Biography
His first big break came when Robert De Niro saw him (and Turturro) in an off-Broadway production of a Sam Shepard play, leading to a small speaking role in "Raging Bull" (1980). His acting career was slow to take off, however, and over the next decade and a half he continued to work behind-the-scenes, often doing double duty by playing bit roles for directors like John Badham and Nora Ephron.
Dark-haired and slightly pudgy, Badalucco had the …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared in over twenty productions with the New Paltz Repertory Company | ||
| Appeared with John Turturro in stage production of Sam Shepard's "The Tooth of Crime"; Robert De Niro saw the play, and suggest both actors to Martin Scorsese | ||
| Joined Local 52 (his father's union) as a prop man | ||
1964 | His trips with father to movie sets led to him posing for a photograph that was used in "Fail-Safe", starring Henry Fonda | |
1978 | First feature credit as a set dresser assistant on "Slow Dance on the Killing Ground", directed by John G Avildsen | |
1979 | Worked as a prop man on Woody Allen's "Manhattan" | |
1980 | Had first speaking role in a film in Scorsese's "Raging Bull", starring De Niro | |
1984 | Acted in Allen's "Broadway Danny Rose" | |
1985 | Played bit role as a guy from Brooklyn in Susan Seidelman's "Desperately Seeking Susan"; Turturro also appeared | |
1988 | Worked as props assistant and played a small role of a cop in "Bright Lights, Big City" | |
1989 | Worked as a prop man on Seidelman's feature "She-Devil" | |
1991 | Had bit role and served as property for John Badham's "The Hard Way" | |
1992 | Acted in Turturro's directorial debut, "Mac" | |
1993 | Appeared in "Sleepless in Seattle", credited as Mike Badalucco | |
1994 | Acted and worked as assistant properties master for Ephron's "Mixed Nuts"; to date, last behind-the-scenes credit | |
1996 | Had co-starring role in "The Search for One-Eye Jimmy" (filmed in 1993) | |
1996 | Worked with Michelle Pfeiffer on "One Fine Day"; played small role of a cop | |
1997 | Played Eric the Soda Man in John Andrew Gallagher's "The Deli" | |
1997 | TV series debut as a regular playing attorney Jimmy Berluti on the ABC drama series "The Practice"; Pfeiffer had recommended the actor to her husband David E Kelley, the series creator and chief writer; Kelley tailored the role especially for the actor | |
1999 | Cast as David Berkowitz, the 'Son of Sam' killer, in Spike Lee's "Summer of Sam" | |
2000 | Offered nice cameo as bank robber George Nelson in the Coen brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" | |
2001 | Reteamed with the Coen brothers to play a barber in the period drama "The Man Who Wasn't There" | |
Awards
1999 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in The Practice |
1999 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |
2000 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in The Practice |
2000 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |
2001 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The Practice |