Michael Rapaport

Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor and comedian.[1] He has appeared in over sixty films since the early 1990s, and starred on the sitcom The War at Home. He also appeared in Boston Public, Friends, Prison Break, Justified, and Atypical. Some of his notable film roles include True Romance (1993), Higher Learning (1995), Metro (1997), Cop Land(1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), The 6th Day (2000), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Big Fan(2009), and The Heat (2013). He also directed the documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (2011).[2][3]
== Early life and education ==
Rapaport was born in New York City, the son of June Brody, a New York radio personality, and David Rapaport, a radio executive who was the general manager of the All-Disco format at New York radio station WKTU Disco 92. He has a brother named Eric Rapaport[4][5] and an older half-sister named Claudia Lonow(née Rapaport) via his father's prior marriage. After his parents divorced, Rapaport's mom married comic Mark Lonow, who owned The Improv with Budd Friedman.[6][7]
Rapaport grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, near 70th and York.[8]He is Ashkenazi Jewish; his family is originally from Poland and Russia.[9]
Rapaport had a hard time in school.[10] He attended Erasmus Hall High School in the 1980s but was expelled, although he went back and graduated from Martin Luther King High School in New York City.[11]
== Career ==
In 1989, Rapaport moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 19 years old to try to become a stand-up comic. Rapaport's stepfather, comic Mark Lonow, who owned The Improv with Budd Friedman, helped him get into the stand-up world. He did that for three years.[6]
His first big break into the world of acting was on the TV show, China Beach.
Rapaport had a recurring role in My Name is Earl as Frank, a convict Earl reunites with in prison. His character was the reason for many of the things in Earl's life, such as indirectly giving Earl his trailer and El Camino after a botched robbery with his partner, Paco. He played one of the main characters in the season four of Prison Break as Homeland Security Agent Don Self.
In October 2008, Rapaport announced that he was directing a documentary about hip hop act A Tribe Called Quest.[12] The film, Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, was released in 2011 and received mostly positive reviews.[13][14]
Rapaport guest starred in the fifth season of the FX series Justified as villain Daryl Crowe Jr, kingpin of the Crowe family.
On February 12, 2010, Rapaport participated in the NBA All-Star Weekend's Celebrity Game and won the MVP for the game for his defense on football player Terrell Owens, the MVP of the last two Celebrity Games, despite scoring just four points and having only a single rebound.
On April 17, 2014, an ESPN 30 for 30 film he directed premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film was about the 1970s championship-winning New York Knicks led by Earl Monroe, Walt Frazier, and Willis Reed. Players that made it to the premiere included Monroe, Frazier, Phil Jackson, Cazzie Russell, and Dick Barnett. Bill Bradley was not able to attend due to a recent hip replacement surgery.
Rapaport is an occasional guest on the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, especially when he participates in the staff's fantasy football pool.
Rapaport hosts the I Am Rapaport Stereo Podcast on the CBS Local radio network with childhood friend Gerald Moody.[4]
Other podcasts that Rapaport has appeared on include The Monday Morning Podcast with Bill Burr, Mailtime[15] and Pardon My Take by Barstool Sports,[16]The Adam Carolla Show, The Fighter and The Kid, Anna Faris is Unqualified, The Bill Simmons Podcast and its predecessor, The BS Report; The Chive Podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, His & Hers Podcast, Cari Champion's Podcast, The Joey Boots Show, The Dirty Sports Podcast and more.
On June 19, 2017, Rapaport announced on Twitter that he would be joining the popular sports satire website Barstool Sports where he will be a correspondent for the podcast Pardon My Take. On February 18, 2018, Rapaport was fired from Barstool Sports after making a rude comment toward their fan base.[17]
Rapaport is currently also a reporter for Fox Sports, covering the BIG3basketball league formed by Ice Cube.[18] He is also the narrator of the "WWE 365" series on WWE Network.
== Harassment charges ==
Rapaport was arrested on May 18, 1997 for harassing ex-girlfriend Lili Taylorand charged with two counts of aggravated harassment. He then pleaded guilty to the charges in court and New York Supreme Court Justice Arlene Goldberg issued a protection order to keep the actor from contacting Taylor, as well as mandating that he undergo counseling sessions.[19][20][21]
== Personal life ==
In 2000, Rapaport married writer and producer Nichole Beattie. They have two sons. They divorced in 2007.[22][6]
In 2005, Rapaport wrote an article for Jane magazine about having to evict the actress Natasha Lyonne from a property he was renting to her during a period of heavy drug use on her part. The two have since reconciled and remain friends.[23]
In 2016, Rapaport married his long time girlfriend, actress Kebe Dunn.[24]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1992	Zebrahead 	Zack 	
1993	Point of No Return 	Big Stan 	
1993	Poetic Justice 	Dockworker 	
1993	Money for Nothing 	Kenny Kozlowski 	
1993	True Romance 	Dick Ritchie 	
1994	The Scout 	Tommy Lacy 	
1994	Hand Gun 	Lenny 	
1994	The Foot Shooting Party 	Lizard 	Short film (also starring Leonardo DiCaprio)
1995	Higher Learning 	Remy 	
1995	The Basketball Diaries 	Skinhead 	
1995	Kiss of Death 	Ronnie Gannon 	
1995	Mighty Aphrodite 	Kevin 	
1996	Beautiful Girls 	Paul Kirkwood 	
1996	The Pallbearer 	Brad Schorr 	
1997	Metro 	Kevin McCall 	
1997	Cop Land 	Murray Babitch 	
1997	A Brother's Kiss 	Stingy 	
1997	Kicked in the Head 	Stretch 	
1998	Palmetto 	Donnelly 	
1998	Illtown 	Dante 	
1998	Some Girl 	Neal 	
1998	The Naked Man 	Dr. Edward Blis, Jr. 	
1999	Deep Blue Sea 	Tom Scoggins 	
1999	Kiss Toledo Goodbye 	Kevin Gower 	
2000	Next Friday 	Mailman with Tax Notice 	
2000	Small Time Crooks 	Denny 	
2000	The 6th Day 	Hank Morgan 	
2000	Men of Honor 	GM1 Snowhill 	
2000	Bamboozled 	Thomas Dunwitty 	
2000	Chain of Fools 	Hitman 	
2000	King of the Jungle 	Francis 	
2000	Lucky Numbers 	Dale 	
2001	Dr. Dolittle 2 	Joey the Raccoon (voice)	
2002	Paper Soldiers 	Mike E. 	
2002	Triggermen 	Tommy O'Brian 	
2002	Comic Book Villains 	Norman Link 	
2002	29 Palms 	The Cop 	
2003	A Good Night to Die 	August 	
2003	This Girl's Life 	Terry the Car Salesman 	
2004	America Brown 	Daniel Brown 	
2004	Scrambled Eggs 	Drama Teacher 	
2005	TOM 51 	 	
2005	Hitch 	Ben 	
2006	It Aint Easy 	 	
2006	Live Free or Die 	Lt. Putney 	
2006	Special 	Les Franken 	
2006	Push 	Tommy G 	
2006	Grilled 	Bobby 	
2007	Fugly 	Jack 	
2008	Assassination of a High School President 	Coach Z 	
2009	Tom Cool 	 	
2009	Big Fan 	Philadelphia Phil 	
2009	A Day in the Life 	Detective Grant 	
2011	Inside Out 	Jack Small 	
2011	Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest	Himself 	Documentary; also director and interviewer
2012	Should've Been Romeo 	Danny 	
2012	The Baytown Outlaws 	Lucky 	
2012	Kiss of the Damned 	Ben 	
2013	The Heat 	Jason Mullins 	
2013	Once Upon a Time in Queens 	Bobby DiBianco 	
2014	My Man Is a Loser 	Marty 	
2015	Little Boy 	James Busbee 	
2016	A Stand Up Guy 	Colin 	
2016	Chuck 	John Wepner 	
2016	Sully 	Pete the Bartender 	
2016	Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life 	Animation Voice (voice) 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990 	China Beach 	Kravits 	Episode: "One Small Step"
1992 	Murphy Brown 	Robbie 	Episode: "He-Ho, He-Ho, It's Off to Lamaze We Go"
1992 	Middle Ages 	Jimmy 	2 episodes
1993 	Fresh Prince of Bel Air 	Mike 	Episode: "Where There's a Will, There's a Way: Part 1"
1993 	NYPD Blue 	Jaime Dileo 	Episode: "Brown Appetit"
1997 	Subway Stories 	Jake 	Television film; segment: "The Listeners"
1998 	E.R. 	Paul Canterna 	Episode: "Of Past Regret and Future Fear"
1998 	Rude Awakening 	Johnny 	Episode: "Naked Again"
1998 	Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families	Szarany 	Television film
1999 	Friends 	Gary 	4 episodes
2001–04 	Boston Public 	Danny Hanson 	57 episodes (main cast, seasons 2-4)
2001 	Mr. Life 	 	Television film
2001 	Night Visions 	Harlow Winton 	Episode: "Darkness"
2003 	Chappelle's Show 	Popcopy Employee 	Episode: "#1.1"
2004 	The Practice 	Gigi Coley 	Episodes: "Comings and Goings", "New Hoods on the Block"
2005–07 	The War at Home 	Dave Gold 	44 episodes (main cast)
2006 	MadTV 	Abraham Lincoln 	Episode: "#11.10"
2006 	Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness 	DJ (voice) 	Television film
2007–08 	My Name Is Earl 	Frank Stump 	6 episodes (recurring cast)
2008–09 	Prison Break 	Don Self 	22 episodes
2009–10 	Accidentally on Purpose 	Sully 	2 episodes
2010 	Royal Pains 	Stanley 	Episode: "Big Whoop"
2010 	The Line 	Steve Waxman 	Television film
2010–13 	Pound Puppies 	Squirt, Squeak (voice)	65 episodes
2012 	40 	 	Television film
2012 	Cops Uncuffed 	Officer Joseph Tata 	Television film
2012–13 	The Mob Doctor 	Paul Moretti 	7 episodes (recurring cast)
2014 	Justified 	Daryl Crowe Jr. 	13 episodes (recurring cast)
2014 	Raising Hope 	Michael 	Episode: "Man's Best Friend"
2015 	Black-ish 	Jay Simmons 	Episode: "Switch Hitting"
2015 	Louie 	Lenny 	Episode: "Cop Story"
2015 	Public Morals 	Charlie Bullman 	10 episodes (main cast)
2015 	The Big Bang Theory 	Kenny Fitzgerald 	Episode: "The Helium Insufficiency"
2016 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Richie Caskey 	Episode: "Sheltered Outcasts"
2016 	Dice 	Bobby the Mooch 	Episode: "Six Grand"
2016 	Crisis in Six Scenes 	Trooper Mike 	Episode: "Episode 6"
2016 	Animals. 	Erik (voice) 	Episode: "Rats"
2017 	The New Edition Story 	Gary Evans 	Miniseries (3 episodes)
2017 	The Guest Book 	Adam 	2 episodes
2017 	White Famous 	Teddy Snow 	8 episodes (recurring cast)
2017 	WWE 365 	Narrator 	Episode: "Kevin Owens"
2017 	The Untitled Action Bronson Show 	Himself 	Episode: "Michael Rapaport, José Enrique"
2017–present	Atypical 	Doug Gardner 	Main Cast
2018 	WWE 365 	Narrator 	Episode: "AJ Styles"