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Matchmaking 3
2026
Michael Rapaport
Acting
Born March 20, 1970New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Movies
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6.0
October 8
2025
1.0
Stealing Jokes
2024
2.0
Don't F**k with Ghosts
2024
6.0
I'll Be Right There
2024
0.0
The Choice Is Yours
2023
6.8
Glisten and the Merry Mission
2023
6.9
kid 90
2021
4.3
Conflicted
2021
1.0
Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story
2020
4.0
Five Golden Rings
2020
2.0
The Follow-Up
2020
7.0
100%: Julian Edelman
2019
5.4
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
6.1
The After Party
2018
6.3
Chuck
2017
6.9
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
2016
7.2
Sully
2016
5.1
A Stand Up Guy
2016
Living the Fantasy
0.0
Living the Fantasy
2015
7.3
Little Boy
2015
4.1
My Man Is a Loser
2014
0.0
NB90s
2013
6.6
The Heat
2013
5.3
Last I Heard
2013
5.1
Kiss of the Damned
2012
6.0
The Baytown Outlaws
2012
3.8
Should've Been Romeo
2012
0.0
NB80s
2011
4.6
Inside Out
2011
7.1
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
0.5
The Deported
2010
5.8
A Day in the Life
2009
6.1
Big Fan
2009
5.8
Assassination of a High School President
2008
Fugly
0.0
Fugly
2007
6.3
Special
2006
7.0
Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness
2006
4.9
Grilled
2006
4.9
Push
2006
10.0
It Ain't Easy
2006
5.4
Live Free or Die
2006
6.0
America Brown
2005
6.6
Hitch
2005
5.0
This Girl's Life
2004
8.0
Cop Land: The Making of an Urban Western
2004
3.1
A Good Night to Die
2003
5.2
Comic Book Villains
2002
4.7
29 Palms
2002
4.8
Triggermen
2002
5.6
Paper Soldiers
2002
5.3
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
5.5
The Making of 'Bamboozled'
2001
5.8
Chain of Fools
2001
6.0
The 6th Day
2000
5.2
Lucky Numbers
2000
4.9
King of the Jungle
2000
6.3
Bamboozled
2000
7.5
Men of Honor
2000
6.5
Small Time Crooks
2000
6.5
Next Friday
2000
3.8
Kiss Toledo Goodbye
1999
6.0
Deep Blue Sea
1999
4.1
The Naked Man
1998
5.1
Some Girl
1998
6.0
Palmetto
1998
8.0
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Families
1998
4.1
Kicked in the Head
1997
6.8
Cop Land
1997
5.6
Subway Stories
1997
7.0
A Brother's Kiss
1997
5.7
Metro
1997
5.0
Illtown
1996
5.0
The Pallbearer
1996
6.7
Beautiful Girls
1996
6.7
Mighty Aphrodite
1995
5.7
Kiss of Death
1995
7.4
The Basketball Diaries
1995
6.3
Higher Learning
1995
4.9
Hand Gun
1994
5.2
The Scout
1994
5.2
The Foot Shooting Party
1994
5.6
Money for Nothing
1993
7.5
True Romance
1993
6.7
Poetic Justice
1993
6.2
Point of No Return
1993
5.7
Zebrahead
1992
0.0
The Trophy King
0.0
Last Shot
TV Shows
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8.1
Fallout
7.3
Carol & the End of the World
6.4
The Traitors
6.2
Life & Beth
8.4
Only Murders in the Building
7.1
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
5.8
Lights Out with David Spade
7.5
The Masked Singer
4.4
White Famous
6.0
Steve
8.0
Atypical
7.0
The Guest Book
7.8
The New Edition Story
6.6
Crisis in Six Scenes
7.0
The $100,000 Pyramid
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.8
Public Morals
7.1
Hot Ones
7.1
black-ish
6.9
The Mob Doctor
5.3
Pound Puppies
7.5
Raising Hope
8.0
Justified
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
5.8
Accidentally on Purpose
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.7
The Wendy Williams Show
5.7
The Wendy Williams Show
0.0
The Miley and Mandy Show
7.9
The Big Bang Theory
5.5
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
7.6
My Name Is Earl
6.8
The War at Home
8.1
Prison Break
Too Late with Adam Carolla
8.5
Too Late with Adam Carolla
The Tony Danza Show
6.4
The Tony Danza Show
7.6
Eretz Nehederet
7.6
Eretz Nehederet
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
7.1
Night Visions
8.2
Dinner for Five
7.6
Boston Public
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
6.6
Rude Awakening
0.0
EP Daily
7.1
MADtv
8.4
Friends
7.8
ER
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
6.5
Late Show with David Letterman
7.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
8.0
The Simpsons
7.4
China Beach
The Line
0.0