Jonathan LaPaglia born 31 August 1969, is an Australian actor known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Detroit
Background
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.
Education
LaPaglia graduated from Rostrevor College, then the University of Adelaide with a degree in medicine.
Career
Tommy McNamara in New York Undercover. He worked three years as an emergency-room physician in Adelaide, Sydney and London. 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 television show New York Undercover.
From 1998 until 2001 he played the role of Lieutenant 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 Carolina Craft magazine with his custom 6.1L Hemi "73 Dodge Challenger.
Most recently, he features as the protagonist, Hector, in the television adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas" novel The Slap produced for American Broadcasting Company television Though he is Australian, this is LaPaglia"s first appearance in an Australian production. Having lived abroad for so many years, LaPaglia found it necessary to hire a dialect coach to recover his Australian accent. His second role in an Australian production is set to be the title character of real life crime boss Anthony "Rooster" Perish in Channel Nine"s Underbelly: Badness, which is the fifth series of the successful true crime drama series.
In 2014 he will star in the movie "The Reckoning" alongside Luke Hemsworth.
He is also a sports enthusiast and model.