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New Yorker through and through, Michael Rapaport was born on March 20, 1970, in Manhattan, to June Brody, a radio personality, and David Rapaport, a radio program manager. He is of Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.

Rapaport moved to Los Angeles to try stand-up comedy following high school graduation (which came after a series of expulsions), but he never lost, forgot or deserted his New York roots. It's embedded in his work and is a major part of his low-keyed charm and ongoing appeal. His early idols were also New Yorkers (Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, etc.).

Within a short amount of time Michael moved from the live comedy stage to working in front of a camera. The two developed an immediate rapport. A guest spot on the TV series China Beach (1988) led to a starring role in the quirky interracial indie Zebrahead (1992), which clinched it for him. This, in turn, led to a string of standout parts in films, such as Christian Slater's pal in True Romance (1993), an edgy collegiate-turned-skinhead in Higher Learning (1995) and a sympathetic none-too-bright bo

Michael Rapaport

American actor and comedian (born 1970)

For the mathematician, see Michael Rapoport.

Michael Rapaport

Rapaport in 2013

Born

Michael David Rapaport


(1970-03-20) March 20, 1970 (age 54)

New York City, U.S.

Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • podcast host
  • comedian
Years active1990–present
Spouses

Nichole Beattie

(m. 2000; div. 2007)​

Kebe Dunn

(m. 2016)​
Children2
RelativesClaudia Lonow (half-sister)

Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and podcast host.[1] Beginning his career in the early 1990s, he has made over 100 appearances in film and television. His film roles include Zebrahead (1992), True Romance (1993), Higher Learning (1995), Metro (1997), Cop Land (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), The 6th Day (2000), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Big Fan (2009), and The Heat (2013). On television, he headlined the Fox sitcom The War at Home (2005–2007) and

Michael Rapoport

Austrian mathematician (born 1948)

For the actor, see Michael Rapaport.

Michael Rapoport (born 2 October 1948)[1] is an Austrian mathematician.

Career

Rapoport received his PhD from Paris-Sud 11 University in 1976, under the supervision of Pierre Deligne.[2] He held a chair for arithmetic algebraic geometry at the University of Bonn,[3] as well as a visiting appointment at the University of Maryland. In 1992, he was awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize,[4] in 1999 he won the Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize,[5] and he is the recipient of the 2011 Heinz Hopf Prize.[6] In 1994, he was an Invited Speaker (with talk Non-Archimedean period domains) at the ICM in Zürich.

Rapoport's students include Maria Heep-Altiner, Werner Baer, Peter Scholze, Eva Viehmann.[2]

Personal life

Michael Rapoport is the son of pediatrician Ingeborg Rapoport and biochemist Samuel Mitja Rapoport, and brother of biochemist Tom Rapoport.

Selected publications

  • Deligne, P.; Rapoport,

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