Anthony LaPaglia (born 31 January, 1959) ( ) is an Australian actor, best known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, a role which won him a Golden Globe Award. LaPaglia was also heavily considered for the lead role of Tony Soprano on the HBO hit show The Sopranos.
He also appeared as Jimmy Wyler, the lead during the second and final season of the television program Murder One.
His other credits include the films Innocent Blood, The Client, Looking for Alibrandi, Lantana, Summer of Sam, So I Married an Axe Murderer, and Empire Records. LaPaglia also appeared on eight episodes of the sitcom Frasier, including the series finale, as Daphne Moon's brother Simon. The role won him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He also appeared uncredited in the film Analyze That playing an actor, Anthony Bella, who appeared in the TV show-within-a-film Little Caesar. Currently LaPaglia is the only person bombarded by 'Mr Ten Questions' from The Chaser's War on Everything to answer all ten questions correctly.
In September 2007, it was announced that LaPaglia would be appearing in the Australian political thriller Balibo, about the killing of the five Australian journalists in the town of the same name in East Timor in 1975. LaPaglia will play the part of Roger East, another Australian journalist, who went to investigate the deaths of the newsmen, only to be killed the day after the Indonesian invasion.
Last name is pronounced La Pah-lia
Older brother of actor Jonathan LaPaglia and Michael LaPaglia.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1991" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 43.
Italian on his father's side and Dutch on his mother's side.
Welcomed daughter, with Gia Carides, named Bridget born January 2003.
Filmed scenes playing as Chicago gangster Al Capone (I) for the 2001 Tom Hanks drama Road to Perdition (2002), but all the scenes were cut out.
Although often cast as New York tough guys, few people know that he was actually born and raised in Australia. He has said that the only internationally successful Australian actor at the time he began acting was Mel Gibson (I), who had lost his Australian accent, so he did the same. Today, looking at all the hot young Australian actors who have kept their native accents but can use other dialects in their films, he says he regrets having dropped his accent.
Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of Arthur Miller (I)'s "A View from the Bridge."
He is part owner of an Australian Soccer club called Sydney FC (Football Club)
Brother-in-law of Zoe Carides and Danielle Carides.
Was the original choice to play Tony Soprano in the HBO series "Sopranos, The" (1999) but turned the role down.
Starred with Debi Mazar in So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) as a love interest, then again in Empire Records (1995) as a love interest yet again.
Plays in goal for Hollywood United Football Team.
Son of Maria LaPaglia (secretary) and Eddie LaPaglia (auto mechanic).
