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Anthony LaPaglia
Age
54
Birthday
Jan. 31st, 1959
Born in
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Height
5' 11"
Anthony LaPaglia's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2010 - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2009 - Balibo 2006 - Played 2006 - The Architect 2006 - Happy Feet 2002 - Analyze That 2002 - The Salton Sea 2002 - Dead Heat 2001 - Lantana 2001 - The Bank 2000 - The House of Mirth 2000 - Looking for Alibrandi 2000 - Autumn in New York 1999 - Sweet and Lowdown 1999 - Summer of Sam 1998 - Phoenix 1997 - Commandments 1996 - Trees Lounge 1995 - Empire Records 1994 - The Client 1994 - Mixed Nuts 1993 - So I Married an Axe Murderer 1992 - Innocent Blood 1991 - He Said, She Said 1991 - 29th Street 1990 - Betsy's Wedding 1987 - Cold Steel |
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TRIVIA:
- Brother-in-law of 'Zoe Carides' (qv), 'Ursula Brooks' (qv) and Danielle Carides.
- Italian on his father's side and Dutch on his mother's side.
- 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)' (qv), 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.
- Was the original choice to play Tony Soprano in the HBO series _"The Sopranos" (1999)_ (qv) but turned the role down.
- Filmed scenes playing as Chicago gangster 'Al Capone' (qv) for the 2001 'Tom Hanks' (qv) drama _Road to Perdition (2002)_ (qv), but all the scenes were cut out.
- Older brother of actor 'Jonathan LaPaglia' (qv) and Michael LaPaglia.
- Son of Maria LaPaglia (secretary) and Eddie LaPaglia (auto mechanic).
- Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for a revival of 'Arthur Miller (I)' (qv)'s "A View from the Bridge."
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