![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Biography:A veteran of film, television, and the stage, frequent movie tough-guy "Michael Rispoli", with his stocky build and unmistakable East Coast dialect, is the virtual personification of New York attitude. Born and raised in Tappan, NY, Rispoli launched his acting career at New York's famed Circle in the Square. Subsequently appearing for many years on the New York stage, Rispoli would turn up in such mainstay productions as Twelfth Night, MacBeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Though he would play up his tough-guy image in such early film and television appearances as "Household Saints" (1993) and "Above the Rim" (1994), his penchant for humor would slowly find Rispoli expanding his cinematic territory into comedy and lighter material such as "Hacks" (2001) and "Death to Smoochy" (2002). Nevertheless, frequent small-screen appearances in "Third Watch", Big Apple, and most notably in the award-winning HBO... Full Biography
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