Occupation Actor, physician Spouse Ursula Brooks (m. 1998) Role Actor | Name Jonathan LaPaglia Years active 1996–present Children Tilly LaPaglia | |
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Siblings Anthony LaPaglia, Michael LaPaglia Parents Maria Johannes Brendel, Gedio LaPaglia Movies and TV shows Similar People Anthony LaPaglia, Ursula Brooks, Luke Hemsworth, Erik Skjoldbjaerg, William Kaufman |
Jonathan lapaglia
Jonathan LaPaglia 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.
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In April 2016, LaPaglia was announced as the host of Network Ten's revival of Australian Survivor.
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Personal life
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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. 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 Ursula Brooks and daughter.
Career
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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 (TV series).
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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. 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.
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. He starred in the 2014 movie "The Reckoning" alongside Luke Hemsworth. He is also a sports enthusiast and model.