Cult films bring resounding success not only to the director as an author, but also to the leading actors. So it happened with Michael Imperioli, when he accepted an invitation to shoot in the dramatic saga "The Sopranos" about the life of the Italian mafia.
Artist biography
Actor, screenwriter and producer James Michael Imperioli was born on March 26, 1966 in America in a residential suburb in the north of New York. Michael's parents, real Italians, were middle-class people. My father worked in a transport company and in his free time, together with his wife, he staged performances at a local theater. Watching the theatrical creativity of his parents, little Michael dreamed from childhood that one day he would become a famous actor.
Study and career
After graduating from a general education college, the young man entered the theater school. After receiving an acting education, Michael Imperioli gets to the New York Film Studio. For several years he gets only small and insignificant roles. However, soon the talented young man was noticed by the famous director of that time, Martin Scorsese. Having starred in two of his crime dramas in 1989, Michael finds his first long-awaited success and popularity. The films in which he played the role of a dangerous criminal bring him numerous awards and prizes, including those for his outstanding performance as a supporting actor.
Creative success
Over the next ten years, Michael Imperioli is a sought-after actor and has appeared in more than forty films and TV series. He is actively invited to film studios and television projects. In 1999, fateful for Michael, the sought-after American actor as the main character participates in the filming of a crime drama television series about the life and crimes of the Italian mafia. This cult film brings Michael Imperioli deafening fame and the main victory in his life - the National Oscar.
Without stopping his acting career, Michael Imperioli has been actively interested in directing since the moment he shot his first film of his own in 2009. In addition, in 2010, the actor founded a professional "off-Broadway" theater, which means a small stage, where the actions of only one specific genre unfold.
Personal life of an American star
In his personal life, Michael Imperioli is immensely happy. The actor met his first and only love when he was already famous and famous at the age of 28. His chosen one was an ordinary girl from a simple family, Victoria Klebovski. A few months later, the young people got married, and in 1997 their first son, Vadim, was born to the husband and wife. Four years later, Michael became a father for the second time, when in 2001 his wife gave him another son, David. Currently, Michael Imperioli lives with his family in the homeland of his ancestors in Venice in northeastern Italy.
