21 Facts About Michael Rapaport

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Michael Rapaport has a brother named Eric Rapaport and an older half-sister named Claudia Lonow via his father's prior marriage.

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Michael Rapaport grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, near 70th Street and York Avenue.

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Michael Rapaport is Ashkenazi Jewish; his family is originally from Poland and Russia.

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Michael Rapaport attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn in the 1980s, but was expelled.

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Michael Rapaport graduated from Martin Luther King High School in Manhattan.

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In 1989, Michael Rapaport moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 19 years old to try to become a stand-up comic.

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Michael Rapaport had a recurring role in My Name Is Earl as Frank, a convict Earl reunites with in prison.

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Michael Rapaport's character was the reason for many of the things in Earl's life, such as indirectly giving Earl his trailer and El Camino after a botched robbery with his partner, Paco.

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Michael Rapaport played one of the main characters in the season four of Prison Break as Homeland Security Agent Don Self.

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In October 2008, Michael Rapaport announced that he was directing a documentary about hip hop act A Tribe Called Quest.

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Michael Rapaport guest starred in the fifth season of the FX series Justified as villain Daryl Crowe Jr, kingpin of the Crowe family.

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On February 12,2010, Michael Rapaport participated in the NBA All-Star Weekend's Celebrity Game and was named the MVP because of his defense on football player Terrell Owens, the MVP of the last two Celebrity Games, despite scoring just four points and having only a single rebound.

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Michael Rapaport is an occasional guest on The Howard Stern Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, especially when he participates in the staff's fantasy football pool.

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On June 19,2017, Michael Rapaport announced on Twitter that he would be joining the sports satire website Barstool Sports where he will be a correspondent for the podcast Pardon My Take.

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On February 18,2018, Michael Rapaport was fired from Barstool Sports after making a rude comment toward their fan base.

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Michael Rapaport is a reporter for Fox Sports, covering the BIG3 basketball league formed by Ice Cube.

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Michael Rapaport is the narrator of the WWE 365 series on WWE Network.

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In 2005, Michael Rapaport wrote an article for Jane magazine about having to evict the actress Natasha Lyonne from a property he was renting to her during a period of heavy drug use on her part.

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In 2016, Michael Rapaport married his long time girlfriend, actress Kebe Dunn.

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Michael Rapaport was arrested on May 18,1997, for harassing ex-girlfriend Lili Taylor and charged with two counts of aggravated harassment.

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Michael Rapaport pleaded guilty to the charges in court and New York Supreme Court Justice Arlene Goldberg issued a protection order to keep the actor from contacting Taylor, as well as mandating that he undergo counseling sessions.