Michael Rapaport Biography

Michael Rapaport (Michael David Rapaport) is an American actor and comedian, born March 20, 1970 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Since the early 1990s, he has appeared in over sixty films and starred on the sitcom The War at Home. Michael also appeared in Boston Public, Friends, Prison Break, Justified, and Atypical. He has portrayed notable film roles including; True Romance in 1993, Higher Learning in 1995, Metro in 1997, Cop Land in 1997, Deep Blue Sea in 1999, The 6th Day in 2000, Dr. Dolittle 2 in 2001, Big Fan in 2009, and The Heat in 2013. In 2011 he directed the documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest .

Michael Rapaport Age

Born on 20th March 1970, Michael is 48 years old as of 2018.

Michael Rapaport Height | How Tall Is Michael Rapaport

He is 1.89 metres tall.

Michael Rapaport Wife – Michael Rapaport Nichole Beattie

Rapaport married writer and producer Nichole Beattie in 2000 but their marriage didn’t last long as they divorced in 2007. Together they have two sons.

Michael Rapaport Girlfriend

Nine years after his divorce, Rapaport married his long time girlfriend, actress Kebe Dunn in 2016.

Michael Rapaport Children

He has two children, both of which are from his ex wife; Maceo Shane Rapaport and Julian Ali Rapaport.

Michael Rapaport Stand Up

Rapaport moved to Los Angeles, California in 1989, when he was 19 years old to try to become a stand-up comic. He was helped by stepfather, comic Mark Lonow, who owned The Improv with Budd Friedman, to get into the stand-up world. He did standup for three years.

Actor Michael Rapaport

He had his first big break into the world of acting was on the TV show, China Beach.

Michael Rapaport Prison Break

He had a recurring role in My Name is Earl as Frank, a convict Earl reunites with in prison. Michael’s character was the reason for many of the things in Earl’s life, such as indirectly giving Earl his trailer and El Camino after a botched robbery with his partner, Paco. He was cast as one of the main characters in the season four of Prison Break as Homeland Security Agent Don Self.

Rapaport announced in October 2008, that he was directing a documentary about hip hop act A Tribe Called Quest. In 2011, the film, titled, Beats, Rhymes & Life; The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, was released and received mostly positive reviews.

Michael Rapaport Justified

He guest starred in the fifth season of the FX series Justified as villain Daryl Crowe Jr, kingpin of the Crowe family.

Rapaport participated in the NBA All-Star Weekend’s Celebrity Game on February 12, 2010, and won the MVP for the game for his defense on football player Terrell Owens, the MVP of the last two Celebrity Games, despite scoring just four points and having only a single rebound.

An ESPN 30 for 30 film that he directed on April 17, 2014, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film was based on the 1970s championship-winning New York Knicks led by Earl Monroe, Walt Frazier, and Willis Reed. Some of the players that made it to the premiere included Monroe, Frazier, Phil Jackson, Cazzie Russell, and Dick Barnett. Bill Bradley did not attend due to a recent hip replacement surgery.

Michael Rapaport Howard Stern

He is an occasional guest on the Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, especially when he participates in the staff’s fantasy football pool.

Michael Rapaport Podcast

He hosts the I Am Rapaport Stereo Podcast on the CBS Local radio network with childhood friend Gerald Moody.

He has also appeared on other podcasts including; The Monday Morning Podcast with Bill Burr, Mailtime and Pardon My Take by Barstool Sports, The Adam Carolla Show, The Fighter and The Kid, Anna Faris is Unqualified, The Bill Simmons Podcast and its predecessor, The BS Report; The Chive Podcast, WTF with Marc Maron, His & Hers Podcast, Cari Champion’s Podcast, The Joey Boots Show, The Dirty Sports Podcast and more.

Rapaport announced on Twitter on June 19, 2017, that he would be joining the popular sports satire website Barstool Sports where he will be a correspondent for the podcast Pardon My Take. Rapaport was fired from Barstool Sports on February 18, 2018, after making a rude comment toward their fan base.

Michael Rapaport Basketball

He is currently also a reporter for Fox Sports, covering the BIG3 basketball league formed by Ice Cube. He is also the narrator of the “WWE 365” series on WWE Network.

Michael Rapaport Hitch

He played the role of Ben on the movie Hitch.

Michael Rapaport True Romance

He was cast on True Romance as Dick Ritchie.

Michael Rapaport Friends

He played the role of Gary, a police officer in the film Friends.

Michael Rapaport Higher Learning

He was cast as Remy on Higher Learning a 1995 American drama film written and directed by John Singleton and starring an ensemble cast.

Michael Rapaport Ear

Michael has always been a troublemaker since he was growing up in the ’70s, catching punts from his father at his local park and watching “Happy Days.” When he was around 18, he was kicked out of third grade at P.S. 158 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and had part of his left ear bitten off in a fight.

Michael Rapaport Restraining Order

On May 18, 1997, Rapaport was arrested for harassing ex-girlfriend Lili Taylor and charged with two counts of aggravated harassment. He pleaded guilty to the charges in court and New York Supreme Court Justice Arlene Goldberg issued a protection order to keep the actor away from contacting Taylor, as well as mandating he undergo counseling sessions. Although he was not jailed the whole issue resulted to a Restraining order.

Michael Rapaport Kim

On 20th December 2018, Michael Rapaport unleashed his online venom on Kim Kardashian after earlier being critical of Ariana Grande’s appearance.

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Michael Rapaport Net Worth

He has an estimated net worth of $12 million.

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Michael Rapaport unleashes online venom on Kim Kardashian after she posts bikini selfie on Instagram

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Michael Rapaport unleashed his online venom on Kim Kardashian after earlier being critical of Ariana Grande’s appearance.

The 48-year-old actor commented on an Instagram selfie Kardashian, 38, posted on Wednesday showing herself in a bikini while standing in a massive walk-in closet filled with shoes and bags.

The E! reality star in the caption for her roughly 122 million followers wrote: ‘I need a spray tan’.

Rapaport in the comments section responded: ‘You hate yourself’.

Noah Cyrus, 18, was quick to come to Kardashian’s defense.

She wrote in the comments: ‘bruh. Why you soooo mad. stop attacking women for likes’.

Rapaport took heat on Wednesday after he posted a tweet critical of Grande’s appearance.

Ariana Grande is 27 acts 12, you take off those boots she hides her legs in, the cat eye make up and the genie pony tale and I think there’s [sic] hotter women working the counter at Starbucks no disrespect to Starbucks,’ he posted along with an older makeup-free photo of the pop star and a link to his podcast.

The singer’s fans blasted Rapaport on social media for attacking her looks.

‘Another old man telling a young woman her worth only resides in her looks and tells her it’s not enough,’ said @GraceTumbler. ‘Dude, your career went down the drain long ago, YOU ARENT RELEVANT ANYMORE. Also, this tweet is actually acting 12.’

Rapaport tried to capitalize on the controversy on Thursday as he posted a doctored image on social media of him and Grande with links to his podcast.

He was unapologetic about his tweet critical of Grande on Wednesday after being called out even by his own fans.

He tweeted: ‘When I talk vicioulsy (sic) about The Leader of the Free World aka Dick Stain Donald Trump or Tiki Torch Tough Guys in Virginia, I’m a Social Media HERO, but a joke about Ariana Grande is SHAMING. EAT Dwycks SnowFlakes. Stay Disruptive Stay Disruptive #DisruptiveBehavior @iamrapaport’

He added in another tweet, ‘I can say ANYTHING about Cockeyed Kellyanne, Laura Ingram,Melania,Ivanka or Candance Owens & you little Hipster Fake Pussy Power Hat Wearing MoFo’s get hype.Elation Talk s*** about Arianna Grande & I hate Women? #Eat3Dwycks’

After BuzzFeed compiled a number of tweets critical of the actor out, he quote-tweeted their story, adding, ‘So, @BuzzFeed, are you trying to bully the bully? #ThankUNext’

He also tweeted a GIF with himself in a bikini top, sunglasses and a big hat, stating, ‘Thank You, Next !!! @BuzzFeed.’

The Atypical actor plugged his podcast in another tweet on Wednesday where he said, ‘#ThankUNext @iamrapaport podcast is live on the I AM RAPAPORT APP (on Apple & Android) & breaks down this social media snowflake saga in real time plus my tributes to Penny Marshall & Galt MacDermott, If James Dolan Sold The Knicks & more.’

The tweet also included another digitally altered photo placing his face in a Grande photo.