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Anthony LaPaglia (born 31 January 1959) (pronounced /ləˈpɑːljə/) 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.^[1]

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, of Italian and Dutch extraction, Anthony LaPaglia currently lives in Santa Monica, California. LaPaglia states that he adopted an American accent to help him get acting work after moving to America, and has now lost his Australian accent completely. ^[2] He is married to Australian actress Gia Carides, whom he met whilst jointly starring in the 1994 (Ben Lewin) Australian movie Lucky Break. They have one daughter Bridget.

Anthony is the brother to actor Jonathan LaPaglia, who starred in The District and Seven Days, and to Michael LaPaglia, both of whom are also currently based in the United States. Anthony LaPaglia attended Rostrevor College.

In the 1980s LaPaglia was a goalkeeper in the National Soccer League, playing for Adelaide City and West Adelaide. LaPaglia is now part owner of A-League club Sydney FC, and has been flying from California to Sydney to attend their matches since their inception in 2005. He was the narrator and executive producer of The Away Game, a critically-acclaimed television documentary exploring the experiences of Australian footballers in Europe.

LaPaglia underwent a hip replacement in the summer of 2004, a result of his days playing football. He has fully recovered and even has played for a couple of amateur clubs in California. ^[3] He plays occasionally with Hollywood United, an amateur organisation of which he is club president, with other luminaries such as Frank Leboeuf, Vinnie Jones, Steve Jones (of the Sex Pistols) and others.

LaPaglia has a minority shareholding in the International Goalkeepers Academy. The Academy was founded and is operated by James Fraser, who represented the Australian national team leading up to the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

LaPaglia has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program. He played in a charity football match in 2007 to raise funds for Southern California wildfire relief.

• Cold Steel (1987)
• Slaves of New York (1989)
• Betsy's Wedding (1990)
• 29th St. (1991)
• He Said, She Said (1991)
• Whispers in the Dark (1992)
• Innocent Blood (1992)
• So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
• Lucky Break (1994)
• The Client (1994)
• Empire Records (1995)
• Trees Lounge (1996)
• Brilliant Lies (1996)
• Phoenix (1998)
• Summer of Sam (1999)
• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
• The House of Mirth (film) (2000)
• Autumn in New York (2000)
• Looking For Alibrandi (2000)
• Lantana (2001)
• Jack the Dog (2001)
• The Bank (2001)
• The Salton Sea (2002)
• I'm With Lucy (2002)
• Dead Heat (2002)
• Road to Perdition (2002) (Deleted Scene)
• Happy Hour (2003)
• Spinning Boris (2003)
• Winter Solstice (2005)
• Happy Feet (2006) (voice)
• The Architect (2006)
• A View From The Bridge (2007)

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