Michael Rispoli
Michael Rispoli is an American character actor. He was a contender for the role of Tony Soprano in the HBO television series The Sopranos, but was ultimately cast as Jackie Aprile Sr., a reoccurring character in the show’s first season. Rispoli reunited with Sopranos co-star James Gandolfini in the 2009 thriller The Taking of Pelham 123.Early life and education
Rispoli, a second-generation Italian American, was raised in Tappan, New York, one of eight children, and attended Tappan Zee High School, where he played football. He majored in theater at State University of New York at Plattsburgh and graduated in 1982.Career
The feature film Union Square premiered in 2011 at the Toronto International Film Festival: Rispoli co-stars with Mira Sorvino, Patti LuPone, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
He also starred in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis.Filmography
- Night and the City as Trainer
- Household Saints as Nicky Falconetti
- Angie as Jerry
- Above the Rim as Richie
- Leaving Las Vegas
- While You Were Sleeping as Joe Jr.
- To Die For as Ben DeLuca
- Burnzy's Last Call as Chris the Cop
- The Juror as Joseph Boffano
- as Jack
- Feeling Minnesota as Manager of Motel
- His & Hers as Nick
- Volcano as Gator Harris
- Scar City as Sam Bandusky
- Snake Eyes as Jimmy George
- Rounders as Grama
- One Tough Cop as Det. Lt. Denny Reagan
- The Sopranos as Jackie Aprile, Sr.
- Summer of Sam as Joey T
- The Third Miracle as John Leone
- Two Family House as Buddy Visalo
- It Had to Be You as Henry Taylor
- Russo as Russo
- Hacks as Al DeMarco
- Death to Smoochy as Spinner Dunn
- Mr. 3000 as Boca
- One Last Thing... as Babba
- The Weather Man as Russ
- Lonely Hearts as Coroner
- Invincible as Max Cantrell
- Black Irish as Joey
- Made in Brooklyn as Dominick Sciacca
- The Bronx is Burning as Jimmy Breslin
- Stories USA as Jack
- Yonkers Joe as Mickey
- The Taking of Pelham 123 as John Johnson
- Kick-Ass as Big Joe
- See You in September as Terrence
- The Last Godfather as Tony V
- Blue Bloods as Jack Condo / Vitale
- Union Square as Nick
- The Rum Diary as Sala
- The Reunion as Canton
- Magic City as Bel Jaffe
- Empire State as Tony
- Pain & Gain as Frank Griga
- Not for Human Consumption as Tony Trotta
- Rob the Mob as Sal
- Friends and Romans as Nick DeMaio
- The Man in the High Castle as Don Warren
- Daughter of God as Detective Dibronski
- Madoff as Frank DiPascali
- The Deuce as Rudy Pipilo
- Framing John DeLorean as Jim Hoffman
- Bottom of the 9th as Coach Hannis
