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Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli

27 movies on Netflix

Biography

Michael Imperioli is an American actor who is best known for playing Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama The Sopranos. That role brought him an Emmy in 2004 and two Golden Globe nominations, and he also wrote five episodes of the show. Early on he had small parts, among them Spider in Goodfellas. He shared writing credit with Spike Lee on Summer of Sam, and wrote as well as directed his first feature, The Hungry Ghosts. He later took a lead in the NBC drama Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, and his performance as Dominic Di Grasso on The White Lotus earned him another Emmy nomination. In 2024 he made his Broadway debut in An Enemy of the People.

60years old

Turns 61 on March 26in 163 days

  • Born Mount Vernon
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
  • Also credited as James Michael Imperioli

Movie Career

Films
27
Career span
34 years1991 to 2025

Genres

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  1. A change of course

    Imperioli was the lead singer of the New Jersey jangle pop band Wild Carnation in the early 1990s, but he left the group to focus on acting before their first recordings came out in 1993.

  2. Behind the camera

    With Steve Schirripa, Imperioli co-hosts Talking Sopranos, a podcast that launched on April 6, 2020. Following The Sopranos episode by episode, the pair share inside info, and by September 2020 downloads had passed five million.

  3. Beyond film

    Imperioli plays guitar and sings for Zopa. The band put out its first album, La Dolce Vita, in 2020, and in 2021 Zopa topped the bill at the Freakout Festival in Seattle.

  4. A first

    Imperioli's Broadway debut was announced in 2023 for a 2024 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, directed by Sam Gold. He appeared with Jeremy Strong and Victoria Pedretti at the Circle in the Square Theatre.

Michael Imperioli movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Lovely Bones2009 Drama, Fantasyas Len Fenerman

    IMDb rating 6.6194K votes

  2. The Call2013 Crime, Thrilleras Alan Denado

    IMDb rating 6.7136K votes

  3. Oldboy2013as Chucky

    IMDb rating 5.886K votes

  4. Song Sung Blue2025as Mark Shurilla

    IMDb rating 7.333K votes

  5. Shark Tale2004as Frankievoice

    IMDb rating 6.0216K votes

  6. The Basketball Diaries1995as Bobby

    IMDb rating 7.3135K votes

  7. Last Man Standing1996as Giorgio Carmonte

    IMDb rating 6.463K votes

  8. One Night in Miami...2020as Angelo Dundee

    IMDb rating 7.136K votes

Most often with

Spike Lee directed four of these films, Hal Hartley two. Lili Taylor appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Lili Taylor, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Lili TaylorSamuel L. Jackson, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Samuel L. JacksonKeith David, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Keith DavidChristopher Walken, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Christopher WalkenJohn Turturro, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John TurturroMark Wahlberg, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Mark WahlbergSpike LeeDirector, 4 filmsSee the 4 films by Spike LeeHal HartleyDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Hal Hartley

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Box office

What Michael Imperioli's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$757 million

18 of the 27 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 27 films: 18 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.

  • 18Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 1Figure not found

Top grosser

Shark Tale2004as Frankie (voice)$367 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Shark Tale2004as Frankie (voice)
    $367M48.5% of the total
  2. 2
    The Lovely Bones2009as Len Fenerman
    $94M12.4% of the total
  3. 3
    The Call2013as Alan Denado
    $69M9.1% of the total
  4. 4
    Song Sung Blue2025as Mark Shurilla
    $58M7.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Last Man Standing1996as Giorgio Carmonte
    $47M6.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Jungle Fever1991as James Tucci
    $32M4.3% of the total
  7. 7
    Dead Presidents1995as D'ambrosio
    $24M3.2% of the total
  8. 8
    My Baby's Daddy2004as Dominic
    $18M2.4% of the total
Cantinflas (2014), $17.8 millionClockers (1995), $13.1 millionOldboy (2013), $5.2 millionGirl 6 (1996), $4.9 millionThe Basketball Diaries (1995), $2.4 millionI Shot Andy Warhol (1996), $1.8 millionOh, Canada (2024), $1.3 millionGirls Town (1996), $503,667The Addiction (1995), $302,393Primal (2019), $146,863

$47.5 millionfrom the other 10 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total

Awards

One award and honor, one of them major.

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Michael Imperioli's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
2004Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesThe SopranosWon

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