Michael Rapaport

A native New Yorker, Michael Rapaport got his break at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival in the award-winning film Zebrahead. Since then, he has appeared in more than 40 films, including True Romance, Higher Learning, Beautiful Girls, Copland and Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite and Small Time Crooks. He earned critical acclaim for his performance in Special, which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Rapaport has also appeared on hit television shows. A lifetime hip-hop fan, he is proud to make his directorial debut with Beats, Rhymes & Life. –Sundance