Morgan
- 2005 Hitch as Ben
- 2009 Big Fan as Philadelphia Phil
- 2013 The Heat as Jason Mullins
- 2016 Sully as Pete the Bartender
Television Roles
- 1999 Friends as Gary
- 2001-2004 Boston Public as Danny Hanson
- 2005-2007 The War at Home as Dave Gold
- 2007-2008 My Name Is Earl as Frank
- 2008-2009 Prison Break as Don Self
- 2010-2013 Pound Puppies as Squirt (voice)
- 2014 Justified as Daryl Crowe Jr.
- 2017-2021 Atypical as Doug Gardner
- 2019-2022 The Simpsons as Mike Wegman (voice)
- 2022 Only Murders in the Building as Detective Kreps
- 2023 The Masked Singer as Pickle
- 2024 Fallout as Knight Titus
Videogame Roles
- 2001 Grand Theft Auto III as Joey Leone
- 2006 Saints Row as Troy Bradshaw
- 2008 Saints Row 2 as Troy Bradshaw
Other guest appearances:
- He can be heard as one of the voices on Frank Zappa's Civilization Phaze III.
