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name: "Michael Rapaport"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 March 1970"
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average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:07.353211+00:00"
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# Michael Rapaport

Actor. Born 20 March 1970 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 March 1970, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Michael Rappaport

## Biography

Michael Rapaport is an American actor, comedian, director and podcast host. Born in New York City on 20 March 1970, he moved to Los Angeles after high school to pursue stand-up comedy and made his screen debut in an episode of the television series China Beach in 1990.

His early film roles include Zebrahead (1992) and Dick Ritchie in True Romance (1993). He has appeared in films such as Higher Learning (1995), Cop Land (1997), The Heat (2013) and Sully (2016), and in television series including Friends (1994), Prison Break (2005) and The Big Bang Theory (2007). Rapaport hosts the I Am Rapaport Stereo Podcast.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Knight Titus — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Friends* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Gary — [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *True Romance* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Dick Ritchie — [page](https://film.one/film/true-romance.md)

## Also known for

- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), Kenny Fitzgerald
- *Sully* (2016), Bartender - Pete
- *Hitch* (2005), Ben
- *Prison Break* (2005), Donald Self
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Richie Caskey
- *The Heat* (2013), Jason Mullins
- *Deep Blue Sea* (1999), Tom Scoggins
- *Men of Honor* (2000), GM1 Snowhill

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