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Michael Rapaport
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March 20, 1970 in New York, NY
Biography:Within four years of his film debut in "Zebrahead" (1993), "Michael Rapaport" became one of Hollywood's hardest-working and most versatile supporting/character actors. He began as a standup comedian, but turned to acting after landing a guest-starring role in a 1990 episode of the ABC television drama "China Beach". Rapaport's portrayal in "Zebrahead" of a Jewish teen struggling to survive in an African-American-dominated Detroit neighborhood while romantically involved with a black girl earned him considerable acclaim and a nomination for an Independent Feature Project Spirit Award. After that, he did a bit more television work and his career remained low-key until the following year, when he suddenly burst back onto the screen in four major films: "True Romance", "Point of No Return", "Money for Nothing", and "Poetic Justice". Some of Rapaport's notable subsequent roles include that of a college... Full Biography
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