Michael Rapaport
Michael Rapaport is an American actor, comedian, and podcast host who has built a prolific, decades-long career playing memorable characters across film, television, and comedy. Emerging in the early 1990s as a distinct character actor known for his gritty New York persona, fast-talking delivery, and comedic timing, he made his feature film debut in Zebrahead (1992) before landing his breakout dramatic role as a naive marine in Tony Scott's crime classic True Romance (1993). He quickly established himself as a versatile fixture of '90s cinema, delivering standout performances in critically acclaimed films such as Poetic Justice (1993), John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995), Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), the crime drama Cop Land (1997), and the comedy Deep Blue Sea (1999).
In television, Rapaport has maintained an equally robust presence, starring as Phoebe Buffay's police officer boyfriend Gary in NBC’s Friends, playing the lead role of a suburban father in the Fox sitcom The War at Home, and taking on major dramatic arcs in critically acclaimed series like Boston Public, Justified, Atypical, and Only Murders in the Building. Beyond scripted acting and voice work—including his prominent voice role as Ogre in the animated series The PJs—he has achieved widespread recognition as a sports and political commentator, documentary filmmaker (directing the acclaimed Beats, Rhymes & Travels: A Tribe Called Quest Documentary), and host of several popular podcasts, cementing his status as a ubiquitous and outspoken fixture in modern American entertainment.
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Films (93)
Matchmaking 3
2026
October 8
2025 · Self
Stealing Jokes
2024 · Louie
Don't F**k with Ghosts
2024 · Self
Attends-moi, j'arrive
2024 · Marshall
The Choice Is Yours
2023 · Self
Glisten and the Merry Mission
2023 · Grizz (voice)
The Supporters
2021 · Executive Producer
kid 90
2021 · Self
Conflicted
2021 · Mike
Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story
2020 · Bill Fitch
Five Golden Rings
2020
The Follow-Up
2020 · Self (archive footage)
100%: Julian Edelman
2019 · Self
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 · Self
Après-fête
2018 · Self (Uncredited)
Outsider
2017 · John Wepner
La 6ème, la pire année de ma vie
2016 · Animation Voice (voice)
Sully: Hazaña en el Hudson
2016 · Bartender - Pete
Hard Lovin' Woman
2016 · Director
A Stand Up Guy
2016 · Colin
Living the Fantasy
2015 · Narrator
El gran pequeño
2015 · James Busbee
When the Garden Was Eden
2014 · Director, Producer
My Man Is a Loser
2014 · Marty
NB90s
2013
Les Flingueuses
2013 · Jason Mullins
Last I Heard
2013 · Bobby DiBianco
Alekesam
2013 · Producer
Kiss of the Damned
2012 · Ben Rider
The Baytown Outlaws : Les Hors-la-Loi
2012 · Lucky
Should've Been Romeo
2012 · Danny
NB80s
2011 · Self
Inside Out
2011 · Jack Small
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011 · Self, Director, Additional Camera
The Deported
2010 · Himself
A Day in the Life
2009 · Detective Grant
Big Fan
2009 · Philadelphia Phil
Assassinat d'un Président
2008 · Coach Z
Fugly
2007 · Jack
Especial
2006 · Les Franken
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006 · DJ (voice)
Vendeurs d'élite
2006 · Bobby
Push
2006 · Tommy G
It Ain't Easy
2006
Live Free or Die
2006 · Putney
America Brown
2005 · Daniel Brown
Hitch - Expert en séduction
2005 · Ben
This Girl's Life
2004 · Terry
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western
2004 · Himself
A Good Night to Die
2003 · August
Comic Book Villains
2002 · Norman Link
Bienvenue à 29 Palms
2002 · The Cop, Executive Producer
Triggermen, petites arnaques entre amis
2002 · Tommy O'Brian
Paper Soldiers
2002 · Mike E.
Docteur Dolittle 2
2001 · Joey the Raccoon (Voice)
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001 · Self
Chain of Fools
2001 · Hitman
À l'aube du 6ème jour
2000 · Hank Morgan
Le Bon Numéro
2000 · Dale
King of the Jungle
2000 · Francis
The Very Black Show
2000 · Thomas Dunwitty
Les chemins de la dignité
2000 · GM1 Snowhill
Escrocs mais pas trop
2000 · Denny
El próximo viernes
2000 · Mailman with Tax Notice (uncredited)
Y a-t-il un parrain pour sauver la mafia ?
1999 · Kevin Gower
Peur bleue
1999 · Tom Scoggins
The Naked Man
1998 · Edward Bliss Jr.
Some Girl
1998 · Neal
Palmetto
1998 · Donnelly
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
1998 · Szarany
Kicked in the Head
1997 · Stretch
Copland
1997 · Murray "Superboy" Babitch
Subway Stories
1997 · Jake (segment "The Listeners")
A Brother's Kiss
1997 · Stingy
Le flic de San Francisco
1997 · Kevin McCall
Illtown
1996 · Dante
Le porteur de cercueil
1996 · Brad Schorr
Chicas hermosas
1996 · Paul Kirkwood
Maudite Aphrodite
1995 · Kevin
Kiss of Death
1995 · Ronnie Gannon
Basketball Diaries
1995 · Skinhead
Fièvre à Columbus University
1995 · Remy
Hand Gun
1994 · Lenny
La Révélation
1994 · Tommy Lacy
The Foot Shooting Party
1994 · Lizard
Money for Nothing
1993 · Kenny Kozlowski
À coeur perdu
1993 · Dick Ritchie
Poetic Justice
1993 · Dockworker
Nom de Code : Nina
1993 · Big Stan
Zebrahead
1992 · Zack
The Trophy King
· Greg Geary
Last Shot
Séries (54)
Fallout
2024 · Knight Titus
Carol et la fin du monde
2023 · (voice)
Les Traîtres (États-Unis)
2023 · Self - Contestant
La vie et Beth
2022 · Leonard
Solo Asesinatos en el Edificio
2021 · Detective Kreps
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Self - Contestant
Lights Out with David Spade
2019 · Self - Panelist
Mask Singer (États-Unis)
2019 · Self
White Famous
2017 · Teddy Snow
Steve
2017 · Self
Atypique
2017 · Doug Gardner
The Guest Book
2017 · Adam
The New Edition Story
2017 · Gary Evans
Crisis en seis escenas
2016 · Trooper
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Public Morals
2015 · Charlie Bullman
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
'black•ish
2014 · Jay Simmons
The Mob Doctor
2012 · Paul Moretti
Les Puppies : l'agence canine
2010 · Squirt (voice)
Raising Hope
2010 · Michael
Justifié
2010 · Daryl Crowe Jr.
30 sur 30
2009 · Producer, Director
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
Parents par accident
2009 · Sully
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · Self, Self - Guest Host
The Miley and Mandy Show
2008
La Teoría del Big Bang
2007 · Kenny Fitzgerald
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
2006
Earl
2005 · Frank Stump
La Guerre à la maison
2005 · Dave Gold
La Grande Évasion
2005 · Donald Self
Too Late with Adam Carolla
2005 · Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
Eretz Nehederet
2003 · Dumbledore, Oscar Host
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
Les Nuits de l'étrange
2001 · Harlow Winton (segment "Darkness")
Dinner for Five
2001
Boston Public
2000 · Danny Hanson, Director
New York Unité Spéciale
1999 · Richie Caskey
Rude Awakening
1998 · Johnny
EP Daily
1997
MADtv
1995 · Abraham Lincoln
Friends
1994 · Gary
Urgences
1994 · Paul Canterna
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
Le Prince de Bel-Air
1990 · Mike
Les Simpson
1989 · Mike Wegman (voice)
China Beach
1988
The Line