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Anthony LaPaglia (born
31 January,
1959) is an
Australian
actor, best known for his role as
FBI agent Jack Malone on the
American TV series Without a Trace, a role which won him a
Golden Globe Award. LaPaglia was also heavily considered for the lead role of
Tony Soprano on the
HBO hit show
The Sopranos.
Biography
Born in
Adelaide,
South Australia, LaPaglia is of
Italian and
Dutch extraction, LaPaglia currently lives in
Santa Monica, California. LaPaglia states that he adopted an American accent to help him get acting work after moving to America, and has now lost his Australian accent completely. His first marriage was to actress Cherie Michan.
Career
LaPaglia's credits include the films
Innocent Blood,
The Client,
Looking for Alibrandi,
Lantana,
Summer of Sam,
So I Married an Axe Murderer, and
Empire Records. LaPaglia also appeared on nine episodes of the
sitcom Frasier, including the series finale, as
Daphne Moon's brother
Simon. The role won him an
Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He also appeared uncredited in the film
Analyze That playing an actor, Anthony Bella, who appeared in the TV show-within-a-film
Little Caesar. He also played the role of Jimmy Wyler, the lead during the second and final season of the television program
Murder One.
Currently LaPaglia is the only person bombarded by 'Mr Ten Questions' from
The Chaser's War on Everything to answer all ten questions correctly.
In September 2007, it was announced that LaPaglia would be appearing in the Australian political thriller
Balibo, about the killing of the
five Australian journalists in
the town of the same name in
East Timor in
1975. LaPaglia will play the part of
Roger East, another Australian journalist, who went to investigate the deaths of the newsmen, only to be killed the day after the
Indonesian invasion.
Football
In the 1980s LaPaglia was a
goalkeeper in the
National Soccer League, playing for
Adelaide City and
West Adelaide. LaPaglia is now part owner of
A-League club
Sydney FC, and has been flying from
California to
Sydney to attend their matches since their inception in 2005. He was the narrator and executive producer of
The Away Game, a critically-acclaimed television documentary exploring the experiences of Australian footballers in Europe.
LaPaglia underwent a
hip replacement in the summer of
2004, a result of his days playing
football. He has fully recovered and has even played for a couple of amateur clubs in California. He plays occasionally with
Hollywood United, an amateur organisation of which he's club president, with other luminaries such as
Frank Leboeuf,
Vinnie Jones,
Steve Jones (of the
Sex Pistols) and others.
LaPaglia has a minority shareholding in the International Goalkeepers Academy. The Academy was founded and is operated by James Fraser, who represented the
Australian national team leading up to the
1974 FIFA World Cup.
LaPaglia has volunteered as an actor with the
Young Storytellers Program. He played in a charity football match in 2007 to raise funds for Southern California wildfire relief.
Personal life
He is currently married to
Australian actress
Gia Carides, whom he met whilst jointly starring in the 1994 (Ben Lewin) Australian movie
Lucky Break. They have one daughter Bridget. LaPaglia is the brother to actor
Jonathan LaPaglia, who starred in
The District and
Seven Days, and to Michael LaPaglia, both of whom are also currently based in the United States. Anthony LaPaglia attended
Rostrevor College.
Filmography
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