Jonathan LaPaglia
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Jonathan LaPaglia (Template:IPAc-en, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 31 August 1969) is an Australian actor and television personality. He has hosted Network 10's revival of Australian Survivor since 2016.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> As an actor, LaPaglia is known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Detective Tommy McNamara in New York Undercover.
Early and personal lifeEdit
LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the youngest of three sons of Maria Johannes (née Brendel), a secretary, originally from the Netherlands and Gedio "Eddie" LaPaglia, an auto mechanic and car dealer from Bovalino, Calabria, Italy.<ref name=actors>As per interview on Inside the Actors Studio in 2009</ref> Actor Anthony LaPaglia is one of his elder brothers. LaPaglia lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife Ursula Brooks and daughter.<ref>Profile of LaPaglia in Adelaide Now online</ref>
CareerEdit
LaPaglia graduated from Rostrevor College, and then from the University of Adelaide with a MBBS medical degree in 1991. He worked three years as an emergency ward physician in Adelaide, Sydney and London. Feeling restricted, he decided to follow his brother into acting. In 1994, he moved to New York City where he joined the Circle in the Square Theatre School. He got his first break in 1996 when he joined the cast of the television series New York Undercover.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/{{#if: 0487405
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From 1998 until 2001, he played the role of Cmdr. Frank B. Parker on the science fiction series Seven Days. Afterwards, he played Detective Kevin Debreno, on The District from 2001–2004. LaPaglia has also guest-starred in numerous series including The Sopranos, NCIS, Cold Case and Castle. He appeared in the May 2008 issue of Car Craft magazine with his custom 6.1L Hemi '73 Dodge Challenger.
In 2011, he starred as the protagonist, Hector, in the TV adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas' novel The Slap produced for ABC TV.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Although he is Australian, this was LaPaglia's first appearance in an Australian production. Having lived abroad for many years, LaPaglia found it necessary to hire a dialect coach to recover his Australian accent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His second role in an Australian production was the title character of real-life crime boss Anthony "Rooster" Perish in Channel Nine's Underbelly: Badness, which was the fifth series of the true crime drama franchise.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He starred in the 2014 movie The Reckoning alongside Luke Hemsworth.
Since 2016, he has been the host of Network 10's revival of Australian Survivor. In 2020, he was 'inducted' by the "Australian Survivor Archive" fansite into the "Inaugural Australian Survivor Hall of Fame".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> LaPaglia is also a sports enthusiast and model.
In October 2023, it was confirmed that he would be one of three hosts, alongside Beau Ryan and Blair Joscelyne, on a reboot of Top Gear Australia for Paramount Plus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
FilmographyEdit
FilmEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | First assistant cameraperson | |
| 1998 | Origin of the Species | Stan | |
| 2000 | Under Hellgate Bridge | Vincent | |
| 2008 | Jack Rio | Devon Russel | |
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| 2011 | Template:Sortname | Detective Neil McKay | Direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Pioneer | Ronald | |
| 2014 | Template:Sortname | Detective Robbie Green | Also associate producer |
| 2016 | Template:Sortname | Dr Bogan | |
| 2019 | Ford v Ferrari | Eddie |
TelevisionEdit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996–1997 | New York Undercover | Tommy McNamara | Main role (season 3) |
| 1998 | Law & Order | Frank Russo | Episode: "Grief" |
| 1998–2001 | Seven Days | Cmdr. Frank Parker | Main role |
| 1998 | Inferno | Eddie | Television film |
| 2001–2004 | Template:Sortname | Det. Kevin Debreno | Main role (seasons 2–4) Director; episode: "The Black Widow Maker" |
| 2002 | Template:Sortname | Det. Kevin Debreno | Episode: "Doublecrossover" |
| 2004 | Plain Truth | Cooper | Television film |
| Template:Sortname | Billy Hytner | ||
| 2006 | Windfall | Dave Park | 8 episodes |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Jack McCaskin | Episode: "Tru Love" | |
| 2007 | Gryphon | Prince Seth of Delphi | Television film |
| Template:Sortname | Michael the Cleaver | Episodes: "Stage 5" | |
| Himself | Episodes: "Kennedy and Heidi" | ||
| 2008 | NCIS | Special Agent Brent Langer | 2 episodes |
| Moonlight | Jackson Monaghan | Episode: "Sonata" | |
| Bones | Anton Deluca | Episode: "The Skull in the Sculpture" | |
| 2008–2010 | Cold Case | ADA Curtis Bell | 10 episodes |
| 2009 | Castle | John Knox | Episode: "Love Me Dead" |
| 2010 | Burn Notice | Coleman | Episode: "Good Intentions" |
| 2011 | Final Sale | James Dolan | Television film |
| Template:Sortname | Hector | Main role | |
| 2012 | Underbelly: Badness | Anthony "Rooster" Perish | |
| 2013 | Camp | Steve | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Love Child | Dr Patrick McNaughton | Main role (series 1–3) |
| 2014 | Template:Sortname | John Acardo | Episode: "Il Tavolo Bianco" |
| 2016–present | Australian Survivor | Himself (host) | Season 3–present |
| 2018 | S.W.A.T. | Machine | Episode: "Crews" |
| 2023-present | Strife | Peter | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Top Gear Australia | Himself (host) | Season 5 |
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