Anthony LaPaglia

Birthplace: Adelaide, Australia
Birthday: January 31, 1959

A former school teacher in his native Australia, engaging character player Anthony LaPaglia moved to NYC and began acting in the theater, his big break coming Off-Broadway in "Bouncers", a play in which he demonstrated his versatility and talent for accents while rendering eight different characters. Guest work on series like "Amazing Stories" (NBC), "Magnum, P.I." (CBS), "Hunter" (NBC) and "Trapper John, M.D." (CBS) preceded his landing the title role of the TV biopic "Frank Nitti: The Enf…more

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Actor

The Garden of Redemption
Don Paolo Montale
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Frank The Enforcer Nitti
Murder One
James Wyler
Chameleon
Willie Serling
The Brotherhood
Nicholas Gennaro

Writer

Without A Trace
Teleplay
Without A Trace
Story By
Without A Trace
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Career Milestones

2006
Cast in the Australian-produced computer-animated film, "Happy Feet"
2006
Starred as an idealistic architect and patriarch of an affluent, suburban Chicago family in "The Architect"
2005
Played a widower raising two teenage sons in "Winter Solstice"
2004
Once again played Simon Moon, Daphne's crass brother on an episode of "Fraiser"; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy series
2003
Cast as lead in "The Guys" as a New York city fire captain who must pay tribute to the men he lost in September 11th

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Awards

2004
Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Drama)
2002
Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
2001
Australian Film Institute Award: Best Actor
2001
Film Critics Circle of Australia Award: Best Actor
1998
Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play