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Michael Imperioli is an American actor and screenwriter born in Mount Vernon, New York, in 1966. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, and has worked in acting and writing since 1988. His notable role includes the character Uriel. Imperioli received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
He was educated at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Imperioli practices Buddhism and speaks English as his native language. He resides in Santa Barbara and the Upper West Side. He is male, of Italian ethnicity, and has three children. He also practices taekwondo.
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Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004, and as Dominic Di Grasso in the HBO comedy drama series The White Lotus in 2022. Description above from the Wikipedia…
Known for
- Memory of a Killer — Dutch Forlanni2026
- Song Sung Blue — Mark Shurilla2025
- Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation — Self2025
- Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos — Self2025
- The Dark Money Game — Neil Clark (voice)2025
- Oh, Canada — Malcolm2024
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! — Moe Dubelz (voice)2024
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah! — Moe Dubelz / Joe Dubelz (voice)2024
- American Godfathers: The Five Families — Self - Narrator (voice)2024
- Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos — Self2024
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1966-03-26 ) March 26, 1966 (age 60) , Mount Vernon, New York , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Spouse
- Victoria Chlebowski ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1996 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mount Vernon
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Sport
- taekwondo
- Image
- MichaelImperioli-byPhilipRomano.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Residence
- Upper West Side
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- Michael Imperioli
- date of birth
- 1966-03-26
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- ethnic group
- Italians
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- Writers Guild of America, East
- notable role
- Uriel
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Encyclopedic overview
Michael Imperioli ( Italian: [impeˈrjɔːli]; born March 26, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004.
In the early part of his career, Imperioli played the role of Spider in Goodfellas (1990). He went on to play many supporting roles in films such as Jungle Fever (1991), Bad Boys (1995), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Shark Tale (2004), The Lovely Bones (2009), and most recently, One Night in Miami (2020) and Song Sung Blue (2025). He also co-wrote the screenplay for Summer of Sam (1999) with Spike Lee, and wrote five episodes of The Sopranos. He made his directorial feature film debut with The Hungry Ghosts (2008), which he also wrote.
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