Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli (Italian: [impe?rj??li]; born March 26, 1966) is an American actor, writer, director and musician, best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti in the HBO crime drama The Sopranos (1999–2007), which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He gained recognition in the early part of his career for his role as Spider in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990). He has also had supporting roles in films such as Jungle Fever (1991), Bad Boys (1995), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Shark Tale (2004) and The Lovely Bones (2009). Imperioli is also a successful screenwriter, co-writing the screenplay with Spike Lee for Summer of Sam (1999), writing five episodes of The Sopranos, and writing as well as directing the feature film The Hungry Ghosts (2008).

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