Biography
James Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966), commonly known as Michael Imperioli, is an Italian-American actor and television writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also appeared as Det. Ed Green's temporary replacement, Det. Nick Falco, in the TV drama series Law & Order. Imperioli spent the 2008-2009 television season as Detective Ray C...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Song Sung Blue
2025
Two down-on-their-luck musicians form a Neil Diamond tribute band to follow their dreams and prove that it's never too late to find love.
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
2025
as Self
Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" finds new relevance as modern travelers and cultural figures like Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell and Natalie Merchant reveal ...

Oh, Canada
2024
as Malcolm
Famed Canadian-American leftist documentary filmmaker Leonard Fife was one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid s...
Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel
2023
A new documentary, exploring the Chelsea Hotel's role in the cultural and artistic movements of the 20th century, from the Beat Generation to the Punk...

The Many Saints of Newark
2021
as Christopher Moltisanti (voice)
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise ...

One Night in Miami...
2020
as Angelo Dundee
In the aftermath of Cassius Clay's defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of his...

Between Wars
2020
as Sarge
Between Wars takes an intimate look at the struggle of re-entering civilian life post combat. It follows Veteran Marine Franny Malloy of the Bronx as ...

The Last Full Measure
2020
as Jay Ford
The incredible true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger, a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen medic who personally saved over sixty men. Thirt...

Primal
2019
as Paul Freed
A big-game hunter for zoos books passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rar...

Cabaret Maxime
2018
as Bennie Gazza
A cabaret owner tries to keep his club from being taken over by the powers that be.

Cabaret Maxime
2018
Producer
A cabaret owner tries to keep his club from being taken over by the powers that be.

The Wannabe
2015
as Alphonse
Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed at...

Houses
2015
as Michael
A director fumbles through a self-inspired play in an attempt to reclaim his creative integrity.

Sopranos Behind-The-Scenes Volume 1 of 2
2015
as Himself
This show is not produced or released by HBO & includes rare never seen footage! See Bloopers, Retakes, & Candid Videos! Visit Filming Locations & wat...

The Scribbler
2014
as Moss
Suki is a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple pers...

Cantinflas
2014
as Michael Todd
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggli...

The M Word
2014
as Charlie Moon
The 'M' Word" explores the themes of "menopause, men and menses".

Foreclosure
2014
as Bill
The story of a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart.

James Gandolfini: Tribute to a Friend
2013
as Self
In the half-hour tribute, friends and colleagues remember the three-time Emmy winner, who died June 19 at age 51. The special features clips of Gandol...

Oldboy
2013
as Chucky
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanatio...

Vijay and I
2013
as Micky
Wilhelm Wilder (Will) is a talented actor stuck on a New York City children's TV show where he portrays Bad Luck Bunny, a hapless green rabbit. Feelin...

Nicky Deuce
2013
as The Doctor
Teen Nicholas Borelli gets the surprise of his sheltered life when he ends up spending the summer with a cast of eccentric relatives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Call
2013
as Alan Denado
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can co...

The Godfather Legacy
2012
as Self
THE GODFATHER LEGACY goes deep inside Francis Ford Coppola's epic saga about the Corleone crime family and reveals how the Academy Award-winning film ...
County
2012
as Dr. David Mercer
The lives of a group of young doctors, nurses, and administrators working at an underfunded Los Angeles county hospital.

Stuck Between Stations
2011
as David
A decade after they graduated from high school and went their separate ways, Casper, a soldier haunted by the horrors of war, and Rebecca, a whip-smar...

Love and Distrust
2010
as Stud (segment "Auto Motives")
This collection of five short films artfully portrays desire's ability to both empower and destroy those who encounter it.

The Lovely Bones
2009
as Len Fenerman
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their da...

42nd Street: River to River
2009
as Self
An impressionistic, graphic history of one of the world's most infamous streets: Manhattan's 42nd Street. Likened to a DNA strip of New York City, the...

The Hungry Ghosts
2009
Director, Writer
A New York City-set drama of interlocking stories which occur over a 36-hour period.

Life After Dark: The Story of Siberia Bar
2008
as Self
The life and death of New York's most notorious, dirty, and dangerous dive bar.

The Higher Force
2008
as Alexander
Ashamed for being a debt-collecting thug, David believes that he is an ugly duckling waiting to become a swan. Through an unlikely mentor he finds out...

The Lovebirds
2008
as Vincent
THE LOVEBIRDS intertwines six stories about love, friendship and survival. The film stars an international cast of American and Portuguese actors who ...

Mitch Albom's For One More Day
2007
as Charley Benetto
While back in his hometown, a suicidal former baseball player encounters the spirit of his deceased mother, who takes him on a sentimental tour meant ...

The Inner Life of Martin Frost
2007
as Jim Fortunato
A writer awakens one day to find a strange but beautiful woman in bed with him. He quickly falls in love with her, thinking he has found his muse, but...

The Five People You Meet In Heaven
2004
as Captain
On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under...

Shark Tale
2004
as Frankie (voice)
Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea c...

My Baby's Daddy
2004
as Dominic
A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story
2003
as Stu 'Stuey' Ungar
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.

Love in the Time of Money
2002
as Will
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovatin...

Hamlet
2000
as Rosencrantz
A revised version of the Shakespeare play set in turn-of-the-20th-century America, where a prince seeks revenge against his father's killer.

Disappearing Acts
2000
as Vinney
A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.

Summer of Sam
1999
as Midnite
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.

Summer of Sam
1999
Writer, Executive Producer
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.

On the Run
1999
as Albert DeSantis
Albert is an introverted travel agent living a lonely life in New York. When Louie, his best friend from childhood, appears having just escaped from p...

Witness to the Mob
1998
as Louie Milito
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's b...

Too Tired to Die
1998
as Fabrizio
Kenji is a Japanese twenty-something who is followed by Death in various disguises. When he finally faces her, Death tells him that he has only 12 hou...

Office Killer
1997
as Daniel Birch
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to...

The Deli
1997
as Matty
An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.

River Made to Drown In
1997
as Allen Hayden
Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his property and visit his old friend Allen Hayden. Allen is ...
Blixa Bargeld Stole My Cowboy Boots
1997
as Johnny
Johnny, a rock 'n' roll casualty, regales a woman he has just met with his one claim to fame: that he lived with German industrial musician Blixa Barg...
FireHouse
1997
as Lt. O'Connell
A film about the dealings of a crew at a firehouse. The group is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consol...

Last Man Standing
1996
as Giorgio Carmonte
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances fr...

Girls Town
1996
as Anthony
The death of a friend galvanizes three high school young women to reassess their friendship and their lives.

Trees Lounge
1996
as George
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other r...

I Shot Andy Warhol
1996
as Ondine
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a f...

Girl 6
1996
as Scary Caller #30
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.

The Addiction
1995
as Missionary
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.

Dead Presidents
1995
as D'ambrosio
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself ...

Clockers
1995
as Detective Jo-Jo
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bu...

Flirt
1995
as Michael
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to choose whether to commit to a partner who is returni...

Sweet Nothing
1995
as Angelo
Angel celebrates the birth of his daughter by taking his first hit of crack cocaine. With the hesitant support of his wife, Monika, he joins a friend ...

Postcards from America
1995
as The Hustler
Inspired by the autobiographical writings of David Wojnarowicz, "Postcards From America" chronicles the abuse the artist suffered as a child at the ha...

The Basketball Diaries
1995
as Bobby
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.

Bad Boys
1995
as Jojo
Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a...

Hand Gun
1994
as Benny
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before ...

Amateur
1994
as Doorman at Club
A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is f...
Touch Base
1994
as Bennie
A woman, concerned about her own job, and stuck in her office cubicle with little but a phone and a computer, and a presentation to do, gets increasin...

Men Lie
1994
Swearing fidelity to his fiancée, two-faced Scott attempts to bed every woman who crosses his path.

Household Saints
1993
as Leonard Villanova
A chronicle of three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-World War II New York’s Little Italy.

Flirt
1993
as Michael
In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restrain Walter, the angry husband of a woman he thinks ...

Joey Breaker
1993
as Larry Metz
Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a rising talent can be snapped up, he'll be the first i...

The Night We Never Met
1993
as Dry Cleaning Customer #1
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his...

Malcolm X
1992
as Reporter at Fire Bombing
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...

Fathers & Sons
1992
as Johnny
A beach runner and bookworm has difficulty communicating with his son. He meets a psychic on a pier at the beach and soon his world turns topsy-turvy ...

Mac
1992
as Backseat
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and hel...
A Matter of Degrees
1991
as Zona's Assistant
Max can't face his yuppie future. Graduation's only weeks away and he's having second thoughts. Inspired by the campus radio station, he decides to ge...

Jungle Fever
1991
as James Tucci
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference wo...

GoodFellas
1990
as Spider
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks ...

Lean On Me
1989
as George
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined...

Alexa
1988
as Acid Head
Alexa is very attentive to her customer's requests, but soon realizes that prostitution has limited long term career potential...
Last Days of Basic Cable
N/A
as Bob
Set toward the end of the 1990s, four twenty-somethings navigate romance and life in a small New England college town.
The Housewife
N/A
A young New York Times journalist tracking down a potential Nazi officer living secretly in Queens.