An American character actor with a warm, streetwise New York quality, a frequent collaborator of the Coen brothers. He appeared in Luc Besson's 'Léon: The Professional' (1994) and in Coen films including 'Miller's Crossing' and 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?', and won an Emmy for playing the lawyer Jimmy Berluti on television's 'The Practice' (1997). A Brooklyn native with an unmistakable everyman authenticity, he built a steady career on genial, down-to-earth supporting roles across film and prime-time drama.
Michael Badalucco
Actor
71 years (Dec 20, 1954)Brooklyn, USABrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
An American character actor with a warm, streetwise New York quality, a frequent collaborator of the Coen brothers. He appeared in Luc Besson's 'Léon: The Professional' (1994) and in Coen films including 'Miller's Crossing' and 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?', and won an Emmy for playing the lawyer Jimmy Berluti on television's 'The Practice' (1997). A Brooklyn native with an unmistakable everyman authenticity, he built a steady career on genial, down-to-earth supporting roles across film and prime-time drama.
1954-12-20 · Brooklyn, USABrooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Michael Badalucco (born December 20, 1954) is an American actor most famous for his role as lawyer Jimmy Berluti on the ABC legal drama The Practice. He won the 1999 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor for his role on the show.
Badalucco, an Italian American, was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jean, a homemaker, and Joe Badalucco, a set dresser, movie set carpenter and property person. His brother is Joseph Badalucco Jr., whose most notable role was Jimmy Altieri in the show The Sopranos.
He attended Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, graduating in 1972. He was the guest speaker at the 2005 commencement. He later attended SUNY New Paltz in New Paltz, New York.
He is married to Brenda Heyob.Michael Badalucco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.