Jonathan LaPaglia

Jonathan LaPaglia
Born (1969-08-31) 31 August 1969
Adelaide, Australia
Alma mater Rostrevor College, University of Adelaide
Occupation Actor, physician
Years active 1996–present
Spouse(s) Ursula Brooks (m. 1998)
Children 1
Relatives Anthony LaPaglia (brother), Michael LaPaglia (brother)

Jonathan LaPaglia/ləpɑːlɑː/ born 31 August 1969, is an Australian actor known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Det. Tommy McNamara in New York Undercover.

In April 2016, LaPaglia was announced as the host of Network Ten's revival of Australian Survivor.[1]

Personal life

LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest of three sons of Maria Johannes (née Brendel), a secretary, originally from the Netherlands and Gedio "Eddie" LaPaglia, an auto mechanic and car dealer from Bovalino, Calabria, Italy.[2] His elder brothers are actor Anthony LaPaglia, and Michael LaPaglia, a car wholesaler in Los Angeles. Jonathan LaPaglia lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife and daughter.[3]

Career

LaPaglia graduated from Rostrevor College, then the University of Adelaide with a degree in medicine. He worked three years as an emergency-room physician in Adelaide, Sydney and London. Feeling restricted, he decided to follow his brother into acting. In 1994, he moved to New York City where he joined the Circle in the Square Theatre School. He got his first break in 1996 when he joined the cast of TV show New York Undercover.[4]

From 1998 until 2001 he played the role of Lt. Frank B. Parker on the science fiction series Seven Days. Afterwards, he played Detective Kevin Debreno, on The District from 2001–2004. LaPaglia has also guest starred in numerous series including The Sopranos, NCIS, Cold Case and Castle.

He appeared in the May 2008 issue of Car Craft magazine with his custom 6.1L Hemi '73 Dodge Challenger.

Most recently, he features as the protagonist, Hector, in the TV adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap produced for ABC TV.[5] Though he is Australian, this is LaPaglia's first appearance in an Australian production. Having lived abroad for so many years, LaPaglia found it necessary to hire a dialect coach to recover his Australian accent.[6]

His second role in an Australian production is set to be the title character of real life crime boss Anthony "Rooster" Perish in Channel Nine's Underbelly: Badness, which is the fifth series of the successful true crime drama series.[7] In 2014 he will star in the movie "The Reckoning" alongside Luke Hemsworth. He is also a sports enthusiast and model.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1996–1997 New York Undercover Tommy McNamara 25 Episodes
1997 Deconstructing Harry First Assistant Cameraperson/Harry's Character
1998 Inferno Eddie TV series
Law & Order Frank Russo (1 Episode,1998)- Grief (TV Episode 1998) TV Episode
Origin of the Species Stan
1998–2001 Seven Days Lt. Frank Parker 66 episodes, 1998–2001
2000 Under Hellgate Bridge Vincent
2001–2004 The District Det. Kevin Debreno 66 episodes, 2001–2004
2002 The Agency Det. Kevin Debreno (1 episode – "Doublecrossover")
2004 The Dead Will Tell Billy Hytner Movie
Plain Truth Cooper TV movie
2006 Brothers & Sisters Bryan Walker TV series(1 Episode, "Unaired Pilot")
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jack McCaskin 1 Episode
Windfall Dave Park TV series(8 episodes, 2006)
2007 The Sopranos Himself / Michael the Cleaver Michael the Cleaver (1 episode, 2007)
Gryphon Prince Seth of Delphi TV movie
2008 A Beautiful Life Vince
Bones Anton Deluca 1 Episode, 2008 – "The Skull in the Sculpture"
NCIS Special Agent Brent Langer 2 Episodes, 2008
Jack Rio Devon Russel
Moonlight Jackson Monaghan 1 Episode, 2008 – "Sonata"
2008–2009 Cold Case ADA Curtis Bell 5 Episodes, 2008–09
2009 Castle John Knox 1 Episode, "Love Me Dead," 2009
2010 Burn Notice Coleman (Harmless Weasel) 1 Episode, 2010
Hit List Detective Neil McKay
2011 The Slap Hector 8 Episodes, 2011
2011 Final Sale James Dolan TV movie
2013 Underbelly: Badness Anthony "Rooster" Perish 8 Episodes, 2012
Pioneer Ronald
2014 Love Child Dr Patrick McNaughton TV mini-series
The Reckoning Detective Robbie Green pre-production

Director

Year Title Notes
2004 The District (1 episode, 2004) "The Black Widow Maker" (2004) TV episode

Self

Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Howie Mandel Show Himself Episode 1 dated 11 August 1998
2001 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Himself Episode 1 dated 10 September 2001
2007 The Sopranos Himself Episode 1 (2007)
Making Cleaver Himself
2016 Australian Survivor Himself Host - Season 3

Archive footage

Title Notes
NCIS "Collateral Damage"

References

External links

Media offices
Preceded by
Ian "Dicko" Dickson
Host of Australian Survivor
2016
Succeeded by
incumbent
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